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Wills Family in 19th Century Merriott
The 19th Century
MARRIAGES pre 1837 (less detail)
| MALES | FEMALES |
| 20 July 1803 Joseph Wills m Ann Geep 30 May 1808 William Wills m Mary Geep 25 December 1809 Samuel Wills m Charity Geep 5 February 1810 John Wills m Joan Mitchell 2 March 1813 John Wills m Mary Warry 29 November 1813 Edward Wills m Joan Raindle 10 April 1820 William Wills Ann Geep 21 September 1823 John Wills m Mary Lawrence 19 April 1824 Samuel Wills m Susanna Sweet 15 January 1827 Anthony Wills m Sarah Doutch 18 October 1836 Robert Wills m Mary Stone 2 April 1837 Edward Wills m Amelia Osborne 2 April 1837 Joseph Wills m Hannah Osborne |
9 June 1802 Mary Wills m Thomas Dinmead 16 October 1806 Mary Wills m John Mitchell 26 December 1808 Joan Wills m Richard Raindle 20 February 1809 Margaret Wills m Thomas Mitchell 5 December 1814 Ann Wills m William Mitchell 11 September 1815 Sarah Wills m Samuel Osborne 24 December 1816 Elizabeth Wills m George Geep 31 January 1820 Hannah Wills m James Sweet 25 May 1823 Elizabeth Wills m John Paul 6 July 1823 Patience Wills m Joseph Daw 16 May 1825 Susanna Wills m Samuel Mitchell 26 July 1825 Susanna Wills m John Lawrence 17 December 1826 Catharine Wills m Josias French 16 May 1836 Elizabeth Wills m Thomas Lawrence 26 June 1836 Mary Wills m John Lawrence |
MARRIAGES post 1837 (extra detail)
|
Date |
Year |
Forename |
Surname |
Spouse |
Age |
Condition |
Signed? |
Abode |
Occupation |
Father |
Father’s Occ |
Witness |
|
23-Feb |
1841 |
Rachel |
Brown |
George Wills |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Factory Reeler |
James Brown, late |
Labourer |
Ann Wills |
|
23-Feb |
1841 |
George |
Wills |
Rachel Brown |
25 |
Bachelor |
No |
Lower St |
Field Labourer |
John Wills |
Labourer |
Samuel Gibb |
|
2-Aug |
1841 |
William |
Wills |
Mary Ann Willy |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Church St |
Labourer |
John Wills |
Labourer |
Thomas Bailey |
|
2-Aug |
1841 |
Mary Ann |
Willy |
William Wills |
22 |
Spinster |
No |
Higher St |
Glove Sewer |
James Willy |
Labourer |
Hannah Bailey |
|
29-Nov |
1841 |
Edward |
Preston |
Rachel Wills |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Sojourner, Merriott |
Private Soldier in 56th Regiment |
John Preston |
Weaver |
George Wills |
|
29-Nov |
1841 |
Rachel |
Wills |
Edward Preston |
23 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
Samuel Wills |
Labourer |
Sarah Pattemore |
|
11-Dec |
1842 |
Ann |
Lawrence |
Enos Wills |
25 |
Spinster |
No |
Monkhood’s Lane |
Labourer |
Robert Lawrence |
Labourer |
Leah Lawrence |
|
11-Dec |
1842 |
Enos |
Wills |
Ann Lawrence |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
William Wills |
Weaver |
William Mitchell |
|
22-Apr |
1843 |
Sarah |
Pattemore |
George Wills |
25 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Sandy Hole |
Glove Sewer |
John Pattemore |
Farm Gardener |
Mary Pattemore |
|
22-Apr |
1843 |
George |
Wills |
Sarah Pattemore |
26 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
Samuel Wills |
Weaver |
William Mitchell |
|
13-Apr |
1845 |
Grace |
Rendall |
James Wills |
24 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower Street |
Weaver |
George Rendall |
Weaver |
William Young |
|
13-Apr |
1845 |
James |
Wills |
Grace Rendall |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
Samuel Wills |
Weaver |
Job Wills |
|
10-May |
1846 |
Ann |
Wills |
Joseph Sweet |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Higher Street |
Servant |
not given |
not given |
William Mitchell |
|
10-May |
1846 |
Joseph |
Sweet |
Ann Wills |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
England’s Row |
Nursery Lab. |
John Sweet |
Labourer |
James Sweet |
|
26-May |
1846 |
Susan |
Lawrence |
Job Wills |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
Charles Lawrence |
Road Man |
Thomas Mitchell |
|
26-May |
1846 |
Job |
Wills |
Susan Lawrence |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
William Wills |
Weaver |
Ann Wills |
|
6-Aug |
1847 |
Thomas |
Mitchell |
Anne Wills |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Baker |
Samuel Mitchell |
Gardener |
John Cossins |
|
6-Aug |
1847 |
Anne |
Wills |
Thomas Mitchell |
22 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Church St |
Laundress |
William Wills |
Carter |
Rachel Preston |
|
20-Nov |
1847 |
Ann |
Wills |
Robert Gibb |
24 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Dress Maker |
John Wills |
Labourer |
Sarah Paul |
|
20-Nov |
1847 |
Robert |
Gibb |
Ann Wills |
28 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Labourer |
William Gibb |
Labourer |
Samuel Gibb |
|
25-Dec |
1847 |
Thomasine |
Lawrence |
