Family:John Chester and Sarah Welles (1)

Parents: Leonard Chester and Mary Unknown Captain John Chester b. 3 Aug 1635 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Feb 1697/98 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	Parents: Thomas Welles and Alice Tomes Sarah Welles b. Abt 1631 Burmington, Warwickshire, England d. 12 Dec 1698 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]

Feb 1653/54

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Mary Chester	23 Dec 1654 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	10 Jul 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2.	Major John Chester	10 Jun 1656 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	14 Dec 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
3.	Sarah Chester	Nov 1657 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	8 Aug 1723 South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
4.	Stephen Chester, Jr.	26 May 1660 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	9 Feb 1697/98 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
5.	Thomas Chester	23 Mar 1662 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	4 Dec 1712 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
6.	Samuel Chester	23 May 1664 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	12 Mar 1689 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
7.	Prudence Chester	10 Dec 1666 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	25 May 1727 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
8.	Eunice Chester	17 May 1668 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	16 Jun 1698 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ 1. Gov. Thomas¹ 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)
786.

"Sarah (Welles), … m. at Wethersfield, Feb. 1653/4, Capt. John Chester, … son of Leonard and Mary (_____) Chester."
↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
61.

"Chester, … John, Capt., m. Sarah Wells, d. Hon. Thomas, Feb. [__], 1653, by Thomas Wells [1:77]."