Thomas Welles

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: From The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut And his Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 1, Third Edition, Page 225. 6. Thomas WELLES, JR. (Gov. Thomas), born c. 1625 in Burmington, Warwickshire, England; and died in Hartford, Connecticut, before 20 August 1668 in a fall from a cherry tree (Hartford Courant, iss. 23 Sep 1845, p. 2, citing Hartford church sexton's records, his grave was seven feet long). He married on 23 June 1654 in Hartford, Connecticut (Col. Recs. 2:121; CHS Collections 14:608, identifies Thomas as the son of Mr. Thomas Welles, Magistrate, and Hannah as a widow from Hartford) HANNAH (TUTTLE) PANTRY, daughter of Richard Tuttle and Anne Taylor of Boston, and widow of John Pantry, who died in 1653 (TAG 30:7-10 for parents and first husband); she died 9 August 1683 in Hartford, at age 50, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford Cem. 47).

Children, surnamed WELLES, born in Hartford, Connecticut:
+ 27 i. REBECCA, b. May 1655; d. in 5 Nov 1717; m. 18 Aug 1680 CAPT. JAMES JUDSON.

+ 28 ii. THOMAS, III, b. in Oct 1657; cl. bef. 8 Nov 1695; m. c. 1689 MARY BLACKLEACH.

+ 29 iii. SARAH, b. in Apr 1659; d. bef. 7 Mar 1708/9; m. 7 Nov 1678 JOHN BIDWELL, JR.

+ 30 iv. ICHABOD, b. in Nov 1660; d. aft. Oct 1706; m. 4 Sep 1684 SARAH WAY.

+ 31 v. SAMUEL, b. in 1662; d. 3 Oct 1733, at age 70; m. bef. 1684 RUTH JUDSON.

+32 vi. JONATHAN, b. Sep 1664 in Hartford (Barbour citing VR 3:169-170); d. unmarried in Hartford bef 31 Oct 1687. Inventory of £440:18:09 taken on 23 Apr 1688 (Hartford Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 5827). A Distribution Agreement for his estate was made 27 Nov 1695 by John and Mary Olcott as administrators on the estate of Thomas Welles, and by Ichabod Welles, Samuel Welles, Joseph Welles, Mrs. Sarah Bidwell the relict of John Bidwell, dec'd., and James and Rebeckah Judson. Sarah Bidwell protested that the distribution still had not been made as of 5 Aug 1706 (Manwaring 1:592-593, citing VI:124-125and VH:86). The estate came under new rules set into place by the Royally-appointed Gov. Edmond Andros that required processing in Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. The family filed only an administrator's bond and inventory during the 1686-1689period of Andros' rule (TAG 12:179 citing Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, Probate Records 10:175, 415).

+ 33 vii. JOSEPH, b. in Aug 1667; d. 13 Dec 1698; m. bef. 1696 ELIZABETH WAY

Thomas married Hannah Tuttle, daughter of Richard Tuttle and Anne Taylor, on 23 Jun 1654 in Hartford, Connecticut.