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* ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles 1593–1674 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Dec 1593

Birth Location: Whichford, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: before 05 February 1674

Death Location: Southampton, Bermuda

Father: John Tome

Mother: Ellen Tomes

Spouse(s): * Connecticut

Children(s): Hester Wells, John Wells, Jane Wells, Hannah Wells, Alice Wells, Sara Wells, Anna Wells, Mary Wells, Thomas Wells, Mary Baldwin, John Welles, Samuel Welles, Sarah Chester, Joseph Welles, Grace Norton

In 1593, * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles entered the world in Whichford, Warwickshire, England, born to John Tome And Ellen Gunn Tomes. * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles married Thomas Welles Governor Of Connecticut, and had children including Alice Wells, Anna Wells, Grace Welles Norton, Hannah Wells, Hester Wells, Jane Wells, John Welles, John Wells, Joseph Welles, Mary Wells, Mary Wells Baldwin, Samuel Welles, Sara Wells, Sarah Welles Chester, Thomas Wells. * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles passed away in 1674 in Southampton, Bermuda.

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Biography

  • In 1593, * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles entered the world in Whichford, Warwickshire, England, born to John Tome And Ellen Gunn Tomes.
  • * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles married Thomas Welles Governor Of Connecticut, and had children including Alice Wells, Anna Wells, Grace Welles Norton, Hannah Wells, Hester Wells, Jane Wells, John Welles, John Wells, Joseph Welles, Mary Wells, Mary Wells Baldwin, Samuel Welles, Sara Wells, Sarah Welles Chester, Thomas Wells.
  • * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles passed away in 1674 in Southampton, Bermuda.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Tome
1545–1602
Birth Location: –
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Ellen Tomes
1571–1600
Birth Location: –
ET

Spouses(s)

* Connecticut
1594–1660
Birth Location: Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, , England
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Children(s)

Hester Wells
1635–1673
Birth Location: Southampton Tribe, Bermuda
HW
John Wells
–1689
Birth Location: –
JW
Jane Wells
1626–
Birth Location: Southampton, Bermuda
JW
Hannah Wells
1625–1680
Birth Location: Southampton, Bermuda
HW
Alice Wells
1629–
Birth Location: Southampton, Bermuda
AW
Sara Wells
1631–1647
Birth Location: Southampton, Bermuda
SW
Anna Wells
1634–
Birth Location: Southampton, Bermuda
AW
Mary Wells
1637–1641
Birth Location: Southampton, Bermuda
MW
Thomas Wells
1625–1668
Birth Location: Willenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands, England
TW
Mary Baldwin
1618–1647
Birth Location: England
MB
John Welles
1622–1659
Birth Location: Warwickshire, England
JW
Samuel Welles
1628–1675
Birth Location: Willenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands, England
SW
Sarah Chester
1632–1698
Birth Location: Warwickshire, England
SC
Joseph Welles
1637–1659
Birth Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
JW
Grace Norton
1590–1639
Birth Location: Boxted, Suffolk, England
GN

* Welles's Ancestors

Self
* Welles
1593–1674
Birth Place: Whichford, Warwickshire, England
Parents
John Tome
1545–1602
Ellen (Gunn) Tomes
1571–1600
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

* Welles's Descendants

1.
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* (ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES) Welles (1 Dec 1593–before 05 February 1674) m. * (THOMAS WELLES GOVERNOR of) Connecticut (10 Jul 1594–01/14/1660)
  1. 1. Hester Wells 1635–1673 m. Damon Knowles 1635–1690
    1. 1. ROBERT KNOWLES 1660–1715 m. Elizabeth Valentine 1661–1731
      1. 1. ROBERT KNOWLES 1685–1745 m. ELIZABETH (FENNELL) Knowles –1748
        1. 1. Samuel (John Knowles (The Crossing) Plantation) 1710–1765
        2. 2. Mary Knowles 1728–
        3. 3. Margaret Knowles 1704–1795
        4. 4. Kato Knowles 1710–1765
      2. 2. Mary Knowles 1681–
      3. 3. Daniel Knowles 1676–
      4. 4. Ann Knowles 1664–
      5. 5. Thomas Knowles 1666–
      6. 6. Thomas Knowles 1661–1664
  2. 2. John Wells –1689
  3. 3. Jane Wells 1626–
  4. 4. Hannah Wells 1625–1680
  5. 5. Alice Wells 1629–
  6. 6. Sara Wells 1631–1647
  7. 7. Anna Wells 1634–
  8. 8. Mary Wells 1637–1641
  9. 9. Thomas Wells 1625–1668
  10. 10. Mary (Wells) Baldwin 1618–1647
  11. 11. John Welles 1622–1659
  12. 12. Samuel Welles 1628–1675
  13. 13. Sarah (Welles) Chester 1632–1698 m. John (Chester Captain [SAR Membership:) 2031] 1635–1697
    1. 1. Eunice (Chester) (Stevens) 1668–1698
    2. 2. Mary (Chester) (Wolcott) 1654–1689
    3. 3. John (Chester Major [SAR Membership:) 2031] 1656–1711
    4. 4. Sarah Chester 1657–1723
    5. 5. Stephen Chester 1660–1698
    6. 6. Thomas Chester 1662–1712
    7. 7. Samuel Chester 1664–1689
    8. 8. Prudence Chester 1666–1727
  14. 14. Joseph Welles 1637–1659
  15. 15. Grace (WELLES) Norton 1590–1639

* Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1593
1 Dec 1593
Birth of * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles in Whichford, Warwickshire, England
Whichford, Warwickshire, England
1674
before 05 February 1674
Age 81
Death of * ALICE (1st wife) Gunne knighte TOMES Welles in Southampton, Bermuda
Southampton, Bermuda

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Dec 1593
    Event Place: Whichford, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service : Their Part in Making American History from 495 to 1934

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: before 05 February 1674
    Event Place: Southampton, Bermuda
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