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Gov. George WYLLYS

Gov. George WYLLYS

Male 1590 - 1645  (55 years)

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  • Name George WYLLYS  [2, 3] 
    • Connecticut Royal Governor. He served as Governor of the colony of Connecticut in 1642. Elected as one of six assistants to the general court, he served in that capacity from 1639 to 1641 and also in 1643 and 1644. Serving as Deputy Governor for Connecticut in 1641, he was appointed as Governor of the colony in 1642. Following his term as Governor, he became a commissioner from Connecticut to the United Colonies of New England. His home, which was located on Wyllys Hill in Hartford, Connecticut, was the largest in Connecticut at the time (today Wyllys Street in Hartford is named in his honor). On what was his property once stood the Charter Oak Tree, the official state tree of Connecticut, which was where it was said that Colonial Patriots hid the Connecticut charter from English agents trying to take it under the orders of King James II in 1686. His name also appears on the Founders Monument, which recognizes his prominence in Connecticut.

      Bio by: The Guardian [1]
    Prefix Gov. 
    Birth 1589/90  Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact Son of Richard Wyllys and Hester Chambers Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Fact 1642  Governor of Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Death 09 Mar 1645  Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Burial Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I62962  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2021 

    Family 1 Bridget YOUNGE,   b. 1580, of Caynton and Statford Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1629 (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1609  Holy Trinity Church, Stratford Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. George WYLLYS,   b. of Fenny Copton, co. Worcester Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. Hester WYLLYS  [Birth]
    +3. Amy WYLLYS,   b. Abt 1625   d. 9 Jan 1698/9, Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F31332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2021 

    Family 2 Mary SMITH,   b. 1603   d. 1664, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage Aft 11 Mar 1629  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Samuel WYLLYS,   c. 19 Feb 1631/2, Fenny Compton, co. Warwick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1709, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F19629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Aft 11 Mar 1629 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - 1642 - Governor of Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 09 Mar 1645 - Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Gov. George Wyllys, Bridge Yonge and Mary Smith Headstone    		Gov. George Wyllys, Bridge Yonge and Mary Smith Headstone
    Ins: George Wyllys
    Born 1590 in Fenny Compton Co. Warwick England
    Came to Hartford 1638
    Deputy Governor of Connecticut 1641 and Governor 1642 died March 9, 1645
    Bridget young his wife died at Fenny Compton march 1629 and is there buried.
    Mary Smith his second wife died in Hartford.

    He is buried in the Ancient Burying Ground inHartford,…

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    3. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    4. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

    5. [S6901] Ancestry.com: Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934.


  

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