Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

Lionel de Welles

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• • 13th Great-grandfather of William Howard Taft — 16th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 37546 
  • Father:
  • Eudo de Welles 
  • Mother:
  • Maud de Greystoke   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1406 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Mar 1461 
  • Death Location:
  • Battle of Towton, Towton, North Yorkshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joan de Waterton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Aug 1417 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Methley (now Leeds), West Yorkshire, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Richard Welles

  Margaret de Welles

  Eleanor de Welles

  Cecily de Welles (Ahnentafel No:18773 )

  Katherine de Welles

  • Notes: 

  • 6th Lord Welles, Governor of Ireland

    Sir Lionel de Welles's given name is also seen as Leo.

• Additional marriages for Lionel de Welles

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Beauchamp
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 14 Apr 1447

• Sources for Lionel de Welles

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2007, Vol. 161, p. 35.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1961, Vol. 37, p. 114.
  • ³ Lodge, Rev. Samuel, Scrivelsby, the Home of the Champions: with Some Account of the Marmion and Dymoke Families, London: Elliot Stock (1894), 206.
  • ⁴ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 332.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 263, 267, 282, 342, 344, 356.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 428.
  • ⁷ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 27.
  • ⁸ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 101.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles", _6th_Baron_Welles, (accessed 01/02/2012).