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Origins of the Willis Family Name - England

Components of the Coat of Arms - The Shield is: Silver with three stars and a black chevron. The Crest is: An eagle. 

 

Dianne's Father's line

Descendants of Unknown Willis

Generation No. 1

Children of UNKNOWN WILLIS are:

  1. JOHN WILLIS.
  2. DRURY WILLIS.
  3. THOMAS WILLIS.
  4. SHERWOOD WILLIS.
  5. ANN WILLIS, m. WILLIAM HOPWOOD.
  6. SARAH WILLIS, m. JOHN ALLGOOD.
  7. ELIZABETH WILLIS, m. THOMAS DANIEL.
  8. EDWARD WILLIS.
  9. STERLING WILLIS.
  10. RICHARD WILLIS, SR., b. February 25, 1745/46, Virginia; d. December 25, 1837, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  11. WILLIAM WILLIS d. April 1792 Mecklenburg County, Virginia, m. Mary.

 

Generation No. 2

RICHARD2 WILLIS, SR. was born February 25, 1745/46 in Virginia, and died December 25, 1837 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He married DRUSILLA PEARSON BARNETT 1774 in South Carolina, daughter of JOSEPH BARNETT and LUCY WADE. She was born July 12, 1755 in Virginia, and died May 04, 1845 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  Children of RICHARD WILLIS and DRUSILLA BARNETT are:

  1. JOHN3 WILLIS, b. September 18, 1775, Spartanburg, South Carolina; m. MARTHA "PATSY" SMITH, November 21, 1799.
  2. MARTHA WILLIS, b. March 30, 1777, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. July 30, 1856; m. THOMAS.
  3. WILLIAM WILLIS, b. September 23, 1779, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  4. RICHARD WILLIS, JR., b. March 20, 1783, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. 1809, Charleston, South Carolina.
  5. MARY G. WILLIS, b. May 21, 1785, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. October 12, 1851, Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia.
  6. ELIZABETH WILLIS, b. August 21, 1787, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  7. JOSEPH WILLIS, b. March 29, 1792, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  8. STARLING WILLIS, b. October 19, 1796, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. July 20, 1879; m. CYNTHIA BRUTON.
  9. EDWARD WILLIS, b. April 06, 1794, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. September 29, 1849; m. CATHERINE ROEBUCK, 1818; b. January 21, 1797, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. January 29, 1861.

 

Generation No. 3

MARY G.3 WILLIS (RICHARD2) was born May 21, 1785 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and died October 12, 1851 in Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia. She married BENJAMIN ROEBUCK II Abt 1800, son of GEORGE ROEBUCK and LEVINAH BOBO. He was born October 03, 1782 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and died August 13, 1874 in Sarepta, Calhoun, Mississippi.  Children of MARY WILLIS and BENJAMIN ROEBUCK are:

  1. MARTHA ANN4 ROEBUCK, b. May 01, 1801, Spartanburg, South Carolina; m. WILLIAM MASON, Bef. 1820.
  2. WILLIS ROEBUCK, b. 1803, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. October 16, 1889, Rome, Floyd, Georgia.
  3. DRUCILLA ROEBUCK, b. August 10, 1805, Spartanburg, South Carolina; m. DANIEL DURHAM, 1827.
  4. LAVINIA ROEBUCK, b. January 23, 1807, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. September 20, 1873; m. THOMAS GROVES DURHAM.
  5. SARAH FRANCES ROEBUCK, b. 1811, Spartanburg, South Carolina; m. WILLIAM PEARSON.
  6. GEORGE ROEBUCK, b. 1811; d. Bet. 1857 - 1860, Winston County, Mississippi.
  7. ELIZABETH "BETTY" ROEBUCK, b. August 18, 1816, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. October 20, 1903; m. JOHN COMBE DORRILL, October 20, 1836.
  8. TABITHA ADELINE ROEBUCK, b. March 08, 1819, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. September 05, 1894; m. WILLIAM ANDREW JACKSON STEELE, August 17, 1837.
  9. MELINDA ROEBUCK, b. 1821, Spartanburg, South Carolina; m. WADDELL.
  10. MARY "POLLY" ROEBUCK, b. 1821, Spartanburg, South Carolina; m. SPENCER CROWE.
  11. SUSAN CAROLINE ROEBUCK, b. April 09, 1825, Spartanburg, South Carolina; d. May 29, 1906; m. MITCHELL JOLLY.

 

Generation No. 4

WILLIS4 ROEBUCK (MARY G.3 WILLIS, RICHARD2) was born 1803 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and died October 16, 1889 in Rome, Floyd, Georgia. He married (1) BEATIE LANFORD in South Carolina. She died Bef. 1827 in South Carolina. He married (2) ELIZABETH LEMON Abt 1828 in Georgia, daughter of ROBERT LEMON and MARY ANDERSON. She was born January 08, 1805 in South Carolina, and died Abt 1830 in DeKalb, Georgia. He married (3) RUTHY Abt 1830 in DeKalb, Georgia. She was born 1803 in Georgia, and died 1871 in Winston, Mississippi. He married (4) S. A. Abt 1880. She was born Abt 1820 in South Carolina.  Child of WILLIS ROEBUCK and ELIZABETH LEMON is:

  1. ROBERT WILLIS5 ROEBUCK, b. January 25, 1829, Cedartown, Polk, Georgia; d. April 17, 1913, Tyler, Smith, Texas; m. MARTHA JOANNAH BARBER, October 02, 1853, Rome, Floyd, Georgia; b. August 19, 1836, Georgia; d. February 09, 1899, Tyler, Smith, Texas.

Children of WILLIS ROEBUCK and RUTHY are:

  1. FRANCES ELIZABETH5 ROEBUCK, b. September 23, 1831, DeKalb, Georgia; d. March 1905; m. FRANK HENRY MORGAN, November 10, 1853.
  2. JOHN S. ROEBUCK, b. 1833, DeKalb, Georgia; d. September 01, 1862.
  3. MARY J. ROEBUCK, b. 1835, DeKalb, Georgia.
  4. WILSON P. ROEBUCK, b. 1837, DeKalb, Georgia; d. September 15, 1862; m. MARY JANE.
  5. MARTHA CAROLINE ROEBUCK, b. 1839, DeKalb, Georgia.
  6. WILLIAM BENJAMIN ROEBUCK, b. 1842, DeKalb, Georgia; d. July 24, 1864.

 

GEORGE4 ROEBUCK (MARY G.3 WILLIS, RICHARD2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1811, and died Bet. 1857 - 1860 in Winston County, Mississippi.  Child of GEORGE ROEBUCK is:

  1. MARY CATHERINE5 ROEBUCK, b. 1838; m. MARIAN WILLARD DURHAM.
 

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