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Willans

There are eight groups of Willans, one of Willens, and one Willan, with four having more than 30 named descendants.

1     The Willans ‘L group’ headed by Henry and Elizabeth, rearing three children at Harrow-on-the-Hill Middlesex, has 105 named descendants.

2     The Willans ‘Ob group’ from Leeds Yorkshire was headed by Obadiah and Elizabeth Jackson.  This group has 105 named descendants.


3     The Willans ‘RH group’ from Hunslet Yorkshire is hypothesised to be from William Willans b~1672 & Susanna Rhodes. 
       This group has 170 named descendants, one of whom was UK Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith.

4     The Willans ‘LH group’ from Hackney Middlesex has 26 named descendants. 

5     The Willans ‘OH group’ from Hunslet Yorkshire has 24 named descendants. 

6     The Willans ‘OV group’ from Hunslet Yorkshire has 25 named descendants. 

7     The Willans ‘U group’ from Haddington near Edinburgh has 20 named descendants.

8     The Willans ‘R group’ from Wragby Yorkshire has 25 named descendants.

9     The Willens ‘G group’ from Glasgow has 20 named descendants.
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10    The Willan ‘T group’ headed by William b~1798 and Hannah at Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorland Cumbria has 130 named descendants. 
​        One of their grandsons, James
 Willan b1875, migrated to Melbourne Australia.






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