Francis WHITE , Essex, England d. Bef 1667: Our Family History

- Bef 1667

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Family Dr. Richard WELLS, b. 1618, Boughton, Aluph, Kent, England , d. Aft 22 Jun 1667, , Anne Arundel, MD, USA (Age 49 years)

Children

	1. Richard WELLS, b. Abt 1635, d. Aft 11 May 1671 (Age ~ 36 years)
	2. William WELLS, b. Abt 1638, , Norfolk, Virginia, USA , d. Bef 22 Jun 1667 (Age ~ 29 years)
	3. Mary WELLS, b. Aft 1640, , , VA, USA , d. Jan 1698, , Anne Arundel, MD, USA (Age ~ 57 years)
	4. Martha WELLS, b. Bef 1640, d. Yes, date unknown
	5. George WELLS, b. Abt 1640, , Lower Norfolk, Virginia, USA , d. 1695, , Baltimore, MD (Age ~ 55 years)
	6. John WELLS, b. Abt 1640, , , VA, USA , d. Abt 1714, , Queen Anne's, MD (Age ~ 74 years)
	7. Robert WELLS, b. Abt 1642, , , VA, USA , d. Aft 22 Jun 1667 (Age ~ 25 years)
	8. Benjamin WELLS, b. Abt 1646, , , VA, USA , d. Abt 1702 (Age ~ 56 years)
	9. Ann WELLS, b. Abt 1647, , , VA, USA , d. Aft 1667 (Age ~ 21 years)
	10. Elizabeth WELLS, b. Bef 1653, , , VA, USA , d. Bef 1667 (Age ~ 14 years)
	11. Frances WELLS, b. Bef 1653, , , VA, USA , d. Bef 1667 (Age ~ 14 years)

Last Modified 8 Jul 2022

Family ID F5092 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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) According to some 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.

[S702] 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.
[S1151] Nigel, Email dated 2002 from Nigellus2@aol.com.

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