Marldon
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Linked families - where it has been possible to make up family trees
1 John Wills, wife Emling
Children:
2 John baptised 13/10/1737
3 Robert baptised 28/9/1740
4 Elizabeth baptised 8/4/1744
5 Joan baptised 7/9/1748
5 Joan Wills
Child:
6 Joseph born 6/9/1770, baptised 23/9/1770
6 Joseph Wills married Catherine Cole (sojourner) 14/12/1792
Children:
7 John born 12/6/1793, baptised 30/6/1793
8 Joseph born 8/1/1795, baptised 25/1/1795
9 William born 10/8/1797, baptised 3/9/1797
10 Mary Ann born 8/11/1802, baptised 28/11/1802
11 Elizabeth born 25/4/1807, baptised 10/5/1807
8 Joseph Wills (a mason) wife Susan
Children:
12 Mary Ann baptised 12/1/1817
13 Elizabeth baptised 1/2/1818
14 Betsey baptised 22/7/1828
15 Sarah baptised 20/3/1831
16 George baptised 9/12/1832
17 Ellen baptised 12/4/1836
18 Joseph Godfrey baptised 12/2/1837
19 John Wills wife Sarah
Children:
20 John born 27/6/1794, baptised 11/9/1794
21 Thomas born 25/11/1796, baptised 27/12/1796
22 Charlotte born 25/12/1800, baptised 30/1/1801
23 William born 24/3/1804, baptised 8/4/1804
24 Anna born 10/11/1806, baptised 21/5/1807
John Wills was born in Ilsington. His wife Sarah, or Sally, was from Combeinteignhead. There may have been three earlier children than those baptised in Marldon (Sarah, Elizabeth and Joseph) plus an intermediate one George born in 1796 (who I might have missed!). Of these, Joseph was apparently born in Marldon in 1791 and christened at Ilsington.
23 William Wills (a surgeon from Totnes) wife Sarah Mary Elizabeth <surname unknown>
Children:
24 William John baptised 12/6/1834
25 Thomas baptised 30/9/1836 (privately)
26 Thomas James baptised 20/8/1837
There was an elder daughter Elizabeth, baptised in Totnes, and three younger children, also Totnes. William John was the Australian explorer!
27 Sarah Wills married Henry Luscombe 21/7/1808. The witnesses to this marriage were John Wills and Elizabeth Wills. Sarah Wills is descibed as "of this parish" but neither she, nor her two witnesses have any apparent relationship with any of the others.
28 Mary Wills. Possibly the daughter of Joseph (10) above
Child:
29 Mary Ann baptised 9/3/1823
30 Elizabeth Wills. Possibly the daughter of Joseph (11) above
Children:
31 Mary baptised 11/11/1827
32 Ellen Hamlyn baptised 13/2/1831