The Kings Candlesticks - Family Trees
BOWIS [11805]
(-1605)
Rev Simon WELLS D.D. [2864]
(1560/1561-1635)
Elizabeth BOWNESS [11769]
(Bef 1569-1631)
Rev William WELLS [7261]
(1588-1636)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth DRURY [11773]

2. Anne ALSTON [2984]

Rev William WELLS [7261]

  • Born: Jan 1587/88, Lawshall SFK
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth DRURY [11773] on 21 Jul 1622 in Rougham NFK
  • Marriage (2): Anne ALSTON [2984] on 5 Jul 1627 in St Mary le Tower Ipswich SFK
  • Buried: 1 Feb 1635/36, Rougham SFK
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bullet  General Notes:


William Wells College: QUEENS Entered: 1602, Died: 1635 Adm. sizar at QUEENS', June, 1602. Of Suffolk. Possibly s. of Simon (1578-9). Matric. 1604; B.A. 1606-7; M.A. 1610. Doubtless R. of Ickworth, Suffolk, 1614, and R. of Rougham, 1620-35. Died 1635. Will (P.C.C.) 1636; left his manor of Shimpling Thorne to son Robert (1640-1).
Ref: Ancestry Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900.

Wells had issue a son and a daughter, living 14 Apr 1646.
Ref Bright v Alston Pg 198 Alstoniana

See a history of the Rougham Estate and Hall.

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Ref: S Hines 2025

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bullet  Other Records

1. Rougham Hall: History: Suffolk.


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William married Elizabeth DRURY [11773] [MRIN: 3963] on 21 Jul 1622 in Rougham NFK. (Elizabeth DRURY [11773] was buried on 5 Feb 1625/26 in Rougham NFK.)


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William next married Anne ALSTON [2984] [MRIN: 2412], daughter of Edward ALSTON of Boxford [2971] and Anne ARDLEY [2974], on 5 Jul 1627 in St Mary le Tower Ipswich SFK. (Anne ALSTON [2984] was baptised on 15 Oct 1607 in Boxford SFK and died in 1684 in Morley NFK.)


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