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James Wills 1698–1773 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Mar 1698

Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England

Death Date: 12 Dec 1773

Death Location: Chilham, Kent, England

Father: James Wills

Mother: Deborah Lyon

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Salee

Children(s): William Wills, Elizabeth Wills, Thomas Wills, George Wills, Elizabeth Wills, James Wills, John Wills, Sarah Wills, Elias Wills, Mary Wills

James Wills was born in 1698 in Chilham, Kent, England, the child of James Wills And Deborah Lyon. James Wills married Elizabeth Salee, and had children including Elias Wills, Elizabeth Wills, George Wills, James Wills, John Wills, Mary Wills, Sarah Wills, Thomas Wills, William Wills. James Wills passed away in 1773 in Chilham, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • James Wills was born in 1698 in Chilham, Kent, England, the child of James Wills And Deborah Lyon.
  • James Wills married Elizabeth Salee, and had children including Elias Wills, Elizabeth Wills, George Wills, James Wills, John Wills, Mary Wills, Sarah Wills, Thomas Wills, William Wills.
  • James Wills passed away in 1773 in Chilham, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Wills
1662–1739
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Deborah Lyon
1664–1733
Birth Location: Elham, Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Salee
1698–1772
Birth Location: Willesborough, Kent, England
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Children(s)

William Wills
1732–1801
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Elizabeth Wills
1730–1732
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Thomas Wills
1740–1807
Birth Location: England
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George Wills
1727–1781
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Elizabeth Wills
1735–1768
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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James Wills
1725–
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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John Wills
1728–1781
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Sarah Wills
1739–1762
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Elias Wills
1742–1787
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Mary Wills
1733–1768
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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James Wills's Ancestors

Self
James Wills
1698–1773
Birth Place: Chilham, Kent, England
Parents
James Wills
1662–1739
Chilham, Kent, England
Deborah Lyon
1664–1733
Elham, Kent, England
Grandparents
Thomas Lyon
1619–1667
Elham, Kent, England
Deborah Wrake
1632–1674
Aldington, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
John Lyon
1586–1647
John Wrake
1599–1680
Mary Smeede
1615–1639
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Lyne
–1629
Thomas Wrake
1566–1638
Sylvester Talledge
1562–1635

