Captain Robert Welles II

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: From Find a Grave, Sep 1741, Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut. CPT Robert Welles II
Birth: May 1676 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 21 Sep 1741 (aged 65) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial #: 158514302
There is no marker on this grave; time and weather has erased its exact location.
Family Members
Parents
Robert Welles 1651-1714
Elizabeth Goodrich Welles 1658-1698
Spouse
Sarah Wolcott Welles 1686-1738
Siblings
Thomas Wells 1676-1741
Joseph Welles 1680-1744
Prudence Welles Stoddard 1682-1715
Gideon Welles 1691-1739
Children
Robert Wells 1710-1786
Josiah Wells 1720-1783
Hezekiah Wells 1725-1804
Martha Welles Deming 1729-1811
Judith Welles Robbins 1730-1771
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Added: 23 Feb 2016
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158514302/robert-welles
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• Family History: From The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles Of Connecticut And his Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 1, Third Edition, Page 421. [Note: ^# denotes superscript for generation in original document]

132. CAPT. ROBERT^4 WELLES, JR. (Capt. Robert^3, John^2, Gov. Thomas^1), born c. 1684 in Wethersfield, Connecticut; and died before 14 September 1738 when inventory was taken on his estate (Hartford Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 5844). He married on 12 December 1706 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, Rev. Stephen Mix officiating (Barbour citing VR 1:79), SARAH WOLCOTT, daughter of Samuel Wolcott and Judith Appleton, born 11 August 1686 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:6); and died after 12 March 1740/ 1 when Sarah Welles, the Relict of Capt. Robert Welles, deceased, is named among the heirs of both Mrs. Judith Wolcott and her son Josiah Wolcott (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:841-842).Perhaps she is the Sarah Wells who died 3 Dec 1744, at age 63 [five years too old], and is buried in Wethersfield (Hale 22).

Robert Welles served as a selectman of the town of Wethersfield in October 1725 (Col. Recs. 6:556). He became the Lieutenant of the Hartford County Dragoons in October 1714 (Col. Recs. 5:455), and was named Captain of the troop in 1726 (Col. Recs. 7:63).

The inventory of Robert's estate was taken 14 September 1738 and came to £414'/7:10:00.His will, dated 2 November 1734 and proved 3 October 1738, names his wife Sarah, 'maid Moll., sons Robert, Appleton, Josiah, and Hezekiah, and daughters Sarah, Abigail, Elizabeth, Mary, Martha and Judith. That same day his widow was named the guardian of Hezekiah, Martha and Judith Welles (Manwaring 32363-364; Hartford Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 5844).

Children, surnamed WELLES, born in Wethersfield, Connecticut:

+ 629 i. SARAH, b. 1 Feb 1708/09; bur. 7 May 1776; m. 21 Nov 1728, CAPT. JONATHAN ROBBINS.

+ 630 ii. (Capt.) Robert III, b. 7 Sep 1710; d. 3 Feb 1786; m. 17, NOV 1735 ABIGAIL BURNHAM.

631 iii. APPLETON, b. 4 Feb 1711/12 (Barbour citing VR 1:79); bapt. 10 Feb 1711/ 12 (Wethersfield First Congregational Church index citing 1:32, RVV/:30and SM:43); d. 29 Jul 1785 (“Private Record of Deaths, 1784-1705 transcribed; see correspondence from Orin Wells, 17 Aug 2006). [Note: The date given for his death is three days different from the date of death of his nephew Appleton Wells. His nephew, a son of Robert Wells III, is not identified in this genealogy document. The validity of the date of death is questionable.]

+ 632 iv. ABIGAIL, b. 9 Oct 1715; d. 2 Sep 1776; m. 5 Aug 1746 REV. ASHER ROSSETER.

633 v. ELIZABETH, b. 18 Mar 1716/17 (Barbour citing VR 1:79); living 2 Nov 1734 when she is named in her father's will.

634 vi. MARY, b. 23 jun 1719; d. after 1762; m. 26 Aug 1742 JOSHUA ROBBINS, III (#779). Their family is continued as family number 779.

+ 635 vii. JOSIAH, b. 9 Mar 1720/21; d. 24 Aug 1783; m. (1) 1 Jan 1776 REBECCA DEMING; m. (2) 13 Apr 1780 RUTH (PRIOR) RITCH.

636 viii. CHRISTOPHER, b. 29 Mar 1724 (Barbour citing VR 1279); d. bef. 2 Nov 1734 as he is not named in his father's will.

+ 637 ix. (Capt) HEZEKIAH, b. 9 Dec 1725; d. 1 Jan 1804; m. 17 Dec 1747, MARY BOARDMAN.

+ 638 x. MARTHA, b. 29 Aug 1729; d. in Dec 1811; m. 10 Nov 1748, MOSES DEMING
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+ 639 xi. JUDITH, b. 4 Mar 1730/31; d. 1 May 1771; m. 21 Dec 1749, JOSIAH ROBBINS.

Published Works: HH 803; Stiles' Wethersfield 2:765-766, 841-842; Stiles' Windsor 2:802; W/eis'AR (1993) 222 (descent of Sarah Wolcott from King Henry I); Welles (1959) 1:53 (incorrect in identifying Anna Stillman as the wife of Josiah Welles(#635), see (#759) below for the correct marriage); Welles (1968) 3:39-40: family CH (child Abigail added to original manuscript by hand, citing Stiles' Windsor); Wolcott (1986) 114-121.

Robert married Sarah Wolcott, daughter of Samuel Wolcott and Judith Appleton. (Sarah Wolcott was born on 14 Aug 1686 in Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut and died in Sep 1738 in Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut.)