Ambrose Willett

Abt 1688 - Bef 1758  (< 70 years)

• Name	Ambrose Willett  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1688	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Land - they bought land	1716	tract Conveniency, Worcester Co, Maryland   [2]
  	John Aydelotte with wife Winidred Aydelotte sold this tract to Ambrose Willett.
  Will - Named in Fathers will	17 Mar 1719	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	In his will William Willett gave wife use of 1/2 plantation & personal property for life, then to be divided between my children. To son Ambrose planta where I live & 110 acres. To daughter Ellzabeth 145 acres adjcent same. To daughter Catherine 143 acres adjcent Elizabeth. To daughter Ann 120 acres purchased of Francis Ayres. To son John the other part of land purchased of Francis Ayres, supposed to be 60 acres. To grandson William Willett, son of Ambrose, mill & 2 acres given me by Richard Hill deceased, also l2 acres purchased of John Cary. Son Ambrose & grandson William Exrs. Francis Young, Thomas Rily, Francis Ayres & Thomas Simson, Jr. overseers. Witt: Jacob D. Litchfield, John Rily. Robert Ternall.
  Appraiser	18 Sep 1719	Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  	The estate of Walter Reed was to be appraised by John Purnell & Ambros Willet.
  Land - they sold land	22 Dec 1719	tract Conveniency, Worcester Co, Maryland   [4]
  	Ambrose Willett with wife Ruth Willett sold 100 acres of tracts Reeds Contrivance & Conveniency to John Jugous.
  Administrator of an estate - Named as an Administrator of an estate	7 Feb 1720	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	It was on this date that administration on the estate of James Coner was granted to his brother-in-law Ambrose Willett with Thomas Simson security.
  Appraiser	17 Jan 1730	Worcester Co, Maryland   [6]
  	The estate of Edward Chappman was to be appraised by William Lane & Ambros Willet. Next of Kin: Humphrey Chappman, Joshua Chappman & Margaret Hodson.
  Land - they sold land	30 Jan 1744	tract A101, south of Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [7, 8]
  	Ambrose Willet of Worcester County, MD sold to Thomas Wise of Accomack County, VA, 145 acres of land near the head of Hunting Creek, being the land bequeathed to certain Elizabeth Willet by the will of William Willet dec'd. Witt: Will Arbuckle, Geroge Drummond & Thomas Teackle.
  Land - they bought land	4 Nov 1744	tract Parramore's Double Purchase, Worcester Co, Maryland   [9]
  	Thomas Parramore of Accomack County sold to Ambrose Willett of Worcester County for 45 pounds money of Virginia, all that tract of land in Worcester Co called Willitt Purchase, the same being part of a larger tract called Parraore's Double Purchase containing 100 acres, bounded to the Northward by land of William Turner, westward by the head line of Parramore's Double Purchase, southward by the land of Hutten Hill and by a creek called Horne Creek. Witt: John Henry & William Lane.
  Reference Identifier	P.1.1
  Record ID	63011
  Will	1 Feb 1758	Worcester Co, Maryland   [10, 11]
  	In his will Ambrose Willet gave to son Thomas Willett all that tract of land including the plantation he now lives on called Parramore's Double Purchase containing 100 acres on the seaboard side and also what household goods and other things he hath now in his possession. To son William Willett the plantation he now lives on with part of my land I now live on beginning at a Red Oak Saplin where formerly stood a marked Hickory and then down the branch to a Stoopin White Oak and thence south until it intersects with Tobais Peppers line containing 100 acres and one shilling sterling. To my son John Willett my plantation I now live on with my land not yet mentioned and 2 young steers and 1 feather bed and some funiture, etc. To my daughter Elizabeth Nicholson one shilling sterling. To daughter Ann Holland one shilling sterling. To daughter Joyce Bradshaw one young bull and one small iron pot. To daughters Ruth and Mary the remainder of my personal estate and they to have the liberty to live on the plantation and in the house where I now live durying their single lives. Son Thomas Willet sole Extr. Witt: Eliam Johnson, William Pruitt & Moses Mills.
