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Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills 1723–1784 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1723

Birth Location: Amelia, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1784

Death Location: Raleigh, Amelia, Virginia, USA

Father: Matthew Willis

Mother: Frances Smith

Spouse(s): Mary Tabb, Anne Pryor, Anne Pryor

Children(s): Lt. Wills, Edmond Wills, Elizabeth Wills, Lawrence Wills, Lucy Wills, Thomas Wills, William Wills

Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills was born in 1723 in Amelia, Virginia, USA, the child of Matthew Jones Willis And Frances Chrisman Willis Born Smith. Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills married Anne Nancy Pryor, Anne Willis Born Pryor, Mary Willis Born Tabb, and had children including Edmond Wills, Elizabeth Wills, Lawrence Smith Wills, Lt Thomas Tabb Wills, Lucy Wills, Thomas Tabb Wills, William Wills. Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills passed away in 1784 in Raleigh, Amelia, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills was born in 1723 in Amelia, Virginia, USA, the child of Matthew Jones Willis And Frances Chrisman Willis Born Smith.
  • Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills married Anne Nancy Pryor, Anne Willis Born Pryor, Mary Willis Born Tabb, and had children including Edmond Wills, Elizabeth Wills, Lawrence Smith Wills, Lt Thomas Tabb Wills, Lucy Wills, Thomas Tabb Wills, William Wills.
  • Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills passed away in 1784 in Raleigh, Amelia, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Samuel Wills's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Wills
1723–1784
Birth Place: Amelia, Virginia, USA
Parents
Matthew Jones Willis
1693–1760
Mulberry Island, Warwick, Virginia, USA
Frances (Chrisman Willis born) Smith
1708–1746
Mulberry Island, Warwick, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Lawrence Smith
1661–1737
Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States
Mildred (Reid) Chisman
1675–1738
Poquoson, York, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Cpt. CHISMAN
1651–1715
Elizabeth Chisman
1651–1717
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Colonel Yorktown
1608–1674
Elizabeth Reade
1625–1696

Samuel Wills's Descendants

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Samuel (Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead) Wills (1723–1784) m. Mary (Willis born) Tabb (1732–) m. Anne (Willis born) Pryor (1727–1742) m. Anne (Nancy) Pryor (1727–1769)
  1. 1. Lt. (Thomas Tabb) Wills 1749–1823 m. Elizabeth (Ridley) Morgan 1753–1823
    1. 1. Mary (Johnson) WILLS 1772–1837 m. Mathew Sandifer 1768–1840
      1. 1. ESTHER BARNES 1803–1872
      2. 2. William (Alexander) Sandefur 1804–1875
      3. 3. Eliza (Branch) Sandefer 1794–1871 m. John (Norman) Clark 1794–1864
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Caroline) Clark 1817–1890 m. Jonathan BROWNING 1805–1879
        2. 2. Mary (Johnson Wells) Clark 1819–1874
        3. 3. Ann (Broyhill) Clark 1821–1872
        4. 4. James (M) Clark 1823–
        5. 5. America (Morgan) CLARK 1824–1900
        6. 6. Mary (Ann) Clark 1826–
        7. 7. Charity (C) Clark 1828–
        8. 8. Moses (Sandifer) Clark 1828–1914
        9. 9. Benjamin Clark 1833–
        10. 10. Sarah Clark 1836–
        11. 11. John (Matthew) Clark 1835–1917
        12. 12. Judson (J) Clark 1839–
        13. 13. Isabella (G Clark) Clark 1842–
        14. 14. Frances Clark 1847–
      4. 4. Martha (Wills) Sandifer 1797–1873
      5. 5. Joanna (Elizabeth Mary) SANDEFUR 1802–1877
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Caroline) SANDEFUR 1813–1901
      7. 7. Mary (Tabb) SANDEFUR 1799–1879
      8. 8. Gabriel (Penn) SANDEFUR 1817–1866
      9. 9. America (H.) SANDEFUR 1809–1891
      10. 10. Abraham (William) Sandifer 1794–
      11. 11. John (Lawrence) Sandefur 1818–1877
      12. 12. Mary (Francis) Sandefur 1812–1922
      13. 13. Robert Sandifer 1790–1865
      14. 14. James Sandifer 1796–
      15. 15. Jonathan Sandifer 1798–1837
    2. 2. Mark (Johnson) Wills 1778–1837
    3. 3. Elizabeth WILLS 1782–
    4. 4. William WILLS 1786–1828
    5. 5. George (Henry) Wills 1783–1871
    6. 6. Lawrence WILLS 1790–
    7. 7. Martha Wills 1780–
  2. 2. Edmond Wills 1770–
  3. 3. Elizabeth Wills 1758–1815
  4. 4. Lawrence (Smith) Wills 1762–
  5. 5. Lucy Wills 1767–1844
  6. 6. Thomas (Tabb) Wills 1753–1823
  7. 7. William Wills 1753–

Samuel Wills's Timeline

4 Records

1723
1723
Birth of Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills in Amelia, Virginia, USA
Amelia, Virginia, USA
1723
1723
Birth of Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills in Amelia, Virginia, USA
Amelia, Virginia, USA
1724
1724
Age 1
Birth of Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills in Amelia, Virginia, USA
Amelia, Virginia, USA
1784
1784
Age 61
Death of Samuel Lawrence 'Lawrence' Armistead Wills in Raleigh, Amelia, Virginia, USA
Raleigh, Amelia, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1724
    Event Place: Amelia, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1723
    Event Place: Amelia, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1723
    Event Place: Amelia, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1784
    Event Place: Raleigh, Amelia, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Will Books, 1808-1931 ; General Index to Wills, Etc., 1808-1966; Author: Virginia. Circuit Court (Nelson County)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Place: Nelson, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Will Books, 1808-1931 ; General Index to Wills, Etc., 1808-1966; Author: Virginia. Circuit Court (Nelson County)

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