George Willis, Medford, MA - 1690

HERE LYES THE
BODY OF GEORGE
WILLIS AGED
90 YEARS DIED
16 OF SEPTEMBER
1690

Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, Massachusetts

Imagine dying at 90 years old in 1690! He was born before the colonization of Massachusetts, sometime around 1600.

According to New England Families: Genealogical and Memorial by William Richard Cutter (1915), George Willis was born in England in 1602. He came to New England around 1636 and settled in Cambridge. He was a mason by trade.

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