The WYLLEY Family of Thorley, Hertfordshire

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JOHN WYLLEY (m. 1540) of Thorley
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AGNES WYLLEY, wife of John Denison BRIDGET WYLLEY (bu. 1625), wife of George Abbott,
the grandfather of George Abbott of Andover

First Generation

JOHN WYLLEY

Parents:

John Wylley married Joan Marshall on 7 Oct 1540 in Thorley. [Ref]

Children of John Wylley and Joan Marshall

  1. John Wylley was baptised on 4 Aug 1541 in Thorley.
  2. Agnes Wylley married first John Denison. She married second John Gace. She married third John Wall.
  3. Bridget Wylley was buried on 13 Aug 1625 in Bishop's Stortford. She married George Abbott, the grandfather of George Abbott of Andover.
  4. Ellen Wylley married Unknown Jacob. [Ref] Ellen was the grandmother of George Jacob, Sr., who was executed during the Salem witchcraft hysteria. [Ref]

 

AGNES WYLLEY

Parents: John Wylley and Joan Marshall

Agnes Wylley married first John Denison on 11 May 1651 in Thorley, Hertfordshire. [Ref] She married second John Gace on 3 May 1584 in Bishop's Stortford. [Ref] John was buried on 2 Sep 1602 in Bishop's Stortford. [Ref] Agnes married third John Wall on 18 May 1603 in Little Haddam, Hertfordshire. [Ref] John Wall of Bishop's Stortford was the son of Nicholas Wall of Great Hallingbury, Essex. [Ref] John was buried on 3 Nov 1613 in Bishop's Stortford. [Ref] In his will, dated 26 Oct 1613 and proved in Nov 1613, John mentions his wife Agnes and her sons William and Edward Denison. He calls himself a yeoman of Stortford. [Ref]

BRIDGET WYLLEY (bu. 1625)

Parents: John Wylley and Joan Marshall

Bridget Wylley was buried on 13 Aug 1625 in Bishop's Stortford. [Ref] She married George Abbott, the grandfather of George Abbott of Andover. [Ref]

 

References:

Fiske, William Wyman, "John Wall of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, Third Husband of Agnes (Wylley) (Denison) (Gace) Wall," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 158, 2004, 361-363.

Moriarty, G. Andrews, "Ancestry of George Abbott of Andover, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 85, 1931, 79.

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