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Captain Robert Welles 1500–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 August 1558

Death Location: Stourton, Whichford, Warwwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir husband)

Mother: Cecilia Princess

Spouse(s): Lady I

Children(s): Thomas Welles

Captain Robert Welles was born in 1500 in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John 1St Viscount Knight Of Garter De Welles 2Nd Husband And Cecilia Plantagenet Princess. Captain Robert Welles married Lady Elizabeth Alice Goodrich Bryan Governess To Queen Elizabeth I, and had children including Thomas Welles. Captain Robert Welles passed away in 1558 in Stourton, Whichford, Warwwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Captain Robert Welles was born in 1500 in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John 1St Viscount Knight Of Garter De Welles 2Nd Husband And Cecilia Plantagenet Princess.
  • Captain Robert Welles married Lady Elizabeth Alice Goodrich Bryan Governess To Queen Elizabeth I, and had children including Thomas Welles.
  • Captain Robert Welles passed away in 1558 in Stourton, Whichford, Warwwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

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Captain Welles's Ancestors

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Captain Welles
1500–1558
Birth Place: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John 1st Viscount, Knight of Garter de Welles (2nd husband)
1450–1499
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England
Cecilia (Plantagenet) Princess
1469–1507
Westminister Palace, London Middlesex England
Grandparents
Lionel (de Wells Sir, Knight,Lord Lt. of Ireland, 6th Baron of Hellowe & Gainsby MP KG) PC
1406–1461
Margaret Beauchamp
1410–1482
Elizabeth (Queen Consort of England) Woodville
1437–1492
Great-Grandparents
Eudes Wells
1385–1414
Maud Greystoke
1390–1437
John Beauchamp
1384–1412
Edith Stourton
1380–1441
Sir Woodville
1430–1469
Jacquetta Beauchamp
1529–1558
2nd-Great-Grandparents
EARL Woodville
1410–1469
Peter Brienne
1518–1538
Marguerite Beaux
1518–1538

Captain Welles's Descendants

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Captain (Robert) Welles (1500–30 August 1558) m. Lady (Elizabeth Alice Goodrich Bryan Governess to Queen Elizabeth) I (1488–11 January 1553)
  1. 1. Thomas Welles 1512–1558 m. Elizabeth (Haymon) Bryan 1516–1553
    1. 1. Robert Welles 1540–1617 m. Alice Hunt 1543–1617 m. Anne (Heilson) Elsdon 1583–1671 m. Margaret Boshebe 1563–1616 m. Jennet (Lady) Lawtie 1543–1570
      1. 1. THOMAS (WELLES "Governor of Connecticut Colony" (The only man in Connecticut's history to hold all 4 top offices: Governor,Deputy Governor,Treasurer, and Secretary. He served a total of 19 years in Various) Colony 1594–1660 m. Alice (Gunne) Tomes 1595–1647
        1. 1. John Welles 1621–1659 m. Elizabeth Bourne 1627–1668
      2. 2. Ann Lumpkin 1564–1592
      3. 3. Joyce Wales 1575–1635
      4. 4. Rev (John) Wallis 1567–1622
      5. 5. Margaret Wells 1599–1660

Captain Welles's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Captain Robert Welles in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
1512
1512
Age 12
Captain Robert Welles was married
None
1558
30 August 1558
Age 58
Death of Captain Robert Welles in Stourton, Whichford, Warwwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Stourton, Whichford, Warwwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1512

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 August 1558
    Event Place: Stourton, Whichford, Warwwickshire, England, United Kingdom

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