Birth: 1767 Redenhall With Harleston, Norfolk, UK
Father: James Wales 1733-a1767
Mother: Elizabeth Mayse c1740-a1767
Christening: 30 May 1767 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Redenhall With Harleston, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 15 Oct 1787 Haddiscoe, Norfolk, UK
Husband: Ann Alp c1766-1861
Death: 17 August 1840, Haddiscoe, Norfolk, UK
Burial: 23 August 1840 St Mary, Haddiscoe, Norfolk
Elizabeth Wales 1788
Susan Wales 1790
Ann Wales 1792
Mary Wales 1795
Sarah Wales (Wells) [Cowles (Cowell] 1797-a1861
William Wales 1799
Lydia Wales 1801
Elizabeth Wales 1803
James Wales 1805
Charles Wales 1807
Maria Wales 1811
Two entries in FreeReg for John Wales baptised 30 May 1767 at St Mary, Redenhall, Norfolk, parents James and Elizabeth Wales.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for John Wales baptised 30 May 1767-1768 in Redenhall With Harleston, parents John and Elizabeth Wales. "An Account of the Baptisms, Marriages & Burials in the Parish of Redenhall with Harleston in the County of Norfolk from January 1st 1767 to January 1st 1768. Baptisms [...] May [...] Wales John Son of James and Elizabeth 30th".
Entry in FreeReg for the marriage of John Wales a bachelor and Ann Alp a spinster of Alderby on 15 October 1787 at St Mary, Haddiscoe, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for the marriage of John Wales and Ann Alp on 15 October 1787 in Haddiscoe, Norfolk "John Wales of this Parish Batchelor and Ann Alp of the Parish of Alderby Spinster were married in this Church by Banns the 13th of October 1767 [...] in the Presence of Richard Wales and Robert Wales".
His daughter was born on 7 August 1788 and baptised privately on 12 August 1788, daughter born and baptised privately on 20 June 1790, daughter born and baptised privately on 10 November 1792, daughter born on 13 February 1795 and baptised privately on 15 February 1795, daughter born on 5 March 1797 and baptised privately on 6 March 1797, son born on 7 July 1799 and baptised privately on 9 July 1799, daughter born on 7 May 1801 and baptised privately on 9 May 1801, daughter born on 20 May 1803 and baptised privately on 21 May 1803, son born on 30 August 1805 and baptised privately on 3 September 1805, son born on 30 November 1807 and baptised privately on 6 December 1707, and daughter born on 17 May 1811 and baptised privately on 19 May 1811, all at St Mary, Haddiscoe.
Entry in FreeReg for the burial of John Wales of Haddiscoe on 23 August 1840 aged 73 at St Mary, Haddiscoe, Norfolk.
Death of John Wales in FreeBMD in July-September 1840 in Loddon (13 115).
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for John Wales buried on 23 August 1840 aged 73 in Haddiscoe. "Page 18 Burials in the Parish of Haddingcoe in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1839 [...] 1840 [...] John Wales No. 143 of Haddingcoe [on] August 23rd [aged] 73".
Entry in Gravestone Photographic Resource for John Wales at St Mary's, Haddiscoe, Norfolk. "In/Memory of/John Wales/who died/17th of Augst 1840/Aged 74 Years" followed by a four line poem. His wife has a separate gravestone "In/Memory of/Ann/The Wife of/John Wales/Who Died Nov 29th 1861/Aged 96 Years.
There are eighteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for John Wales.
Redenhall with Harleston is 20 miles south of Norwich om A143. The main body of Redenhall church lies across the parish border in Wortwell, with only part of the tower actually situated in Redenhall parish. Haddiscoe is 16 miles SE of Norwich.
John Wales was the father of Sarah Wales, wife of Abraham Cowles, my great grand uncle.
Return to Wales Gendex.
Return to Main Gendex.
Return to Croucher Home Page.