1787 Aug 23 - Andrew Willey of Barnstead m Sarah Stevens of same by Wm
Parsons clergyman [NHVR].
1833 Oct 17 - Charles Willey of Barnstead m Irena B Pickering of same by
Enos George [NHVR].
1802 May 2 - Ephraim Willey of Barnstead m Molly Clough of Gilmanton by
Walter Powers clergyman of Belmont [NHVR].
m1 Marie Ann Cote, m2 c1859 Julie Breault
FAMILY RECORD:
Joseph Louis Gagnon - b Canada 1826 of a Canadian father & an English
mother; d 1878; m1 Marie Ann Cote; after death of Marie he m2 Julie Breault.
Children by 1st wife:
a) Mitchell - b 1848; 2 Apr 1918 ae 70; bur St Joseph's cem Chelmsford lot
234 sec G.
b) Peter J - b c1850; m Aurselie Rosa Morin.
Children by 2nd wife:
c) Norris - b 1860; d 1 Mar 1939 ae 79 in Chelmsford MA & bur there in St
Joseph's cem lot 234 sec G; unm.
d) Louis - b 1862; d 12 Apr 1912 ae 50; m ___.
e) Julie Ann - b 1864; d 2 Nov 1934 ae 70; m ___; lived in Lawrence MA & had
children.
[mss Gagnon genealogy compiled by Bernice Gagnon of Salem MA c1977].
FAMILY RECORD:
Robert Willey - s/o Thomas Willey of Barnstead; liv Barnstead 1790 with 3
boys & 1 girl; had his father's farm in 1791. Children:
a) Enoch - m Polly Bunker; she d 1821.
b) James - m Eliza Rand.
c) Susannah -.
[Merrill, History and Genealogy of the Barnstead Early Families from
1727-1970, p324].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1850 - only Robert Willeys per census index:
Robert Willey ae 65 m laborer b NH; boarder at 17/19 in Gilford
Robert Willey ae 70 m laborer b NH; boarder at 169/199 in Meredith
1850 - Barnstead - all the Willey Families per census:
Alfred Willey ae 28 head of household 1153/1261
Caleb Willey ae 53 head of household 1121/1128
George Willey ae 14 boarder at 1000/1087
Isaac Willey ae 74 head of household 1100/1205
Jacob Willey ae 81 head of household 1120/1127
William Willey ae 14 boarder at 868/945
Wm C Willey ae 9 boarder at 996/1083
m 1821?
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1821 Nov 29 - Enoch Willey of Barnstead & Polly Bunker of same marr by
Charles Hodgdon Jr JP [per Marriage Records of Barnstead NH in NHGR 13/67;
could the year be in error? this record is recorded between blocks of marriages
performed in 1820].
1850 Sep 13 - Pittsfield - 1265/1365 Enoch Willey ae 54 m laborer b NH;
Polly Willey ae 49? f b NH; Harriet J Willey 20 f b NH; Enoch Willey ae 16 m b
NH; Hiram Willey ae 13 m b NH school; Henry M Willey ae 10 m b NH school; Ira
Willey ae ? m b NH school; Orrin T Willey ae 1 m b NH [census].
1880 Oct 16 - Alfred S Willey d Pittsfield NH married shoemaker b Barnstead
s/o Enoch Willey b Barnstead & _____ Bunker b Barnstead [NHVR].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1863 Jul 6 - Alfred S Willey m Nancy Emerson at Barnstead by W O Carr
minister [NHVR].
1880 Oct 16 - Alfred S Willey d Pittsfield NH widowed shoemaker, b Barnstead
s/o Enoch Willey & ____ Bunker, both b Barnstead [NHVR].
1880 Oct 16 - Alfred S Willey d Pittsfield, b Barnstead s/o Enoch b
Barnstead & ___ Bunker (NHVR) [Willey Family Research by Wm F Stanhope, 1962,
p58, typescript in Dover NH Libr Genealogy Room].
