
{W015} 4864. Thomas Welles, Governor of Connecticut
(W218,219,220) John Welles
(W217,348) (2432) Thomas Welles
(W216,360) Capt. Samuel Welles
(360) Capt. Thomas Welles
"Daughter of the American Revolution DAR ID # 95676 Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Chester Welles (1739-1815) was lieutenant at the Lexington Alarm and captain of a company that fought at Long Island and White Plains, and turned out to repel Tryon's invasion in 1779, when he was promoted to the rank of major. He was born and died in Wethersfield, Conn. Also No. 4860."
-- http://www.linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/dar_members.php
17 May 1705 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
25 Nov. 1762 Newington, Hartford, CT
"WELLES, or WELLS, ...(4865vi[1]b) THOMAS, Wethersfield, s. of the first (4865vi) Samuel of the same, m. 7 Jan. 1697, (4865vi[1]b[1]) Thankful, d. of John Root of Deerfield, had (4865vi[1]b[1]1) Thomas, b. 10 Jan. 1698; and (4865vi[1]b[1]2) Hezekiah, 12 Aug. 1701, wh. d. at 10 yrs.
"His w. d. 1704, and he m. 17 May 1705, (4865vi[1]b[2]) Jerusha, d. of (4865vii_b[1]) Lieut. James Treat of Wethersfield, had (4865vi[1]b[2]1) William, 12 Jan. 1706; (4865vi[1]b[2]2) Wait, 4 Jan. 1708; (4865vi[1]b[2]3) John, 10 Feb. 1710; and Ichabod, posthum. 26 Apr. 1712. He was a capt. d. 7 Dec. 1711, and his wid. m. 25 Dec. 1712, (4865vi[1]b[2]) Ephraim, Goodrich, and d. 15 Jan. 1754."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
1 Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) c/o ancestry.com
(return to GOV. WELLES & TOMES LINES)
= siblings
1Barber Collection of Vital Records
3Albert Welles, "History of the Welles Family in England and Normandy" c/o Google Books