Person:Robert Welles (20)

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
m. 9 Jun 1675
  1. Captain Thomas Welles1676 - 1741
  2. Prudence WellesAbt 1682 - 1715
  3. Captain Robert WellesAbt 1684 - Bef 1738
  4. Captain Gideon WellesAbt 1686 - 1740
  • HCaptain Robert WellesAbt 1651 - 1714
  • WMary Stoddard1668 - Bef 1740
m. 13 Oct 1698
Facts and Events
Name[1] Captain Robert Welles
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1651 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesTwin to Thomas.
Marriage 9 Jun 1675 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Goodrich
Marriage 13 Oct 1698 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Stoddard
Will[5] 4 Jan 1711/12 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2][3] 22 Jun 1714 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[1][4] Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[5] 5 Jul 1714 Will proved.
Estate Inventory[5] 20 Jul 1714 £3667-11-03. Taken by Joshua Robbins, Edward Bulkeley and Ephraim Goodrich.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 23. Capt. Robert3 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)
    263-65.

    23. Capt. Robert3 Welles (John2, Gov. Thomas1), born c. 1651 in Stratford, Connecticut, twin with Thomas; and died 22 June 1714 in Wethersfield, Connecticut age 65 (Barbour citing VR 1:8, Wethersfield Church Records, slip index citing EST 3), buried in the Village Cemetery in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Hale 27). …"

  2. Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    283.

    "Welles, … Robert, Capt., d. June 22, 1714, Æ 65 [1:08]"

  3. Volume 124 Wethersfield, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    125.

    "Welles, … Robert, Capt., ch. mem. Nov. 1696; d. June 22, 1714, age 65; his w., Elizabeth (Goodrich), ch. mem. Same time; d. Feb. 17, 1697/8, age about 40 [3]"

  4. CPT Robert Welles, in Find A Grave.

    There appears to be no surviving record to confirm the exact date of birth given in this memorial.

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Welles, Capt. Robert, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:323-24.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Will and Invt. in Vol. IX, Page 25-26-27.

    Welles, Capt. Robert, Wethersfield. Invt. £3667-11-03. Taken 20 July, 1714, by Joshua Robbins, Edward Bulkeley and Ephraim Goodrich. Will dated 4 January, 1711-12.

    I, Robert Welles of Wethersfield, do make my will as followeth: I give to my wife Mary the remaining part of that household goods which I had with her; also, a sixth part of all my silver, bills and plate which I dye seized of, together with two cows, all which is to be at her own dispose forever; and further, during the time that she remains my widow, eight pounds yearly to be paid by my four sons in equal parts, and the improvement of two or three acres of mowing land in that parcel of land which I bought of my brother John Hollister; and that Gideon my son pasture the two cows abovesaid for his mother. I also give her the improvement of my parlour and parlour chamber, half my garden, and liberty of my back room to wash, bake and brew in, with part of the cellar; only the punch bowl, given afterward to my grandson Robert, is excepted from my wife and children. I give unto my son Thomas, in addition to what I have given by deed of gift, several parcels of land, a third part of the three 50-acre lots which lye together, also half the island I bought of Mr. Nathaniel Foot, and a third part of my last division lot: also, land in Fairfield Swamp. I give to my son Joseph Welles the Westfield lot bought of Mr. John Hollister, together with house and barn, orchard, and all thereto belonging; and the land I had by exchange of Isaac Boreman and Jacob Griswold, Jr., and two acres of my upper lot in the meadow, and four acres in Fairfield Swamp which I bought of John Deming, Jr., and a third of my three fifty-acre lotts, and a third of my division lot. I give to my son Robert Welles the house and lands I bought of Ensign John Wyatt, as also 6 acres of my lower plowing lot in the meadow, and four acres in the upper meadow, and the rest of Fairfield Swamp not given to Thomas and reserved for Gideon as above, and the lot lying in the west swamp, bought of old Mr. Stephen Chester, and one 50-acre lot lying by Jabez Whittlesey, and the third part of the division lot, and half the island bought of Nathaniel Foot. And also I give to my son Robert Welles my negro Phebe, and he to take good care of her. I give to my son Gideon Welles the house, barn and lot I live upon, 3 acres, and 4 acres of my upper meadow lot, and 3 acres of the north side of Fairfield Swamp, and 4 acres in Beaver Meadow, and the lot lying upon the west swamp hill, bought of Joseph Churchill, Thomas Wright, John Nott and Isaac Curtis. Also, I give him a piece of land bought of George Wolcott and John Durrant, with a highway leading through Henry Buck's lot; also the third of the three fifty-acre lotts. I give to my grandson Robert Welles the house and land bought of Serjeant Jonathan Hollister, being formerly Capt. Stephen Hollister's deceased, and 10 acres bought of my Cousin Stephen Chester adjoyning thereto; also, I give to my said grandson my silver punch bowl. I give to my son Gideon Wells, to him and his heirs forever, of my moveable estate, one yoke of oxen, two cows 3 years old, two horses, a mare and colt, ten sheep, and all my swine, all my tackling as carts, plows, chains, plow irons, harrows, saddles, bridle, all mowing and reaping instruments, hods, hammers, nails, gun, sword, shingles and clapboards, and also a half of all my grain growing or gathered in; also, one bedstead with a bed (and a great table) and furniture to said bed, two chairs and two books, and to take his choice; also, one silver tankard, a large looking-glass and an iron back. I appoint my sons, Thomas, Joseph, Robert and Gideon, executors. My will is that my wife live with some of my children, and they to take care of her.

    ROBERT WELLES, LS.

    Witness: Thomas Chester, David Goodrich, John Coleman.

    Court Record, Page 206—5 July, 1714: Joseph, Thomas and Robert Welles exhibited now in this Court the last will and testament of Capt. Robert Welles, decd., whereof they are appointed executors; and John Coleman of Wethersfield, one of the witnesses subscribed to the said will, having now sworn thereunto before this Court (one other of the witnesses of the sd. will being departed from this life), the sd. will is thereupon proven by this Court, approved and allowed."