Robert Welles

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut And his Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 1, Third Edition, Page 263. [^# denotes superscript for generation in original document]

23. CAPT. ROBERT^3 WELLES (]ohn^2, Gov. Thomas^1), born c. 1651 in Stratford, Connecticut, twin with Thomas; and died 22 June 1714 in Wethersf1eld, Connecticut age 65 (Barbour citing VR 1:8, Wethersfield Church Records, slip index citing EST 3), buried in the Village Cemetery in Wethersf1eld, Connecticut (Hale 27). He married first on 9 June 1675 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, ELIZABETH GOODRICH, daughter of Ens. William Goodrich and Sarah Marvin, with Robert's uncle, Capt. Samuel Welles, officiating (Barbour citing VR 1:17), born c. 1657 in Wethersfield, Connecticut; and died there on 17 February 1697/98 at about age 40 (Barbour citing VR 1:17, Wethersfield Church Records, slip index citing EST:3). He married second on 13 October 1698 in Boston, Massachusetts (Boston BMD 244), with Mr. Samuel Willard officiating, MARY STODDARD, daughter of Anthony Stoddard and Christian Eyre, born 25 March 1668 in Boston, Massachusetts (Boston BMD 103); and died c. 1740 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Wethersfield Church Records, slip index citing EST:3).

After his father's death, Robert Welles was raised from a young age by his grandfather the Governor, who willed him 44 acres of land in Wethersfield, which has stayed in the family to modern times. He and his wife were admitted to communion in the Wethersfield Congregational Church [16] November 1696 (Wethersfield Church Records, slip index citing SM:12).

He was nominated for freemanship in May 1681 (Col. Recs. 3:77) and accepted as a freeman in October 1681 (Col. Recs. 3:98 accepts the previous freeman nominations but no one is specifically named). His ear marks for cattle were recorded in Wethersfield on 28 December 1685 (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:763). He was named a Patentee for Wethersfield in the Royal Patent of 1685/86 (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:763). He was elected Captain of the Wethersfield Trainband in September 1689 (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:763). He was elected Deputy from Wethersfield to the General Court for many sessions from 1690 to 1705 and from 1707 to 1714 (Stiles' \Wethersf1eld2:763). He was Commissioner for Wethersfield from 1692 to 1694 (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:763). He served as Member of the Council in 1697 and as justice of the Peace in 1702 and from 1703 to 1706 (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:763). His house was among those fortified and garrisoned during the threat of Indian attack in 1704.

Robert received a considerable marriage portion from his first father-in-law, Ens. William Goodrich of Wethersfield: two cows, two steers, a feather-bed, a bolster, a blanket, linen, curtains, serge and worsted fabric, pork, seven bushels of Indian com, a cittel and skillet [warming pan and iron], a basin, a trunk, pewter, trean or wooden ware, and silver, to the amount of £43:00:06 (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:372, citing Hartford Probate District, 3:175).

Both Robert and his second wife Mary left probate records. The inventory of his estate, taken on 20 July 1714 by Joshua Robbins, Edward Bulkeley, and Ephraim Goodrich, was £3667:11:03 (Hartford Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 5843; Manwaring 2:323~324).

Mary (Stoddard) Welles' estate went to probate on 2 September 1740. Administration was granted to Michael Gibson of Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, as attorney to Dorothy Totman of Truro and John Knowles of Hartford (Hartford Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 5838; Manwaring 3:363)

Children, by first wife, surnamed WELLES, born in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:17):

+ 128 i. (Capt.) THOMAS, b. in May 1676; d. 28 Sep 1741; m. (1) 28 Sep 1699, HANNAH WARNER; m. (2) c. 1740 SARAH4 (BIDWELL) ROBBINS (#160). See family number 160.

129 ii. JOHN, b. in June 167876 (Barbour citing VR 1:17); cl. apparently bef. 1714 as he is not named in his father's will.

+ 130 iii. JOSEPH, b. in Sep 1680; d. in 1744; m. 6 Jan 1708/09 HANNAH ROBBINS.

+ 131 iv. PRUDENCE, b. c. 1682; d. 16 Apr 1715; m. 20 Oct 1700 REV. ANTHONY STODDARD.77

+ 132 v. (Capt.) ROBERT JR., b. c. 1684; d. bef. Sep 1738; m. 12 Dec 1706, SARAH WOLCOTT.

+ 133 vi. Capt. GIDEON, b. c. 1686; d. 28 Mar 1740; m. 30 Nov 1716, HANNAH4 CHESTER (#228).

Published Works: Goodwin (1856) 252-253; HH 556, 783; Stiles' Wethersfield 1:310; 2:763-764; Welles(1968) 2:8-9x: family VI.

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Jun 1714, Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut. CPT Robert Welles

Birth: 22 Jun 1651 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 22 Jun 1714 (aged 62) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

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Inscription from Wethersfield Inscriptions

Here lieth the body of Capt.
Robert Wells, deceased June
22, 1714 in ye 66 year of
his age.
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Memorial #: 115080962
Family Members
Parents
John Welles 1622-1659
Elizabeth Curtis Wilcoxson 1614-1682
Spouse
Elizabeth Goodrich Welles 1658-1698
Half Siblings
John Wells 1648-1714
Thomas Welles 1651-1720
Temperence Welles Pitman 1653-1728
Samuel Welles 1656-1729
Sarah Welles Thompson 1659-1730
Children
Thomas Wells 1676-1741
Robert Welles 1676-1741
Joseph Welles 1680-1744
Prudence Welles Stoddard 1682-1715
Gideon Welles 1691-1739
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Robert married Elizabeth Goodrich.