Ellen Tomes

Not a known wife of Colonial Gov. Thomas Welles disconnected Nov 2015

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gunne-3

Ellen was the daughter of Richard Gunne of Saintbury, Gloucestershire. She was born before 1558 based on the fact that she was old enough at the time of her first husband's death to be executrix of his will.

Ellen was first married to Joseph Phelps of Bengeworth. When he died in Nov 1579 [1] she was his executrix. [2] According to the same source there were several children from this marriage. [3]

After Joseph's death, Ellen married John Tomes of Long Marston. She died before 1601, when John took a second wife, Anne Warner.

John Tomes and Ellen Gunne were married about 1586. Their children were born in Marston Sicca, Gloucestershire, which is now Long Marston, Warwickshire.

Children of Ellen Gunne and John Tomes:

1. Mary Tomes b abt 1588, d. Bef 1602, m William Kecke
2. Anne Tomes b abt 1588, m Clement Bushell
3. Joan Tomes b abt 1592, m William Bigges
4. Alice Tomes b abt 1593 m Thomas Welles

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Ellen Gunne, born WFT Est. 1547-1580 in of Saintbury; Gloustershire; died Bef. August 03, 1601 in County Cloucester, England. She was the daughter of Richard Gunne , Jr. and Anne Fullwood.

She married (1) Joseph Phelps. She married (2) John Tomes 1579. He was the son of John Tomes and Alice Harburne.

John Tomes married 2nd to Ann Warner, who married 2nd Henry Cooper of Pelsworth.

Notes for Joseph Phelps:

Joseph Phelps of Gengeworth, County Worcester, England, whose will was dated October 26, 1579, and proved at Worcester, in December 1579. -- Americana, V.35, p92

Ellen Gunne (b. 1571, d. Bet. 1593 - 1600)

Ellen Gunne was born 1571 in Saintbury, Gloucester, and died Bet. 1593 - 1600 in Long Marston, Gloucester.She married John Tomes, son of John Tomes and Alice Harburne.

Children of Ellen Gunne and John Tomes are:

• +Alice Tomes, b. Bef. 1593, Long Marston, Gloucester, d. Bet. 1640 - 1646, Wethersfield Hartford Co. CT.

References

• “The Descendents of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut, 1590-1658, and His Wife, Alice Tomes.” Donna L. Siemiatkoski. Gateway Press, 1990 - Connecticut GoogleBooks “Gov. Thomas Welles (ca. 1590-1660), son of Robert and Alice Welles, was born in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England, and died in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He married (1) Alice Tomes (b. before 1593), daughter of John Tomes and Ellen (Gunne) Phelps, 1615 in Long Marston, Gloucestershire. She was born in Long Marston, and died before 1646 in Hartford, Conn. They had eight children. …”
• http://macomberkin.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I19212&tree=macom...
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PHELPS/1998-07/090104...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126530803/ellen-tomes has errors
• http://www.newenglandancestors.org Title: Ancestry of Alice Tomes, Wife of Gov Thomas Welles of Connecticut, Volume: 84, Page: 287-290 Abbrev: NEHGR: Ancestry of Alice (Tomes) Welles Author: Welles, Lemuel Aiken Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1930