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Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller 1540 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Cranbrook, Kent, England

Death Date: 1596

Death Location: Tonbridge, Kent

Father: Richard Weller

Mother: Catherine Sharpeigh

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Dence, Letyce Frenche, Jone Sumer

Children(s): Agnes (Wellar), Dence WELLER, Dence Weller, Dence Weller, Alexander WELLER, Agnes Weller, Ellen WELLER, Agnes Weller, Ellen WELLER, Richard Weller, Richard Weller, John WELLER, John Weller, John Weller, Joan Weller, Gervase WELLER, Gervase Weller, Gervase Weller, Constance WELLER, Constance Weller, Constance Weller, Constance WELLER, Thomas Weller, Richard Weller, Richard WELLER, Richard Weller, John Weller, Mary Weller, Mary Weller, Mary Weller, Stephen Weller, Stephen WELLER, William Weller, Stephen Weller, William Weller, Thomas Weller, Thomas Weller, Elizabeth Weller, Elizabeth Weller, Alexander Weller, Katherine Weller, Ellen Weller, Katherine WELLER, Ellen Weller, Katherine Weller, Ellen WELLER, John WELLER, John WELLER, Alexander WELLER, Alexander Weller, Sir ^*, Laurence Weller, Lawrence WELLER, Lawrence WELLER, John Weller

The story of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller began in 1540 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller married Elizabeth Dence, Letyce Frenche, Jone Sumer, and had children including Agnes Weller (Wellar), Dence WELLER, Dence Weller, Dence Weller, Alexander WELLER, Agnes Weller, Ellen WELLER, Agnes Weller, Ellen WELLER, Richard Weller, Richard Weller, John WELLER, John Weller, John Weller, Joan Weller, Gervase WELLER, Gervase Weller, Gervase Weller, Constance WELLER, Constance Weller, Constance Weller, Constance WELLER, Thomas Weller, Richard Weller, Richard WELLER, Richard Weller, John Weller, Mary Weller, Mary Weller, Mary Weller, Stephen Alexander Weller, Stephen WELLER, William Weller, Stephen Alexander Weller, William Weller, Thomas Weller, Thomas Weller, Elizabeth Weller, Elizabeth Weller, Alexander Weller, Katherine Weller, Ellen Weller, Katherine WELLER, Ellen Weller, Katherine Weller, Ellen WELLER, John WELLER, John WELLER, Alexander WELLER, Alexander Weller, Sir Alexander Weller ll ^*, Laurence Weller, Lawrence WELLER, Lawrence WELLER, John Weller. Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller passed away in 1596 in Tonbridge, Kent.

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  • The story of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller began in 1540 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
  • Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller married Elizabeth Dence, Letyce Frenche, Jone Sumer, and had children including Agnes Weller (Wellar), Dence WELLER, Dence Weller, Dence Weller, Alexander WELLER, Agnes Weller, Ellen WELLER, Agnes Weller, Ellen WELLER, Richard Weller, Richard Weller, John WELLER, John Weller, John Weller, Joan Weller, Gervase WELLER, Gervase Weller, Gervase Weller, Constance WELLER, Constance Weller, Constance Weller, Constance WELLER, Thomas Weller, Richard Weller, Richard WELLER, Richard Weller, John Weller, Mary Weller, Mary Weller, Mary Weller, Stephen Alexander Weller, Stephen WELLER, William Weller, Stephen Alexander Weller, William Weller, Thomas Weller, Thomas Weller, Elizabeth Weller, Elizabeth Weller, Alexander Weller, Katherine Weller, Ellen Weller, Katherine WELLER, Ellen Weller, Katherine Weller, Ellen WELLER, John WELLER, John WELLER, Alexander WELLER, Alexander Weller, Sir Alexander Weller ll ^*, Laurence Weller, Lawrence WELLER, Lawrence WELLER, John Weller.
  • Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller passed away in 1596 in Tonbridge, Kent.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alexander Weller's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Weller
1540 – 1596
Birth Place: Cranbrook, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Weller
1515 – 1578
Goodnestone, Kent, England
Catherine Sharpeigh
1515 – 1573
Cranbrook, Kent, England
Grandparents
Richard Waller
1499 – 1545
Anne Symons
1470 – 1542
Esteney, Hampshire, England
Lawrence Sharpeigh
1480 – 1552
Goodnestone, Kent, England
Elizabeth Roberts
1480 – 1543
Brenchley, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Waller
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Waller
1395 – 1462
Silvia Gulby