William Wills |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Sherrimoor Hill |
Glove sewer |
Enos Lawrence |
Labourer |
Rachel Preston |
|
25-Dec |
1847 |
William |
Wills |
Thomasine Lawrence |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Town’s End |
Weaver |
Samuel Wills |
Weaver |
Jesse Wills |
|
23-Oct |
1849 |
Emma |
Farr |
William Wills |
22 |
Spinster |
No |
Church Rd |
Field Gardener |
Robert Farr |
Butcher |
Robert England |
|
23-Oct |
1849 |
William |
Wills |
Emma Farr |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Green Nap |
Field Gardener |
Samuel Wills |
Carpenter |
Joseph Eason |
|
22-Dec |
1849 |
Mary |
Lawrence |
Robert Wills |
25 |
Spinster |
No |
Sherrimoor Hill |
Factory Worker |
Enos Lawrence |
Labourer |
Robert Gibb |
|
22-Dec |
1849 |
Robert |
Wills |
Mary Lawrence |
26 |
Bachelor |
No |
Sherrimoor Hill |
Labourer |
John Wills |
Labourer |
George Lawrence |
|
12-Oct |
1850 |
Elizabeth |
Chant |
Jesse Wills |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower Street |
Dress Maker |
Joseph Chant |
Carter |
John England |
|
12-Oct |
1850 |
Jesse |
Wills |
Elizabeth Chant |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
William Wills |
Weaver |
Job Wills |
|
20-Oct |
1850 |
Sarah |
Paul |
John Wills |
24 |
Spinster |
No |
Broadway |
Glove Sewer |
John Paul |
Mason |
Mary Paul |
|
20-Oct |
1850 |
John |
Wills |
Sarah Paul |
30 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Church St |
Nursery Gardener |
William Wills |
Labourer |
Robert Gibb |
|
25-Dec |
1851 |
George |
Sweet |
Sarah Wills |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Towns End |
Weaver |
John Sweet |
Carter |
Edward Pattemore |
|
25-Dec |
1851 |
Sarah |
Wills |
George Sweet |
19 |
Spinster |
No |
Church St |
Glove Sewer |
Thomas Wills |
Weaver |
Alfred Wills |
|
25-Dec |
1851 |
Elizabeth |
Wills |
Samuel Grinter |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Broadway |
Spinner |
John Wills |
Labourer |
Eli Baker |
|
25-Dec |
1851 |
Samuel |
Grinter |
Elizabeth Wills |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Broadway |
Gardener |
John Grinter |
Gardener |
Joseph Eason |
|
21-Aug |
1852 |
Thomas |
Harp |
Mary Wills |
21 |
Bachelor |
No |
Lower St |
Weaver |
Thomas Harp |
Weaver |
Charles Wills |
|
21-Aug |
1852 |
Mary |
Wills |
Thomas Harp |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Dressmaker |
John Wills |
Labourer |
Richard Hellier |
|
5-Sep |
1853 |
Caroline |
Rendall |
Alfred Wills |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Sherrimore Hill |
Factory Reeler |
not given |
not given |
Jesse Wills |
|
5-Sep |
1853 |
Alfred |
Wills |
Caroline Rendall |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Sherrimore Hill |
Weaver |
not given |
not given |
Job Wills |
|
6-Sep |
1853 |
Elizabeth |
Lawrence |
Charles Wills |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Broadway |
Glove Sewer |
William Lawrence |
Labourer |
Edward Pattemore |
|
6-Sep |
1853 |
Charles |
Wills |
Elizabeth Lawrence |
24 |
Bachelor |
No |
Lower St |
Labourer |
John Wills |
Labourer |
John Lawrence |
|
21-Feb |
1854 |
Simeon |
Pattemore |
Hannah Wills |
37 |
Widower |
No |
Higher St |
Factory Fireman |
not given |
not given |
Henry Pattemore |
|
21-Feb |
1854 |
Hannah |
Wills |
Simeon Pattemore |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Town’s End |
Factory Spooler |
Samuel Wills |
Weaver |
George Sweet |
|
25-Dec |
1855 |
Robert |
Shutler |
Harriett Wills |
28 |
Bachelor |
No |
Town’s End |
Labourer |
John Shutler |
Labourer |
John Shutler |
|
25-Dec |
1855 |
Harriett |
Wills |
Robert Shutler |
26 |
Spinster |
No |
Town’s End |
Samuel Wills |
Labourer |
Ann Mitchell |
|
|
16-Feb |
1858 |
Joan |
Chant |
James Wills |
full |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
John Chant |
Labourer |
Harriot Wills |
|
|
16-Feb |
1858 |
James |
Wills |
Joan Chant |
full |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Fireman, Brewery |
Samuel Wills |
Carpenter |
H Parker |
|
16-May |
1858 |
Jane |
Chant |
George Wills |
full |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
John Chant |
Labourer |
Ellen Pattemore |
|
16-May |
1858 |
George |
Wills |
Jane Chant |
full |
Widower |
Yes |
Merriott |
Weaver |
Samuel Wills |
Labourer |
Matthew Pattemore |
|
24-Oct |
1858 |
Benjamin |
Hallet |
Jane Wills |
20 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
John Hallet |
Labourer |
Frederick Ashman |
|
24-Oct |
1858 |
Jane |
Wills |
Benjamin Hallet |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
John Wills |
Labourer |
Elizabeth Grinter |
|
|
7-May |
1859 |
Susan |
Pattemore |
Joseph Wills |
full |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
John Pattemore |
