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Sir Robert John Welles 1540 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Nov 1540

Birth Location: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 24 Sep 1617

Death Location: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England

Father: Thomas Wells

Mother: Elisabeth\ Haymon

Spouse(s): Alice Hunt

Children(s): Governor Welles

Sir Robert John Welles was born in 1540 in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, the child of Thomas Wells and Elisabeth\ Elizabeth Bryan Haymon. Sir Robert John Welles married Alice Tomes Hunt, and had children including Governor Thomas Gideon Welles. Sir Robert John Welles passed away in 1617 in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert John Welles was born in 1540 in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, the child of Thomas Wells and Elisabeth\ Elizabeth Bryan Haymon.
  • Sir Robert John Welles married Alice Tomes Hunt, and had children including Governor Thomas Gideon Welles.
  • Sir Robert John Welles passed away in 1617 in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England.

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Sir Welles's Ancestors

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Sir Welles
1540 – 1617
Birth Place: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Thomas Wells
1512 – 1558
Whichford, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Elisabeth\ (Elizabeth Bryan) Haymon
1516 – 1553
Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Capt. (Robert (disowned by father due to doubt of parentage) de) Welles
1484 – 1558
Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Alice Goodrich, Governess to Queen Elizabeth) I
1488 – 1553
Whichford, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
THOMAS Bryan
1464 – 1517
Cheddington, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
Margaret (De Courtenay) Bourchier
1468 – 1551
Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
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Sir Welles's Descendants

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Sir (Robert John) Welles (6 Nov 1540 – 24 Sep 1617) m. Alice (Tomes) Hunt (3 April 1543 – 1617)
  1. 1. Governor (Thomas Gideon) Welles (10 July 1590 – 14 Jan 1660) m. Alice (Tomes "Puritan Immigrant" (With her family, she followed "Reverend" Thomas Hooker to Connecticut, where they founded the city of) Hartford.) (01 Dec 1592 – 1640-1646)
    1. 1. Capt (John) Welles (1621 – 7 Aug 1659) m. Elizabeth Bourne (24 Apr 1569 – 8 Oct 1668)
      1. 1. Capt (John Wells) ll (24 May 1648 – 24 Mar 1713) m. Mary (Margaret) Hollister (1585 – 24 March 1713)
        1. 1. Lt. (Robert) Welles (23 Sep 1688 – Oct 1785) m. Eunice Curtiss (1 Aug 1699 – 21 Oct 1817)

Sir Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1540
6 Nov 1540
Birth of Sir Robert John Welles in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
1617
24 Sep 1617
Age 77
Death of Sir Robert John Welles in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Nov 1540
    Event Place: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Randall and allied families : William Randall (1609-1693) of Scituate and his descendants with ancestral families
    [2] Scrivelsby, the home of the champions : with some account of the Marmion and Dymoke families

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1617
    Event Place: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cherington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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