Jane Whelden

Gabriel Whelden (c1583-1654) arrived in Plymouth Colony with a family of grown children (Ralph, Catherine, Henry, Ruth & John).

Gabriel Whelden (c1583-1654) married (1) about 1610 Unknown; [possibly m(2) 3 Aug 1617 Mary Davis] m(3) Jane; m.(4) 1649 Margaret Matthews.

NOTE: current thinking is only two wives - Jane and Margaret.

From Whilden

Gabriel Whelden was born about 1582, probably in Basford or Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England.  These are now adjoining suburbs just north of Nottingham, and about 10 miles south of "Shirewood Forest," traditional home to Robin Hood some 400 years earlier.  Gabriel is reported to have married Mary Davis on 3 Aug 1617 in Arnold.  But no documentation has been offered, and no record found in the Parish Registers of Arnold, Basford, or Nottingham.  Until some evidence is found, I disbelieve that report. 

His wife was Jane in 1637.  He married about 1649 Margaret Matthews, sister of Rev. Marmaduke Matthews, who returned to Wales with her brother after Gabriel's death in 1655. 

Gabriel was a blacksmith in Basford 4 April 1617, when he rented land from William Stafford, on a 21-year lease [expired 4 Apr 1638].  "Gabriel Whelden, husbandman of Basford, and Jane his wife" exchanged the land in Bagthorpe Field for tracts in Quarry Field, Middle Field, and Neather Field from John Hutchinson 5 August 1637. On 10 March 1638, "Gabriel Whelden, yeoman of Basford," leased his kiln, mill, and land in Basford to John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare.  Since Jane is listed in the first transaction but not in the second, she can be assumed to have died in the time between them.  There is no record of Gabriel having a wife in America until he married Margaret in 1649.  On 20 Apr 1638 The Earl of Clare assigned the lease of the mill house and three acres "currently in the occupation of Gabriell Wheld" to Robert Wright for the next 21 years.  

See New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October 2009, pp.253-261, for an article by Jan Porter and Daniel Stramara analyzing the information available in Nottinghamshire. PDF

Family

Gabriel Whelden (c1583-1654)  married (1) about 1610 Unknown;  [possibly m(2) 3 Aug 1617 Mary Davis]   m(3) Jane;  m.(4) 1649 Margaret Matthews. Lived in Basford, Nottinghamshire, until moving to Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in 1638; then in 1648 to Lynn, and later to Malden, where he died.

Children of Gabriel Whelden & Jane were baptized at St Leodegarius Church, Basford.

• . . 1. Thomas Whelden (bapt. 1 Feb 1611/2 - buried 15 Apr 1614)
• . . 2. Ralph Whelden (c.1616-before 1627) uncertain whether this person ever existed
• . . 3. Catherine (Kathren, Catone) Whelden (bapt. 6 Mar 1616/7-1689) m.9 Oct 1639 Giles Hopkins (1608-1689) son of Stephen Hopkins, both of the Mayflower 11 Nov 1620.  Eastham, MA
• . . 4. Henry Whelden (bapt. 21 Feb 1618/9 - 28 Oct 1694) m.25 Jan 1647/8 Edith (d.15 May 1682); lived at Sandwich, Mass.  He was listed among the "Males able to beare Armes" in Yarmouth in August, 1643.  He also fought in King Philip's War in 1675-6.
• . . 5. Martha Whelden (bapt. 23 Dec 1621- June 1639) drowned in Dedham, Mass.
• . . 6. Mary Whelden (bapt. 23 Dec 1621-Dec.1673) m.1646 Richard Taylor, tailor of Yarmouth. She was found dead 4 Dec 1673 in a wrecked boat off Duxbury, Plymouth Colony.  His estate was inventoried 13 Dec 1673, and was treated as though he were a widower.  Whether he  died in the same shipwreck as his wife is unclear.
• . . 7. John Wheldon (bapt.5 Nov 1623) died before Oct 1630, when his brother John was baptized
• . . 8. Ruth Whelden (bapt. 5 July 1626 - 22 Jun 1693)  m.27 Oct 1646 Richard Taylor, husbandman "of the Rock," Yarmouth, (c1620-4 Dec1703) called that presumably either because his house was made of stone, or because he lived near the boundary stone between Hockanom and Nobscusset in the northeastern part of town.
• . . 9. Ralph Whelden (c.1627 - after 1646)  In June 1646, the court at Plymouth recorded that the dispute between Teag Jones and Raph Wheilden and his daughter could not be settled due to the absence of Wheildon and his daughter. Obviously, this was either the Ralph born in 1616, or the record reads Ralph when it was really Gabriel.
• . 10. Joseph Whelden (c.1628 - 1683) ?? not listed among the baptisms in Basford.
• . 11. John Whelden (bapt.4 Oct 1630-20 Nov 1707) married about 1652 Mary Falland, see below.

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Mrs Jane Whelden

GEBURT unbekannt England

TOD unbekannt

England

BESTATTUNG Unknown

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She was living as late as August 15,1637.

Earlier wife of Gabriel Whelden, and presumably the mother of all of his children. (Gabriel Whelden is the subject of an article in NEHGR Vol 163, October 2009. Gabriel's wife Margaret was a later wife married in Massachusetts in or after 1639 and not the mother of his children.)

The following were presumably her children: Thomas Whelden, Catherine Whelden Hopkins, Henry Whelden, Mary Whelden Taylor, Martha Whelden, John Whelden, Ruth Whelden Taylor, and John Whelden.

Familienmitglieder

Ehepartner

Gabriel Whelden 1590–1654 (m. 1611)

Kinder

Thomas Whelden 1611–1615

Catherine Whelden Hopkins 1617–1690

Henry Whelden 1617–1694

Martha Whelden 1621–1639

Mary Whelden Taylor 1621–1673

John Whelden 1623 – unknown

Ruth Whelden Taylor 1626–1693

John Whelden 1630–1707

• Gabriel Wheldon and spouse Margaret Diguina(?) 1620's
  • Gabriel Wheldon's first wife was Jane, not Ruth, per a 15-Aug-1637 deed of exchange between Wheldon and John Hutchinson of Basford [Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham, Ne D 787, cited in NEHGR 163:256]. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net
• http://jliptrap.us/gen/whilden.htm
• New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Vol. 163, No. 4, October 2009) Jan Porter and Daniel F. Stramara, Jr., "The Origin of Gabriel1 Whelden of Yarmouth and Malden, Massachusetts" pp. 253-261
• "Whelden" in New England Marriages Prior to 1700.  Clarence Almon Torrey Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985 - Reference - 1009 pages.  page 802. Gabriel Whelden (- 1654) & 1st wf; ca 1620? 1610? Yarmouth / Malden. & 2nd wf Margaret ?; Yarmouth / Lynn / Malden
• https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/45290170/jane-whelden

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