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Richard Weller (1610 - bef. 1691)

Richard Weller
Born in Rolvenden, Kent, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 17 Sep 1640 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap
Husband of — married 22 Jun 1662 in Northampton, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 80 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusettsmap
Profile last modified | Created 21 Jun 2011
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Richard Weller migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 364)
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Contents

Biography

Birth

24 JUN 1610, Rolvenden, Kent, England (?)[1]

Marriage

17 September 1640, Windsor, Connecticut to Anne Wilson [2] [3] [4]

Children:

  1. Rebecca Weller
  2. Sarah Weller
  3. John Weller
  4. Nathanial Weller
  5. Eliezer Weller
  6. Thomas Weller
2nd wife was Elizabeth Abell, Widow of Henry Curtiss. [2]
Marriage: 22 June or July 1662, Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony [2] [3] [5]

Residence

Windsor, Connecticut: Married Sept. 1640, children born, offices held, wife died 1655 [3]
Northampton, Massachusetts: July 1661, signed church covenant [3]
Deerfield, Massachusetts: 1672 - 1675, site of battles in King Philip's War [3]
Northampton: 1675 - 1678, Deerfield was abandoned for several years due to Indian attacks and deaths
Deerfield: 1682, Richard Weller returned to Deerfield about 1682 with others to resettle it, and died there (according to Savage, in 1690) or possibly elsewhere. [3]

Death

between 1686 and 1690, possibly at home of surviving son Nathaniel in Westfield, Massachusetts[2][3]
Death: 1690, Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts [3]

Sources

  1. A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, Vol 4
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Descendants of Richard Weller of Windsor, Northampton and Deerfield
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Moore and allied families: the ancestry of William Henry Moore page 607 - 612
  4. Connecticut Vital Records to 1870
  5. A history of Deerfield, Massachusetts page 356
See also:
  • Claude W. Barlow, Ph.D., Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, Descendants of Richard Weller of Windsor, Northampton and Deerfield, TAG Vol. 34, page 140-142. (Boston, 1958) Repository: The American Genealogist]. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
  • Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
  • Louis Effingham De Forest, Moore and allied families: the ancestry of William Henry Moore, (New York, De Forest Publishing, 1938) page 607 - 612
  • Sheldon, George, A history of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the times when and the people by whom it was settled, unsettled and resettled: with a special study of the Indian Wars in the Connecticut Valley: with genealogies, (Deerfield, Massachusetts, unknown publisher, 1895-1896), 1414 pages.
  • A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register, database online, extracted from: James Savage, John Farmer, O.P. Dexter, (Boston, by Little, Brown and company in 1860), Vol 4 S-Z, 714 page with cross-index. See page 474




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Weller-716 and Weller-95 appear to represent the same person because: they have the same name, married the same woman, have the same son John Weller who married the same woman, Mary Alvord. The facts on Weller-95 are the correct ones, being taken from documents quoting primary sources. Please approve merge.
Windsor, Connecticut, was settled in 15 Sept 1633. Richard Weller was not born there in 1610. His life is documented right up to the probate of his estate in March of 1690. He did not die in 1655.

The life of Richard Weller is well documented from primary sources in Descendants of Richard Weller of Windsor, Northampton and Deerfield, TAG Vol. 34, page 140. (Boston, 1958). "TAG" (The American Genealogist) is a publication of the highly respected institution, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, of Boston.

The correct data for Richard Weller, father of John Weller who married Mary Alvord, is sourced on Richard Weller.

This profile needs to be merged into it.

Weller-585 and Weller-95 appear to represent the same person because: they have the same name, birthplace, wife, marriage date and place, death date and place. Suggest using June 24, 1610 for birth date as more accurate. Thank you.

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