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Last name Willis
First name Thomas
Display name Thomas Willis
Birth date 1771
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, New York Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee
Bio notes Became a member of NYM Indian Committee in 1807, appointed to visit Long Island Indians in 1808, appointed to visit Indians of Western NY in 1812. Visited by Robert Sutcliff in 1805. Probably the Thomas WIllis who was born at Westbury in 1771, the son of Fry & Anne. He married Phebe Searing in 1795.

Mentioned in:

Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1

New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook

Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by Robert Sutcliff

Life of Thomas Eddy