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John (Atwell) Wells 1541 – 1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: before 1541

Birth Location: Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

Death Date: 11 Mar 1573

Death Location: Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

Father: Robert Atwell

Mother: Isabell Wells

Spouse(s): Ann Austen

Children(s): Thomas Essex

According to available records, John (Atwell) Wells was born in 1541 in Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England, the child of Robert Wells Atwell and Isabell Wells. Following those early years, John (Atwell) Wells married Ann Austen, and their family grew to include Thomas De Elmham de Welles of Essex. In the later years of life, John (Atwell) Wells died in 1573 in Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England.

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Parents

Robert Atwell
1519 – 1559
Birth Location: Willesborough, Kent, England
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Isabell Wells
1500 – 1652
Birth Location: Willesborough, Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Ann Austen
1565 – 1573
Birth Location: Biddenden, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Essex
1566 – 1620
Birth Location: Great Gaddesden, Essex, Lancashire, Hertfordshire, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: before 1541
    Event Place: Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Mar 1573
    Event Place: Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: March 11, 1573
    Event Place: Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Mar 1573
    Event Place: Willesborough, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 27 Mar 1572
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873, Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; York; Howden 1543-1702

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 16 Mar 1573
    Event Place: Kent
    Record Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
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