Absalom Willey

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 25 2025, 21:57:54 UTC

brief biography and family

a Patriot of the American Revolution for the Province of Delaware

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DAR Ancestor #A125832

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Surname has also been reported to be Willie.

Given name has also been reported to be:

• Absolam
• Absolom

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be May 6, 1739 at Greene, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America <unattested, conflicts with his DAR ancestor record and his Find A Grave memorial>.

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• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...

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Absalom Willey

• Birth: May 6 1739 - Sussex, Delaware, USA
• Death: Dec 19 1791 - Sussex, Delaware, USA
• Parents: John Willey, Priscilla Polk
• Wife: Margaret Willey (born Polk)
• Children: James Willey, John Willey, Nancy Leach (born Willey), Magdaline Hudson (born Willey), Absalom Willey, Boyd Willey, Margaret Lookus (born Willey), Mary Davis (born Willey), Levin Willey, William Polk Willey

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Revolutionary War - Delaware Militia Troop of Horse

Served as a soldier in the Calvery lead by Captain James Pollock as part of the Delaware Militia Troop of Horse. This unit accompanied Captain Thomas Rodney's Dover Light Infantry Company which was assigned to General Cadwalader's Philadelphia Troops, joined i the expedition against Bordentown, marched to Trenton and assisted in the capture of Princeton. This information from the Delaware Archives Military and Naval Records Vol. II pages 773, 774, 775 and on record with the Daughters of the American Revolution.