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GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000399
NameObadiah Wills
TitleMr
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Congregationalist
Livedb. ca. 1625-03-25 - d. (old)
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on Genesis 1:27 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 1 on Matthew 17:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 2 on Genesis 1:27 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 2 on Matthew 17:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 3 on Genesis 1:27 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 3 on Matthew 17:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 4 on Matthew 17:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 5 on Matthew 17:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 6 on Matthew 17:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon 7 on Matthew 17:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:22 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Timothy 2:26 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Genesis 3:6 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Hebrews 4:2 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on John 20:15 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 11:24-26 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 14:23 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 24:35 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 25:24 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 5:4 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 27:9 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on 2 Corinthians 2:11 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on 2 Corinthians 4:4 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Daniel 5:23 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Jeremiah 50:4-5 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on John 21:17 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Luke 11:21 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Matthew 6.9 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Proverbs 1:10 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Psalms 73:23-24 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Romans 13:8 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Romans 3:19 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Romans 3:19 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)Sermons on Song of Solomon 8:6-7 -- preacher? (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesAlton Barnes -- ParishExeter College -- Place of StudyDevizes -- PostNew College -- Post
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Hannah Wood
Biographical Sources ConsultedAO (Foster); Calamy Revised, p. 534; DWL Catalogue
Other NoteObadiah Wills, son of Richard Wills, was born in Sherbourne, Dorset around 1625. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in July 1642; he proceeded M.A. in May 1649 by favour of Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. He was made fellow of New College, Oxford in 1649 by parliamentary visitors. Wills served as rector of Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, but was ejected for nonconformity in 1662. He was licensed as a Congregationalist preacher at Devizes in 1672. His date of death is unknown.
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1626-1654Alumni Oxonienses
GEMMS record createdApril 19, 2016
GEMMS record last editedDecember 23, 2021