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Richard John Wells 1771–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Mar 1771

Birth Location: London, England

Death Date: 1837

Death Location: Mile End Old Town, London, England

Father: Richard Wells

Mother: Hannah Gregory

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Frederick Wells, Mary Wells

Richard John Wells was born in 1771 in London, England, the child of Richard Wells And Hannah Gregory. Richard John Wells had children including Frederick Wells, Mary Ann Wells. Richard John Wells passed away in 1837 in Mile End Old Town, London, England.

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Biography

  • Richard John Wells was born in 1771 in London, England, the child of Richard Wells And Hannah Gregory.
  • Richard John Wells had children including Frederick Wells, Mary Ann Wells.
  • Richard John Wells passed away in 1837 in Mile End Old Town, London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Wells
1735–1807
Birth Location: Benenden, Kent, England
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Hannah Gregory
1750–
Birth Location: 1678561, Sussex, England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Frederick Wells
1811–1876
Birth Location: Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
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Mary Wells
1794–1874
Birth Location: –
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Richard Wells's Ancestors

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Richard Wells
1771–1837
Birth Place: London, England
Parents
Richard Wells
1735–1807
Benenden, Kent, England
Hannah Gregory
1750–
1678561, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Wells's Descendants

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Richard (John) Wells (3 Mar 1771–1837)
  1. 1. Frederick Wells 1811–1876 m. Sarah (Connell) Collier 1817–1851
    1. 1. Mary Wells 1844–1920 m. Edwin (Carus) Fox 1840–1924
      1. 1. Sarah (Fox) (Tonkin) 1864–1901 m. Thomas Tonkin 1859–1924
        1. 1. Elsie (May) Tonkin 1890–1952 m. Robert (Andrew) Sinclair 1880–1953
        2. 2. jessie tonkin 1886–1957
        3. 3. Dorothy (Jean) Tonkin 1899–1977
        4. 4. Winifred (Sarah) Tonkin 1901–1993
        5. 5. Richard (Edmund) Tonkin 1887–1942
        6. 6. Rupert (William) Tonkin 1897–
        7. 7. Thomas (Pennywright) Tonkin 1894–
        8. 8. Allan Tonkin 1893–1917
      2. 2. Eliza Fox 1865–1943
        1. 1. Stanley Franklin 1892–1965
        2. 2. Geoffrey Franklin 1900–1961
        3. 3. Daisy (Augustus) Franklin 1906–1997
        4. 4. Blanche Franklin 1891–1942
      3. 3. Joseph Fox 1868–1931
        1. 1. Ethel (Violet) Fox 1895–1927
        2. 2. Doris (Vera) Watkins 1903–1975
      4. 4. John Fox 1870–1948
        1. 1. Ellen (Muriel) Fox 1892–1961
        2. 2. Norman (Lyle) Fox 1909–1976
      5. 5. May Fox 1875–1951
        1. 1. George (Edwin Vivian) Curry 1899–1985
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Ann) Fox 1878–1944
        1. 1. Joseph (Maxwell) Bouch 1906–1974
      7. 7. Robert (Benjamin) Fox 1881–1919
        1. 1. Edna (Norton) Fox 1907–1988
      8. 8. Norman (Stanley) Fox 1890–1949
        1. 1. Thelma (Margaret) Fox 1924–2016
      9. 9. Edwin (Wells) Fox 1877–1941
        1. 1. Hilda (May) Fox 1902–1992
    2. 2. Louisa Wells 1848–1928
      1. 1. William (Stanley) Cowley 1886–1947
      2. 2. George (Albert) Cowley 1889–1960
        1. 1. Edwin (Wesley) Cowley 1922–2005
    3. 3. Emma Wells 1842–1907
  2. 2. Mary (Ann) Wells 1794–1874
    1. 1. Anna (Sophia) Korff 1824–1906
      1. 1. Henry (Du) Thoit 1851–1901

Richard Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1771
3 Mar 1771
Birth of Richard John Wells in London, England
London, England
1837
1837
Age 66
Death of Richard John Wells in Mile End Old Town, London, England
Mile End Old Town, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1771
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1837
    Event Place: Mile End Old Town, London, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
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