For M. Hendrix: I can't help you with your WILLYs in Donegal, but I do quite a few WILLIEs from ca 1614 in Wales or possibly Yorkshire, England. They seem all to have wound up in CT., mostly New Haven. Given names include Allen Benajah Elizabeth Hannah Isaac Joanna John Joseph Lucretia Lydia Mary Mehitabel If you think that there might be a connection here, I'd love to hear from you! I've been told that all WILLIE/WILLY/WILLIS families are probably related. Barbara