Person:Sarah Welles (10)

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Sarah Welles
b.Abt 1658 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
d.23 Mar 1730 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1647
  1. John WellesAbt 1648 - 1713
  2. Deacon Thomas WellesAbt 1651 - 1719/20
  3. Captain Robert WellesAbt 1651 - 1714
  4. Temperance WellesAbt 1654 - Aft 1731
  5. Sergeant Samuel WellesEst 1656 - Bef 1728/29
  6. Sarah WellesAbt 1658 - 1730
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1680
  1. Deacon John ThompsonAbt 1680 - 1765
  2. Ambrose Thompson1682 - 1768
  3. Sarah Thompson1685 - 1726
  4. Ebenezer Thompson1688 - 1757
  5. Thomas Thompson1691 -
  6. Elizabeth Thompson1694/95 - 1753
  7. Hannah Thompson1700 - Bef 1790
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Sarah Welles
Gender Female
Birth[2] Abt 1658 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1680 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (John).
to Ambrose Thompson
Death[1][2][3] 23 Mar 1730 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 26. Sarah3 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)
    1:268.

    "26. Sarah3 Welles (John2, Gov. Thomas1), born 28 September 1659 in Stratford, Connecticut (Barbour citing LR 1:48) [abt. 1658]; and died 23 March 1739 at age 71 [sic] according to her gravestone in the Stratford Cemetery (Hale 496). She married c. 1679 Ambrose Thompson, son of John Thompson and Mirable Griggs (Stiles' Wethersfield II:762n citing Fairfield Probate Records 35:86), … Sarah Thompson owned the covenant in the Stratford First Church on 21 April 1700 (church records slip index citing 1:11-26). …"

    It appears that the Sarah Wells/Welles, daughter of John, born 28 September 1659, was the child of John and Sarah (Curtis) Wells, who removed to Hadley after the birth of their first two children.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Welles, John; Thompson, Ambrose, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:657;1:606.

    "Sarah (Welles), b. (Stratford) abt. 1658, d. at Stratford, 23 Mar. 1730 ae. abt. 71 (g. s.); …"
    "… Sarah Welles, dau. of Mr. John, who d. 23 Mar. 1730 ae. abt. 71 (g.s.)."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sarah Welles Thompson, in Find A Grave.
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