  Death	Bef 10 Mar 1758	Worcester Co, Maryland   [10, 11]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Willett,   b. 1645, England d. Bef 4 Nov 1719  (Age < 74 years)  (Father)  Ann (--?--),   b. Abt 1670   d. Bef 4 May 1726, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 56 years)  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 3 sisters
  + 1. Ambrose Willett,   b. Abt 1688, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 10 Mar 1758, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 70 years) ╚═ Ruth Aydelotte, (Aydelotte?),  m. Abt 1708 + 2. Elizabeth Willett,   b. Abt 1692, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1745, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 52 years) ╚═ James Conner,  m. Abt 1719 + 3. Catherine Willett,   b. Abt 1694, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 7 Sep 1736, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 42 years) ╚═ William Pruitt,  m. Abt 1720 + 4. Ann Willett,   b. Abt 1696, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Thomas Lilliston, Sr.,  m. Abt 1718 + 5. John Willett,   b. Abt 1698, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Jun 1762, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 64 years) ╚═ (--?--) (--?--),  m. Abt 1725
  Person ID	I63011	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	William Willett,   b. 1645, England d. Bef 4 Nov 1719 (Age < 74 years) Other Partners: ╚═Elizabeth MackWilliam,   b. Abt 1664, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1683
  Mother	Ann (--?--),   b. Abt 1670   d. Bef 4 May 1726, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1688	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [12]
  Family ID	F21190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Aydelotte, (Aydelotte?),   b. Abt 1690, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1708  [13]
  	SPECULATION - Ruth, wife of Ambrose Willet, may not be the dau. of John Aydelotte. There were land dealings between Ambrose Willet & John Aydelotte.
  Children	1. William Willett,   b. Abt 1709, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Oct 1770, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 61 years)   2. Thomas Willett,   b. Abt 1710, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 13 Mar 1779, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 69 years) + 3. Ann Willett,   b. Abt 1712, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Nehemiah Holland, II  (Age < 55 years)  m. Abt 1730   4. Elizabeth Willett,   b. Abt 1714, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Ambrous Nicholson  (Age < 63 years)  m. Abt 1740   5. John Willett,   b. Abt 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Joyce Willett,   b. Abt 1720, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ (--?--) Bradshaw  m. Abt 1745 + 7. Ruth Willett,   b. Abt 1722, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Robert (of Robt I) Slocomb, II (S.S.)  (Age > 76 years)  m. Aft 15 Aug 1749   8. Mary Willett,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F31812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1688 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 17 Mar 1719 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Administrator of an estate - Named as an Administrator of an estate - 7 Feb 1720 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 61 (will of William Willett), 570. [S2158] Dryden, Ruth - Wor Land Records, 1666-1810, (Printed Privately, 1987), p. 138 (tract Conveniency), 2158. [S2188] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Wor Co, MD Inventories & Accts, 1694-1742, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 8 (appraisers of the estate of Walter Reed), 2188. [S2158] Dryden, Ruth - Wor Land Records, 1666-1810, (Printed Privately, 1987), p. 139 (tract Conveniency), 2158. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 89 (adm of James Coner to Ambrose Willett), 570. [S2188] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Wor Co, MD Inventories & Accts, 1694-1742, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 24 (appraisers of the estate of Edward Chappman), 2188. [S2653] Albert James Willett Jr., Willett, Albert James - The Willett Families, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, SC, 1985), p. 628 (will of Ambrose Willett) citing: Acc Deeds 1736-1746, p. 441, 2653. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1079 (tract A101), 572. [S2653] Albert James Willett Jr., Willett, Albert James - The Willett Families, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, SC, 1985), p. 629, 2653. [S2653] Albert James Willett Jr., Willett, Albert James - The Willett Families, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, SC, 1985), p. 629 (will of Ambrose Willett), 2653. [S2160] Sharon S. Jones, Jones, Worcester Co, MD Wills, 1742-1758, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD 1986), p. 62 (will of Ambrose Willet), 2160. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 77 (will of Ann Willit), 570. [S2560] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) [email protected], Ancestors of William Thomas Taylor, (Email to M.K. Miles, 11/30/2015), 2560.