Have discovered my Wills family come from Somerset and unfortunately I don't know the area and I would very much appreciate your help.
From my cousins dna match, have found my family in Devon and quite by chance from a newspaper report, could confirm my gggreatgrandfather was still alive and had also remarried. Samuel ( a master cooper) was the son of John Wills (farmer) and according to the 1851 census in Devon, is born in 'Barrick', Somerset.
Looking for a baptism for Samuel c1788, I think I have the right family
John Wills and Ann
baptisms
John 1778 East Coker
William and Thomas 1781 East Coker
Henrietta 1783 East Coker
Harriet 1785 Barwick
Samuel 1788 Barwick
Charles born 1792 bap. 1806 East Coker
These names are repeated through the next few generations and looking at census returns, Charles (born 'Berwick') and Henrietta (born Coker) are in Bradford Abbas 1841/1851 along with a record for a Harriet Wills death 1821 and for a John Wills 1819 age 63.
It's been a little difficult searching for Wills as a family name, also Wells/Willis/Will and wondered if families moved alot within Devon/Somerset/Dorset, Samuel's first marriage was in Tiverton, Devon 1809.
Have I found the right Wills family in Somerset?
Thank you as always