Gardener |
Anna Pattemore |
|
7-May |
1859 |
Joseph |
Wills |
Susan Pattemore |
full |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Carpenter |
Anthony Wills |
Carpenter |
Anthony Wills |
|
6-Jun |
1859 |
Henry |
Sweet |
Emma Wills |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Samuel Sweet |
Gardener |
Charles Wills |
|
6-Jun |
1859 |
Emma |
Wills |
Henry Sweet |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
not given |
not given |
Elizabeth Grinter |
|
|
6-Mar |
1860 |
Louisa |
Lawrence |
Edwin Wills |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
Jesse Lawrence |
Labourer |
Charlotte Day |
|
6-Mar |
1860 |
Edwin |
Wills |
Louisa Lawrence |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Carpenter |
Samuel Wills |
Carpenter |
William Salisbury |
|
16-Feb |
1861 |
Alfred |
Farr |
Jane Wills |
24 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
James Farr |
illegible |
Anthony Wills |
|
16-Feb |
1861 |
Jane |
Wills |
Alfred Farr |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Anthony Wills |
Carpenter |
Jane Wills |
|
|
2-Sep |
1865 |
Hannah |
Osborne |
Thomas Wills |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Glover |
John Trask |
Labourer |
Ann Wills |
|
2-Sep |
1865 |
Thomas |
Wills |
Hannah Osborne |
20 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Weaver |
James Wills |
Weaver |
Thomas Lye |
|
31-Mar |
1867 |
John |
Wills |
Mary Ann Lawrence |
21 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Edward Wills |
Labourer |
William Pitts |
|
31-Mar |
1867 |
Mary Ann |
Lawrence |
John Wills |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Henry Lawrence |
Labourer |
Ellen Eason |
|
|
4-Nov |
1867 |
Ellen |
Wills |
Benjamin Osborne |
26 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
Mary Wills |
Single woman |
Ann Wills |
|
4-Nov |
1867 |
Benjamin |
Osborne |
Ellen Wills |
27 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Soldier |
William Osborne |
Tranter |
Frederic Ashman |
|
21-Apr |
1869 |
Adolphus |
Sweet |
Eliza Wills |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Shoemaker |
Hannah Sweet |
Single Woman |
Joseph Rousell |
|
21-Apr |
1869 |
Eliza |
Wills |
Adolphus Sweet |
21 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
not given |
Amos Wills |
Labourer |
Ann Rousell |
|
5-Sep |
1870 |
George |
Foot |
Elizabeth Wills |
24 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Weaver |
John Foot |
Labourer |
Thomas Greenham |
|
5-Sep |
1870 |
Elizabeth |
Wills |
George Foot |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
Edward Wills |
Labourer |
Agnes Trask |
|
18-Apr |
1872 |
Robert |
Wills |
Mary Susan Cridge |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Gardener |
William Wills |
Gardener |
Benjamin Pattemore |
|
18-Apr |
1872 |
Mary Susan |
Cridge |
Robert Wills |
19 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
John Alfred Cridge |
Butcher |
Mary Susan Wills |
|
|
10-Apr |
1873 |
Charles (Link to Photo of Headstone) |
Wills |
Elizabeth Lawrence |
29 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Gardener |
Samuel Wills |
Carpenter |
Joseph Lawrence |
|
10-Apr |
1873 |
Elizabeth |
Lawrence |
Charles Wills |
25 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Richard Lawrence |
Farmer |
Catherine Lawrence |
|
26-May |
1873 |
John |
Sweet |
Christiana Wills |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Tranter |
Edward Sweet |
Tranter |
Richard Cridge |
|
26-May |
1873 |
Christiana |
Wills |
John Sweet |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
William Wills |
Gardener |
Mary Susan Wills |
|
|
5-Jul |
1873 |
George |
Wills |
Elizabeth Lawrence |
24 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Weaver |
William Wills |
Weaver |
Joseph Rousell |
|
5-Jul |
1873 |
Elizabeth |
Lawrence |
George Wills |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
Simon Lawrence |
Labourer |
Mary Ann Wills |
|
20-Jul |
1873 |
Samuel |
Greenham |
Mary Wills |
56 |
Widower |
No |
Merriott |
Stoker, Tail Mill |
Joseph Greenham |
Shoemaker |
Reuben Wills |
|
20-Jul |
1873 |
Mary |
Wills |
Samuel Greenham |
full |
Widow |
No |
Merriott |
Amos Lawrence |
Labourer |
Mary Ann Wills |
|
|
27-Jan |
1874 |
Thomas |
Lawrence |
Caroline Wills |
26 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Weaver |
John Lawrence |
Weaver |
William Lawrence |
|
27-Jan |
1874 |
Caroline |
Wills |
Thomas Lawrence |
28 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
George Wills |
Gardener |
Jemima Lawrence |
|
8-Sep |
1874 |
William |
Mitchell |
Caroline Wills |
50 |
Widower |
No |
Merriott |
Coal Hauler |
Alexander Mitchell |
Labourer |
Joseph Rousell |
|
8-Sep |
1874 |
Caroline |
Wills |
William Mitchell |
41 |
