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Micajah Wills 1720–1797 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Feb 1720/21

Birth Location: Burlington County, New Jersey

Death Date: 1797

Death Location: Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey

Father: James Wills

Mother: Elizabeth Woolston

Spouse(s): Rebecca Hewlings

Children(s): Lettice Wills, Jacob Wills, Ahab Wills, James Wills, Joab Wills, Elizabeth Wills, Zebedee Wills

Micajah Wills was born in 1720 in Burlington County, New Jersey, the child of James Wills And Elizabeth Woolston. Micajah Wills married Rebecca Hewlings, and had children including Ahab Wills, Elizabeth Wills, Jacob Wills, James Wills, Joab Wills, Lettice Wills, Zebedee Wills. Micajah Wills passed away in 1797 in Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey.

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Biography

  • Micajah Wills was born in 1720 in Burlington County, New Jersey, the child of James Wills And Elizabeth Woolston.
  • Micajah Wills married Rebecca Hewlings, and had children including Ahab Wills, Elizabeth Wills, Jacob Wills, James Wills, Joab Wills, Lettice Wills, Zebedee Wills.
  • Micajah Wills passed away in 1797 in Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Wills
1694–1759
Birth Location: Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey
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Elizabeth Woolston
1695–1780
Birth Location: Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey
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Spouses(s)

Rebecca Hewlings
1724–1758
Birth Location: Burlington County, New Jersey
RH

Children(s)

Lettice Wills
1754–1841
Birth Location: Burlington County, New Jersey
LW
Jacob Wills
1748–1803
Birth Location: Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey
JW
Ahab Wills
1745–
Birth Location: –
AW
James Wills
1746–1782
Birth Location: –
JW
Joab Wills
1750–1776
Birth Location: –
JW
Elizabeth Wills
1752–
Birth Location: –
EW
Zebedee Wills
1756–1825
Birth Location: –
ZW

Micajah Wills's Ancestors

Self
Micajah Wills
1720–1797
Birth Place: Burlington County, New Jersey
Parents
James Wills
1694–1759
Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey
Elizabeth Woolston
1695–1780
Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey
Grandparents
Daniel Wills
1657–1727
Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey
Margaret Newbold
1662–1694
Handsworth, Yorkshire, , England
John Woolston
1662–1712
Irthlingborough, Northamptons, England
Hannah Cooper
1662–
Coleshill, Amersham, Hertford, England
Great-Grandparents
Dr. Wills
1633–1697
Elizabeth Frampton
1635–1661
Michael Newbold
1623–1692
Ann Clayton
1637–
William Woolston
1628–1698
Susannah Nottingham
1633–1692
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Unknown Wills
1600–
William Frampton
1607–1643
John Woolston
1595–1665
Ann Reeve
1600–1641
Thomas Nottingham
1600–1670
Mary Hills
1605–1701