Alexander Weller's Descendants

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Alexander ((Brassbeard)) Weller (1540 – 1596) m. Elizabeth Dence (1541 – 1604) m. Letyce Frenche m. Jone Sumer
  1. 1. Agnes (Weller) (Wellar) (16 May 1566 – 1653)
  2. 2. Dence WELLER (15 Sep 1566 – 30 May 1619)
  3. 3. Dence Weller (15 Sep 1566 – 30 May 1619)
  4. 4. Dence Weller (15 Sep 1566 – 30 May 1619)
  5. 5. Alexander WELLER (1567 – Apr 1612)
  6. 6. Agnes Weller (4 Feb 1568 – 1653) m. Thomas Basden (1563 – 1610)
    1. 1. Captain (John) Basden (11 Nov 1599 – abt 1661) m. Ann Rictarde ( – abt 1654) m. Ellinor Weller (14 Aug 1603 – abt 1640) m. Margaret Moyse (Abt 1620 – abt 1734)
      1. 1. Dorothie Baseden (3 Oct 1630 – abt 1629)
      2. 2. Thomas Basden (31 Aug 1634 – 10 March 1694) m. Rebecca Owlett (19 Mar 1647 – 2 September 1723)
        1. 1. Margaret Moyes (1669 – 1669)
        2. 2. Edward Basden (1670 – 17 oct 1726) m. catharine blomer ( – abt 1719)
        3. 3. Thomas Basden (1676 – 1707)
        4. 4. Benjamin Baseden (29 Mar 1688 – abt 1689)
        5. 5. Joseph Basden (1693 – 1742) m. Martha Basden (Abt. 1699 – 1818)
  7. 7. Ellen WELLER (4 Feb 1568 – )
  8. 8. Agnes Weller (4 Feb 1568 – 1653) m. Thomas Baseden (1550 – 28 Feb 1604)
    1. 1. John Basden (11 Nov 1599 – 1661) m. Anna Rickard (1607 – 1654)
      1. 1. John Basden (1 Jul 1632 – 1723) m. Mary Leedes (7 July 1639 – Abt 1695)
        1. 1. John Baseden (10 Jan 1658 – 1723) m. Elizabeth Cruft (1670 – 19 Dec 1693)
        2. 2. John Baseden (10 Jan 1669 – abt 1724)
        3. 3. John Basden (10 Jan 1669 – 1723) m. Elizabeth (Crust) (Croft) (abt 1670 – 23 Aug 1706)
  9. 9. Ellen WELLER (4 Feb 1568 – Before 1596)
  10. 10. Richard Weller (29 Aug 1568 – before 15 Apr 1574)
  11. 11. Richard Weller (29 Aug 1568 – before 15 Apr 1574)
  12. 12. John WELLER (24 Oct 1569 – abt 1628)
  13. 13. John Weller (24 Oct 1569 – Abt Dec 1628) m. Jone (Hovenden ? Nee) Duncke (Abt 1569 – ) m. Katherine Bigge (25 Jul 1569 – 25 Apr 1619)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Waller
    2. 2. Alexander Weller (12 Apr 1596 – 4 Apr 1671)
    3. 3. Alexander Weller (12 Apr 1596 – 1671) m. Joane Lake (1599 – 2 September 1650) m. Elizabeth Colvill
      1. 1. Richard Weller (24 June 1610 – 10 July 1655)
      2. 2. John Weller (30 Sep 1621 – 1622)
      3. 3. Alexander Weller (1623 – 28 Jun 1696)
      4. 4. Joane Weller (22 Jan 1625 – )
      5. 5. Ann Weller (22 Jul 1627 – )
      6. 6. Dence Weller (6 Sep 1629 – )
      7. 7. John Weller (20 Mar 1630 – 1671)
      8. 8. Katherine Weller (29 Sep 1633 – 1638)
      9. 9. Margaret Weller (29 Sep 1633 – )
      10. 10. Elizabeth Weller (22 Jun 1634 – 1636)
      11. 11. Mary Weller (31 Jan 1635 – )
      12. 12. Elizabeth Weller\Fullagar (8 May 1636 – 1704)
      13. 13. Richard Weller (Abt Apr 1641 – 1701)
    4. 4. Thomas Weller (1598 – 1600)
    5. 5. Jervis Weller (17 Aug 1600 – 1615)
    6. 6. Catherine Weller (1601 – 1617)
    7. 7. Dence Weller (29 May 1603 – Jun 1609)
    8. 8. Richard Weller (1604 – 1690)
    9. 9. Lettuce Weller (28 Oct 1604 – 1606)
    10. 10. John Weller (17 Nov 1605 – 1647)
    11. 11. Thomas Weller (abt 1607 – 1600)
    12. 12. Steven Weller (16 Apr 1609 – 1609)
    13. 13. Ann Weller (Apr 1610 – Aug 1673)
    14. 14. Richard Weller (24 Jun 1610 – 10 Jul 1655)
    15. 15. Stevan Weller (28 Feb 1612 – )
    16. 16. Steven Weller ( – 1607)
  14. 14. John Weller (24 Oct 1569 – 1623)
  15. 15. Joan Weller (1570 – 10 Oct 1597)
  16. 16. Gervase WELLER (27 Apr 1572 – 19 AUG 1576)
  17. 17. Gervase Weller (27 Apr 1572 – 19 Aug 1576)
  18. 18. Gervase Weller (27 April 1572 – 19 AUG 1576)
  19. 19. Constance WELLER (12 Apr 1573 – 1619)
  20. 20. Constance Weller (12 Apr 1573 – 1619)
