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ELKANAH WALES 1565–1657 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565

Birth Location: Idle, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 4 Dec 1657

Death Location: Idle, Yorkshire, England

Father: John Wales

Mother: Margaret Gibson

Spouse(s): MARGARET HOBSON

Children(s): Nathaniel Sr

ELKANAH WALES was born in 1565 in Idle, Yorkshire, England, the child of John Wales And Margaret Rosemond Gibson. ELKANAH WALES married Margaret Hobson, and had children including Nathaniel John Deacon Wales Shipwright Survived The Great Huricane Of 1635 On His Voyage To The New World Sr. ELKANAH WALES passed away in 1657 in Idle, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • ELKANAH WALES was born in 1565 in Idle, Yorkshire, England, the child of John Wales And Margaret Rosemond Gibson.
  • ELKANAH WALES married Margaret Hobson, and had children including Nathaniel John Deacon Wales Shipwright Survived The Great Huricane Of 1635 On His Voyage To The New World Sr.
  • ELKANAH WALES passed away in 1657 in Idle, Yorkshire, England.

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ELKANAH WALES's Ancestors

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ELKANAH WALES
1565–1657
Birth Place: Idle, Yorkshire, England
Parents
John Wales
1533–1600
Idle, Yorkshire, England
Margaret (Rosemond) Gibson
1525–1600
Idel, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
John Marshall
1500–
Dorthy Wyatt
1510–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

ELKANAH WALES's Descendants

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ELKANAH WALES (1565–4 Dec 1657) m. MARGARET HOBSON (1564–17 May 1600)
  1. 1. Nathaniel (John "Deacon" Wales "Shipwright" (Survived the Great Huricane of 1635 on his voyage to the New World)) Sr 1585–1661 m. Susannah Greeneway 1590–1662
    1. 1. Mary Wales 1613–1672 m. Maj (Gen Humphrey) Atherton 1608–1661
      1. 1. Mary Atherton 1636–1718 m. Captain (William) Billings 1629–1713 m. Joseph Weeks 1635–1690
        1. 1. Ensign (Ebenezer Billing) Sr. 1661–1727 m. Hannah Main 1675–1775 m. Anne Comstock 1661–1727

ELKANAH WALES's Timeline

2 Records

1565
1565
Birth of ELKANAH WALES in Idle, Yorkshire, England
Idle, Yorkshire, England
1657
4 Dec 1657
Age 92
Death of ELKANAH WALES in Idle, Yorkshire, England
Idle, Yorkshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Idle, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1657
    Event Place: Idle, Yorkshire, England

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