FAMILY
John was the eldest son of Richard Wills and Margaret Durtnall, who christened him at All Saints Church in Hollingbourne on July 12, 1655.
John Wills appears to be grandson of the John Wills buried in Stockbury in 1659.
He married Elizabeth Swan in Stockbury on Oct 11, 1685. Both appear to have recently arrived in the parish.
John Wills was farming two large two parcels in Yelsted, Stockbury, during 1703 and 1704.
CHILDREN
- Richard Wills (buried 3 Sept 1685)
- Susannah Wills (c 12 Sept 1686 - bur. April 15, 1687 )
- Thomas Wills (c 8 April 1688)
- Dorothy Wills (Feb 15 1690)
- John Wills (c 26 April 1693 - 20 Jan 1749 Stockbury) married Elizabeth Springer 16 Oct 1723
- Richard Wills (April 19 1696/97)
- William Wills (c 21 April 1700) married Mary Huckstep in Stockbury on 26 Jan 1729
- Robert Wills (Nov 6, 1730 in Stockbury)
- John Wills (Jan 23, 1731/32 in Stockbury)
- Elizabeth Wills (March 31, 1734 in Stockbury)
- William Wills (April 16, 1738)
- Sarah Wills (c June 4, 1740 Stockbury,) married our recently widowed ancestor Stephen Hales at Stockbury on May 6 1766.
- Edward Wills Our Ancestor (26 May 1703-17 July 1765)
- Robert (c 8 June 1707)
DEATH
John Wills was buried in the parish churchyard on Aug 31, 1735.