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  1. Isabel Wells: Birth: 11 MAR 1564 in Ringstead,Northamptonshire,England. Death: 1606 in Suffolk Co,MA


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a. Note:   ORIGIN OF THE WELLS NAME: vlthayer1951 originally submitted this to Thayer Family Tree on 5 Feb 2009 on Ancestry.com
  "The family name of Wells, or Welles, is derived from the Norman-French "val," a vale or valley, and its plural, "vals," is from the Latin "vallis." It first occurs with the prefix "de" in the ablative plural, "de vallibus," meaning "from the valleys," subsequently as de Welles, and finally as Welles or Wells. When members of the family first came to America the form Welles almost prevailed; but the most common form at the present time is Wells. The Wells Arms Shield: Or, a lion, rampant, double-queued, sable, armed and langued gules. Crest: a demi-lion, double-queued, of the shield. Motto: Semper paratus. (Always ready.)
 The origin of the Wells family is in the House of Vaux, of the ancient province of Neustria. In the year 911, Charles III. of France ceded to Rollo, the Norwegian viking, who at the head of a band of Scandinavian pirates had captured Rouen on the Seine, the larger part of this province, which was thereafter called Normandy. As early as the year 794, the House of Vaux occupied a prominent position and had intermarried with many of Europe's reigning families.
 The earliest record found of the English branch of the House of Vaux, in which the Wells family had its origin, is that of Harold de Vaux, Lord of Vaux in Normandy, who having conferred his seignory upon the Abby of the Holy Trinity, founded at Caen in the department of Calvados, France, by Queen Matilda, came into England about the year 1120, with his sons, Hubert, Ranulf and Robert, and settled in Cumberland county in the lake and valley region of northwestern England. The sons thereupon took the name of de Vallibus, signifying "From the Valleys," indicative of their dwelling in that region.
 Robert de Vallibus, a lineal descendant of Hubert de Vallibus, the eldest son of Harold de Vaux, is designated in the English records of 1145 as Robert de Welles, and his descendants bore this name as Lords de Welles of Rayne Hall, Essex county, England. About the year 1194, Adam, a grandson of Robert holding the Manor of Welles, near Alford, Lincolnshire, is on record as Adam de Welles. He died without issue, and was succeeded in his manor by his brother, William, and he by his son William and grandson Adam. The latter, Adam de Welles, was summoned to parliament, February 6, 1299, as first Baron Welles. He was constable of Rockingham Castle and warden of the forest. King Edward I. of England granted to him, in 1299, a coat-of-armor. His successors in the barony are as follows: 2nd, Robert, son of Adam, 1311; 3rd, Adam, brother of Robert, 1320; 4th, John, son of Adam II., 1345; 5th, John, son of John and a distinguished soldier in France and Scotland, 1361; 6th, Leo, grandson of John II., killed in 1461, at Towton Field; 7th, Richard, son of Leo, 1469; 8th, Robert, son of Richard, who died without issue; 9th, Richard Hastings, brother-in-law of Robert, 1483."


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