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JOHN HOWELL 1541 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1541

Birth Location: Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales

Death Date: 12 Dec 1578

Death Location: Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales

Father: HOWELL REES

Mother: MRS. REES

Spouse(s): ELLEN HANMER

Children(s): Katherine Howell, Anne Howell, JANE HOWELL

According to available records, JOHN HOWELL was born in 1541 in Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales, the child of HOWELL AP REES and MRS. HOWELL AP REES. Following those early years, JOHN HOWELL married ELLEN HANMER, and their family grew to include Katherine Howell, Anne Howell and JANE HOWELL. In the later years of life, JOHN HOWELL died in 1578 in Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales.

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Parents

HOWELL REES
1513 –
Birth Location: Of Cilcain, Flints, Wales
HR
MRS. REES
1517 –
Birth Location: Of Cilcain, Flints, Wales
MR

Spouses(s)

ELLEN HANMER
1550 – 1616
Birth Location: in of Northop Flintshire Wales
EH

Children(s)

Katherine Howell
1572 –
Birth Location: Of, Kylkaine, Flint, Wales
KH
Anne Howell
1574 –
Birth Location: Of, Kylkaine, Flint, Wales
AH
JANE HOWELL
1576 –
Birth Location: Iscoyd, flintshire Wales
JH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1541
    Event Place: Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Dec 1578
    Event Place: Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales

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