Widow |
No |
Merriott |
Washer woman |
Hannah Rendell |
Single Woman |
Ann Rousell |
|
18-Feb |
1875 |
Thomas |
Marks |
Harriett Wills |
38 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Gardener |
Joseph Marks |
Farm Gardener |
Charles Wills |
|
18-Feb |
1875 |
Harriett |
Wills |
Thomas Marks |
31 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Samuel Wills |
Carpenter |
Elizabeth Wills |
|
9-Dec |
1876 |
William |
Young |
Harriett Wills |
19 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Weaver |
Uriah Young |
Weaver |
Henry Wills |
|
9-Dec |
1876 |
Harriett |
Wills |
William Young |
21 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
James Wills |
Weaver |
Rachel Wills |
|
|
24-Dec |
1877 |
Herbert Samuel Higgins |
Marshallsay |
Emma Wills |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Gardener |
Samuel Marshallsay |
Seedsman |
William Hooper |
|
24-Dec |
1877 |
Emma |
Wills |
Herbert Samuel Higgins |
21 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Charles Wills |
Labourer |
Mary Hooper |
|
13-Jan |
1878 |
Henry |
Wills |
Ellen Higgins |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Mechanic |
George Wills |
Gardener |
Francis Wills |
|
13-Jan |
1878 |
Ellen |
Higgins |
Henry Wills |
24 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
George Higgins |
Labourer |
Lucy Wills |
|
|
16-Mar |
1878 |
Charles |
Trask |
Susan Wills |
26 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
West Chinnock |
Weaver |
Charles Trask |
Weaver |
Richard Strong |
|
16-Mar |
1878 |
Susan |
Wills |
Charles Trask |
25 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Jesse Wills |
Weaver |
Hannah Strong |
|
19-Apr |
1878 |
Louisa |
Osborne |
Robert Wills |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Robert Osborne |
Collier |
Susan Wills |
|
|
19-Apr |
1878 |
Robert |
Wills |
Louisa Osborne |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Weaver |
William Wills |
Weaver |
Samuel Osborne |
|
17-Jul |
1880 |
George |
Gabe |
Emma Wills |
25 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Broadway |
Labourer |
George Gabe |
Labourer |
Thomas Wills |
|
17-Jul |
1880 |
Emma |
Wills |
George Gabe |
22 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Boozer Pit |
|
Amos Wills |
Labourer |
Elizabeth Pattemore |
|
8-May |
1881 |
Charles Henry |
Rogers |
Emma Wills |
25 |
Widower |
Yes |
Lower St |
Groom |
James Rogers |
Maltster |
James Farr |
|
8-May |
1881 |
Emma |
Wills |
Charles Henry Rogers |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Lower St |
James Wills |
Weaver |
Alice Pattemore |
|
|
24-Dec |
1882 |
James |
Wills |
Mary Elizabeth Hooper |
21 |
Bachelor |
No |
Boozer Pit |
Labourer |
Amos Wills |
Labourer |
George Hooper |
|
24-Dec |
1882 |
Mary Elizabeth |
Hooper |
James Wills |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Eggwood Lane |
George Hooper |
Labourer |
Susan Hooper |
|
|
10-Feb |
1883 |
Frederick |
Lawrence |
Rachel Wills |
35 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Pullendiva Dromore/ County |
Carpenter of the Royal Navy |
Stephen Lawrence |
Gentleman |
Henry Wills |
|
10-Feb |
1883 |
Rachel |
Wills |
Frederick Lawrence |
30 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Lower St |
James Wills |
Weaver |
Louisa Sarah Lawrence |
|
|
26-Jul |
1883 |
William |
Wills |
Elizabeth Gabe |
24 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Weaver |
Jesse Wills (deceased) |
Weaver |
Francis Elswood |
|
26-Jul |
1883 |
Elizabeth |
Gabe |
William Wills |
16 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Lower St |
|
Robert Gabe (deceased) |
Labourer |
Mary Jane Wills |
|
23-Dec |
1883 |
George |
Gibb |
Mary Wills |
35 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Cardiff |
Labourer |
Robert Gibb |
Labourer |
George Foot |
|
23-Dec |
1883 |
Mary |
Wills |
George Gibb |
33 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Edward Wills |
Labourer |
Ellen Gibb |
|
|
25-Dec |
1883 |
Ann |
Wills |
Edward Elswood |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Beadon Lane |
William Wills |
Labourer |
Elizabeth Elswood |
|
|
25-Dec |
1883 |
Edward |
Elswood |
Ann Wills |
25 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Beadon Lane |
Carpenter |
Walter Elswood |
Carpenter |
Francis Elswood |
|
25-Dec |
1883 |
Edward |
Wills |
Eliza Matilda Bush |
28 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Broadway |
Royal Navy |
George Wills |
Labourer |
Henry Sweet |
|
25-Dec |
1883 |
Eliza Matilda |
Bush |
Edward Wills |
29 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Broadway |
John Bush |
Builder |
Mary Ann Wills |
|
|
4-Oct |
1885 |
Isaac |
Wills |
Elizabeth Pattemore |
28 |
Widower |
No |
Lower St |
Labourer |
