The Wyllys-Haynes Family is a U.S. political family with its roots in the

Connecticut Colony The ''Connecticut Colony'' or ''Colony of Connecticut'', originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settl ...

Members

George Wyllys George Wyllys or Wyllis (1590 – 9 March 1645) served for a year (1642–1643) as one of the early governors of the Connecticut Colony. Born at the manor of Fenny Compton in Warwickshire, England, to Richard and Hester (Chambers) Will ...

*Born: 1590 at the manor of

Fenny Compton Fenny Compton is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England, about eight miles north of Banbury. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 797, increasing to 808 at the 2011 census. Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon ''Fennig Cumbtū ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

*Governor of

, 1642-3 *Great grandfather of George Wyllys (1710–1796) (sec of state) *2nd great grandfather of Samuel Wyllys #2 *5th great grandfather of Edward Partridge, Jr.

George Wyllys

*Born: 6 October 1710 in

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

Secretary of the State of Connecticut The secretary of the State of Connecticut is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (The definite article is part of the legal job title.) It is an elected position in the state government and has a term length of four ...

, 1735–96 *Father of Samuel Wyllys #2 *Father of George Wyllys #3 *Great grandson of George Wyllys (governor) *Great grandson of John Haynes *1st cousin 4 × removed of Edward Partridge, Jr. *Died: 24 April 1796

Samuel Wyllys Samuel Wyllys (January 4, 1739 – June 9, 1823) was an American military officer in the American Revolution, Connecticut politician, and a member of the Wyllys–Haynes family. Early life Wyllys was born on January 4, 1739, and baptized o ...

*Connecticut Secretary of State 1796-1810 *Son of George Wyllys (sec of state) *2nd Great grandson of George Wyllys (governor) *2nd Great grandson of John Haynes

John Haynes

*Born: May 1, 1594 *Political position: Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639–40, 41-42, 43-44, 45-46, 47-48, 49-50, 51-52, 53-54 (note every other term such as 40-41 someone else held the office) *Married Mabel Harlakenden *His daughter Ruth Haynes married Samuel Wyllys #1 son of George Wyllys *Great grandfather of George Wyllys (sec of state) *2nd great grandfather of Samuel Wyllys *5th great grandfather of Edward Partridge, Jr. *Died: January 1654

Edward Partridge, Jr.

*25 June 1833—17 November 1900 *Utah Territorial Legislature 1873; Delegate to 1895 Utah Constitutional Convention *Brother of Emily Dow Partridge who married

Brigham Young Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...

( Governor of Utah Territory 1850-58) of the Richards-Young Family *Brother of Eliza Maria Partridge Smith who married Amasa Mason Lyman (delegate to the

1849 California Constitutional Convention The California Constitutional Conventions were two separate constitutional conventions that took place in California during the nineteenth century which led to the creation of the modern Constitution of California. The first, known as the 1849 ...

; Mayor of

San Bernardino, California San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...

) *Great grandson of Massachusetts congressman

Oliver Partridge Oliver Partridge (1712-1792) was a military commander, politician and early American patriot. He represented Massachusetts at the Albany Congress of 1754, and at the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 where he supported resistance to the British Stamp Ac ...

, delegate to the Albany Congress of 1754 and the Stamp Act Congress of 1765. *Double 5th great grandson of

Simon Bradstreet Simon Bradstreet (baptized March 18, 1603/4In the Julian calendar, then in use in England, the year began on March 25. To avoid confusion with dates in the Gregorian calendar, then in use in other parts of Europe, dates between January and Ma ...

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Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony The territory of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the fifty United States, was settled in the 17th century by several different English colonies. The territories claimed or administered by these colonies encompassed a much larger area tha ...

) of the Dudley-Winthrop Family *5th great grandson of George Wyllys (governor) *5th great grandson of John Haynes (governor) *Double 6th great grandson of

Thomas Dudley Thomas Dudley (12 October 157631 July 1653) was a New England colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Dudley was the chief founder of Newtowne, later Cambridge, Massachusetts, and built the tow ...

(governor) of the Dudley-Winthrop Family *1st cousin 4 × removed of George Wyllys (sec of state)

Sources

Gary Boyd Roberts, ''Three New Notable Dudley Descendants'', New England Historic Genealogical Society

Roster of Connecticut Governors
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyllys-Haynes family Political families of the United States