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RICHARD WELLS 1677 – 1740 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1677

Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

Death Date: BEF 17 JUN 1740

Death Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

Father: RICHARD WELLS

Mother: MARY CLARE

Spouse(s): GRACE MORLEY

Children(s): Mary Wells, Ann Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Grace Wells, Rachell Wells

According to available records, RICHARD WELLS was born in 1677 in Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng., the child of RICHARD WELLS and MARY CLARE. Following those early years, RICHARD WELLS married GRACE MORLEY, and their family grew to include Mary Wells, Ann Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Grace Wells and Rachell Wells. In the later years of life, RICHARD WELLS died in 1740 in Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

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Parents

RICHARD WELLS
1655 – 1718
Birth Location: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, Eng.
RW
MARY CLARE
Birth Location: Cornwall, Eng.
MC

Spouses(s)

GRACE MORLEY
1699 – 1741
Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.
GM

Children(s)

Mary Wells
1724 –
Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
MW
Ann Wells
1726 –
Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
AW
Elizabeth Wells
1729 –
Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
EW
Grace Wells
1732 – 1799
Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.
GW
Rachell Wells
1735 –
Birth Location: Jacobstow, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
RW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1677
    Event Place: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 09 Sep 1722
    Event Place: Jacobstow,Cornwall,England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 9 SEP 1722
    Event Place: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: BEF 17 JUN 1740
    Event Place: Jacobstow, Cornwall, Eng.

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