William Wills |
Labourer |
Alice Dawe |
|
4-Oct |
1885 |
Elizabeth |
Pattemore |
Isaac Wills |
29 |
Widow |
No |
Lower St |
|
Amos Wills |
Labourer |
Edward Elswood |
|
12-Dec |
1885 |
Selina |
Dawe |
Samuel Wills |
25 |
Spinster |
No |
Broadway |
Edward Dawe |
Labourer |
Louisa Wills |
|
|
12-Dec |
1885 |
Samuel |
Wills |
Selina Dawe |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Higher St |
Mechanic |
William Wills |
Weaver |
Henry Daw |
|
11-Dec |
1886 |
Walter |
Collins |
Mary Ann Wills |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Broadway |
Wheelwright |
Thomas Collins |
Tanner |
Edward Wills |
|
11-Dec |
1886 |
Mary Ann |
Wills |
Walter Collins |
23 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Broadway |
|
George Wills (deceased) |
Labourer |
Emma Collins |
|
9-Jul |
1887 |
Joseph |
Wills |
Ellen Sweet |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Sherrimoor Hill |
Labourer |
Jesse Wills (deceased) |
Weaver |
Francis Sweet |
|
9-Jul |
1887 |
Ellen |
Sweet |
Joseph Wills |
22 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Sherrimoor Hill |
Robert Sweet |
Weaver |
Susan Trask |
|
|
1-Aug |
1887 |
Henry |
Daw |
Elizabeth Wills |
30 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Broadway |
Labourer |
Edward Daw |
Labourer |
Llewellyn Wills |
|
1-Aug |
1887 |
Elizabeth |
Wills |
Henry Daw |
31 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Church Street |
Alfred Wills (deceased) |
Weaver |
Mary Bishop |
|
|
23-Oct |
1889 |
Richard |
Mitchell |
Emma Wills |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Labourer |
John Mitchell |
Yeoman |
Susan? Marks |
|
23-Oct |
1889 |
Emma |
Wills |
Richard Mitchell |
24 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
William Wills |
Farmer |
W Samuel Wills |
|
|
9-Nov |
1889 |
Eliza |
Lawrence |
Albert Lawrence |
21 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
George Wills |
Labourer |
Ellen Lawrence |
|
9-Nov
|
1889 |
Albert |
Lawrence |
Eliza Lawrence |
25 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Thomas Lawrence |
Labourer |
Abraham Lawrence |
|
9-Oct |
1892 |
John |
Lock |
Mary Susan Wills |
33 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Miller |
George Lock |
Miller |
Charles Wills |
|
9-Oct |
1892 |
Mary Susan |
Wills |
John Lock |
30 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
James Wills (deceased) |
Farmer |
Elizabeth Wills |
|
|
18-Nov |
1893 |
Samuel |
Wills |
Mary Elizabeth Paull |
24 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Bleacher |
Thomas Wills deceased |
Labourer |
Edward Paull |
|
18-Nov |
1893 |
Mary Elizabeth |
Paull |
Samuel Wills |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
Edward Paull deceased |
Carpenter |
Annie Robins |
|
14-Dec |
1893 |
William Samuel |
Wills |
Annie Mitchell |
25 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Farmer |
William Wills deceased |
Farmer |
Benjamin Pattemore |
|
14-Dec |
1893 |
Annie |
Mitchell |
William Samuel Wills |
25 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
William Mitchell deceased |
Market Gardener |
Mary Susan Pattemore |
|
|
28-Sep |
1895 |
William |
Wills |
Mary Anna Pattemore |
25 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Labourer |
not given |
not given |
George Clift |
|
28-Sep |
1895 |
Mary Anna |
Pattemore |
William Wills |
23 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
James Pattemore deceased |
Shoe- |
Alice Clift |
|
13-Mar |
1897 |
William |
Paull |
Lily Wills |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Edward Paull deceased |
Carpenter |
Francis Wills |
|
13-Mar |
1897 |
Lily |
Wills |
William Paull |
22 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
not given |
not given |
Edith Paull |
|
|
15-May |
1897 |
Henry |
Butcher |
Sarah Ann Wills |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Weaver |
John Butcher |
Labourer |
Frank Wills |
|
15-May |
1897 |
Sarah Ann |
Wills |
Henry Butcher |
22 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Francis Wills |
Mechanic |
Hannah Butcher |
|
2-Jul |
1898 |
George |
Wills |
Lily Lacey |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Cloth Folder |
Thomas Wills |
Labourer |
Henry Pattemore |
|
2-Jul |
1898 |
Lily |
Lacey |
George Wills |
21 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Samuel Lacey |
Labourer |
Florence Maud Lawrence |
|
|
1-Aug |
1898 |
John |
Wines |
Rose Wills |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
West Chinnock |
Weaver |
Theophilus Wines |
Weaver |
Robert Wills |
|
1-Aug |
1898 |
Rose |
Wills |
John Wines |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Robert Wills |
Weaver |
Annie Wines |
|
6-Apr |
1899 |
Reuben |
Mitchell |
Susan Wills |
