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RICHARD WELLS 1655 – 1718 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bef. 17 May 1655

Birth Location: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, Eng.

Death Date: Bef. 17 Oct 1718

Death Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

Father: JOHN WELLS

Mother: KATHERINE MONCKTON

Spouse(s): MARY CLARE

Children(s): RICHARD WELLS

According to available records, RICHARD WELLS was born in 1655 in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, Eng., the child of JOHN WELLS and KATHERINE MONCKTON. Following those early years, RICHARD WELLS married MARY CLARE, and their family grew to include RICHARD WELLS. In the later years of life, RICHARD WELLS died in 1718 in Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

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Parents

JOHN WELLS
1630 – 1656
Birth Location: Poundstock, Cornwall, Eng.
JW
KATHERINE MONCKTON
– 1671
Birth Location: –
KM

Spouses(s)

MARY CLARE
Birth Location: Cornwall, Eng.
MC

Children(s)

RICHARD WELLS
1677 – 1740
Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.
RW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Bef. 17 May 1655
    Event Place: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, Eng.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 29 May 1641

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cornwall: Kilkhampton - Register Booke of the Parrishe of Kilkehamptonie for Baptisinge, Weddinge and Burryeinge, 1539-1599 [continues thru 1839]

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Bef. 17 Oct 1718
    Event Place: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.
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