Brief Life History of Francis W.
When Francis W. Willett III was born on 22 February 1670, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Francis Willett II, was 36 and his mother, Martha Silver, was 19. He married Elizabeth Lowell on 29 January 1696, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters.
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- Francis Willet, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Francis Willett, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Legacy NFS Source: Francis W. Willett - Published information: birth-name: Francis W. Willett, JR.
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Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal names Wilot, Wilet, pet forms of Will , itself a short form of William .
English: sometimes a variant of Willard .
English: perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Willet, in Elworthy (Somerset). It is from an earlier name of Doniford Stream, which rises at Willet, and is probably a compound of Old English wiell, will ‘spring’ + an unrecorded gīete ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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