m1 c1842 Abigail Worthen, m2 1873 Ruthetta J Williams
FAMILY RECORD:
John Willey - s/o Enoch Willey & Mary "Polly" Bunker; b Barnstead c1820; m1
c1842 (by 1848 per will of Ezekiel Worthen) Abigail Worthen (b 2 Fremont 1802
Fremont d/o Ezekiel Worthen & Sarah Davis; d 28 Feb 1872 ae 70; bur Leavitt Cem
in Fremont); he m2 10 Dec 1873 at Fremont Ruthetta J Williams (b c1855 Danville
NH d/o Charles Williams); they div 3 Oct 1886; he d Fremont 12 Mar 1892 ae 72;
bur Leavitt Cem in Fremont; shoemaker & farmer; priv in Civil War in Co A of
11th NH Vol Inf; captured at Spotsylvania Court House VA & imprisoned at
Andersonville GA & Florence SC which were both known for harsh treatment;
contracted chronic diarhea followed by dropsey at the later place; after being
exchanged as a prisoner he was discharged; he an dau Nellie May received
pensions. Children:
a) Samuel J - b 23 Mar 1843 Fremont; d 17 Jul 1927 Fremont; bur Leavitt Cem
in Fremont; m1 Lovilla J Morrill who he div 12 Apr 1887; m2 21 Feb 1865 (and
again on 16 Apr 1887) Ann E Hartford.
b) Eliza Louisa - birth dates vary, but prob twin to Samuel, and thus b 23
Mar 1848; d 4 Jul 1902; m1 [Joseph Witham ? by 1872] & had at least two
children; m2 by 1890 Atwood Purington, a much younger man; liv Epping; both bur
Leavitt Cem in Fremont.
c) Charles E - b Dec 1874; liv unm in Fremont 1900 with brother Samuel.
d) Georgianna - b c1878; d Fremont 21 Jun 1884 ae 5-10-10.
e) Nellie May - 3rd child of Etta per pension file; b 24 Aug 1881 Fremont; m
1897 Carroll H Smith; at least one child b Exeter.
[preliminary sketch by LCT, 12 Nov 96].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1850 Sep 9 - East Kingston NH - census:
682/683 John Willey 30 m laborer bNH
Abigail Willey 40 f bNH
Eliza Willey 7 f bNH
Samuel Willey 7 m bNH.
1860 Jul 10 - Epping NH - census:
424/429 John Willey 37 m cordwainer 800/75 b NH
Abigail Willey 60 [?] f b NH
Samuel Willey 16 m cordwainer b NH
Eliza Willey 16 f domestic b NH
Edward Trickey 12 m b NH school
1870 - Epping NH - census:
47/50 John Willey Jr 48 m shoemaker 300/- b NH recorded 29 Jun 1870
Abigail Willey 68 f keep house b NH cannot read or write
Abbie Tuttle 7 f b NH school
Sarah True 76 f b NH
52/56 Sherman J Willey 32 m shoemaker b NH
Mary O Willey 26 f keep house b NH
Charlotte Hackett 66 f 1000/100 b NH
202/213 John Willey 57 m farm laborer b NH living with Sam'l Haley
no other Willeys in Epping; no Hartfords.
1872 Feb 28 - Abigail Willey d of fever at Epping married, occup roots &
plums, b Fremont d/o Ezekiel Worthen b Candia & Sarah Worthen b Fremont [NHVR].
1873 Dec 11 - John Willey of Fremont ae 45 farmer widower 2nd marr b
Barnstead s/o Enoch Willey, m at Raymond NH by Thomas Robie of Raymond
clergyman, Ruthetta J Williams of Fremont ae 18 b Danville NH 1st marr, d/o
Charles Williams [NHVR].
1880 Jun 10 - Fremont NH - census:
125/142 John Willey m 58 head of household shoeworker NH/NH/NH
Ruth E Willey f 24 wife house keeping NH/NH/NH
Charles E Willey m 5 son NH/NH/NH
Anna Willey f 1 dau NH/NH/NH
Joseph Witham m 12 boarder laborer NH/NH/NH
1881 Aug 24 - Nellie May Willey b Fremont 3rd c/o John Willey ae 62 res
Fremont laborer & Ruthetta J Williams b Danville ae 25 housewife [NHVR].
1884 Jun 29 - Georgianna Willey d Fremont ae 5y 10m 10d, female acute
peritonitus, b Fremont d/o John Willey laborer b Barnstead & Etta Williams b
Fremont [NHVR].
1886 Oct 19 - John Willey of Fremont libelant adultery, divorced Ruthetta J
Willey; married 11 Dec 1872 at Raymond [NHVR].
1892 Mar 12 - John Willey d Fremont ae 72 b Barnstead single farmer s/o
Enoch Willey b Barnstead & ___ b Barnstead [Fremont Annual Report].
