Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameNancy Willis
Birthabt 1775, Scotland1,2
Death21 Apr 1845, Lower Greenville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1,2
BurialWentworth Cemetery, Wentworth Centre, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Wentworth Cemetery, Wentworth Centre, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187675093
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Nancy Willis, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K8TS-LP5
!BIRTH-DEATH: Giles descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Nancy Willis, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt
!REFERENCE: 1819 Acadian Recorder lists several ships that sailed from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1819, but no passenger lists for those ships are known, https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia.shtml
!REFERENCE: 30-Nov-1871 Greenville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada deaths1142 for son James Giles, Nancy Giles
!REFERENCE: 2001, Giles Family of Cumberland County Nova Scotia68, "1. Thomas Giles (1772 - 27/02/1851) married (1) Nancy Willis (1775 - 21/04/1845) (went to Nova Scotia in 1819 from Ireland. Nancy was from Scotland). Thomas spent nearly 20 years in Ireland before leaving for Nova Scotia. Nancy was a widow of.... Evans. NOTE Sometimes in Records Nancy is referred to as Agnes. At 75 years of age married 02 Feb 1846, Jane Knight -72 YRS (Widow of William Knight of Portapique who died 23/02/1841) Jane was the mother of Sarah Knight who married Gilbert Purdy ... grandmother to Jane Smith Purdy who married Thomas Giles (Jr.) - Children born in Ireland."
!REFERENCE: 2002, Descendants of Thomas Giles and Nancy Willis1145, Nancy Willis, descendants
!REFERENCE: 2009, Giles Family Nova Scotia1146, Nancy Agnes Willis, descendants
!REFERENCE: 2017, obituary for 2G granddaughter Evelyn Powell Denton (1907-2017), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194759605
Spouses
Birthabt 1775
Misc. Notes
!REFERENCE: 2001, Giles Family of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia68, "1. Thomas Giles (1772 - 27/02/1851) married (1) Nancy Willis (1775 - 21/04/1845) (went to Nova Scotia in 1819 from Ireland. Nancy was from Scotland). Thomas spent nearly 20 years in Ireland before leaving for Nova Scotia. Nancy was a widow of ... Evans."
Birthabt 1772, Scotland1,2
Death27 Feb 1851, Lower Greenville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1,2
BurialWentworth Cemetery, Wentworth Centre, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Wentworth Cemetery, Wentworth Centre, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada1, Thomas Giles, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184361123
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Thomas Giles, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KCH4-QMF
!BIRTH-DEATH: Giles descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Thomas Giles, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt
!REFERENCE: 1819 Acadian Recorder lists several ships that sailed from Ireland to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1819, but no passenger lists for those ships are known, https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia.shtml
!REFERENCE: Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, land grant map, Thomas Giles, in the triangle between Lower Greenville, Wentworth Station, and Westchester Station next to James Giles, https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/indexmaps/070.pdf
!REFERENCE: 30-Nov-1871 Greenville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada deaths1142 for son James Giles, Thomas Giles
!REFERENCE: 2001, Giles Family of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia68, "1. Thomas Giles (1772 - 27/02/1851) married (1) Nancy Willis (1775 - 21/04/1845) (went to Nova Scotia in 1819 from Ireland. Nancy was from Scotland). Thomas spent nearly 20 years in Ireland before leaving for Nova Scotia. Nancy was a widow of.... Evans. NOTE Sometimes in Records Nancy is referred to as Agnes. At 75 years of age married 02 Feb 1846, Jane Knight -72 YRS (Widow of William Knight of Portapique who died 23/02/1841) Jane was the mother of Sarah Knight who married Gilbert Purdy ... grandmother to Jane Smith Purdy who married Thomas Giles (Jr.) - Children born in Ireland."
!REFERENCE: 2002, Descendants of Thomas Giles and Nancy Willis1145, Thomas Giles, descendants
!REFERENCE: 2009, Giles Family Nova Scotia1146, Thomas Giles, descendants
!REFERENCE: 2017, obituary for 2G granddaughter Evelyn Powell Denton (1907-2017), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194759605
ChildrenJames (~1807-1871)
 Dorothy (~1809-1864)
 Thomas (1812-1856)
 Jane (1819-1886)
Last Modified 15 Aug 2021Created 1 Mar 2024 https://willbraffitt.org/roots/
1 Mar 2024 https://willbraffitt.org/roots/