Giving me the Willies

Another pre-colonial family that produced a cluster of immigrants to Massachusetts is the Willie/Willy/Wylly family.  My ancestress Mary (Perry) Heath was the daughter of Abraham and Agnes (Wall) Perry and the granddaughter of John and Joan (Allys) Wall.  John Wall's second wife was Agnes Willie.  Her first husband was John Denison and they were the parents of William Denison of Roxbury, Mass. another of my ancestors.  Agnes (Willie) (Denison) (Gace) Wall was the daughter of John and Joan (Marshall) Willie.  Another daughter of their was Ellen Willy who married George Jacob and were the grandparents of George Jacob of Salem, Mass., one of the victims of the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.  Several Willey families did come to New England, but whether they are related is not known now.

“Willie, Denison, and Abbott Families of Bishop’s Stortford, Co. Herts, England” by Dr. Spencer Miller, NYGBR 67 (1936):46-55.

“John Wall of Bishop’s Stotford” by William Wyman Fiske, NEHGR 158 (2004):361-3.

“The Perry Family of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire” by William Wyman Fiske, TAG 82 (2007):81-90.

“The Wall Family of Essex” by William Wyman Fiske TAG 80 (2005):102-115.

"The Heath Connection" by Douglas Richardson, NEHGR 146 (1992):261-278.

"The Probable English Origin of George Jacob of Salem, Mass." by William Wyman Fiske, TAG 79 (2004):253-59.

Comments

[kathleen]

hello, i've been going up the wall over George Jacobs (hung) of Salem. I see you have a connection to him. How did you find his parrents? and how did you find connects to his grandparents Ellen Willy and George Jacobs? I have family rumors but have never made any headway with him. thank you. plse write back.