Person:Elizabeth Welles (1)

Name^[1]^[2]	Elizabeth Welles
Married Name	Elizabeth Shelton
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]^[2]	Cal 1670
Marriage	14 Apr 1692	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Lieutenant Daniel Shelton
Death^[1]^[2]	1 Apr 1747	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[3]		Long Hill Burial Ground, Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 39. Elizabeth³ 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)
291-95.

"39. Elizabeth³ Welles (Capt. Samuel², Gov. Thomas ¹), born c. 1670; and died 1 April 1747 at age 76 according to the memorial in Long Hill Cemetery, Shelton, Connecticut (Hale 55, but note that this monument was erected in 1877 but the date given is two weeks after her husband's estate distribution names her heirs)."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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)
790.

Elizabeth (Welles), b. abt. 1670; d. at Stratford, Conn., 1 Apr. 1747 ae. 77; m. 4 Apr. 1692, Daniel Shelton, a merchant, who d. at Stratford, early in 1728. Nine children.
↑ Elizabeth Welles Shelton, in Find A Grave.
Elizabeth Welles Shelton, in Find A Grave.

This most likely a cenotaph as she was probably buried in the Long Hill Cemetery, Stratford (the part now Shelton).