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Thomas HELE, Esq.
Set As Default Person -
Name Thomas HELE Suffix [ONS gp] Esq. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1629 - Shown as aged 36 on memorial
Gender Male Memorial All Saints’ Church, Holbeton, Devon, England
- There is a small plaque on the wall of Holbeton Church, and in addition one of the young men by his father's monument probably represents him.
"In memory of Thomas Hele Esquier sonn
of Thomas Hele of Fleete
Damerell in the County of Devon I
Barronet who dyed at his house
Wigborrough and was burried in
the Parish Church of Petherton
in the County of Summerset
the tenth daie of November
1665 being 36 yeares of age
Love and beloved loyal honest just
heaven hath thy soule thy body
is but dust
Farwell dear saint thy life
was but a paine
To live is death to die in
Christ is gaine"
Residence Wigborrow, South Pool, Devon, England
Died 10 Nov 1665 Buried 6 Dec 1665 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, South Petherton, Somerset, England
- From transcriptions thanks to the South Petherton information website
"6 Dec 1665 was buried Thomas Heale, esquire"
Half-siblings2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Thomas HELE and Elizabeth ELWES) Patriarch & Matriarch
Nicholas HELE, b. Est 1487, d. Abt 1553 (Age ~ 66 years) (2 x Great Grandfather)
Penelope JOHNSON, d. Bef 1632 (Mother)
Person ID I20526 All Last Modified 12 May 2022
Father Sir Thomas HELE, b. Est 1593, bur. 16 Nov 1670, All Saints’ Church, Holbeton, Devon, England
(Age ~ 77 years)
Other Partners: Elizabeth ELWES m. 16 Jul 1632Mother Penelope JOHNSON, d. Bef 1632 Married Bef 1629 - Presuambly married before their son was born, age given as 36 when he died in 1665
Family ID F8109 Family Group Page | Family Chart

