Francis White

Aft 1618 - Bef 1667  (< 47 years)

• Name	Francis White  [1, 2]
  Birth	Aft 1618	, Essex, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 1667
  Person ID	I12067	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard Iv White,   b. 27 Jul 1580, Hutton Hall, Essex, England, United Kingdom d. 31 Oct 1645, Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italie (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Catherine White,   b. 8 Jun 1607, , England, United Kingdom d. 1667, Bobbingworth, Essex, England (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F3529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dr. Richard Wells,   b. 1618, Boughton, Aluph, Kent, England d. Aft 22 Jun 1667, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA (Age > 49 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Robert Wells,   b. Abt 1642, Virginia, USA d. Aft 22 Jun 1667 (Age > 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Wells,   b. Abt 1638, , Norfolk, Virginia, USA d. Bef 22 Jun 1667 (Age < 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Wells,   b. Bef 1653, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1667 (Age < 14 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Frances Wells,   b. Bef 1653, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1667 (Age < 14 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Wells,   b. Aft 1640, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1698, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA (Age < 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Benjamin Wells,   b. Abt 1646, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1702 (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Martha Wells,   b. Bef 1640   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John Wells,   b. Abt 1640, Virginia, USA d. 1713, Maryland, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Ann Wells,   b. Abt 1647, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1667 (Age > 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. George Wells,   b. Abt 1640, , Lower Norfolk, Virginia, USA d. 1695, , Baltimore, MD (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Richard Wells,   b. Abt 1635   d. Aft 11 May 1671 (Age > 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Richard and Lady Catherine were Catholics. Due to this they fled Hutton Hall in County Essex, England and emigrated to Rome. It is not known why they sent their young daughter to America. (Wurts, Magna Carta, c1943) Accordinge 2nd hand Internet info Lady Catherine was a descendant of Charlemagne through the following progression. Dr.Richard Wellsm.Frances White 1622 co Essex, her father was Richard White who m.Katherine Weston; her father was Richard Weston 1577-1635 Earl of Portland who m. Frances Waldegrave, d. of Nicholas Waldegrave who married Catherine Brown. Catherine was the daughter of Sir Edward Waldegrave 1517-1561 who m.Francis Neville, d. of Sir Edward Neville Beheaded 1540, Sir Edward m.Eleanor Windsor, d. of Sir George Neville 1440-1492 who m.Margaret Fenne d.1485. Sir Edward Neville married Elizabeth Beauchamp, d. of Ralph De Neville. Richard De Beauchamp Earl of Winchester m.Joan of Beaufort 1379-1440, m.Isabel le despenser 1400-1439... John of Gaunt 1340-1399...Thomas le despenser 1373-1400 beheaded, m.Catherine Roelt who m.Constance Plantagenet. Both these lines go back to Charlemagne.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3054] Nigel, Email dated 2002 from Nigellus2@aol.com. [S124] Richard M. Kelly, The Maryland Ancestors of Rachel Wells THE SOUTHERN FRIEND: JOURNAL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FRIENDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY; Vol. XVI Spring-Autumn 1994, Numbers 1-2 p. 35-63.