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Personal data Governor George Wyllys 


Household of Governor George Wyllys

(1) He is married to Bridget Young.

They got married on November 2, 1609 at Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England, he was 19 years old.


(2) He has/had a relationship with Mary Smith.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Wyllys

Ambrosius Willis
1538-1625
Agneta Coles
1535-1595
George Chambers
1537-1625
Judith Calcott
1539-1625

George Wyllys
1590-1645

(1) 1609

Bridget Young
1583-1629

(2) 

Mary Smith
1602-1664


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Birthday November 2, 1590

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1590: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 14 » Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
    • May 17 » Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
    • August 18 » John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
    • August 30 » Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
    • September 27 » Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
    • October 24 » John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.

Christening day November 25, 1590

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1590: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 14 » Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
    • May 17 » Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
    • August 18 » John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
    • September 5 » Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
    • September 27 » Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
    • October 16 » Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover.

Day of marriage November 2, 1609

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1609: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
    • April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
    • April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
    • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
    • September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
    • September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.

Day of death March 9, 1645

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1645: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 14 » English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
    • July 10 » English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
    • August 3 » Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
    • September 13 » Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
    • September 24 » The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
    • October 8 » Jeanne Mance open the first lay hospital in North America.


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