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John Weller

John Weller

Male 1569 - 1623  (~ 53 years)

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  • Name John Weller  [1
    Christened 24 Oct 1569  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Bequest 1596  [3
    In his father, Alexander Weller's will 
    • He was left the residue of his father's goods and property in Cranbrook, Ruckinge and Newchurch. He was also appointed sole executor of the will.
    Bequest 1607  [1
    In his mother, Elizabeth Weller's will 
    • He was left 10 shillings.
    Buried 5 May 1623  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Alt. Burial 6 Jun 1625  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I2206  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Alexander Weller,   b. Abt 1540,   bur. 28 Jun 1596, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Dence,   b. Abt 1540,   bur. 3 Mar 1606/07, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 5 Nov 1565  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F496  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katherine Bigge,   bur. 25 Apr 1619, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 24 Apr 1593  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Thomas Weller,   bur. 17 Oct 1600, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Unbaptised Weller,   bur. 25 Mar 1607, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +3. Alexander Weller,   c. 12 Apr 1596, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 4 Apr 1671, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)  [natural]
     4. Jervis Weller,   c. 17 Aug 1600, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 1 Oct 1615, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 15 years)  [natural]
     5. Catherine Weller,   c. 25 Oct 1601, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Dence Weller,   c. 29 May 1603, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Jun 1609, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 6 years)  [natural]
     7. Lettice Weller,   c. 28 Oct 1604, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13 Mar 1606/07, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)  [natural]
     8. John Weller,   c. 17 Nov 1605, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. Steven Weller,   c. 16 Apr 1609, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 9 Nov 1609, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)  [natural]
     10. Ann Weller,   c. 8 Apr 1610, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     11. Stevan Weller,   c. 28 Feb 1612/13, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 24 Oct 1569 - Cranbrook, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Apr 1593 - Cranbrook, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 5 May 1623 - Cranbrook, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Burial - 6 Jun 1625 - Cranbrook, Kent Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S310] Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury and now preserved in Kent Archives Office, Maidstone, Kent, 1396-1640, Jules de Launay, (Kent Record Collections/The Kent Archaeological Trust, 1984;), will no.445, proved on 15 July 1607 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, volume 59, folio 42 (Reliability: 3).
      Will of Elizabeth WELLER. Written 28 February 1606/07, proved 15 July 1607. To be buried in the parish church of Cranbrook. Executor: my son Alexander Cowchman. Overseer: my brother William Weller, he to receive 10s for his pains. To my three daughters: Agnes Baseden, Elizabeth Couchman, and Catherine Dentwood, all the chests in the house where my son Richard Weller now dwells, with the money and goods within them. Also to my three daughters, all that is of mine in the house of my son Alexander Cowchman. To my said three daughters, £100 which my son Richard Weller owes me, and also £10 which my son Stephen Weller owes me. To my three daughters and to my son Richard, all my pewter, equally divided among them. To my son Richard Weller, all the wood-work household stuff that I have in his house, except the chests given away above. Also, to him a featherbed and its bedding, my carpet, my brand-irons in his parlor, two woollen coverlets. To my brother William Weller, a cloak. To my son Dence Weller, 10s. To my son Stephen Weller, 10s. To my son John Weller, 10s. To my son Alexander Weller, 10s. All the goods bequeathed to my daughter Catherine Denwood shall be sold and the cash given to her children after the decease of my daughter Catherine and her husband Francis Denwood. And similarly for the bequests to Elizabeth Cowchman and her husband Alexander Couchman, and for Agnes Baseden and her husband Thomas Baseden. Witnesses: John Weller Junior and Stephen Weller

    2. [S323] Weald of East Kent - Indexed Transcript of all baptisms recorded before 1601, Jules & Louise de Launay, (1985, microfiche;), KE/REG/53937., baptism of John Weller, no parents' names given (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S418] Will of Alexander Weller 1596, Alexander Weller, (written on 16 June 1596 and proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 15 July 1596, registered copy;), PROB 11/88.

    4. [S304] Parish Registers - Vol 3, Incorporating the Mary Wigan Transcripts, The Kent Family History Society, (KFHS CD-ROM 12, including Benenden (C 1558-1906, M 1578-1836, B 1558-1906), Cranbrook (C 1559-1812, M 1559-1837, B 1559-1812) and Rolvenden (C 1558-1840, M 1558-1840, B 1558-1840);), burial of John Weller, 5 May 1623, Cranbrook (Reliability: 1).

    5. [S304] Parish Registers - Vol 3, Incorporating the Mary Wigan Transcripts, The Kent Family History Society, (KFHS CD-ROM 12, including Benenden (C 1558-1906, M 1578-1836, B 1558-1906), Cranbrook (C 1559-1812, M 1559-1837, B 1559-1812) and Rolvenden (C 1558-1840, M 1558-1840, B 1558-1840);), burial of John Weller, 6 Jun 1625, Cranbrook (Reliability: 1).

    6. [S309] Transcript of the Parish Register of Cranbrook, Kent, marriage of Allexander Wellard & Elizabeth Dence (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S304] Parish Registers - Vol 3, Incorporating the Mary Wigan Transcripts, The Kent Family History Society, (KFHS CD-ROM 12, including Benenden (C 1558-1906, M 1578-1836, B 1558-1906), Cranbrook (C 1559-1812, M 1559-1837, B 1559-1812) and Rolvenden (C 1558-1840, M 1558-1840, B 1558-1840);), marriage of John Weller and Katherine Bigge, 24 Apr 1593, Cranbrook (Reliability: 3).