31 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
The Castle, Merriott |
Publican |
William Mitchell (deceased) |
Publican |
Edward Paull |
|
6-Apr |
1899 |
Susan |
Wills |
Reuben Mitchell |
32 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
not given |
not given |
Rosa Marks |
|
|
11-Nov |
1899 |
Alfred Harvey Rendall |
Wills |
Emily Wills |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Haulier |
Not given |
not given |
Francis Wills |
|
11-Nov |
1899 |
Emily |
Wills |
Alfred Harvey Rendall Wills |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Francis Wills |
Mechanic |
Mary Susan Perry Wills |
|
14-Apr |
1900 |
Sampson |
Greenham |
Victoria Wills |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Labourer |
not given |
not given |
Robert Wills |
|
14-Apr |
1900 |
Victoria |
Wills |
Sampson Greenham |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Robert Wills |
Weaver |
Sarah Ann Greenham |
|
BAPTISMS (to early 1876)
| Catharine WILLS | 1 May 1803 James, BC | |
| Joseph & Ann (nee Geep) WILLS | 4 March 1804 Susanna | |
| Ann WILLS | 25 December 1806 Ann, BC | |
| William (a Labourer) & Mary (nee Geep) WILLS | 26 December 1808 Eliza 22 December 1811 Susan 22 December 1811 Mary |
8 May 1815 Joseph 25 December 1818 Enos 21 July 1822 Job 26 December 1825 Jesse |
| Hugh (a Carpenter) & Jane WILLS | 24 December 1809 Thyrsa | 26 September 1813 Louisa 26 September 1813 Simon |
| John (a Carpenter/ Labourer) & Joan (nee Mitchell) WILLS |
10 November 1811 Joseph 28 November 1813 Mary 24 December 1815 Thomas |
25 December 1818 Edward 4 June 1821 Samuel |
| Ann WILLS | 9 May 1812 Hannah, BC | |
| John (a Labourer) & Mary (nee Warry) WILLS |
25 December 1813 Joseph 24 December 1815 George 25 December 1818 William 20 May 1822 Eli 20 May 1822 Robert 20 May 1822 Sarah 7 March 1824 Ann |
15 April 1827 Elias 12 February 1828 John 25 October 1829 Charles 11 December 1831 Mary 7 June 1835 Arthur 22 October 1837 Elizabeth |
| Samuel (a Labourer) & Charity (nee Geep) WILLS |
29 December 1816 George 26 December 1819 Rachel 21 July 1822 James 26 December 1825 William |
27 December 1829 Hannah 27 December 1829 Harriet 3 June 1832 Samuel |
| Thomas (a Labourer/ Gardener) & Sarah WILLS | 12 April 1819 Edward 28 April 1822 Elizabeth 28 April 1822 Thomas 16 May 1825 John |
27 May 1827 Elizabeth 24 October 1830 Samuel 10 February 1833 Sarah 22 March 1835 Frances (son) |
| William (a Labourer) & Ann (nee Geep) WILLS |
23 December 1821 John 12 May 1823 Ann |
7 May 1826 Ann 12 February 1828 William |
| Patience WILLS | 10 August 1823 Ann | [Note: Patience married Joseph DAW in 1823, a month before her child was baptised] |
| John (a Labourer) & Mary (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
31 May 1824 Mary 7 May 1826 Samuel 1 August 1830 Ann 1 August 1830 Edward 9 September 1832 Elizabeth |
[Note: John died 1833 and Mary had three subsequent children by the surname WILLS, including one baptised: 5 February 1843 Elinor, BB of widow Mary WILLS.] |
| Samuel (a Carpenter) & Susanna (nee Sweet) WILLS |
26 December 1825 Robert 27 April 1828 William 2 May 1830 Harriet 28 October 1832 James 6 March 1836 James |
13 May 1838 Edwin 5 April 1840 Samuel 5 June 1842 Harriett 1 September 1844 Charles |
| Anthony (a Carpenter) & Sarah (nee Doutch) WILLS |
23 December 1827 Eleanor 4 April 1830 Joseph 21 October 1832 Jane |
13 September 1835 Anthony 26 February 1838 George |
| Elizabeth (a Labourer) WILLS | 27 December 1829 William, B. B. | |
| Susan (a Labourer) WILLS | 15 January 1832 Alfred, BB | |
| Edward (a Labourer) & Amelia (nee Osborne) WILLS |
28 May 1837 Amelia 7 April 1839 Elizabeth 8 May 1842 Francis 8 May 1842 Thomas 13 April 1844 John 13 April 1846 John 8 April 1849 John |
8 April 1849 Elizabeth 1 June 1851 Mary 2 April 1854 Edward 10 August 1856 Samuel 12 October 1856 Samuel (? a repeat) 25 November 1858 Sarah Ann 9 October 1859 Sarah Ann |
| Joseph (a Labourer) & Hannah (nee Osborne) WILLS |
22 October 1837 George 28 July 1839 Emma 8 May 1842 Susan 1 September 1844 George 7 March 1847 Robert |
7 October 1849 Samuel 7 September 1851 Lucy Ann 14 June 1854 Joseph 14 June 1854 Alexander |
| William (a Labourer) & Mary Ann (nee Willy) WILLS |
3 July 1842 Francis 1 October 1843 Henry 7 November 1847 William 7 November 1847 Henry 11 May 1850 Isaac 9 April 1851 Catharine |
23 May 1852 Jesse 29 August 1853 Susan 11 October 1857 Arthur 13 October 1861 Isaac 13 October 1861 Ann |
| Amos/Enos (A Weaver) & Ann (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
5 February 1843 Eliza 7 April 1844 Joseph 2 November 1845 Simeon 4 April 1847 Eliza 8 April 1849 Thomas 12 May 1850 Thomas |
