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bap. 13 Oct. 1615, 1st s. of William Willoughby, merchant and shipowner, of Wapping, and Elizabeth Locke (d. 1662).GL, MS 5287/1, unfol. m. (1) 26 Nov. 1635, Mary, da. of John Taylor (d. 1669) of Wapping, 1s.;LMA, P93/DUN/266, f. 27. (2) c. 1640, Sarah, da. of John Taylor of Wapping, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (3) c.1658, Margaret (d. 1683), da. of William Locke (d. 1664) of Wimbledon, Surr. and wid. of Daniel Taylor (bur. 20 Apr. 1655) of St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. suc. fa. 30 Mar. 1651. d. 3 Apr. 1671.I.J. Greenwood, ‘The Willoughby family of New England’, New England Hist. and Gen. Reg. xxx. 67-78; T.H. Johnson, ‘The topical verses of Edward Taylor’, Publ. Col. Soc. Mass. xxxiv. 516; St Stephen, Coleman Street, and Holy Trinity, Clapham, Surr. par regs.; PROB11/313/533, PROB11/314/193 (William Locke); PROB11/322/294 (John Taylor).
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freeman, Massachusetts 13 May 1640;Recs. Gov. and Co. of Mass. ed. N.B. Shurtleff (1853–4), i. 376. selectman, 1640–7. Representative for Charlestown, House of Deputies, 1642–50.Recs. Mass. ii. 22, 145, 264; iii. 62, 147; Publ. Col. Soc. Mass. v. 117; Greenwood, ‘Willoughby fam.’, 73. Comptroller, general ct. 1646;Recs. Mass. iii. 78. asst. 1650 – 51, 1662–4. Dep. gov. 1665–d.Recs. Mass. iii. 182, 220; iv (pt. 1). 1, 36; iv (pt. 2). 56, 86, 99, 116, 141–462; W. Whitmore, The Mass. Civil List (1870), 16–17, 23–4.

navy commr. and master attendant, Portsmouth 28 Sept. 1652-July 1660.CJ vii. 185b-186a; Pepys Diary, i. 197, 208. J.p. Hants 10 July 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 340. Commr. assessment, Mdx. 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

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WILLOUGHBY, Francis (1615-71), of Wapping, Surr., Portsmouth, and Charlestown, Massachusetts
Surr., Portsmouth and Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WILLOUGHBY, Francis (1615-71), of Wapping, Surr., Portsmouth, and Charlestown, Massachusetts

Will
4 June 1670, pr. 10 Apr. 1671.Greenwood, ‘Willoughby fam.’, 75.
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inherited from fa. in 1651 property in Wapping and Portsmouth, £200, and a debt of over £4,000 owed by the government for ships.PROB11/216/425; CSP Dom. 1656-7, pp. 209, 256. Inherited his fa.’s unrelinquished share in the Irish venture of 1642, and acquired in 1653 lands in barony of Lune, co. Meath, Ireland.SP63/292, f. 118; SP63/300, f. 139; SP63/284, f. 87. Granted 1,000 acres, Mass. 12 Oct. 1669.Recs. Mass. iv (pt. 2). 438.
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