Richard Wakeley

1580 - 1681  (101 years)

• Name	Richard Wakeley
  	to New England
  Birth	1580	Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England   [1, 2]
  History	May 1662 (82 years)	Royal Charter for the Colony of Connecticut signed, ending the New Haven Colony.
  Death	1681	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 2]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Richard Wakeley,   b. 1580, Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England d. 1681, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 101 years) ▻ Agnes ______,  m. 1593   2. Elizabeth Wakeley,   b. 1660, Lenham, Kent, England
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Wakeley,   b. 1510, Lenham, Kent, England d. —, Lenham, Kent, England   (Grandfather)  Jane,   b. 1530, Illogan, Cornwall, England d. 1603, Illogan, Cornwall, England  (Age 73 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I25643	Whelpley Line
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: If he was born in 1580, he would have been 13 years old when he married. I suspect the birth date is incorrect.

  
  

Father	Richard Wakeley,   b. 1540, Lenham, Kent, England d. 20 Feb 1630, Lenham, Kent, England (Age 90 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Sundrye,   b. 1540, Illogan, Cornwall, England d. 1580, Illogan, Cornwall, England (Age 40 years)
Family ID	F9288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Agnes ______,   b. 1573, Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England d. 1683, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony (Age 110 years)
Marriage	1593	Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England   [3, 4]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 13 years - She : ~ 20 years.
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
+   1. James Wakeley,   b. 1594, Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England d. Aft 1690, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Colony (Age 97 years) ▻ Alice Glascock  m. 1611;   Alice  m. 5 Oct 1652     2. Alice Wakeley,   b. 1596, Cambridgeshire, England d. 1683, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony (Age 87 years)
Family ID	F9275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	3 Feb 2026




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Richard Wakeley(1580 – 1681) 2Richard Wakeley(1540 – 1630) 4Edward Wakeley(1510 – —) 8 16 17 9 18 19 5Dianah Foxworthy(1520 – 1585) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Elizabeth Sundrye(1540 – 1580) 6Alexander (Saundrye) Martin(1525 – 1603) 12Sir Roger Martin(1504 – 1588) 24William Martin(1460 – 1503) 25Lady Jane Clevedon(1480 – 1504) 13Temperance(1500 – 1594) 26 27 7Jane(1530 – 1603) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1580 - Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England Marriage - 1593 - Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England Death - 1681 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1924] GeneaNET Web Site, (https://gw.geneanet.org). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 162816561 Richard Whelpley II . 🟠 [S1924] GeneaNET Web Site, (https://gw.geneanet.org) . 🟠 [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) .