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William Filley

Male 1665 - 1707  (42 years)


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  • Name William Filley 
    Born 7/07 Mar 1664/5  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 12 Nov 1665  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died From 11 Aug 1707 to 4 Oct 1707  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2355  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father William Filley,   b. Abt 1617, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1686, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Margaret,   b. Abt 1621, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Sep 1642  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth,   b. Aft 1665, of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1707  of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250:
      "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.:
      a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643.
      b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff.
      Record.)
      c. Mary *.
      d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669.
      e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.)
      f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658.
      g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec.
      h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5."

      DEATH:
      1. Ancestry.com's "Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1700-1729," p. 184-5 (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1700 to 1710.):
      "Name: William Filley. Location: Windsor. Invt. ₤202-09-06. Taken 4 October, 1707, by Job Drake and Jeremiah Alford. Will dated 11 August, 1707. The last will and testament of William Filley, late of Windsor: I give to my now wife Elizabeth all my estate, both real and personal, provided that if she have issue begotten by me in marriage and it live (if male to the age of 21 years, or if female unto the age of 18 years), then my will is that the estate shall be equally divided betwixt mother and child. Otherwise, the whole estate to her as before expressed. I constitute my wife sole executrix, and desire Nathaniel Cooke to be supervisor. Witness: Daniel Clarke, Nathaniel Cooke. William Filley, ls. Court Record, Page 98 - 6 October, 1707: Elizabeth, the widow, with Samuel Filley, brother of the said deceased, appeared in Court, when Samuel Filley opposed the probate of the will. Page 99 - 3 November, 1707: This Court order the parties to appear again on the third Tuesday of this November. Page 101 - 9 January, 1707-8: Will and invt. exhibited and approved, Samuel Filley having nothing further to object."