John Tomes, Jr.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tomes-2

John Tomes was born in about 1569. Son of John Tomes and Alice (Harburne) Holtom

In about 1586 he married Ellen Gonne of Saintbury. It is believed that she was the mother of his children Alice, Mary, Anne and Joan.

On 3 Aug 1601 he married Ann Warner. Their marriage took place at Wormington, Gloucestershire, England. Soon after, a son John, was born. [1]

John wrote his will on 21 May 1682. He died on the 25 May 1602. [2]His will was probated on 23 Nov 1602. [3]

In his will he made bequests to:

• daughter Ann Tomes
• unborn child of my wife Ann
• other daughters Joan and Alice
• Mary Kecke, the daughter of my son William Kecke
• children of my sister Alice Kecke
• brother William Holtham
• children of my brother Thomas Holtham
• sister Joan Harrington
• wife Ann
• Thomas Harrington and Thomas Kecke overseers.

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Ellen Gunne 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

Children of John Tomes and Ann Warner:

1. John Tomes of Long Marston, m Amy

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John Tomes (d. May 25, 1602)

John Tomes (son of John Tomes and Alice Harburne) was born in Long Marston, Gloucester, and died May 25, 1602 in Long Marston, Gloucester.He married Ellen Gunne.

Children of John Tomes and Ellen Gunne 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. …”
• Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, Volume 1, 2nd Edition (2013) Barbara Jean Mathews. Page 167 - 170. GoogleBooks
• 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