1892 Mar 12 - John Willey d Fremont ae 72 b Barnstead, male, white, single,
farmer, disease of liver, buried Fremont, s/o Enoch Willey b Barnstead farmer,
attending physician F W Spaulding of Epping [NHVR].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Leavitt Road Cemetery, Fremont NH, all the Willey inscriptions:
John Willey - Co A 11th NH Inf.
Abigail Willey - d 23 Feb 1871 ae 70y.
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Ira Willey, 1st NH Cav, CW flag, no dates [poss the bro of John Willey]
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Georgeanna d/o S (E or F?) & L J Willey, d 5 Sep 1862.
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Samuel J Willey - b 23 Mar 1843; d 17 Jul 1927; Co A 11th Reg NH Vols.
Ann E Hartford, his wife - b 23 Nov 1848; d 19 May 1929.
John C Willey - b 1869; d 1950.
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Samuel P Willey - b 1871; blank.
Myrtie A, his wife - b 1875; d 1904.
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Henry H Willey - b 1861; d 1919.
Alfred F Willey - b 1894; d 1950.
Bessie P, his wife - b 1896; d 1978.
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Civil War Pension Index, National Archives:
John Willey Co A 11th NH Inf - appl 555710 cert 373870
John Willey Co A 11th NH Inf - appl 71682 cert 55985
these are the only John Willey files for NH soldiers.
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Civil War Pension File of John Willey, Cert #373870 & Cert #55985:
On discharge certificate John Willey states he was priv in Co A 11th NH Vol
Inf; enlisted by Horace C Bacon at Epping NH 11 Aug 1862 to serve 3 yrs; born
Barnstead NH; ae 44; 5' 5.5" tall, light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair;
shoemaker; during last two months was unfit for duty 60 days; stationed at
Concord NH on 8 May 1865; discharged at Concord 17 May 1865.
On application for invalid pension dated 30 May 1865 John Willey ae 44, res
of Epping NH, states that he enl at Epping 28 Aug 1862 as priv in Co A 11th NH
Vol; discharged 17 May 1865; while on duty with regiment at Spotsylvania Court
House he was taken prisoner & carried to Andersonville GA & confined 4 mos;
from there went to Charleston & kept 4 wks; from there to Florence SC for 2
mos; while there attacked by chronic diarhea which was followed by dropsey; now
much bloated with constant swelling of the bowels; now resides in Epping NH and
is unable to work.
On 28 Oct 1868 John Willey of Epping complains to pension office that he has
not been receiving his pension.
The file contains numerous doctors reports and requests for an increase in
his pension, e.g., on 7 Jun 1879 John Willey of Fremont ae 58 applies for a
pension increase; his post office is at West Epping.
On 19 Apr 1892 Eugene D Sanborn ae 21, town clerk of Fremont NH, states that
Johnn Willey d Fremont on 12 Mar 1892 ae 72 yrs; a farmer b Barnstead.
On 25 Mar 1892 Emily A B Hartford ae 48 & Eliza Trickey ae 77, residents of
Fremont state that on 24 Aug 1881 they were nurses present when Etta J
(Williams) Willey, wife of John Willey, gave birth to her 3rd child, Nellie May
Willey.
On 3 May 1892 Samuel J Willey ae 50, legal guardian of Nellie M Willey,
states that John Willey d 12 Mar 1892 leaving only 1 child under ae 16, namely
Nellie May Willey who was b 24 Aug 1881.
On 23 May 1892 Eugene D Sanborn, ae 23, town clerk of Fremont, states that
John Willey of Fremont ae 45 & Ruthetta Williams of same ae 18 were married on
10 Dec 1873.
Affidavit of Albert C Buswell MD of Epping states that he delivered Nellie
May Willey on 24 Aug 1881.
On 19 Jul 1892 the clerk of the Rock Co Superior Court states that John
Willey of Fremont libellant and Ruthetta J Willey of same libellee were
divorced on 3 Oct 1886.
On 2 Apr 1893 A [Atwood] W Purington of Epping ae 39 and Rhuelie [sic?] R
Smith of Fremont ae 55 state that they had known Ruthetta Williams since she
was a child & that she had not been married prior to marrying John Willey; that
she left home when the child was about 5 yrs old and went to Haverhill MA; that
she may have later gone to Boston MA; that her husband divorced her, and she
has not been heard from since; that Nellie May Willey was her only child under
16 on 12 March 1892.
