"641. Col. Solomon5 Welles, Esq. (Capt. Gideon4, Capt. Robert3, John2, Gov. Thomas1), born 6 October 1721 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:95); and died 28 September 1802, at age 81, in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Wethersfield First Congregational Church Records, slip index citing 2:323); buried in the Village Cemetery, Wethersfield (Hale 18). … Solomon graduated from Yale College in 1739 (Yale Bios. 1:631). …
Leonard Wells filed an administrator's bond on the estate of Solomon Wells, Esq., of Wethersfield on 1 November 1802, with Timothy Wells as surety. His inventory was taken on 24 November 1803 by Daniel Buck and John Francis; it totaled $4466.95½. The distribution made by John Francis and Timothy Russell on 26 May 1804 sets shares of $385.89½ to eldest son Solomon Wells, youngest son Leonard Wells, eldest daughter Eunice, the wife of Charles Bulkeley of Wethersfield; and daughters Sarah, the widow of the Rev. John Eells; the widow Hannah Hale; the heirs of Roger Wells, deceased; the widow Penelope Wright; Prudence, the wife of Charles Bulkeley of Vermont; Mehitable, the wife of Dr. Samuel Barnard; Mrs. Sarah Wells, the widow of the deceased (Hartford Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, no docket number, filed alphabetically, 1802, resident of Wathersfield)."
