Thomas Willis

Thomas Willis

Male 1710 - 1756  (45 years)

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  • Name Thomas Willis 
    Born 27 Dec 1710  [1
    Christened 25 Jan 1710/11  St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 18 Jun 1756  [1
    Buried 8 Oct 1756  St. Martin's Chapel, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Probate 22 Jul 1762  P.C.C., London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00988  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2021 

    Father Browne Willis,   b. 14 Sep 1682, Blandford, Dorset Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Feb 1760, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Katherine Eliot,   b. 11 May 1687,   d. 14 Oct 1724, Whaddon-Hall, Whaddon, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Family ID F00063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 1 Anne Hulme,   b. 16 May 1717,   d. 21 May 1739  (Age 22 years) 
    Married 3 Sep 1735  Eccles, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Willis,   b. 11 Feb 1737/38,   d. Jul 1768  (Age 30 years)
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2021 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 2 Frances Robinson 
    Married 11 Feb 1747/48  St. James, Piccadilly, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2021 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • "The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham" Vol. 4, George Lipscomb, 1847, page 12:
      4. Thomas, born 27 Dec 1710, died 18 June 1756, having married first, Anne daughter and heiress of John Hulme, of Davy-Hulme, Co. Lancaster, who died 1739; by whom he had issue, Thomas, born 11 Feb. 1737-8, heir to the family, but changed his name to Fleming, and died unmarried; Hulme; and Anne, born 11 Aug. 1736, married to . . . Smith, Esq. but left no issue. He married, secondly, Frances Robinson, of Cranesley, Co. Northampton, who died 1767; by whom he had one son, John Willis Fleming, who married Elizabeth, second surviving daughter of Valentine Knightley, Esq. of Fawsley, Co. Northampton, and who became at length the heir and representative of the family of Willis, and Lord of the Manor of Bletchley, &c. He died at his seat at North Stoneham, Co. Southampton, without issue; when his estates passed to his cousin, John Willis, only son of the Rev. Thomas Willis, some time Rector of Bletchley.

  • Sources 
    1. "The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham" Vol. 4, George Lipscomb, 1847, page 28.

    2. [S00003] FamilySearch.org.

    3. [S00012] Parish Register Transcription.

    4. [S00026] Scan of Original Marriage Record.