On 29 Apr 1893 - a pension was approved for Nellie M Willey, b 24 Aug 1881,
minor child of John Willey; document states that the soldier d 12 Mar 1892
having last married on 10 Dec 1873 & divorced 3 Oct 1886; Samuel J Willey had
been apptd guardian of the child on 16 Mar 1892.
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Fremont NH - part of Brentwood when latter was set off ftom Exeter in 1744;
set off as sepatate town in 1764; called Poplin until 1854 when renamed in
honor of Gen John C Fremont, the 1st presidential candidate put forward by the
new Republican Party; located on Nashua & Rochester RR; no Willeys on Civil War
List; no Willeys mentioned in biographical sketches [Hist Rock & Straf Cos,
Hurd, p296].
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Barnstead NH - town granted 1727; 1st town meeting in 1775 when population
was 252; no Willeys in Rev War soldier list; no Willey in 1812 War soldier
list; no Willeys in Civil War so;dier list; no Willeys in list of
Representatives and Town Clerks; 1317 population in 1880; 1882 reunion
committee included Caleb Willey, vice pres, and Horation G Willey, exec comm;
no Willeys in biographical sketches [Hist Merrimack & Belknap Cos, Hurd, p711].
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John Willey of Epping NH; enl Co A 11th Reg 28 Aug 1862; discharged 17 May
1865 [Hist Rock Co NH?].
m1 John Willey, m2 1899 James McNulty
FAMILY RECORD:
Ezekiel Worthen - s/o Enoch Worthen; d between 2 Feb & 9 Aug 1848; wills
15599-A 1843 & 15599 1848; m1 1 Mar 1797 Brentwood to Sarah Davis; m2 Judith
___. Children:
a) Sarah "Sally" - b 28 Aug 1797 Fremont; m Joseph Mudget.
b) Dolly - b 26 Aug 1799.
c) Abigail "Nabby" - b 2 Feb 1802 Fremont; m John Willey.
d) Mary "Polly" - b 6 May 1804 Fremont; d 1882; bur Leavitt Cem in Fremont.
e) Miriam - b 25 Sep 1807 Fremont; m Thomas Robinson.
f) Asa R - b 3 Feb 1810; d 14 mar 1884 ae 76 Fremont; m1 Mary B West; m2 Ann
Lane 1874?
g) Hannah - b 28 Jun 1812; m John S Trickey.
h) Eliza - b 2 Aug 1815; m Samuel Trickey.
i) Ruth - m Houghton Evans; had son John F Evans?
j) ___ - m a son of Hiram French.
[preliminary sketch by LCT].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1797 Mar 1 - Ezekiel Worthen of Brentwood m at Brentwood by Samuel Shepard
clergyman of Brentwood, Sarah Davis of Fremont [NHVR].
1797 Aug 28 - Sarah Worthen b d/o Ezekiel Worthen & Sarah ___ reptd from
Fremont [NHVR].
1799 Aug 26 - Dolly Worthen b d/o Ezekiel & Sarah [NHVR].
1802 Feb 2 - Naby Worthen b d/o Ezekiel & Sarah reptd from Fremont [NHVR].
1804 May 6 - Polly Worthen b d/o Ezekiel & Sarah reptd from Fremont [NHVR].
1807 Sep 25 - Miriam Worthen b d/o Ezekiel Worthen & Sarah reptd from
Fremont [NHVR].
1810 Feb 3 - Asa Worthen b s/o Ezekiel & Sarah [NHVR].
1812 Jun 28 - Hannah Worthen b d/o Ezekiel & Sarah [NHVR].
1815 Aug 2 - Loiza Worthen b d/o Ezekiel Worthen & Sarah _____ reprtd from
Fremont [NHVR].
1848 Apr 3 - Ezekiel Worthen d Kensington NH ae 73-0-9 palsey farmer bur
Kensington, b Kensington s/o Enoch Worthen farmer b Kensington & Jemima Quimby
[NHVR].
see David Chase of Fremont, see John F Hartford of Fremont
1899 Sep 23 - James McNulty ae 40 b Ireland s/o Hugh McNulty & Sarah Clark,
m at Exeter by Rev Wm Woods, Etta J Wiley ae 42 b Fremont d/o Charles Williams
& _____ [Exeter Annual Report].
1908 - McNulty, Etta (Williams), ho, 29 Forest [Exeter & Hampton Census &
Business Directory 1908 p201].
m1 John Willey, m2 1899 James McNulty