Person:Samuel Welles (5)
Captain Samuel Welles
b.Oct 1662 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.3 Oct 1733 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Jun 1654
  1. Rebecca Welles1655 - 1717
  2. Thomas Welles1657 - 1694/95
  3. Sarah Welles1659 - Bef 1708/09
  4. Sheriff Ichabod Welles1660 - Aft 1713
  5. Captain Samuel Welles1662 - 1733
  6. Jonathan Welles1664 - Bef 1687
  7. Joseph Welles1667 - 1698
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Samuel Welles1662 - 1733
  • W.  Ruth Judson1664 - 1744
m. Bef 1684
  1. Joshua Welles1684 -
  2. Hannah Welles1689 - 1718/19
  3. Captain Samuel Welles1693 - 1760
  4. Ruth Welles1696/97 - 1731
  5. Sarah Welles1700 - 1763
  6. Rebecca Welles1703 - 1724/25
  7. James WellesAbt 1706 - 1724/25
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Captain Samuel Welles
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Oct 1662 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1684 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Joshua).
to Ruth Judson
Will[1][4] 29 Jun 1733 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] 3 Oct 1733 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[1][4] 6 Nov 1733 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 31. Captain Samuel3 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)
    1:277-79.

    "31. Capt. Samuel3 Welles (Thomas2, Gov. Thomas1), born in October 1662 based on his age at death, probably in Hartford, Connecticut; and died 3 October 1733, at age 70 (FEH 658). …

    The will of Capt. Samuel Welles was dated 29 June 1733 and proved 6 November 1733. The will names his wife Ruth; son Samuel Welles; daughter Sarah Welles; three grandchildren Samuel Bewell, Thomas Pitkin and Hannah Bewell; and grandson Welles Ely. He gave his wife and daughter Sarah each half ownership of his Negro man called Jack. It appoints his wife Ruth and his son Samuel as executors and was witnessed by Joseph Hollister, Joseph Pitkin, and John Risley, Jr. (Manwaring 3:127-128)."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Governor Thomas 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)
    784.

    "Samuel (Welles), b. (Hartford) Oct. 1662; d. at East Hartford, 3 Oct. 1733 ae. 70 (g. s.); … His will, dated 29 June 1733, proved 6 Nov. 1733, named wife Ruth; dau. Sarah Welles; son Samuel Welles; three grandchildren, Samuel Bewell, Thomas Pitkin, and Hannah Bewell; grandson Welles Ely."

  3.   Capt Samuel Welles, in Find A Grave.

    This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection. There appears to be no evidence of the actual place of burial.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Welles, Samuel, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:127-28.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 335.

    Welles, Samuel, Hartford. Will dated 29 June, 1733: I, Samuel Welles of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Ruth Welles the use of 1-2 of my dwelling house and barn, and 1-2 of my improved land, including what I have given by deed to my daughter Sarah Welles. I do give unto my wife 1-3 part of all my moveable estate properly belonging within my dwelling house, and 1-3 of all my moveable estate whatsoever, and 1-2 of my negro man called Jack, to be her own, to her, her heirs and assigns forever. I also give unto my wife 50 acres of upland forever. I give to my son Samuel Welles, he paying such legacies as are hereafter expressed and my just debts out of my estate, all my estate, both real and personal, except what is in this my last will and testament otherwise disposed of, or shall be in my lifetime, to be to him sd. Samuel Welles, his heirs and assigns forever. I hereby give unto my sd. son the priviledge of fruit enough in my orchard for makeing 10 barrells of syder, on each other year when the orchard bears most fruit, notwithstanding the improvement given to my wife and daughter Sarah. I give unto my daughter Sarah Welles the use and improvement of 1-2 of my dwelling house and barn and 1-2 of my improved upland on the west side of the country road, with what is included in my deed of gift to her, during the time she shall remain unmarried. And if she marry, to have the improvement thereof six years after marriage, and no longer. I hereby give unto her the use of my improved lands eastward of the country road, to make up with what I have given her by deed of gift; also three acres of my meadow lott lying in Hockanum meadow, so long as she shall live unmarried. I do give unto my daughter Sarah Welles 1-2 of my negro man Jack, and 2-3 of all the moveables belonging within my dwelling house, and 1-3 of all my other moveable estate whatsoever. I give unto my three grandchildren, Samuel Bewell, Thomas Pitkin and Hannah Bewell, to each of them £30 money. I give unto my grandson Welles Ely, if he shall live to the age of 21 years, 1-2 of my right in the western land which was given to the Towns of Hartford and Windsor. I appoint my wife Ruth Welles and son Samuel Welles executors.

    SAMUEL WELLES, LS.

    Witness: Joseph Hollister, Joseph Pitkin, John Risley, Jr.

    Court Record, Page 99—6 November, 1733: Will exhibited. Proven."

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