1. | Katherine Eliot was born on 11 May 1687; was christened on 25 May 1687 in Edmondsham, Dorset; died on 14 Oct 1724 in Whaddon-Hall, Whaddon, Buckinghamshire; was buried in St. Mary's, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. Notes:
--- Some Account of Browne Willis, Esq; L.L.D. Late Senior Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume 8, by Andrew Coltee Ducarel, 1760, pages 2-3:
Upon the Death of this Lady, Mr. Willis erected a Monument in Bletchley Church, with the following Inscriptions, viz.
Here under resteth the Body of Catherine, only Child of Daniel Elliot, of Port Elliot, in the County of Cornwall, Esq; Wife of Browne Willis, Esq; Lord of these Manors; by whom she had Issue ten Children; of which four Sons, and four Daughters survive her, viz. Thomas, John, Henry, Elliot, Gertrude, Catherine, Mary, Alice. Both she ahd her Husband, were descended from the ancient Lords of this and the adjoining Parish of Whaddon, when departing this Life at Whaddon-Hall, Oct. 2, 1724, in the 38th Year of her Age, she was, according to her Desire, here interred.
Here also lyeth the Body of Anne, the Wife of Thomas Willis, Esq; who died May 21, 1739, aged 22 Years and 5 Days.
Elliot Willis, A.M.
Coll Trinitatis Oxon. Scholaris,
Ac hujus Ecclesiae, B. M. V. Rector,
Obiit July 24, 1752,
Anno Aetatis suae 33.
--- "The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham" Vol. 4, George Lipscomb, 1847, page 12:
The Lady of Browne Willis, Esq. was very nobly descended, vis. from Walter Giffard Earl of Buckingham, who was Lord of this Manor in the reign of the Conqueror.*
*She was a lady of great prudence and virtue, and evinced some literary talents; having written, with the assistance of a worthy Clergyman in the neighbourhood, that pious and popular work, called The Whole Duty of Man, which Browne Willis made the subject of a continual jest.
(In 1717 Willis published anonymously ‘The Whole Duty of Man, abridged for the benefit of the Poorer Sort'.)
Katherine married Browne Willis on 16 Dec 1707 in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire. Browne was born on 14 Sep 1682 in Blandford, Dorset; died on 05 Feb 1760 in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire; was buried on 11 Feb 1760 in St. Martin's Chapel, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Catherine Willis was born before 10 Feb 1708/09; was christened on 10 Feb 1708/09 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London; died on 30 Dec 1772.
- 3. Gertrude Willis was born before 10 Feb 1708/09; was christened on 10 Feb 1708/09 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London; died on 16 Jan 1772.
- 4. Jane Willis was born on 11 Jan 1709/10; died on 25 Nov 1710; was buried in St. Mary's, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.
- 5. Thomas Willis was born on 27 Dec 1710; was christened on 25 Jan 1710/11 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London; died on 18 Jun 1756; was buried on 8 Oct 1756 in St. Martin's Chapel, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire.
- 6. John Willis was born before 27 Dec 1711; was christened on 27 Dec 1711 in Whaddon, Buckingham; died in in Lancashire.
- 7. Henry Willis was born before 10 Feb 1711/12; was christened on 10 Feb 1711/12 in Whaddon, Buckingham; died in 1746 in Bridgewater, Somerset; was buried on 5 May 1746 in St.Mary's, Bridgwater, Somerset.
- 8. Mary Willis was born before 18 May 1714; was christened on 18 May 1714 in Whaddon, Buckingham; died in Jan 1791; was buried on 30 Jan 1791 in Hulcote with Salford, Bedfordshire.
- 9. Alice Willis was born on 27 Jan 1714/15; was christened on 24 Feb 1714/15 in Whaddon, Buckingham; died in Feb 1786; was buried on 1 Mar 1786 in Eyre Family Chapel, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire.
- 10. Francis Willis was born before 05 Nov 1717; was christened on 05 Nov 1717 in Whaddon, Buckingham; died in 1718; was buried in St. Lawrence, North Hinksey, Berkshire.
- 11. Eliot Willis was born before 14 Aug 1719; was christened on 14 Aug 1719 in Whaddon, Buckingham; died on 14 Jul 1752; was buried in St. Mary's, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.
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