Col. 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 489. 186. COL. THOMAS WELLES (Capt. Samuel Jr., Samuel, Gov. Thomas), born 14 February 1692[/93] in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:14, 1:60); and died 14 May 1767, at age 74, in Glastonbury (Barbour citing VR 1:60), buried in Green Cemetery, Glastonbury (Hale 9). He married first on 28 December 1715 in Hartford, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:14, 1:60) MARTHA PITKIN, daughter of Chief Justice William Pitkin and Elizabeth Stanley, born 28 February 1691 in Hartford, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR D217 and FFS:19), baptized [27 March] 1692 (Hartford First Church of Christ Records index citing 1:169, year only); and died 3 July 1763, at age 71 years, in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:60), buried in Green Cemetery, Glastonbury (Hale 9). He married second on 15 August 1764 in Bolton, Connecticut, the Rev. George Colton officiating, (Bolton Church Records, slip index citing 2:115) MARTHA(HUNT) WHITE, daughter of Jonathan Hunt and Martha Williams and widow of the Rev. Thomas White, died 17 February 1784, at age 84, buried in Somers, Connecticut (Hale 72).

Children, by first wife, surnamed WELLES, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:60):

+ 835 i. RUTH, b. 4 Apr 1717; d. 5 Sep 1787; m. 3 Jan 1738/9 CAPT. ISAAC MOSELY.

836 ii. MARY, b. 19 Feb 1718; d. 22 Apr 1733 in Glastonbury at age 14 (Barbour citing VR 1:60) and is bur. with her parents in Green Cemetery, in Glastonbury (Hale).

837 iii. THOMAS, Jr., b. 23 Nov 1720; d. 1 May 1733 at age 12 in Glastonbury (Barbour citing VR 1260), nine days after his sister d., and is bur. beside her (Hale).

+ 838 iv. ELIZABETH, b. 15 Nov 1722; d. 23 Mar 1804; m. 18 Jan 1743/4 CAPT. ]ONATHAN HALE, JR. (#901).

+ 839 v. WILLIAM, b.3Mar 1724/25; d. 12 Apr 1778; m. (1) 9 May 1750 ANN SHELTON (#956); m. (2) 27 Nov 1764 JERUSHA MERRICK; m. (3) 3 Jul 1766 EUNICE (TALCOTT) WADSWORTH.

840 vi. SARAH, b. 27 Mar 1727; d. 14 Feb 1815; m. 16 Jan 1744/5 COL. SOLOMON WELLES (#641). Their family is continued as family number 641.

+ 841 vii. JOHN, b. 11 Aug 1729; d. 16 Apr 1764; m. 7 Mar 1753 JERUSHA EDWARDS.

+ 842 viii. (Maj.) JONATHAN, b. 9 Aug 1732; d. 27 Jan 1792; m. 14 Dec 1758 CATHERINE SALTONSTALL.

+ 843 ix. MARY, b. 30 Mar 1735; d. 7 Jun 1814; m. 8 Feb 1753 DEA. DAVID HALE (#904).

Thomas married Martha Pitkin on 28 Dec 1715 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Thomas next married Martha Hunt on 15 Aug 1764 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.