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About Mildred Willis
Married three times:
- Married c. 1716 in King and Queen Co VA to John Howell b. c. 1691
- Married c. 1724 in Virginia to John Brown b. c. 1685
- Married 10/30/1726 in Spotsylvania Co VA to Henry Willis b. 1691 Gloucester Co VA
There is NO record of her marrying a Major John Lewis - she had a BROTHER by that name.
The second wife of Henry Willis was born Mildred Lewis, the daughter of John Lewis and Elizabeth Warner. She married first John Howell, by whom she had one child, a daughter Mildred Howell, who married a Lightfoot. John Howell died, and she married, second, Dr. John Brown, as probably his second wife. It is thought that she did not have any children by Dr. Brown. Her third husband was Henry Willis, and she was his second wife. By Henry Willis she had four children. After her death Henry Willis married Mildred Washington, daughter of Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner, and they had one child, Lewis Willis. Notice that the two Mildreds are first cousins, since their mothers were the two Warner sisters.
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- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 23 2018, 1:46:17 UTC
Her Husbands (There were three)
1) John Lewis
of Gloucester County – married 1716. he died on
April 7, 1718, leaving Mildred a childless widow of twenty.
Mildred's husband, John Lewis, was the son of Edward Lewis
and his wife Susannah.
2) Roger Gregory
only a few months after John Lewis' death she remarried. Her
second husband was of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen
County. His death was in 1730 or 1731,
3) Henry Willis
In November, 1733, her thrice-married cousin, Mildred Lewis
Brown Howell Willis died, and the widower, Henry Willis,
immediately asked our Mildred Gregory to become his third wife.
Henry Willis died in 1740, and
Mildred did not marry again, but survived until 1747, when she died at the age of 50. Children: (There were 4) Roger Gregory - father of Frances, Mildred, Elizabeth Lewis Willi at the end of 1734 Mildred had her fourth and last child, who some think was named in memory of her first childless, husband.
* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 10 2019, 12:25:31 UTC
Mildred “Widow Brown, Widow Howell” Lewis Willis Birth 1691 Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA Death 17 Nov 1732 (aged 40–41) Burial Saint Georges Episcopal Burial Ground Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Memorial ID 181986968 · View Source
Mildred Lewis was the daughter of Councilor John Lewis (30 Nov 1669 - 14 Nov 1725) and his wife Elizabeth Warner (24 Nov 1672- 06 Feb 1720) of Austin's Desire, Warner Hall, Gloucester, VA. She married Dr. John Brown of Williamsburg and was widowed. She then married a Howell, again widowed, and finally married, as his second wife, Col. Henry Willis, the "founder" and man who saved Fredericksburg, VA. She had by him 4 known children: John Willis (b. 16 July 1728), Elizabeth (b. 1729), Ann Willis (b. 4 Sept 1731 or 1734 - 1804) and Mary Isabella Willis. Ann's birth is in dispute and some say that she and Mary Isabella were the daughters of the third wife, Mildred Warner Washington (aunt of President George Washington.) Col. Byrd Willis, grandson of Henry Willis, wrote two books and in one book he claims Ann to have been the daughter of Mildred Lewis (Brown) Howell and in the other book he claims that she was the daughter of Mildred Washington (widow Gregory.) I have had DNA results through ancestry.com and find that I am related to both the Lewis and the Washington families and therefore do not yet have confirmation of either of those claims. Mildred Lewis was the daughter of Councilor John Lewis (30 Nov 1669- 14 Nov 1725) and his wife Elizabeth Warner (24 Nov 1672 - 6 Feb 1720). Elizabeth Warner was the daughter of Augustine Warner II (1650-19 June 1681) and his wife Mildred Reade (1643-1686). The name Augustine was passed down to the father of President George Washington who was called "Gus"
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181986968/mildred-willis
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Mildred Willis's Timeline
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1691
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Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
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1723
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Pamaunky Neck Property, of Howell Family
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1728
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Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, American Colonies
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1728
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January 12, 1729
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Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Colonial America
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September 14, 1731
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Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
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1731
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