Col. Willis WILSON^[1]

1748 - 1798  (50 years)

• Name	Willis WILSON
  Title	Col.
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	1748  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Will	2 Dec 1796	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  Death	11 Sep 1798	Great Bridge, Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	Willis' 13 September 1798 obituary in The Norfolk Herald stated that he was a resident of Gosport and that he had died suddenly at Great Bridge on 11 September. It further noted that Willis was buried with full military honors.
  Will Recorded	17 Dec 1798	Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  Burial	Gosport, Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  Person ID	I51748	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Lemuel WILSON
  Mother	Sophia LOWERY   d. Bef 29 Jan 1751/1752
  Marriage	Bef 1739  [2]
  Family ID	F5049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary THOROWGOOD   d. Aft 17 Dec 1798
  Marriage	Bef 9 Oct 1785  [6]
  Family ID	F5051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  SEE WMSB WILLS, p. 63.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4938] will / Wilson, Willis Sr. [probate 1760], Norfolk. [S4292] Marshall Wingfield Butt, compiler, Butt, Colonel James Wilson (1651-1712) of Norfolk County, Virginia and Some of His Descendants, ((Portsmouth, VA: by the compiler, 1968)). p. 14. [S4939] will / Wilson, Willis [probate 1798], Norfolk Co,. [S4132] Robert K. Headley, Jr., compiler, Headley, Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers, ((Baltimore, MD: GPC, 1987)), p. 373. [S4292] Marshall Wingfield Butt, compiler, Butt, Colonel James Wilson (1651-1712) of Norfolk County, Virginia and Some of His Descendants, ((Portsmouth, VA: by the compiler, 1968)). pp. 14-17. [S213] Anne E. Maling, abstractor, Maling, Princess Anne County, Virginia Wills 1783 - 1871, ((Bowie, MD: HeritageBooks, Inc, 1994)). p. 12: Lemuel Thorowgood will.