Felch Henry b. ABT 1585 d. BET 04 JUL AND 27 SEP 1670 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

1585 - Between 04 Jul and 27 Sep 1670

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Birth Abt 1585 [1]

Gender Male

_UPD 17 AUG 2009 17:57:26 GMT-5

Died Between 04 Jul and 27 Sep 1670 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2]

Person ID I4332 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Family 1 Margaret, d. 23 Jun 1655, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Married Y [2]

Children

	1. Felch Henry, b. Abt 1610, Pembrokeshire, Wales, England, U.K. , d. 11 Nov 1699, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	2. Felch Isabel (perhaps?)
	3. Felch Mary
	4. Felch Anna or Hannah, d. 11 Jul 1689

Family ID F1769 Group Sheet

Family 2 Elizabeth, d. 12 May 1682, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Married Abt 1637 [2]

Family ID F1861 Group Sheet

Notes	The surname Felch is of Welsh origin, and in the early records is variously spelled Felt, Felch, Ffdsh, Falch, McFelch, Feltch. In Wales the spellings Felcks, Foulches and Foulvks are found. We are told that this family has the same lineage as the Hughes family, Barons of Edeirnion, county Merioneth, Wales, which derives its royal lineage through the ancient princes, Powys and monarchs of North and South Wales, from Roderick the Great, or Rhodri Maur. (I) Henry Felch, the immigrant ancestor, born in Wales as early as 1585, settled at Gloucester before it became a town. He owned six acres there in 1642, not among the early grants, indicating that he preceded the founders and proprietors of the town. He was a proprietor in 1641. The earliest record of him is the date of his daughter's marriage, March 2, 1641-42, to Samuel Hayward at Gloucester. He had land in Watertown in 1642. He left Gloucester before 1649 and settled in Boston. Some authorities state that he went to Reading where his son located. He sold his land and house at Gloucester to James A very. His will was made July 4, 1670; proved September 27, following, bequeathing to wife; to sons Henry Felch and Samuel Dunton; to each of his grandchildren. His daughter Mary and her husband, John Wil- burn or Wilborne, deeded land August 2, 1671, to her mother. Elizabeth Felch, widow. Henry Felch married twice. His wife Margaret died June 23, 1655, and his second wife, Elizabeth, survived him. Children: I. Daughter married Samuel Hayward. 2. Henry, Jr., of Reading, mentioned below. 3. Daughter married Samuel Dunton, of Reading. 4. Mary, married John Wilburn or Wilborne, mariner. FELCH. The first known of this family this side the water was Henry Felch, who lived in Gloucester, Mass., as early as 1641. He was of Welsh race, and is understood to have descended from David, Prince of North Wales, and Mary, his wife, who was a grand daughter of Henry I. of England. The name was sometimes spelled Falch. Henry's wife was named Elizabeth; and they had a son Henry, who m. Hannah, and settled in Reading, Mass. FELCH Like many other patronymics this name, which is in all probability of Welshorigin, has passed through several forms of spelling, such as Feleks, Faleh, McFaleh, Feltch and Feleh. There is strong evidence to prove that the Felehes are descended from David, Prince of North Wales and his princess, Mary, granddaughter of King Henry the First of England, daughter of Geoffrey Fulk. Count of Anjou, and therefore a sister of Henry the Second. It is claimed that the name Plantagenet, borne by sovereigns of England for more than three hundred years, originated with this Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, who wore in his bonnet a sprig of br,oom (Plantagenista). (I) Henry Feleh, the first of the name in New England, came from Wales, and first appeared in the records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1641. It is thought that he had two wives, and that the first one accompanied him to America, as there is a record of the death of Margaret, wife of Henry Feleh, June 23, 1655. The Christian name of his second wife was Elizabeth, and she survived him some twelve years. His will was probated September 27, 1670, and he probably died in August of that year. He was the father of at least two daughters and one son. FELCH The surname Felch is of Welsh origin and in the early records is variously spelled Felt, Felch, Ffelch. Falch. McFelch, Feltch. In Wales the spellings Felcks. Foulches and Foulcks are found. Weare told that this family has the same lineage as the Hughes family, Barons of Edeirnion, county Merioneth, Wales, which derives its royal lineage through the ancient princes Powys and monarchs