John WILLEY
Ancestral File, version 4.19
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"East Haddam", vol. R1, p.576; vol. LR2, p.1102; vol. LR6, p.503. NOTE: Lois Goodmanson gave me the info here. I need to doublecheck the source above.
NOTE: I had Sarah Saunders/Sanders as John's wife. Lois Goodmanson had Elizabeth Harvey.
information from pedigree chart by Marilyn Markham, SLC, UT, and family group record by Beth Richmond with information from sheet sent by Nean Beck gives Abigail Cone Willey's father as David Willey. However research by Lois Goodmanson shows that David was Abigail's guardian after the death of her father, and that Benajah was Abigail's father.
He married Elizabeth Harvey 16 Oct 1698 at East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut . Elizabeth Harvey was born at New London, New London, Connecticut 1680 daughter of John Harvey and Elizabeth Willey .
They were the parents of 13
children:
John Willey
born 24 May 1699.
Allen Willey
born 29 Sep 1700.
Elizabeth Willey
born 29 Dec 1701.
Mary Willey
born 13 Dec 1703.
Joseph Willey
born 16 Apr 1705.
Lydia Willey
born 15 Apr 1707.
Phoebe Willey
born 6 Jan 1709.
Mehitable Willey
born 14 Sep 1711.
Luecretia Willey
born 7 Jun 1713.
Noah Willey
born 28 Aug 1716.
Benajah Willey
born 7 Jun 1713.
Sarah Willey
born Abt 1719.
Rachel Willey
born Abt 1720.
John Willey died 19 Jun 1754 .
Elizabeth Harvey died 1752 .