Micajah Wills's Descendants

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Micajah Wills (23 Feb 1720/21–1797) m. Rebecca Hewlings (10 Feb 1724/25–Aft 1758)
  1. 1. Lettice Wills 1754–1841 m. Levi Lippincott 1749–1818
    1. 1. Child Lippincott 1774–1775
    2. 2. Reuben Lippincott 1775–
    3. 3. Joab Lippincott 1777–
    4. 4. Beulah Lippincott 1779–1860
    5. 5. Ann Lippincott 1781– m. William Kaighn 1777–
    6. 6. Jacob (Wills) Lippincott 1783–1834 m. Sarah Ballinger 1789–1873
      1. 1. Joshua (Ballinger) Lippincott 1813–1886 m. Josephine Craige 1823–1899
        1. 1. Craige Lippincott 1846– m. Sallie (E.) Bucknell 1848–
        2. 2. Josephine (Sarah) Lippincott 1850– m. James (Junius) Goodwin 1848–
        3. 3. Joshua (Bertram) Lippincott 1857– m. Joanna Wharton 1858–
        4. 4. Walter Lippincott 1849– m. Elizabth Troten 1854–
    7. 7. Amy Lippincott 1785–
    8. 8. William Lippincott 1788–
    9. 9. James (Wills) Lippincott 1790–1819
    10. 10. Elizabeth Lippincott 1792–1827 m. Jacob Hollinshead 1788–
  2. 2. Jacob Wills 1748–1803 m. Mary Haines 1750–1806
    1. 1. Joseph Wills 1787–1866 m. Hannah Ballinger 1792– m. Rebecca Ballinger 1779– m. Ann (Eves) Venicomb 1794–1865
      1. 1. Rebecca (Ann) Wills 1828– m. Alexander (Cooper) Wills 1826–
      2. 2. Alexander Wills 1830–
      3. 3. Mark Wills 1804–
      4. 4. Rebecca Wills 1806–
      5. 5. Benjamin Wills 1808–
      6. 6. Charles Wills 1810–
      7. 7. Amy Wills 1812–
      8. 8. Mary Wills 1814–
      9. 9. John (M.) Wills 1816–
      10. 10. Amos Wills 1803–
      11. 11. Jacob Wills 1805–
      12. 12. Amos (B.) Wills 1800– m. Sarah Sharp 1821–
        1. 1. Joseph (S.) Wills 1841–
        2. 2. Thomas Wills 1843–
        3. 3. George (W.) Wills 1845– m. Marianna Engle 1842–
        4. 4. Rebecca Wills 1845–
        5. 5. Theodore (R.) Wills 1847–1919
        6. 6. Emma Wills 1850–
        7. 7. Amos (H.) Wills 1854–
        8. 8. Sarah (E.) Wills 1857–
        9. 9. Gilbert Wills 1859–
        10. 10. Mark (Ballinger) Wills 1861–
      13. 13. Jacob (Haines) Wills 1813– m. Rebecca (Ann) Haines 1819–
        1. 1. Robert (W.) Wills 1846–
        2. 2. Henry (Rogers) Wills 1847– m. Harriet Coles 1843–
        3. 3. Mary (Ann) Wills 1850–1918 m. William (Garwood) Rockhill 1839–1923
        4. 4. Jacob (B.) Wills 1852–
        5. 5. Stacy Wills 1854–
        6. 6. Bannajah Wills 1856–
        7. 7. Rebecca (Elizabeth) Wills 1858–
        8. 8. Rachel (Lydia) Wills 1865–
    2. 2. Micajah (R.) Wills 1784– m. Margaret Stockton 1787–
      1. 1. Alexander (Cooper) Wills 1826– m. Rebecca (Ann) Wills 1828– m. Mary (Anna) Sharp 1840–
      2. 2. William (Stockton) Wills 1807– m. Elizabeth Haines 1810–
        1. 1. William (H.) Wills 1838– m. Caroline Woolston 1840–
        2. 2. Isaac (H.) Wills 1835–
        3. 3. Rebecca (W.) Wills 1836– m. Charles (Haines) Engle 1840–
      3. 3. Emmor (R.) Wills 1830– m. Abigail Shinn 1832– m. Abigail Shinn 1835–
        1. 1. Addie (B.) Wills 1878–
      4. 4. Samuel (S.) Wills 1814– m. Hope Stratton 1816–1846
      5. 5. Joseph (C.) Wills 1816– m. Sarah (Evans) Rush 1815–1871
      6. 6. Jacob Wills 1812– m. Rebecca (Heulings) Wills 1814–
        1. 1. Eliza (Esther) Wills 1841– m. Stacy (F.) Haines 1838–
      7. 7. Richard (S.) Wills 1794–
      8. 8. Sarah Wills 1832– m. Jacob Glover 1840–
      9. 9. Margaret Wills 1798–
    3. 3. Amos Wills 1776–1814 m. Rebecca Haines 1782–1804 m. Hannah (E.) Moore 1784–1830