of North and South Wales, from Roderick the Great, or Rhodri Maur. (I) Henry Felch, immigrant ancestor, was born in Wales as early as 1585 and settled at Gloucester before it became a town. He owned six acres there in 1642. not among the early grants, indicating that he preceded the founders and proprietors of the town. He was a proprietor in 1641. The earliest record of him is the date of his daughter's marriage, March 2, 1641-42,10 Samuel Hayward at Gloucester. He had land at Watertown in 1642. He left Gloucester before 1649 and settled in Boston. Some authorities state that he went to Reading, where his son located. He sold his land and house at Gloucester to James Avery. His will was made July 4, 1670, and proved September 27, following, bequeathing to wife: to sons Henry Felch and Samuel Dunton ; to each of his grandchildren. His daughter Mary and her husband, John Wiborne, deeded on August 2, 1671, to her mother Elizabeth Felch, widow. Henry Felch married twice. His wife Margaret died June 23, 1655. and his second wife Elizabeth survived him. Children: 1. Daughter, married Samuel Hayward. 2. Henry, mentioned below. 3. Daughter, married Samuel Dunton, of Reading. 4. Mary, married John Wiborne, mariner. A FELCH-FELTCH PEDIGREE. BY FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL. 1. Henry Felch, first of the name in this country. was born about 1590. He is supposed to have come from Wales with the party of the Rev. Richard Blynuian, in 1640, which landed first at Plymouth, where Mr. Blynman is mentioned in the records March 2, 1641; next at Marshfield (incorporated March 1, 1642), then called Green's Harbor. In less than a year the party removed to Gloucester, where, in 1642, Henry Felch was the owner of " six acres of hoed ground," of which there is no grant in the records, so it may be inferred he was there before the incorporation of the town of Gloucester, which was settled between October, 1641, when the bounds of the town were approved by the General Court, and May, 1642, when it was established or incorporated as a plantation called Gloucester. The first marriage on the Gloucester records is that of "a _____ daughter of Henry Felch to Samuel Haieward, March 2,1641" (N.S.). Savage indicates that her name was Isabel, but there are several reasons why thisis not likely. Henry Felch was proprietor at Watertown in 1642 and perhaps of Reading in 1644. He resided during his later years at Boston, where he died in August, 1670 ; will dated July 4 and proved Sept. 27, 1670. Presumably before coming to America he married, first, Margaret, whose parentage is not yet determined. She died in Boston, 23: 4th mo., 1655, and he married, second, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Wiborne, who came in the ship " Castle " in 1638 from Tenterden, County Kent, Eng- litnd, and died in Boston, 2: 7th mo., 1656 ; will probated 28 Oct., 1656. Elizabeth Wiborne-Felch died at Boston, 12 May, 1682. Children, by wife Margaret:— 2. Henry, b. about 1610. 3. (perhaps Isabel), in. 2 Mar., 1641, at Gloucester, Samuel Haieward. 4. Anna (or Hannah), m. Samuel Dnnton of Reading, who d. before or about 1695. She d. 11 July, 1689. 5. Mary, m. John Wiburn (or Wiborne), son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wiborne. The name of Felch or Felt is probably of Flemish origin and was brought into England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when some 30,000 Flemish weavers went from the Netherlands to England in search of religious freedom. This was a much larger number of people than came to America in the whole so-called Puritan immigration of 1620-40. Henry Felch. d. 1670. Probably a native of Wales. Came to America about 1640. AVas a settler and proprietor at Gloucester in 1641 and Watertown in 1642. His wife, Margarett, died June 23, 1655, He married (2), probably about 1657, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Wyborne, who came from Tenterden, Kent, Eng., about 1638. Her son, John Wyborne, married Mary, (laughter of Henry Felch. He is thought to have removed to Boston about 1654 and to have lived there until his death. He died in Boston in August 1670. His widow, Elizabeth, was living in 1686 and probably died about 1695.

Sources

[S230] Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, (Name: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908;), 407 (Reliability: 3).
[S253] Who Begot Thee? Some Genealogical and Historical Notes Made in an Effort to Trace the American Progenitors of One Individual Living in America in 1903, Gilbert Oliver Bent, Gilbert Oscar Bent, (Name: Printed for private distribution, 1903;), 21 (Reliability: 3).