Hi Sandra, I have been to your WILLIS website -- what a delight -- you have done a fantastic job! Any WILLIS info I come across in my research, I will be only to glad to pass on to you! :) You mentioned below that Andrew & Rebecca had 8 children. I only see 6 named & I know there is a Sarah. Is there another one? Do you think my g-grandfather Arthur John could be the son of Arthur John WILLIS? I don't care for the term illegitimate but I really can't say Arthur was born out of wedlock -- his mother Margaret was married to William MEDFORD at the time of his birth. They were separated. MEDFORD took his wife to court about 3 times but papers are missing from the court records that would name the natural father. It was my assumption, when finding the missing papers, that the natural father was someone of means & power. Henrietta WOOD did the research for me on this matter. Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) In a message dated 5/11/2 11:21:15 PM, williss@mfi.net writes: << Son Andrew was married to Rebecca Goosetree and died in 1738 leaving a will naming 8 children. Boys Richard, George, John, William, Andrew, and Thomas. >>

Hi Helen: Just remembered that A.J. Willis attended the 50th wedding anniversary of my Hubbard relatives. Go here to see photo: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mdwillis/Hubbardhtm/HubbardAnn.htm Photo enhanced as much as possible, but still hard to see. Always thought the the guy on the right in the top hat was A.J., but no proof of that. However, this is why I had his will, I was sure that he was connected to my family someway. But, that doesn't seem to be the case. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: <HMWEBBER@aol.com> To: <MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: [MDCAROLI] Re: Joseph Willis > Hi Sandra, > > I have been to your WILLIS website -- what a delight -- you have > done a fantastic job! Any WILLIS info I come across in my research, > I will be only to glad to pass on to you! :) > > You mentioned below that Andrew & Rebecca had 8 children. > I only see 6 named & I know there is a Sarah. Is there another one? > > Do you think my g-grandfather Arthur John could be the son > of Arthur John WILLIS? > > I don't care for the term illegitimate but I really can't say Arthur > was born out of wedlock -- his mother Margaret was married to > William MEDFORD at the time of his birth. They were separated. > MEDFORD took his wife to court about 3 times but papers are missing > from the court records that would name the natural father. It was > my assumption, when finding the missing papers, that the natural father > was someone of means & power. Henrietta WOOD did the research for > me on this matter. > > Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) > > In a message dated 5/11/2 11:21:15 PM, williss@mfi.net writes: > > << Son Andrew was married to Rebecca Goosetree and died in 1738 leaving a > will > > naming 8 children. Boys Richard, George, John, William, Andrew, and Thomas. > > >> > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >