Edmund Weld

• Son of Thomas Wildes, Jr. and Alice - Margaret Thomas
• The Weld family has a presence in Massachusetts dating back to the early 17th century and their relationship to one another is clearly recorded. In the first days of European settlement in the New World, three sons of Edmund Weld (1559–1608)[2] of Sudbury, Suffolk, England arrived in Boston. Daniel Weld (1585/1586-1666),[2] the eldest, became a teacher at Roxbury Latin School.
• Find a Grave: Edmund Weld

Married

• Married: Amye Brewster at St. Peter’s Church in Sudbury, Suffolk. They had at least seven sons and two daughters, including the Rev. Thomas Weld, who came to Massachusetts in 1632. Edmund was a prosperous merchant and owned land in Sudbury and Great Cornard in Suffolk, North Lopham in Norfolk, and Balington in Essex. He wrote his will on December 5, 1605. In it, he says that he is dwelling in a house in the St. Peter Parish in Sudbury. He mentions his wife Amye, sons Daniel, John, Edmond, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph and James. He also mentions daughters Mary and Elizabeth. He died sometime before May 3, 1608, the date of probate. he was surely buried in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church in Sudbury.

Known children of Edmund3 Welde and Amy Clark were as follows:

1. Daniel Welde was born either 1585 or 1586 at Sudbury, co. Suffolk, England. He married Alice; 1st wife. He married Ann; 2nd wife. He died in 1666.
2. John Welde was born circa 1591 at Sudbury, co. Suffolk, England.
3. Edmund Welde.
4. Rev. Thomas Weld, baptized 15 Jul 1595 at St. Peter's, Sudbury, Suffolk, England; married Margaret; married Judith.
5. Joseph Weld, born 1595 at England; married Elizabeth Wyse; married Barbara Clapp.
6. Benjamin Welde was born circa 1597.
7. James Welde.
8. Mary Welde.
9. Elizabeth Welde.

Brief Biography

Taken from "Weld Collections" (50)

“Edmund was a evidently a very prosperous cloth merchant in Sudbury, into which town weavers had been introduced by Edward III. The town was on its way to becoming the center of the cloth industry in Suffolk, a precedence which it attained completely after the Restoration. Edmund Weld invested the savings form his business in lands, as his will shows. The location of his home can probably be very closely ascdertained. It was two doors from the ‘White Hart,’ as shown by the will of William Buxton the elder, apothecary, dated 14 Jan. 1611, probated 24 Dec., 1611, which disposes of a messuage in St. Peter’s Parish ‘between the messuage late Edmund Weldes now in occupation of Thomas Barron on one side and the messuage called the White Hart on the other side.’ There is still [1938] a ‘White Hart’ in Sudbury, on Cross Street. He was prominent in the councils of teh Borough, of which we find him ‘Bailiff’, 5 Sept., 1597.”50
Edmund made his will in Sudbury 5 Dec 1605 which was probated 3 May 1608. 50

See TAG 55:145.

Family

3. Edmund3 Welde (Thomas2 Weld, John1) was born in 1559 at Sudbury, co. Suffolk, England. He married Amye. He died in 1608 at Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

Parents: Thomas2 Weld (John1) died on 8 Apr 1597.

Edmund was a cloth merchant and resided at Sudbury, co. Suffolk, England. He left a will on 5 Dec 1605 at Sudbury, co. Suffolk, England; proved 3 May 1608.

On 12 Apr 1585 Edmund married Amy [Weld] in St Peters, Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng. Amye was born between 1566 and 1568. She died at England. She may have been Amy Brewster Clark. She left a will on 5 Dec 1605; proved 3 May 1608.

From "Weld Collections", by Charles Frederick Robinson p.21:

Edmund Weld (1559-1608) married (1) AMY BREWSTER CLARK 04 Jun 1584 in Houghton Conquest, BDF, ENG, daughter of FRANCIS CLARK. He married (2) AMYE DERESLYE Bef. 1585 in Sudbury, SFK, ENG. (comment: if the children were of Amy Clark, then the 1st marriage was to Amye Dereslye)

Citations

• 2. Kenzie, Ross B. "Descendants of John Weld"
• 50. Charles Frederick Robinson, Weld Collections, Ann Arbor, 1938, with corrections and additions 1939, Printed by Nicholas Benton, 1979

References

1. Descendants of Edmund Weld of Sudbury, England Published 1992 by Vero Beach, FL (313 No. Grove Isle Circle, Vero Beach 32962) : [W.A. Weld] .Author: Weld, William Addison, 1908.

Links

• Wikipedia - Weld Family
• Payne-Joyce Genealogy - Weld Family
• Weld Family

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Edmund WELD 190 was born between 1559 and 1563 in Sudbury, Suff, Eng, St. Peters.190 He died on 22 July 1608 in Sudbury, Suff, Eng.190

Parents: Thomas WELD and Mrs. Alice WELD.

Spouse: Amy Brewster CLARK.

Amy Brewster CLARK and Edmund WELD were married on 12 April 1585 in Sudbury,Suffolk,England.

Children were: Joseph WELD.

1567-1608

Suffolk

at least 12 children

“Edmund was a evidently a very prosperous cloth merchant in Sudbury, into which town weavers had been introduced by Edward III. The town was on its way to becoming the center of the cloth industry in Suffolk, a precedence which it attained completely after the Restoration. Edmund Weld invested the savings form his business in lands, as his will shows. The location of his home can probably be very closely ascdertained. It was two doors from the ‘White Hart,’ as shown by the will of William Buxton the elder, apothecary, dated 14 Jan. 1611, probated 24 Dec., 1611, which disposes of a messuage in St. Peter’s Parish ‘between the messuage late Edmund Weldes now in occupation of Thomas Barron on one side and the messuage called the White Hart on the other side.’ There is still [1938] a ‘White Hart’ in Sudbury, on Cross Street. He was prominent in the councils of teh Borough, of which we find him ‘Bailiff’, 5 Sept., 1597.”51

Edmund made his will in Sudbury 5 Dec 1605 which was probated 3 May 1608.

Pane-Joyce Genealogy

See TAG 55:145.

On 12 Apr 1585 Edmund married Amy in St Peter’s, Sudbury.

Their children include:

1. Daniel Weld (ca 1586-22 Jul 1666)
2. Rev. John Weld (ca 1591-bef 14 Aug 1665)
3. Edmund Weld
4. Rev. Thomas Weld (ca 1595-23 Mar 1660/1)
5. Capt. Benjamin Weld (ca 1597-7 Oct 1646)
6. Capt. Joseph Weld (ca 1599-Oct 1646)
7. James Weld
8. Mary Weld
9. Elizabeth Weld