Lady Anne Willis (Rich) --- Immigrant

ANN WILLIS IS BURIED IN THE WARE CO. VIRGINIA CEMETERY ALONG WITH THE BODY OF HER 7 DAY OLD DAUGHTER. ON THE TOMBSTONE THE WILLIS AND THE RICH ARMS ARE IMPALED ALSO SHOWS WILLIS FAMILY ARMS.: ARGENT, THREE GRIFFONS PASSANT SALDE, A BORDURE ENGRAILED GULES BEZANTEE Birth:

   1695 in Garden, London, England

Death:

   10 Jun 1727 in Ware, Gloucester, Virginia, United States 

Wife of Col. Francis Willis III, a member of the House of Burgesses, 1748. Mother of Francis b. 1717, d. 1797, John b. 11-13-1715, d. 11-19-1771, Mary b. 10-12-1718, David, b. 12-17-1720, Henry b. 9-22-1722, and Ann (also in this cemetery). Ann was 32 years old at the time of her death. Ann is buried in this cemetery according to "To the Memory of Sweet Infants" Eighteenth-Century Commemorations of Child Death in Tidewater, Virginia," by Amy Virginia Coffman. Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. April 23, 2009, Blacksburg, VA.

Years ago, when I was at Clayton Genealogy Library (Houston) in the "family section" located in the smaller building...I found a very old, very small book that seems to have disappeared since I was there again this year. It had this in it: Son of Francis Willis III and [Lady] Ann RIch. My note: I believe this John is [Col.] [Brig. Gen.] [Rev.] John Willis, b. 11-13-1715, d. 11-19-1771. He is also listed at Brazoria Co. Museum, Brazoria Co., TX, who m. Mildred Smith, b. 1719, Shorter's Mill, Middlesex Co., VA, d. abt. 1769. Mildred Smith is the dau. of Augustine Warner Smith (1687–1756) and Sarah Carter. Children that I have listed for John WIllis + Mildred Smith: (Order not known until more info is added.) Francis Willis, b. 1-25-1745, d. 1-26-1829, GA. m. Elizabeth Edwards. (I have children and dates for them.) Rich Willis John WIllis Augustine Willis Lewis Willis and 2 females (unnamed) Source: Willis Families of Virginia (Clayton Family Section) Clayton Genealogy Library, Houston, TX Contributor: GalaxyQuest1

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