1 June 1851 William 25 December 1852 Emma 3 September 1854 William 2 March 1856 Elizabeth 7 November 1858 Emma 8 September 1861 James |
| George (a Factory Engineman) & Rachel (nee Brown) WILLS |
5 February 1843 George 18 November 1845 Mary Ann |
20 May 1849 Elizabeth |
| George (a Weaver) & Sarah (nee Pattemore) WILLS |
30 March 1844 Lucy 1 November 1846 Caroline 2 September 1849 Emily 28 July 1852 Francis |
[Note: Sarah died in 1856, and George remarried Jane CHANT in 1858] |
| James (a Weaver) & Grace (nee Rendall) WILLS | 29 May 1845 Thomas 25 December 1848 Sarah Ann 25 December 1849 Rachel 7 March 1852 Ellen 5 November 1854 Harriett |
10 January 1858 Henry 13 November 1859 Emma 14 December 1862 Bessy |
| Ann ( a Servant) WILLS | 7 June 1846 Ann, BB | |
| Job (a Weaver) & Susan (nee Lawrence) WILLS | 13 September 1846 Jesse, son of 4 March 1849 George 25 December 1850 Alfred 27 March 1853 Charles 2 July 1854 Ann 11 November 1855 Alfred |
14 March 1858 Mary 11 December 1859 Elsie 14 April 1861 Emma 4 March 1863 Job 12 April 1863 Susan 9 April 1865 Susan |
| Hannah (a Weaver, Spinster) WILLS | 4 March 1849 Ann, B.B. | |
| William (a Gardener/ Inn Keeper) & Emma (nee Farr) WILLS |
6 April 1851 Robert 3 May 1853 Christiana 6 July 1856 Mary Susan 14 November 1858 Harriett |
6 April 1864 Emma 11 November 1866 Ellen 23 April 1868 William Samuel 12 March 1871 Richard |
| John (a Labourer) & Sarah (nee Paull) WILLS | 2 February 1851 Mary 6 February 1853 Ann |
9 September 1860 William John |
| Jesse (a Weaver) & Elizabeth (nee Sweet Chant) WILLS |
30 July 1851 Hannah 27 March 1853 Susan 6 February 1855 Joseph 10 March 1859 William |
1 April 1862 Jesse 11 May 1862 Jesse 9 July 1865 Joseph 16 April 1868 Job |
| William (a Weaver) & Thomasine (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
5 August 1849 George 7 July 1850 Reuben 4 September 1853 Mary Ann |
9 November 1856 Robert 15 December 1860 Albert 12 August 1866 Samuel |
| Alfred (a Weaver) & Caroline (nee Rendall) WILLS |
25 December 1853 Mary Jane 6 January 1856 Elizabeth 14 February 1858 George |
13 May 1860 Lewellyn 12 January 1862 Jacob |
| [Note: Alfred died 1862, and Caroline remarried William MITCHELL in 1874] | ||
| Ann (a Spinster) WILLS | 12 August 1855 Edward, BC | |
| Charles (a Labourer) & Elizabeth/ Betsy (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
14 September 1856 Emma 12 September 1858 Ann 13 May 1860 Elizabeth 14 December 1862 George |
12 February 1865 Edwin 8 September 1867 Emily 24 February 1872 Ellen |
| Ann (a Single Woman) WILLS | 12 September 1858 Mary Ann | |
| George (a Weaver) & Jane (nee Chant) WILLS | 10 October 1858 Henry 9 February 1859 Henry (Baptised twice) |
|
| Jane (a Single Woman) WILLS | 14 October 1860 Sarah Jane | |
| Edwin (a Carpenter) & Louisa (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
29 May 1861 Samuel 14 December 1862 Elizabeth 11 May 1865 James 10 February 1867 Edward |
11 April 1869 Frank Jesse 25 June 1871 Sarah 10 August 1873 Francis |
| James (a Carpenter) & Joan (nee Chant) WILLS |
9 November 1862 Mary Susan 10 September 1871 James [Note: Joan died 1873 and James remarried Betsy (Elizabeth) Warry on 18 Oct 1877. Information courtesy of Jeremy Cousins, who has a copy of the marriage certificate). Elizabeth Warry is noted as the daughter of Frederick Warry, a Blacksmith. The marriage was solemnised in Crewkerne.] |
|
| Harriett (a Single Woman) WILLS | 14 October 1866 Susan | |
| John (a Labourer) & Mary Ann (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
13 July 1867 Thomas 11 December 1870 Florence Ann |
8 August 1875 Henry |
| Thomas (a Weaver) & Hannah/ Anna (nee Osborne) WILLS |
9 June 1867 Mary Ellen 3 April 1869 Samuel |
26 November 1872 Mary Ellen 8 August 1875 Henry |
| Caroline (a Single Woman) WILLS | 11 December 1870 William [Note: Caroline WILLS married Thomas LAWRENCE in 1874] |
|
| Samuel (a Labourer) & Elizabeth (nee Shutler) WILLS |
12 June 1870 Flora | 13 August 1871 John |
| Samuel (a Labourer) & Emma WILLS | 24 May 1862 Mary Elizabeth | |
| Ann (a Single Woman) WILLS | 12 May 1872 Arthur Robert | |
| Robert (a Labourer) & Mary Susan (nee Cridge) WILLS |
10 August 1873 Bessie | 8 August 1875 Ernest Richard |
| Charles (a Gardener) & Elizabeth (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
8 February 1874 Samuel | |
| Lucy (a Single Woman) WILLS | 13 September 1874 Lily | |
| Mary Susan (a Single Woman) WILLS | 20 September 1874 Arthur Robert | [Note: Mary Susan subsequently married Benjamin Pattemore in 1888] |
| Elizabeth (a Single Woman) WILLS | 10 January 1875 Mary Susan Perry | |
| Francis (a Mechanic) & Elizabeth Ann WILLS | 8 August 1875 Sarah Ann | |
| George (a Weaver) & Elizabeth (nee Lawrence) WILLS |
