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CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD 1599–1646 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 April 1599

Birth Location: Sudbury, Suffolk

Death Date: 7 October 1646

Death Location: Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: EDMUND WELD

Mother: AMYE WELD

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Shatswell, barbara clapp

Children(s): Amy Wells, Daniel Weld, Sarah Weld, Denisson WELD, Thomas Weld, Hannah Weld, Mary Weld, Elizabeth Weld, John Weld, Joseph Weld, Joseph Weld, Marah Weld, Edmund Weld, Elizabeth Welde, Edmund Weld, Josiah Welde, John Welde, Thomas WELD, DANIEL WELD, Joseph Weld, John Weld, Edmund Weld

In 1599, CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD entered the world in Sudbury, Suffolk, born to Edmund Mercer Weld And Amye Anne Brewster Clark Weld. CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD married Barbara Clapp, Elizabeth Shatswell, and had children including Amy Wells, Daniel Weld, Denisson Weld, Edmund Weld, Elizabeth Weld, Elizabeth Welde, Hannah Weld, John Weld, John Welde, Joseph Weld, Josiah Welde, Marah Weld, Mary Weld, Sarah Weld, Thomas Weld. CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD passed away in 1646 in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1599, CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD entered the world in Sudbury, Suffolk, born to Edmund Mercer Weld And Amye Anne Brewster Clark Weld.
  • CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD married Barbara Clapp, Elizabeth Shatswell, and had children including Amy Wells, Daniel Weld, Denisson Weld, Edmund Weld, Elizabeth Weld, Elizabeth Welde, Hannah Weld, John Weld, John Welde, Joseph Weld, Josiah Welde, Marah Weld, Mary Weld, Sarah Weld, Thomas Weld.
  • CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD passed away in 1646 in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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CAPTAIN WELD's Ancestors

Self
CAPTAIN WELD
1599–1646
Birth Place: Sudbury, Suffolk
Parents
EDMUND MERCER WELD
1565–1608
Sudbury, Suffolk, England
AMYE (ANNE BREWSTER, CLARK,) WELD
1563–1598
Scrooby, 1672973, Nottinghamshire, or Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas Weld
1533–1597
Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Alice (Margaret) Deresyle
1537–1593
Sudbury, Suffolk, , England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

CAPTAIN WELD's Descendants

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CAPTAIN (JOSEPH) WELD (7 April 1599–7 October 1646) m. Elizabeth Shatswell (1600–16 October 1638) m. barbara clapp (1614–15 Apr 1655)
  1. 1. Amy Wells 1615–1673 m. William (Edward) Lewis 1610–1671
    1. 1. Thomas (Walker) Lewis 1640–1686 m. Elizabeth ("Ann") Wood 1640–1674
      1. 1. Captain (Edward) Lewis 1667–1712 m. Bridgett Browne 1672–1713 m. Catherine Lewis 1668–
        1. 1. Isaac Lewis 1692–1742 m. Margaret Hooker 1696–1742
        2. 2. William Lewis 1690–1731
        3. 3. Margaret Lewis 1694–
        4. 4. Jacob Lewis 1690–1762
        5. 5. Johannes (John) Lewis 1696–1762
        6. 6. Mathie Lewis 1692–
        7. 7. Mathie Lewis 1692–
        8. 8. William Lewis 1690–1731
        9. 9. Richard Lewis 1690–1760
      2. 2. James Lewis 1660–1662
      3. 3. Thomas (JR) Lewis 1659–
      4. 4. John Lewis 1663–
      5. 5. Samuell Lewis 1674–
      6. 6. Thomas Lewis 1729–1785
      7. 7. Thomas (Meriwether) Lewis 1670–
    2. 2. Lydia Lewis 1640–1705
    3. 3. John Lewis 1635–1685
    4. 4. Hannah Lewis 1649–1718
    5. 5. Isaac Lewis 1644–1693
    6. 6. Christopher Lewis 1636–1704
    7. 7. Henry Lewis 1642–1678
    8. 8. Josiah Lewis 1641–1671
    9. 9. Mordecai Lewis 1650–1651
    10. 10. Mary Lewis 1645–1722
    11. 11. Richard Lewis 1640–1667
    12. 12. Mary Lewis 1646–1660
    13. 13. Daniel Lewis 1639–1697
    14. 14. Andrew Lewis 1650–1700
    15. 15. Henry Lewis 1648–1700
  2. 2. Daniel Weld 1642–1699
  3. 3. Sarah Weld 1640–1694
  4. 4. Denisson WELD 1638–1638
  5. 5. Thomas Weld 1632–1649
  6. 6. Hannah Weld 1629–1647
  7. 7. Mary Weld 1627–1711
  8. 8. Elizabeth Weld 1625–1716
  9. 9. John Weld 1623–1691
  10. 10. Joseph Weld 1643–1643
  11. 11. Joseph Weld 1621–1645
  12. 12. Marah Weld 1646–1688
  13. 13. Edmund Weld 1636–1657
  14. 14. Elizabeth Welde 1616–1716
  15. 15. Edmund Weld 1617–
  16. 16. Josiah Welde 1644–
  17. 17. John Welde 1623–1628
  18. 18. Thomas WELD 1646–1649
  19. 19. DANIEL WELD 1642–1699
  20. 20. Joseph Weld 1644–1645
  21. 21. John Weld 1623–1691
  22. 22. Edmund Weld 1636–1657

CAPTAIN WELD's Timeline

2 Records

1599
7 April 1599
Birth of CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD in Sudbury, Suffolk
Sudbury, Suffolk
1646
7 October 1646
Age 47
Death of CAPTAIN JOSEPH WELD in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 April 1599
    Event Place: Sudbury, Suffolk
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 October 1646
    Event Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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