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Anne Willis (Alexander)

Also Known As: "Widow Alexander"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Purton, Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: 1726 (33-34)
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Dr. David Alexander and Ann Alexander
Wife of John Smith, III and Col. Henry Willis
Mother of John ‘Puron’ Smith, IV; Mary Lee; Henry Willis and John Willis
Sister of unknown Baytop; John Alexander; David Alexander and Mary Tomkies

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About Anne Willis


Biography

Anne Alexander, daughter of David Alexander and Anne Morgan, his wife, and widow of John Smith, of Purton, wbom she married October 18, 1711. By the first marriage she had a son, John Smith, and the relationships are clearly defined by a deed in Spotsylvania County on 7 Oct 1767.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alexander-2987

Anne Alexander was born in 1690, the child of David Alexander and Anne Morgan. She died in the year of 1726, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was buried there.

Marriage & Issue

Ann Alexander married married twice, firstly to John Smith[1], of Purton on 18 October 1711, in Virginia, and secondly to Col. Henry Willis, 02 Nov 1714 in Virginia.

Children of Anne Alexander and John Smith, of Purton:

  1. John Smith

Children of Anne Alexander and Col. Henry Willis:

  1. Mary Willis
  2. Francis Willis
  3. David Willis
  4. Henry Willis
  5. John Willis
  6. Robert Willis

References

  1. pg. 25 Chapter II The Warner--Smiths of Purton. Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume 4. by Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Edward Jaquelin, Martha Cary Jaquelin J.P. Bell Company (Incorporated), 1907 - Virginia < GoogleBooks >
  2. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2431...
  3. WikiTree contributors, "Ann Bernard (Alexander) Willis (1690-1726)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alexander-2987 : accessed 04 June 2024).
  4. http://www.generationsgoneby.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I37671&...
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Anne Willis's Timeline

1692
1692
Purton, Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonial America
1712
December 17, 1712
1716
August 5, 1716
White Hall, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1722
September 22, 1722
Virginia, Colonial America
1724
August 17, 1724
Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonial America
1726
1726
Age 34
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, British Colonial America