  21. 21. Constance Weller (12 Apr 1573 – Dec 1655)
  22. 22. Constance WELLER (12 Apr 1573 – 1619)
  23. 23. Thomas Weller (15 Apr 1574 – 1579)
  24. 24. Richard Weller (18 APR 1574 – 9 Mar 1616)
  25. 25. Richard WELLER (18 Apr 1574 – Mar 1615)
  26. 26. Richard Weller (18 Apr 1574 – 30 May 1608 12 Nov 1608)
  27. 27. John Weller (18 Apr 1574 – 1623)
  28. 28. Mary Weller (1576 – )
  29. 29. Mary Weller (1576 – Dec 1655)
  30. 30. Mary Weller (1576 – Dec 1655)
  31. 31. Stephen (Alexander) Weller (abt Aug 1576 – 9 Apr 1635)
  32. 32. Stephen WELLER (2 Sep 1576 – 10 Feb 1634)
  33. 33. William Weller (2 Sep 1576 – 10 Feb 1634)
  34. 34. Stephen (Alexander) Weller (2 Sep 1576 – 9 Apr 1635)
  35. 35. William Weller (2 Sep 1576 – 10 Feb 1634)
  36. 36. Thomas Weller (11 Nov 1576 – 1579)
  37. 37. Thomas Weller (11 Nov 1576 – 1579)
  38. 38. Elizabeth Weller (c. 23 March, 1578 – Bef. 11 Dec 1655)
  39. 39. Elizabeth Weller (c. 23 March, 1578 – Dec 1655) m. Alexander Couchman (About 1578 – 20 January 1617)
    1. 1. Thomas Couchman (1595 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth Couchman (1600 – )
    3. 3. Clementine Couchman (1610 – 1629)
    4. 4. Margaret Couchman (Abt. 1615 – )
    5. 5. John Couchman
    6. 6. Susan Couchman (12 September 1596 – 1629)
    7. 7. Jane Rogers (1620 – )
  40. 40. Alexander Weller (7 Sep 1578 – Apr 1612)
  41. 41. Katherine Weller (1579 – BEF 1596) m. Fraunces Denwood (1579 – Bef. 1613) m. Thomas Denn ( – 1621)
  42. 42. Ellen Weller (11 Oct 1579 – Before 1596)
  43. 43. Katherine WELLER (11 Oct 1579 – 1655)
  44. 44. Ellen Weller (11 Oct 1579 – Bef. 1596)
  45. 45. Katherine Weller (11 Oct 1579 – 1655)
  46. 46. Ellen WELLER (c. 11 October, 1579 – Dec 1655)
  47. 47. John WELLER (1580 – 1623)
  48. 48. John WELLER (1580 – 1623)
  49. 49. Alexander WELLER (20 Nov 1580 – 4 Apr 1611)
  50. 50. Alexander Weller (20 Nov 1580 – 4 Apr 1611) m. Lady (Elizabeth Coveny\Coveme) (Weller) (19 Jun 1580 – 7 Apr 1639)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Weller (21 Dec 1600 – 2 Aug 1631)
    2. 2. Eleanor Weller (1607 – )
    3. 3. Richard Weller (24 Jun 1610 – 10 Jul 1655)
  51. 51. Sir (Alexander Weller ll) ^* (20 Nov 1580 – 4 Apr 1611)
  52. 52. Laurence Weller (1585 – 3 Nov 1597)
  53. 53. Lawrence WELLER (1585 – 3 Nov 1597)
  54. 54. Lawrence WELLER (1585 – 3 Nov 1597)
  55. 55. John Weller (24 October 1569 – 1619)

Alexander Weller's Timeline

6 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller in Cranbrook, Kent, England
Cranbrook, Kent, England
1540
1540
Birth of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller
None
1596
26 Jun 1596
Age 56
Death of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller in Cranbrook, Kent
Cranbrook, Kent
1596
26 June 1596
Age 56
Death of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller in Cranbrook, Kent, England
Cranbrook, Kent, England
1596
26 Jun 1596
Age 56
Death of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller in Tonbridge, Kent
Tonbridge, Kent
1596
1596
Age 56
Death of Alexander (Brassbeard) Weller
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Cranbrook, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882, IHGS; The Tyler Collection; Notebook: Waddell - Weston; Notebook Number: 546

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Jun 1596
    Event Place: Cranbrook, Kent

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 June 1596
    Event Place: Cranbrook, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Jun 1596
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Kent

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1596
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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