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Hugh Thomas Wells 1566–1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Essex, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 26 May 1620

Death Location: Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

Father: Robert Wallis

Mother: Baroness Hunt

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Thomas Welles, Mary Wells

Hugh Thomas Wells was born in 1566 in Essex, Lancashire, England, the child of Robert Thomas Wallis And Baroness Alice Welles Hunt. Hugh Thomas Wells married Alice, Mrs Thomas Welles, and had children including Edward Welles, Hugh Welles, John Welles, Joseph Welles, Mary Wells, Nathaniel Welles, Thomas Welles. Hugh Thomas Wells passed away in 1620 in Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh Thomas Wells was born in 1566 in Essex, Lancashire, England, the child of Robert Thomas Wallis And Baroness Alice Welles Hunt.
  • Hugh Thomas Wells married Alice, Mrs Thomas Welles, and had children including Edward Welles, Hugh Welles, John Welles, Joseph Welles, Mary Wells, Nathaniel Welles, Thomas Welles.
  • Hugh Thomas Wells passed away in 1620 in Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Hugh Wells's Ancestors

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Hugh Wells
1566–1620
Birth Place: Essex, Lancashire, England
Parents
Robert Thomas Wallis
1540–1617
Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Baroness (Alice Welles) Hunt
1544–1616
Essex, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Hunt of) Astley
1514–1547
Astley, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth Strowbridge
1520–1546
Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hugh Wells's Descendants

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Hugh (Thomas) Wells (1566–26 May 1620)
  1. 1. Thomas Welles 1598–1660
  2. 2. Mary Wells –1646

Hugh Wells's Timeline

4 Records

1566
1566
Birth of Hugh Thomas Wells in Essex, Lancashire, England
Essex, Lancashire, England
1569
23 Mar 1569
Age 3
Hugh Thomas Wells was baptized in Pilton, Northamptonshire, England
Pilton, Northamptonshire, England
1598
9 Apr 1598
Age 32
Hugh Thomas Wells was baptized in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England
Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England
1620
26 May 1620
Age 54
Death of Hugh Thomas Wells in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Essex, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 935.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [5] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Hodge Genealogy from the first of the name in this country to the present time : with a number of a

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1569
    Event Place: Pilton, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 268P/1

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1598
    Event Place: Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1632
    Event Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts; Year: 1632; Page Number: 486

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 May 1620
    Event Place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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