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County in 1852, and from this time u1z11 his removal to England in i675 he held leading position in the colony. being representative from Gloucester County in tho sessions of the House of Burtee4 In 165s-59 and 1659-60. Chairman Of fne committee which revised the awe n l657-5s and Councillor in 1858 till 1s'5 wifn, title of Colonel; In ths last menuone1 year he departed for England. and thero died sometime between July 6. 1889 and April 25, 1891, the date of the making and proof of hts win in the parish Of Esst Greenwich in the County of Kent. 6x this will he left all his large estates on Ware Creeks in Gloucester County. yaH< to his nephew, Francis willis, son of h{4 brother Henry Willis. deceased.
 Henry Willis. the third, was BurgeS4 from Gloucester County from 17lS 10 11z1> Tn 172s Henry Willis of Gloucester Cos1z~ ty obtained a patent for land in 8po{1yl- vania. When in 1727 Fredericksbur4, 1u that county, was laid out, he was on4 of the trustees. Col. Henry willis wae the founder of fredericksburg and called by the historian How. ssths top man cx the place" and lived at Willis HiIl, jusk outside of fredericksburg. now calle1 Maryes Heights. He was married three times, and had children by all. Ills sHon9 by first and second wives died withou<' male heirs One of them left a daughfers Mrs. Mary Daingerfeld of SpotsyIvanLa County. His daughters married Loo ana Lewis and a Green. Mir. Lee lived 1u Fauquier County, Va Lewis settled in Granville County, N. C., the Cobbg of Georgia are descendants of hers Green went to Kentucky and had two sona. Willis and William. His last wige's nsatd- en name was Washington, full sister ot old Gus Washington, father of George Washington. She had been married twlea before, first to 6 Mir. Lewiss by whom she had no children, second to Mr4 Gregory by whom she had three dau9h- ters. The first wife of Col. Willis was Anna Alexander, daughter of David Aiess~ ander and Annie Morgan and widow Of John Smith of Prrton, whom she mar ried in 17l1. By this first marriage sfa had a son, John Smith. In the act oK 1772 Mary Willis, daughter Of Col. Francis WILLS. and wife of Hon. Lewis Burdwelt is declared to be the cousin of Henrg Willis. which shows to bestrue that their parents. Col. Francis, (s1 and Col Henry Willis C3) were brothers by this firak marriage. Colonel Wills had Henry 70 who in 1742 married Elizabeth. daughter of Roger Gregory. After his death withv out issue she married Reuben Thornt0u4 After Thornton's death she married Dr.
  married pr. Thos. Walker. the explorer. Colonel Willis had also by his first wifes Mary, who in 17s3 married Hancock, Kaee and John, born August IT, 1724. married Elizabeth only sister of rsss. James AIad< ison, father of the President, by whom he had a daughter; Mary and she mar ried William Daingerfield of Spctsyiva- mia. Colonel in the Reyolution. Eliza beth Willis survived ner husband and n gfs f.ss.4t s4a of Tavener Beale of Orange County.
 Colonel williss second wife was named Mildred. widow of John Brown. By this second marriage Colonel Willis had John (4) who maried Nancy -. Ann, born 1T31, married Dun Green Of Fauquier County. The third and last wife of Col- onel Willis was Mildred Washington. She was widow of Roger Gregory
 Col. Henry Willis's will was dated July '. 174o. Henry Willis. Jr.. was executor in 1747, of Mildred Willis. Col. Henry Willis had by this last marriage one son to survive him, Lewis Willis, born No- vember Il, 17s4 Col. Lewis V ilils @ son of Col Henry Willis Cs). was Lieutenant Colonel of 10th Virginia Regiment Conti- mental troops from November 13., 1776. tn March 1, ITS. He married, first, Marya daughter of John Champe of King Georga County, and had issue Mildred, who mar- ried Landon Carter of Clevis, and ha0 three daughters, one of whom died un~ married. and the other two married Rob@ ert Mercer and Gen. John Minor. Mrss Minor had number of sons ana on4 daughter.
 John w (5) willis. son of Col. Lewis and Mary Willis, was a Lieutenant ir1 the Revolutionary Army, name of wtfa unknown, but had three daughters. wh0 married a Hoomes, a Sears and a Ep~ person. Henry Wills (5) married two oK three times and left daughter who mar-s ried General McComas of MIssissippia Jane Willis married John Alexander4 Mary Willis (0 married a Battaile. she died leaving two sons and two daugh~ ters Her youngest son. John. married Mary Daingerheld. her eldest daughten R. Hoomes; her next daughter married Musco Garnett of Essex County; her eid~ est son married a Miss Battaile. Vim. O. Willis (5) married Lucy Talliaferro and had issue Lucy. who married Armistea0 Hoomes. Jane married Ambrose Ma&i- son. They had issue William, James, Lucy, Mary and Leila. Lewis, who mars ried Elizabeth Madison, Richard Henrys who married Lucy Nalle; William ana John, which two last married in Ala- batna sisters Aston and BoylSin. born starkes from South Carolina and died
 
 ton Benton married a daughter of Richard Henry Willis. Robert willis married. first. Lucy Taliaferro. who bore one son, and died; he married. seconds Francis Lee, who had issue. Robert. Jane, Hancock and George. Col. Lewis Willis married. second. Anne Champe. widow of his brother-lh-law, John Champe, sister of his son-in-law. Landon Carter. Children of thls marriage. Charles and Byrd c. Major Bgrd C. Wfl~ lis was born August g, l7sl. and married in 1900. Mary Willis Lewis daughter of Major George Lewis: issue. 1. Dr. Lewis Willis, born 1S01 married, first, Lucia HaclSley, sec,nd. Harriet handelph; 3. Miss Savage. He left two sons. Byrd. by his first wife. and Thomas. Hayward by his last wife Q Catherine. born i9S, married Atcheson Gray. Gray lying witt- in the same year. She afterward mar ried Achille Murat. nephew of Napoleon. 8. Ann Carter married Thomas II. Botts: |, John w. Willis; 5. George, married first. Martha Fauntleroy second Sallie Innis Smith. 6. Mary Byrd. married A. J. Dallas; [. Ella Attaway, married. first. Samuel H. Duvall second. Wm. IT. BrokeRbrough. s. Aehille Aiurat, mar- risd Edwina Ambler. In his old age Col- onel Lewis married. third. Mrs. E. s. Bromfeld. by whom he had no children. See William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. v. No 1; Vol. VI, No. 24 The Willis record will be continued next issue.
 
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