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Francis Willis ( - fl. 1691)

Willis's uncle bequeathed his estate, White Hall, to him upon his death in 1691. Willis then left his estate to his son Francis, who became the head of the prominent Virginia family. Other Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hall_(Zanoni,_Virginia) - Relevant locations: Residence at White Hall, Virginia
 Relationships: Francis Willis was a nephew of Francis Willis (c. 1621-1691)
Francis Willis was a father of Francis (the Younger) Willis (-)

 Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a document - Some Prominent Virginian Families.
 References in Documents:
A Catalogue of the Benefactors to the Anatomy Schoole in Oxon. (Rawlinson Q.e. 36) Mr Fr. Willis, ye Son of ye a fore-mentioned Fr. Willis gaue A Branch of a Cotton Tree wth ye Cotton growing thereon. A Candle made of Myrtle-Berry's. A Toad-Fish. "Toad-Fish" (Pointer, Oxoniensis Academia (1749), p. 41). A Stone taken out of ye Brain of Fish, &c.