25th Generation

703. Edmund WELLS (FORTESCUE)³¹ was born in 1752. He died in 1779. He was buried on 10 October 1779 in East Allington, Devon. Edmund Wells, born in 1752 and died in 1779, inherited Fallapit from his great aunt Elizabeth in 1768, and assumed the name of Fortescue. He married Mary Anne Blundell, daughter of Peter Blundell of Collepriest, Devonshire. They had a son Edmund Nathaniel William, who
was born in 1777 and died in July 1821, and a daughter Elizabeth who married Thomas William Sturgeon. Edmund was a Major in the South Devon militia.

Edmund WELLS (FORTESCUE) and Mary Anne BLUNDELL of Collepriest, Devon were married on 23 November 1770 in East Allington, Devon. Mary Anne BLUNDELL of Collepriest, Devon³¹ died by 1838.

Edmund WELLS (FORTESCUE) and Mary Anne BLUNDELL of Collepriest, Devon had the following children:

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Edmund Nathaniel William FORTESCUE.