Richard Wakeley

1634 - Bef 1681  (47 years)

• Name	Richard Wakeley
  Birth	by 1634	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 2]
  Living	1636 (2 years)	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony   [3]
  Freeman	1657 (23 years)	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Tax	1655-1657 (23 years)	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  He was taxed in Hartford between 1655 and 1657.
  Moved To	say 1660 (26 years)	Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  History	May 1662 (28 years)	Royal Charter for the Colony of Connecticut signed, ending the New Haven Colony.
  Freeman	1669 (35 years)	Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Inventory	say 1681 (47 years)  [4]
  His estate was inventoried and valued at £164 13/
  Death	Bef 6 Aug 1681	Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 2, 4]
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  + 1. Henry Whelpley,   b. 1620, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 6 Jun 1662, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 42 years) ▻ unknown _____;   Sarah Howes,  m. 1 May 1661 > 2. Richard Wakeley,   b. by 1634, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. Bef 6 Aug 1681, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 47 years) ▻ Rebecca,  m. 1672   3. Alice Wakeley
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Wakeley,   b. 1510, Lenham, Kent, England d. —, Lenham, Kent, England   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Amy Vowell,   b. 1530, Coggeshall, Essex, England d. 5 Dec 1620, Coggeshall, Essex, England  (Age 90 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I25645
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	James Wakeley,   b. 1594, Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, England d. Aft 1690, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Colony (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Alice Glascock,   b. 1590, High Easter, Essex, England d. —, Norwich, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F9270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Rebecca
  Marriage	1672  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 38 years - She : ??.
  Children	1672 to 1678  [2, 4]
  1. Rebecca Walkley (1672-1733) 2. infant boy Walkley (1678-1678) 3. Richard Walkley (1678-1756)
  Family ID	F9276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Richard Wakeley(1634 – Bef 1681) 2James Wakeley(1594 – Aft 1690) 4Richard Wakeley(1580 – 1681) 8Richard Wakeley(1540 – 1630) 16Edward Wakeley(1510 – —) 17Dianah Foxworthy(1520 – 1585) 9Elizabeth Sundrye(1540 – 1580) 18Alexander (Saundrye) Martin(1525 – 1603) 19Jane(1530 – 1603) 5Agnes ______(1573 – 1683) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Alice Glascock(1590 – —) 6Henry Glascock(1547 – 1604) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Grace Eurnio(1552 – 1592) 14John Eumio(1510 – —) 28 29 15Amy Vowell(1530 – 1620) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - by 1634 - Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Living - 1636 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Freeman - 1657 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Tax - 1655-1657 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Moved To - say 1660 - Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony Freeman - 1669 - Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony Death - Bef 6 Aug 1681 - Haddam, Middlesex 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

  [S767] Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), p 627. [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S2340] Walkley, Stephen Genealogical Index of Some Descendants of Richard Walkley of Haddam, (Plantsville, Connecticut: by the author, 1911), p 3. [S2340] Walkley, Stephen Genealogical Index of Some Descendants of Richard Walkley of Haddam, (Plantsville, Connecticut: by the author, 1911), p 4. [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 772.