10 January 1875 George. [Note: Elizabeth baptised three children as a single woman: 1868 Eliza; 1870 Mary Ann; 1872 Bessey; father not known] |
|
| Reuben (a Weaver) & Jane WILLS | 9 January 1876 Charles | |
BURIALS 1801 – 1900
| MALES | FEMALES |
| 26 March 1881 Albert Wills 8 mo 20 June 1854 Alexander Wills 1 w 16 December 1854 Alfred Wills 4 21 June 1862 Alfred Wills 31 19 May 1892 Amos Wills 76 6 March 1868 Anthony Wills 65 24 December 1894 Arthur Stanley Wills 16 mo 8 January 1885 Benjamin Wills 6 mo 20 April 1878 Charles Wills 2 7 October 1884 Charles Wills 8 mo 7 March 1844 Edward Wills 51 3 October 1899 Edward Wills 68 25 June 1837 Francis Wills 3 12 January 1872 Francis Wills 3 3 March 1879 Frederic Wills 6 mo 31 July 1838 George Wills 1 14 July 1855 George Wills 6 7 October 1856 George Wills 18 28 August 1875 George Wills 59 28 January 1879 George Wills 4 12 October 1803 Henry Wills 19 March 1846 Henry Wills 2 28 November 1896 Henry Wills 2 21 May 1850 Isaac Wills 5 days 24 September 1834 James Wills 2 7 March 1890 James Wills 54 3 June 1885 James Wills 63 22 July 1852 Jesse Wills 4 mo 18 November 1854 Jesse Wills 4 26 July 1875 Jesse Wills 13 11 August 1877 Jesse Wills 50 16 March 1869 Job Wills 1 y 20 May 1821 John Wills 56 19 September 1833 John Wills 37 10 March 1845 John Wills 1 26 January 1861 John Wills 34 20 February 1869 John Wills 78 2 November 1881 John Wills 91 5 March 1888 John Wills 67 28 April 1805 Joseph Wills 23 June 1839 Joseph Wills 24 4 November 1801 Luke Wills 28 October 1801 Mark Wills 10 October 1874 Richard Wills 3y 9mo 7 February 1846 Robert Wills 20 28 July 1852 Robert Wills 30 8 March 1858 Robert Wills 64 18 July 1891 Robert Wills 15 mo 20 August 1897 Robert Wills 12 mo 29 June 1848 Samuel Wills 8 29 November 1856 Samuel Wills 1 y 19 January 1861 Samuel Wills 58 13 March 1869 Samuel Wills 80 14 October 1882 Samuel Wills 7 w 13 March 1889 Samuel Wills 19 mo 22 April 1869 Simeon Wills 23 12 December 1833 Thomas Wills 72 5 June 1849 Thomas Wills 5 mo 22 October 1860 Thomas Wills 68 5 November 1816 William Wills 2w 3 January 1823 William Wills 66 12 February 1828 William Wills 31 16 February 1852 William Wills 10 mo 28 October 1854 William Wills 3 mo 21 April 1855 William Wills 28 16 February 1864 William Wills 81 26 July 1884 William Wills 10 mo 16 December 1886 William Wills 58 2 July 1895 William Wills 60 2 September 1897 William Wills 38 |
16 December 1876 Amelia Wills 61 23 March 1802 Ann Wills 16 July 1820 Ann Wills 38 2 May 1824 Ann Wills 1 28 August 1824 Ann Wills 1 w 11 January 1870 Ann Wills 73 20 April 1882 Ann Wills 67 12 September 1885 Bessie Wills 13 13 March 1886 Bridget Ellen Wills 5 10 August 1802 Catharine Wills 18 April 1851 Catharine Wills 1 w 4 November 1810 Charity Wills 24 July 1854 Charity Wills 66 21 April 1824 Elie Wills 4 23 July 1843 Eliza Wills 6 mo 4 May 1823 Elizabeth Wills 80 11 April 1824 Elizabeth Wills 4 18 April 1839 Elizabeth Wills 6 mo 20 November 1842 Elizabeth Wills 77 29 March 1852 Elizabeth Wills 95 23 April 1885 Elizabeth Wills 55 24 May 1897 Elizabeth Wills 70 15 December 1866 Ellen Wills 8 w 28 May 1892 Emily Wills 9 mo 28 May 1857 Emma Wills 4 6 November 1897 Ethel Rose Wills 6 mo 3 January 1809 Hannah Wills 20 December 1873 Hannah Wills 22 5 May 1898 Hannah Wills 10 14 April 1840 Harriett Wills 10 11 November 1879 Harriett Wills 21 3 January 1821 Jane Wills 60 11 December 1875 Jane Wills 51 21 February 1802 Joan Wills 22 September 1849 Joan Wills 62 21 November 1873 Joan Wills 37 26 January 1893 Lucy Wills 48 27 May 1810 Mary Wills 1 January 1814 Mary Wills 1 22 November 1823 Mary Wills 8 mo 7 July 1860 Mary Wills 80 29 March 1884 Mary Wills 81 17 May 1886 Mary Wills 3 w 21 February 1885 Mary Ann Wills 67 20 November 1869 Mary Ellen Wills 2 19 April 1887 Mary Jane Wills 33 29 September 1801 Ruth Wills 1 May 1856 Sarah Wills 38 20 December 1873 Sarah Wills 79 14 February 1883 Sarah Wills 80 4 January 1907 Sarah Wills 80 21 February 1860 Sarah Ann Wills 1 y 19 March 1864 Susan Wills 13 mo 5 March 1878 Susan Wills 68 26 August 1884 Susan Ann Wills 4 15 March 1898 Susan Hannah Wills 76 8 June 1810 Susanna Wills 17 January 1815 Susanna Lawrence Wills 69 |
Estate Duty Wills at the Somerset Record Office
WILLS Joseph 1813 Merriott (can’t match to a burial).
1873 Returns of Owners of Land of more than one acre
WILLS, Caroline of Crewkerne; over 6 acres.
WILLS, J. Executors of; of Crewkerne; over 38 acres.
WILLS, Marianne of Crewkerne; over 4 acres.
WILLS, Susan of Merriott; over 2 acres.
WILLS, William of Merriott; over 14 acres.
The 20th Century
The surname WILLS continued in Merriott into the 20th century amongst the All Saints Parish Marriages & Burials.
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