Wyllys-Haynes Family
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George WyllysGeorge WyllysGeorge Wyllys or Wyllis served for a year as one of the early governors of the Connecticut Colony.Born at the manor of Fenny Compton in Warwickshire, England, to Richard and Hester Willis, part of an old, wealthy family. His first cousins Thomas and Richard, were baronets of Fen Ditton,...
- Born: 1590 at the manor of Fenny ComptonFenny ComptonFenny Compton is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England, about eight miles north of Banbury. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 797. Its church of St. Peter and St. Clare was built in the 14th century...
, WarwickshireWarwickshireWarwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Governor of Connecticut ColonyConnecticut ColonyThe Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in British America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English...
, 1642-3 - Great grandfather of George Wyllys (1710–1796) (sec of state)
- 2nd great grandfather of Samuel Wyllys #2
- 5th great grandfather of Edward Partridge, Jr.
George Wyllys
- Born: 6 October 1710 in Hartford, ConnecticutHartford, ConnecticutHartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
- Secretary of the State of ConnecticutSecretary of the State of ConnecticutThe Secretary of the State of Connecticut is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is an elected position in the state government and has a term length of four years....
, 1735-96 - Father of Samuel Wyllys #2
- Father of George Wyllys #3
- Great grandson of George Wyllys (governor)
- Great grandson of John HaynesJohn HaynesJohn Haynes , also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony...
- 1st cousin 4 × removed of Edward Partridge, Jr.
- Died: 24 April 1796
Samuel Wyllys
- Connecticut Secretary of State 1796-1810
- Son of George Wyllys (sec of state)
- 2nd Great grandson of George Wyllys (governor)
- 2nd Great grandson of John Haynes
John HaynesJohn HaynesJohn Haynes , also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony...
- Born: May 1, 1594
- Political position: Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639-40, 41-42, 43-44, 45-46, 47-48, 49-50, 51-52, 53-54 (note every other term such as 40-41 someone else held the office)
- Married Mabel Harlakenden
- His daughter Ruth Haynes married Samuel Wyllys #1 son of George Wyllys
- Great grandfather of George Wyllys (sec of state)
- 2nd great grandfather of Samuel Wyllys
- 5th great grandfather of Edward Partridge, Jr.
- 9th great grandfather of Julie Woodburn
- Ancestor of Gladys Hatfield Koopman
- Died: January 1654
Edward Partridge, Jr.
- 25 June 1833—17 November 1900
- Utah Territorial Legislature 1873; Delegate to 1895 Utah Constitutional Convention
- Brother of Emily Dow Partridge who married Brigham YoungBrigham YoungBrigham Young was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah...
(Governor of Utah Territory 1850-58) of the Richards-Young FamilyRichards-Young familyThe Richards–Young family is the name of a U.S. political family. Besides politics many of its members have been prominent in religion and in military affairs... - Brother of Eliza Maria Partridge Smith who married Amasa Mason Lyman (delegate to the 1849 California Constitutional Convention; Mayor of San Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
) - Double 5th great grandson of Simon BradstreetSimon BradstreetSimon Bradstreet was a colonial magistrate, businessman, diplomat, and the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Arriving in Massachusetts on the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, Bradstreet was almost constantly involved in the politics of the colony but became its governor only in 1679...
(Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) of the Dudley-Winthrop FamilyDudley-Winthrop family-Thomas Dudley:*Born: 1576, Yardley-Hastings, Northampton, England*Political position: Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650*Father of Anne Dudley who married Simon Bradstreet*Father of Joseph Dudley... - 5th great grandson of George Wyllys (governor)
- 5th great grandson of John Haynes (governor)
- Double 6th great grandson of Thomas DudleyThomas DudleyThomas Dudley was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Dudley was the chief founder of Newtowne, later Cambridge, Massachusetts, and built the town's first home...
(governor) of the Dudley-Winthrop Family - 1st cousin 4 × removed of George Wyllys (sec of state)