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Richard Gunn 1520–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Preston, Sussex, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1553

Death Location: Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Cuckfield

Mother: Elizabeth Gunn

Spouse(s): Lady Horne

Children(s): Sir III

The story of Richard Gunn began in 1520 in Preston, Sussex, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. Richard Gunn married Lady Mary Ann Bessie Horne, and had children including Sir Richard Long Gunne Iii. Richard Gunn passed away in 1553 in Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Gunn began in 1520 in Preston, Sussex, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Richard Gunn married Lady Mary Ann Bessie Horne, and had children including Sir Richard Long Gunne Iii.
  • Richard Gunn passed away in 1553 in Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Cuckfield
1450–1550
Birth Location: Hastings, Sussex, England
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Elizabeth Gunn
1461–1615
Birth Location: Edinbridge, Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Horne
1520–1588
Birth Location: Nordstrand, Allemagne
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Children(s)

Sir III
1540–1602
Birth Location: Saintbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
SI

Richard Gunn's Ancestors

Self
Richard Gunn
1520–1553
Birth Place: Preston, Sussex, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir William Gunn of Patcham and Cuckfield
1450–1550
Hastings, Sussex, England
Elizabeth ((Marchant)) Gunn
1461–1615
Edinbridge, Kent, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Gunn's Descendants

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Richard Gunn (1520–1553) m. Lady (Mary Ann (Bessie)) Horne (1520–17 February 1588)
  1. 1. Sir (Richard Long Gunne) III 1540–1602 m. Anne (Jane) Fullwood 1545–1576
    1. 1. Ellen Gunne 1571–1600 m. John Tomes 1569–1602
      1. 1. Elizabeth Hunt 1568–1646 m. Governor (Thomas Gideon Welles 4th Governor of Connecticut) Colony 1594–1660
        1. 1. ANN (WELLES "Puritan) Immigrant" 1619–1680 m. ANTHONY (HAWKINS "Puritan Immigrant" (Founder of Windsor,) Connecticut) 1618–1674 m. Thomas Thomson –1655
        2. 2. Thomas Welles 1627–1668
        3. 3. John Welles 1621–1659
        4. 4. Mary Wells 1622–1655
        5. 5. Robert Welles 1624–1659
        6. 6. Frances Welles 1629–1678
        7. 7. Samuel Welles 1630–1675
        8. 8. Sarah Welles 1631–1698
        9. 9. Mary Welles 1634–1647
        10. 10. Joseph Welles 1637–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Hunt 1592–1640
      3. 3. Alice Tomes 1592–1646
      4. 4. Joan Tymms 1596–1627
    2. 2. Ann Tomes 1560–1612

Richard Gunn's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Richard Gunn in Preston, Sussex, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Preston, Sussex, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1553
1553
Age 33
Death of Richard Gunn in Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Preston, Sussex, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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