Rachel Willis was born about 1747, in Newberry Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States. She married Samuel Jones on 19 August 1769, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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1742– Male
1747– Female
variant of Will with genitival -s. This surname represents a retention of the second syllable, introduced by the addition of the Middle English genitival suffix -es, which would have been pronounced in the Middle English period. Compare Wills . In some cases the name is a variant of Willey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Willows .
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