"Probate Records. Vol. VI, 1695-1700. Page 124-5.
Welles, Jonathan. Distribution of Estate, £440-18-09, 27 November, 1695. It is to be understood that the several Legatees, viz, John Olcott and Mary his Wife as Administrators on the Estate of Mr. Thomas Welles Decd, Ichabod Welles, Samuel & Joseph Welles for themselves, Mr. James Judson in right of Rebecca his Wife, and Sarah Bidwell as Administrator on the Estate of Mr. John Bidwell Deceased, do mutually agree to exchange the 12 acres of Land that was Jonathan Welles's, lying in the Oxpasture, for 12 acres of Mr. Joseph Welles his Land, lying in the same Oxpasture, and that the sd. Land be distributed.
John Olcott & Mary his wife, Ichabod Welles, Samuel Welles, Joseph Welles, Mrs. Sarah Bidwell, Relict of John Bidwell Decd, James Judson & Rebeckah his wife.
Court Record, Page 92—12 April, 1699: Dist. presented in Court by William Whiting & Joseph Mygatt.
Note: This Agreement (as on file), dated 27 November, 1695, has Jacob placed between Ichabod (Jacob), Samuel & Joseph Welles.
Page 86—(Vol. VII) 5 August, 1706: Sarah Bidwell of Hartford, Widow, & Capt. James Judson of Stratford, complain to the Court that no Dist. of sd. Estate had been made. The case came before this Court, and Claim was made that Dist. had been made by an Agreement among the parties concerned."