Martha Kirtland Willes

• BIRTH 11 Aug 1695 Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 11 Dec 1773 (aged 78) Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA [2]
• BURIAL Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• PLOT Old section row 8 stone 6 MEMORIAL ID 50252435 Photos by Sara

Daughter of John and Lydia Pratt Kirtland; wife of Reverend Henry Willes, married October 27, 1718, recorded at Norwich, Connecticut.

Inscription
Depoƒited here Mrs
Martha Relict of Ye
Rev. Henry Willes
whoƒe uncommon vir
tues rendered her Great
ly uƒeful in Life _
much lamented at Death
who after filling up a life
anƒwerable to a Religious
profeƒƒion died ____

Parents
John Kirtland 1659–1716
Lydia Pratt Kirtland 1659–1730

Spouse
Henry Willes 1690–1758

Siblings
John Kirtland 1681–1750
Lydia Kirtland Conkling 1685–1742
Nathaniel Kirtland 1690–1750
Philip Kirtland 1693–1764
Samuel Kirtland 1699–1760
Daniel Kirtland 1701–1773

Children [3]
John Willes 1719–1719
Martha Willes Edgerton 1721–1800
Parnel Willes Abell 1723–1808 m. Simon Abell
Lydia Willes 1725-1816, unmarried
Henry Willes 1728–1796
Hannah Willes Hunt 1730–1784
Ruth Willes Peck 1732–1820
Joshua Willes 1735
Temperance Willes 1738, m. Abner Hide/Hyde
Bethiah Willes

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50252435/martha-willes

[2] Hale's Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions.

[3] Norwich vital records