594595.
Henry Willis was born
in Wiltshire, England,
on Friday, November 14, 1628, and died
in Westbury, Long Island, U.S.A.,
on July 11, 1714.
Mary Pease was born
in _____
on Thursday, July 12, 1632, and died
in Westbury, New York,
on April 23, 1714.
They were married
in England
on Friday, July 14, 1654.
She took the name Mary Willis.
He is the son of Henry Willis.
They had eight children:
| i. |
William Willis was born
in England
on October 16, 1663.
In 1678 he married Mary Titus, daughter of
| ii. |
Henry Willis was born
in England
about 1666.
|
| | iii. |
Mary Willis was born
in England
before 1667, and died
in Long Island
on July 18, 1702.
In 1678 she married George Masters
|
| | iv. |
Elizabeth Willis was born
in England
before 1667.
She married Robert Zane from Ireland.
|
| | v. |
John Willis was born
in England
in January, 1667/8.
|
| | vi. |
Sarah Willis
[#297]: She was born
in London, England,
on July 5, 1671, and died
in _____
on March 1, 1729/30.
|
| | vii. |
Esther Willis was born
in England
after 1672.
|
| | viii. |
Rachel Willis was born
in England
about 1673.
|
| |
Henry and Mary immigrated to Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, in about 1675
as Quakers
From Long Island Genealogies, In 1683 Henry Willis bought of
Capt. John Seaman 50 acres at the south west end of the great plains at a
place called Foster's Meadow. Joseph Petit on the north, on the west Foster's
river, on the south a lot of Edmond Titus, east the Common.
"In the house of Henry Willis, Westbury, the 27th of the 9th mo., 1678,
George Masters of New York, tailor, married Mary Willis, dau. of Henry and
Mary." Henry was fined for allowing his dau. to be married by Friends ceremony.
Sources:
- Hinshaw, William Wade; Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy,
vol. III, 17501930.
- Willis Family of Long Island, New York
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Records, 1987
- Bunker, Mary Powell; Long Island Genealogies, Joel Munsell's Sons,
Publishers. Albany, NY, 1895. "Willis Family" (as found on CD-ROM:
Tracking Down Our Family
Heritage)
- [Ancestry of Timothy Titus Robbins assembled by Gayle Ellingsworth]