James Wills's Descendants

1.
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James Wills (29 Mar 1698–12 Dec 1773) m. Elizabeth Salee (29th January 1698–11 Feb 1772)
  1. 1. William Wills 1732–1801 m. Elizabeth Frost 1735–1766 m. Mary Burchett 1730–1800
    1. 1. William Wills 1760–1811 m. Elizabeth King 1766–1828
      1. 1. Ann Wills 1786–1866 m. John Foreman 1787–1861
        1. 1. Walter (Wills) Foreman 1831–1874 m. Mary (Ann) Divers 1828–1910
        2. 2. Frances Foreman 1812–1848 m. George Johncock 1817–
        3. 3. Edmund Foreman 1814–1881 m. Mary (Anne) Standen 1818–1855
        4. 4. Elijah Foreman 1816–1884 m. Mary (A) Jackson 1827–1908
        5. 5. Olivia Foreman 1818–
        6. 6. Harriet Foreman 1821–1886 m. James Ellen 1826–1902
        7. 7. Emma Foreman 1823–1892 m. Thomas Fowler 1818–
        8. 8. Alfred Foreman 1826–1909 m. Jane Ellen 1831–1911
        9. 9. Clara Foreman 1829–1901 m. Noah Miles 1827–1918
      2. 2. Edward Wills 1787–1788
      3. 3. Elisabeth Wills 1788–
      4. 4. Frances Wills 1790–1877 m. Christopher Nixon 1795–
        1. 1. Caroline Nixon 1821–
        2. 2. Elizabeth (F) Nixon 1823–
        3. 3. Ester Nixon 1830–
        4. 4. Lydia Nixon 1833–
      5. 5. William Wills 1792–1867 m. Lucy Hadlow 1816–1897
        1. 1. William (King) Wills 1836–1917 m. Hannah Patterson 1835–
        2. 2. Helen (Courtney) Wills 1838–1842
      6. 6. Mary Wills 1795–1877
        1. 1. Isaac (King) Richardson 1818–1903 m. Sarah Wooten 1821–1874 m. Mary White 1832–
      7. 7. Lydia Wills 1793–1877 m. John (Wills) Hadlow 1794–1872
        1. 1. William (Wills) Hadlow 1839–1922 m. Eliza (Olive) Curling 1841–1907
        2. 2. Edward Hadlow 1835–1921 m. Harriet Cart 1822–1904
        3. 3. Elizabeth (J) Hadlow 1829–
        4. 4. Henry Hadlow 1816–1875 m. Sarah Tunbridge 1825–1860 m. Frances Sellen 1825–1893
        5. 5. Frances (Elizabeth) Hadlow 1828–1873
        6. 6. John (Wills) Hadlow 1816–1862 m. Sarah (Ann) Hadlow 1824–1894
        7. 7. Edwin Hadlow 1821–1882 m. Mary (Ann) Hawkers 1815–1864 m. Charlotte (Martha) Miller 1831–1894
        8. 8. Frederick Hadlow 1822–1826
        9. 9. Albert Hadlow 1825–1907 m. Eliza Tunbridge 1826–
        10. 10. George (William) Hadlow 1826–1886 m. Charlotte (Ann) Mears 1829–
        11. 11. Lydia Hadlow 1831–1832
        12. 12. Eliza Hadlow 1818–1836
      8. 8. Amy Wills 1796–1856 m. James Francis 1783–1862
        1. 1. Ellen (Elizabeth Ladson) Francis 1825–
        2. 2. Henry (William) Francis 1837–1838
        3. 3. James (Ray) Francis 1820–1907
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Ladson) Francis 1816–
        5. 5. Frederick (Lester) Francis 1817–1900
        6. 6. Agnes (Harriet Wills) Francis 1835–
        7. 7. Amy (Mary Barling) Francis 1833–
        8. 8. Charles (William Lester) Francis 1830–1875
        9. 9. Julia (Caroline King) Francis 1827–1898 m. William Dunk 1827–
        10. 10. Edward (Thomas Ladson) Francis 1824–
        11. 11. Esther (Victoria Adelaide) Francis 1840–1870
        12. 12. Walter (Goldsmith) Francis 1822–1877
        13. 13. John (Blundell) Francis 1832–1873 m. Elizabeth Phillips 1834–1914
      9. 9. Edward Wills 1798–
      10. 10. Susannah Wills 1800–
      11. 11. Esther Wills 1803–1886 m. Edward Judges 1804–
        1. 1. Edward Judges 1831–
        2. 2. Esther Judges 1843–
        3. 3. George Judges 1836–
        4. 4. Joseph Judges 1838–
        5. 5. Mary (Ann) Judges 1844–
        6. 6. Henry Judges 1846–
        7. 7. Harriet (Susan) Judges 1826–1913 m. William (Edward) Fox 1825–1910
        8. 8. Fanny (Elizabeth) Judges 1829–1874 m. John Webb 1835–
        9. 9. Jane (Sarah) Judges 1833–1889 m. George Blandford 1830–1909
      12. 12. Harriet Wills 1807–1891
    2. 2. John Wills 1760–1841
    3. 3. James Wills 1765–1820
    4. 4. Sarah Wills 1769–1846 m. William Pullen 1764–1842
      1. 1. Harriet Pullen 1801–1846 m. Thomas Potts 1795–1879
        1. 1. Harriett Potts 1830–1895 m. Daniel Wise 1827–1864
        2. 2. John (Pullen) Potts 1835–
        3. 3. Frances Potts 1835–1904 m. Robert Michie 1820–1909
        4. 4. Alice Potts 1838–1921 m. Thomas (Philip) White 1836–1916
        5. 5. Thomas (Pullen) Potts 1839–1909 m. Julia (Jane) Jemmett 1840–1925
        6. 6. Frederick (George) Potts 1842–1911
      2. 2. Daniel Pullen 1805–
      3. 3. Frances Pullen 1800–1876
      4. 4. George Pullen 1793–1874
      5. 5. James Pullen 1792–
      6. 6. Jesse Pullen 1795–1871
      7. 7. John Pullen 1803–1877
      8. 8. Sarah Pullen 1807–1882
      9. 9. Thomas Pullen 1790–1869
      10. 10. William Pullen 1798–1849
      11. 11. Alice Wills 1809–1860
      12. 12. Mary (Pullen (born) Wills) 1789–1867 m. John Coulter 1798–1865
        1. 1. Jesse Coulter 1833–1903
    5. 5. Mary Wills 1767–1846 m. Henry Greenstreet 1764–1827
      1. 1. William Greenstreet 1789–1844 m. Mary Jordan 1801–1849
        1. 1. Joseph Jordan 1815–1889 m. Sophia Reynolds 1815–1864
      2. 2. Henry Greenstreet 1796–1882 m. Elizabeth Goldup 1800–1869
        1. 1. Henry Greenstreet 1828–1894 m. Mary (Ann) Gammon 1825–
        2. 2. James Greenstreet 1819–1872
        3. 3. Eliza Greenstreet 1822–1892
        4. 4. Mary Greenstreet 1825–
        5. 5. Thomas Greenstreet 1831–1919
      3. 3. Sarah Greenstreet 1805–1840
      4. 4. John Greenstreet 1795–1872
        1. 1. Ann Greenstreet 1825–
        2. 2. Sarah Greenstreet 1838–
        3. 3. Louisa Greenstreet 1837–
      5. 5. Thomas Greenstreet 1799–
      6. 6. Burchet Greenstreet 1801–1870
      7. 7. George Greenstreet 1803–1882
      8. 8. Elizabeth Greenstreet 1812–1895
    6. 6. Elizabeth Wills 1771–1772
    7. 7. Samuel (William) Wills 1765–1811
  2. 2. Elizabeth Wills 1730–1732
  3. 3. Thomas Wills 1740–1807
    1. 1. Sarah Wills 1766–1822
      1. 1. Elias Ovenden 1803–1887 m. Sarah Allsup 1805–1866
        1. 1. Henry Ovenden 1832–1905 m. Laura (Emily) Turner 1837–1889
        2. 2. Robert Ovenden 1838–
        3. 3. Frederic (J) Ovenden 1841–
        4. 4. Kezia Ovenden 1843–
        5. 5. Mary (A) Ovenden 1846–
        6. 6. Elias Ovenden 1830–
        7. 7. Lydia Ovenden 1835–
  4. 4. George Wills 1727–1781
  5. 5. Elizabeth Wills 1735–1768
  6. 6. James Wills 1725–
  7. 7. John Wills 1728–1781
  8. 8. Sarah Wills 1739–1762
  9. 9. Elias Wills 1742–1787
  10. 10. Mary Wills 1733–1768

James Wills's Timeline

3 Records

1698
29 Mar 1698
Birth of James Wills in Chilham, Kent, England
Chilham, Kent, England
1773
12th December 1773
Age 75
Death of James Wills in Chilham, Kent, England
Chilham, Kent, England
1773
12 Dec 1773
Age 75
Burial of James Wills in Chilham, Kent, England
Chilham, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1698
    Event Place: Chilham, Kent, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chilham, Kent, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1002

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12th December 1773
    Event Place: Chilham, Kent, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 12 Dec 1773
    Event Place: Chilham, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
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