Person:John Welles (5)
John Welles
b.Est 1622 Burmington, Warwickshire, England (possibly)
d.Bet 7 Aug 1659 and 19 Aug 1659 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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m. 28 Sep 1615
  1. Mary WellesEst 1618 - 1647
  2. Anne WellesEst 1620 - Bef 1680
  3. John WellesEst 1622 - 1659
  4. Robert WellesEst 1624 - Bef 1635
  5. Assistant Governor Thomas WellesEst 1625 - Bef 1668
  6. Captain Samuel WellesEst 1628 - Bef 1675
  7. Sarah WellesCal 1631 - 1698
  8. Joseph WellesAft 1636 - Bef 1648
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1647
  1. John WellesEst 1648 - 1713/14
  2. Deacon Thomas WellesCal 1651 - 1719/20
  3. Captain Robert WellesAbt 1651 - 1714
  4. Temperance WellesEst 1654 - Aft 1731
  5. Sergeant Samuel WellesEst 1656 - Bef 1728/29
  6. Sarah WellesCal 1658 - 1730
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Facts and Events
Name[1] John Welles
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Est 1622 Burmington, Warwickshire, England (possibly)
Other[1] 10 Apr 1645 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesAdmitted freeman.
Marriage Bef 1647 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)to Elizabeth Bourn
Will[1] 7 Aug 1659
Death[1][2][3] Bet 7 Aug 1659 and 19 Aug 1659 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Probate[1] 19 Oct 1659 Will recorded and proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 4. John2 Welles, in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
    1:229-25.

    "4. John2 Welles (Gov. Thomas1), born c. 1622 in Burmington, Warwickshire, England (NEHGR 80:288-289); and died before 19 August 1659, probably in Stratford, Connecticut, where he resided (Stiles' Wethersfield states 7 August 1659) when John Davenport, Jr., wrote to Gov. John Winthrop that 'we have lately heard yt Mr Wells, ye Majestreate at Stratford, is dead, of this disease, he complayned of a great burning in his stomach, &c.' (NEHGR 80:303), predeceasing his father by five months. … The will of John Welles was dated 7 August 1659 and proved 19 October 1659. In his will, John alluded to the possibility of his wife going to obtain 'that which is due her in England' (TAG 23:91-93)."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Welles, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
    782.

    "John (Welles), b. [say 1622]; d. at Stratford, Conn., Oct. 1659. … He was Deputy for Stratford, May and Oct. 1656, May and Oct. 1657; Assistant, 1658 and 1659."

  3. ↑ Welles, Lemuel Aiken. The English Ancestry of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1926)
    80:303.

    "John Davenport, Jr., wrote to Gov. John Winthrop, 18/19 Aug. 1659: 'Sr we have lately heard yt Mr Wells, ye Majestreate at Stratford, is dead, of this disease, he complained of a great burning in his stomach &c.' (Winthrop MSS., vol. 12, p. 97, in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society.)"

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