Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

MARY

Female Abt 1633 - 1684  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name MARY,  
    Born Abt 1633  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 27 Sep 1684  Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3514  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Family 1 WILLIS, Thomas,   b. Abt 1625, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1668, Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married Abt 1654  Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. WILLIS, Ellianor,   b. 18 Apr 1655, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1737  (Age 81 years)
     2. WILLIS, Richard,   b. 29 Aug 1656, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. WILLIS, John,   b. 24 Nov 1658, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. WILLIS, Mary,   b. 23/23 Feb 1659/1660, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. WILLIS, Thomas,   b. 8 Sep 1662, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F1287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 BENTLEY, Mathew,   d. 8/08 Jan 1684/1685 
    Married 6/06 Feb 1669/1670  Middlesex County (Formerly A .. Part of Lancacter), Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F1357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Tithables of Lancaster County, Virginia., 1654 page 247 "There is in Middlesex..a marriage contract dated February 6, 1670, between Mary Willis, a widow, and Matthew Bentley, shoemaker, making provision in favor of her children, Richard, John and Eleanor Willis. This Mary was doubtless the widow of Thomas Willis".
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      MIDDLESEX COUNTY ORDER BOOK ABSTRACTSMiddlesex 1677-1680, by Ruth & Sam Sparacio:
      (Middlesex Co., VA OB 1, Part 2, p. 115) Know All Men by these presents that I Mary Willis of Rappa. River in ye County of Middx Widdow, by and wth ye Consent of Mathew Bentley of ye River & County afoesd Shoemaker mine intended Husband doe now in ye time of my dowhood give & dispose of unto my three Children Richard, John & Ellinor Willis by these presents as followeth That is to say That if it please God that the said Mary Willis die before my said Three children come of Age that then Tenn Dicker of Tannd Leather to be made good by the said Mathew Bentley and to be equally divided amongst my said Three Children when they come of Age or to ye Survivor or Survivors of them as likewise that ye Negro man if he live Soe long wth: ye Stock of Cattle equally to be devided amongst my said Three Children or ye Survivors of them Provided always that if ye said Mathew Bentley be ye Survivor of me the said Mary Willis that then he shall have ye use of ye said Leather Negro and Cattle as Gaurdian of ye said Children untill they come of AGe and if it shall happen that all y said Children die before AGe and that then ye said Mathew Bentley enjoy ye said Estate Wholly unto him and his heires for ever. In Witness whereof WEe ye said Mary Willis and Mathew Bentley have sett or: hands and Seales y 6th day of February ao Dom 1670.
      /s/ Mathew Bentley
      Mary Willis
      in ye presence of us Jeremiah Tailer
      John Risdon

      (p. 115a) Kno All Men by these presents that I Mathew Bentley doe stand Indebted unto ye Estate of Mary Willis Widdow & of her Three Children Richard, John & Ellinor in ye quantaty of Thirty Thousand of sound merchantable Tobaccoe & Cske to be paid convenient as to ye place where it shall be demanded I bind me my heires this Sixth day of February 1670.

      The Condition of this Obligation is such that if ye abovesd Mathew Bentley doe perform the Covenants made by his owne Consent in a Deed of Gift of ye said Mary Willis unto her Children beareing date wth: these presents that then this present obligation to be boyd or else to remain in force.
      /s/ Mathew Bentley
      in presence of us Jeremiah Tailor
      John Risdon
      (Thank you Rhoda Fone for the above)

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      "(23) "Mr. Willis" Thomas Wyllys, a "sidsman" of Lancaster Parish in Virginia in 1657. There is recorded in Lancaster 1 Oct 1667 from Thomas Wyllys, of Lancaster, and Mary, his "now wife" to Abraham Weekes. There is in Middlesex County (formerly a part of Lancaster)a marriage contract dated 6 Feb 1670 between Mary Willis, widow and Mathew Bentley, shoemaker, making provision in favor of her children, Richard, John and Eleanor Willis. This Mary Willis was doubtless the widow of Thomas Willis. Her second husband, Mathew Bentlye, was one of the letters of the adherents of Nathaniel Bacon in Middlesex and vicinity. At Middlesex Court February, 1677, Matthew Bentley was summoned to answer the charge that during the late rebellion, when in command of forty or fifty men-in-arms at Major Lewis' plantation, in New Kent, he killed three hogs and four sheep, use a great deal of corn and took meal for the whole rebel army at Major Pate's. in this case Bentley took an appeal to the General Court. On July 23rd, Col. Wormeley, of Middlesex, sued Matthew Bentley and others for trespass and for taking from him in October, 1676, twelve beeves, forty sheep, twelve bushels of salt, etc &c. He obtained judgment for 435 lbs. ... " [Ref: Virginia Tax Records, Tithables of Lancaster Co., Virginia 1654, p. 248]

      Mathew Bentley died 6 Jan 1685 and Mrs. Mary Bentley 27 sept 1684. In his will he mentions Mary and Robert Allden, John Willis and Richard Willis, the later executor. The Register of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, records: Mary Willis christened 23 Feb 1660; Thomas willis born 8 Sept 1660; Elleanor Willis born 18 apr 1655; Richard willis born 29 Aug 1656; John Willis born 24 Nov 1658. [Ref: VA., Magazine of History Vol 5-249 & Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va & Va Colonial Abstracts - Middlesex Co., by Fleet, p 56.]"


      " Anne Wild and Thomas Willis are recorded as having married Middlesex Co, VA (formerly part of Lancaster Co.) dated 6 Feb 1670. It reads that it is between Mary Willis, widow, and Matthew Bentley, shoemaker, making provisions for her three children, Richard, John and Eleanor."