William Jellye (abt. 1530 - bef. 1588)

Born about 1530 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Eyed (Atkins) Jellye — married 7 Nov 1565 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died before 20 Jan 1588 before about age 58 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

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Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

The parentage of William Jellye is unknown and his date and place of birth are uncertain. Based on records indicating that he had at least four children from a marriage prior to his marriage with Eyed Atkins in 1565, William was probably born sometime in 1520-1535, with about 1530 being a reasonable round-number estimate. Since all known records for him are from Salisbury, Wiltshire, it is reasonably likely that he was born in or near Salisbury.

Marriages and Children

William Jellye had at least four children baptized either before 1558 or in a different parish (John, Clement, Joan(1) and Robert). These children all appear as son-of or daughter-of William Jellye in the St. Edmunds burial register between 1560 and 1567. Therefore they were all likely under-age, born after 1540 so most likely they were children of this same William, not of a (possible) father of the same name.

Since William did not marry Eyed Atkins until 1565, the simplest explanation is that this first wife died before 1565 and he married Eyed, with whom he had at least four more children who appear in the St. Edmunds baptismal registers (Katherin, Alice, Lanslet and Jone baptized between 1567 and 1572).

The 1564 burial register shows a very large number of burials (as many as 10 in a day) so likely a resurgence of the 1563 plague or a typhus epidemic was sweeping the area and this may have been when William's first wife died. Possibly she was not buried at St. Edmunds or they simply missed making the entry.

Based on the foregoing, it is likely that William married his first wife (name unknown) sometime in 1548-1556 and that they had the following children, all buried at St. Edmunds:

• John, bur. May 6, 1560^[1]
• Clement, bur. February 12, 1562^[2]
• Jone, bur. December 12, 1567^[3]
• Robert, bur. September 7, 1569^[4]

William married, second, Eyed Atkins on November 7, 1565 at St. Edmunds, Salisbury.^[5] William and Eyed had the following children, all baptized at St. Edmunds:

1. Katherin, bpt. June 2, 1568^[5][6]
2. Alice, bpt. September 21, 1568^[5][7]
3. Lanslet, bpt. September 24, 1570^[5][8]
4. Jone, bpt. November 21, 1572^[9]

Based on marriage records for person with the name Jellye in Salisbury in 1575-1600, William may have had the following additional children:

• Mercye, b. probably sometime in 1563-1570, m. June 3, 1588 Dominicke Wheeler at St. Edmunds^[10][11]
• Rebecca, b. probably sometime 1566-1573, m. October 31, 1591 Nicholas Morris at St. Thomas^[12]
• Richard, b. probably sometime in 1568-1577, m. June 1, 1598 Clement Burtt at St. Edmunds^[13]

It is, however, possible that any or all of Mercye, Rebecca and Richard were instead the children of a different man name Jellye (or a variant thereof), such as John Jollye who had a son baptized in 1580 at St. Thomas, Salisbury or John Gellye who was buried in 1581 at St. Martin, Salisbury. No evidence has been found definitively connects them to William or any other parentage.

Death; Burial

William Jellye was buried at St. Edmund's on January 20, 1587/8.^[5][14]

^{[11] [10] [12] [13] [5] [14] [6] [8] [7] [9] [1] [4] [3] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J853-6LS : 10 February 2018), John, burial 06 May 1560; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J853-6QN : 10 February 2018), Clement, burial 12 Feb 1562; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J853-NNL : 10 February 2018), Jone, burial 12 Dec 1567; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J853-HY1 : 10 February 2018), Robart, burial 07 Sep 1569; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Parish registers of St. Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. FHL film 1279311. See image attached to this profile.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDB5-6BH : 10 February 2018, Katherin Jellye, ); citing 2:3MR5NV9, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDB5-6BZ : 10 February 2018, Alice Jellye, ); citing 2:3MR5PJD, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRGF-P8Y : 10 February 2018, Lanslet Jellye, ); citing 2:3MR5TZR, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J352-541 : 10 February 2018, Jone Jellye, ); citing item 1, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Phillimore, W. P. W (editor). Wiltshire parish registers : marriages. Vol XIII. London: Phillimore & Co., 1913. p. 22. Link to page at archive.org.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXMK-YQZ : 10 February 2018), Dominick Wheeler and Mercye Jellye, 1588; citing St Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, reference 2:3ZTRNS8, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVDL-ZXP : 10 February 2018), Nicholas Morris and Rebecca Jellye, 31 Oct 1591; citing Saint Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,310.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVD2-TL2 : 10 February 2018), Richard Jellye and Clement Burtt, 01 Jun 1598; citing St Edmund'S, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J853-K6T : 10 February 2018), Wyllym Jellye, burial 20 Jan 1587; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,311.