      1. 1. Benjamin (Haines) Wills 1804–1867 m. Elizabeth (Cooper) Wills 1804–1873
      2. 2. Charles Wills 1810– m. Hannah (Naglee) Leeds 1812–1866
      3. 3. Amy (C.) Wills 1815– m. Charles Stokes 1822–
        1. 1. John Stokes 1845–
        2. 2. Elizabeth (C.) Stokes 1843–
    4. 4. Rachel Wills 1782–1850 m. John Coles 1777–1871
    5. 5. Elizabeth Wills 1772– m. Joshua Dudley 1771–
    6. 6. Rebecca Wills 1770–1851 m. William Cooper 1771–
    7. 7. Sarah Wills 1790– m. Levi Troth 1784–1849
    8. 8. Mary Wills 1779– m. Ahab Lippincott 1782–1851
  3. 3. Ahab Wills 1745–
  4. 4. James Wills 1746–1782 m. Elizabeth French 1740–1812
  5. 5. Joab Wills 1750–1776
  6. 6. Elizabeth Wills 1752–
  7. 7. Zebedee Wills 1756–1825 m. Pricilla Moore 1762–1815
    1. 1. Zebedee (M.) Wills 1791–1889 m. Rachel Rogers 1791–
      1. 1. William (Washington) Wills 1829–1880 m. Lydia (Lamb) Haines 1834–1929
        1. 1. Robert (Cooper) Wills 1867– m. Caroline (Stokes) Engle 1874–
        2. 2. William (W.) Wills 1865–1913 m. Elizabeth Atkinson 1867–
        3. 3. Helen (Agnes) Wills 1870– m. Isaac (S.) Evans 1860–
        4. 4. Laura (Hewlings) Wills 1875– m. Thomas (Hollingshead) Hewlings 1873–
      2. 2. Rebecca (Heulings) Wills 1814– m. Jacob Wills 1812–
      3. 3. Micajah (R.) Wills 1816– m. Martha (Moore) Fenimore 1825–
      4. 4. Mary (C.) Wills 1817–1844 m. Marmaduke Lippincott 1814–1844
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) Lippincott 1838– m. Samuel Cooper 1831–
      5. 5. Martha Wills 1824–1840
      6. 6. Zebedee (R.) Wills 1827–
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Cooper) Wills 1804–1873 m. Benjamin (Haines) Wills 1804–1867
      1. 1. Sarah Wills 1827– m. John (D.) Haines 1826–
        1. 1. Elizabeth (W.) Haines 1865– m. William Gardiner 1865–
        2. 2. Benjamin Haines 1867– m. Mary (G.) Haines 1869–
      2. 2. Amos (H.) Wills 1829–
      3. 3. Rebecca (C.) Wills 1830–
      4. 4. Mary (L.) Wills 1832– m. Benjamin (K.) Kille 1830–
      5. 5. Jane (Elizabeth) Wills 1834–
      6. 6. Benjamin (E.) Wills 1836– m. Helen (M.) Reeves 1837– m. Margaretta (P.) Croshaw 1853–
      7. 7. Joab Wills 1838–1899 m. Lydia (Moore) Buzby 1840–
      8. 8. John (M.) Wills 1843–
      9. 9. Priscilla (Nicholson) Wills 1844–1916 m. John Moore 1838–1903
        1. 1. Caroline (Edna) Moore 1886–
        2. 2. Herbert (Wills) Moore 1880–1937
        3. 3. Granville (Benjamin) Moore 1872–1956 m. Lillian (F.) Hardick 1884–1956
        4. 4. John (F.) Moore 1872– m. Elizabeth Stratton 1874–
      10. 10. Elizabeth (Cooper) Wills 1851– m. Joseph (L.) Moore 1845–1926
        1. 1. Dora Moore 1873–
    3. 3. Joab Wills 1796– m. Mary Rogers 1799–
      1. 1. James Wills 1820–
      2. 2. Pricilla (Moore) Wills 1822–
    4. 4. Micajah (M.) Wills 1802–
    5. 5. Sarah Wills 1802–1873
    6. 6. Hannah (E.) Wills 1794–
    7. 7. Amy Wills 1787–
    8. 8. Rebecca Wills 1784–1853

Micajah Wills's Timeline

2 Records

1720
23 Feb 1720/21
Birth of Micajah Wills in Burlington County, New Jersey
Burlington County, New Jersey
1797
1797
Age 77
Death of Micajah Wills in Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey
Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Feb 1720/21
    Event Place: Burlington County, New Jersey

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1797
    Event Place: Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey
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