Gov. 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 185. 1. GOV. THOMAS WELLES, born c. 1590 probably in Tidmington, Warwickshire, England, “and died 14 January 1659/60 in Wethersfield, Connecticut Wethersfield Deeds 1:39), “very suddainly, being very well at supper and dead before midnight” (Winthrop Letters 58).37He married first 28 September 1615 at St. Peter's, Drayton near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England (Oxfordshire Parish Registers, Drayton St. Peter's, Banbury Registration District, arranged chronologically, image furnished by Oxfordshire Record Office), ALICE TOMES, daughter of John Tomes and Ellen (Gunne) Phelps, born circa 1592, probably in Long Marston, and died before her husband's second marriage in 1646, probably in Hartford, Connecticut. He married second before 16 May 1646, when he quitclaimed his interest in the estate of Nathaniel Foote (Wethersfield Deeds 1:159), ELIZABETH (DEMING) FOOTE, widow of Nathaniel Foote and the sister of John Deming,” born circa 1595 and died before 3 September 1683 when the inventory of her estate was taken.

Children of Thomas Welles, by first wife Alice Tomes, surnamed WELLES, possibly born in Burmington, Warwickshire, England, although none were baptized there:

+ 2 i. MARY; b. c. 1618; d. 31 Jul 1647; m. c. 1642 TIMOTHY BALDWIN.

+ 3 ii. ANNE; b. c. 1620; d. in 1680; m. (1) 14 Apr 1646 THOMAS THOMPSON; m. (2) bef. 6 May 1656 ANTHONY HAWKINS.

+ 4 JOHN; b. c. 1622; d. 7 Aug 1659; m. bef. 1647 ELIZABETH BOURNE.

5 iv. ROBERT; b. c. 1624; d. bef. 1635.

+ 6 V. THOMAS, _]R.; b. c. 1625; d. in 1668; rn. 23 Jun 1654 HANNAH (TUTTLE) PANTRY.

+ 7 vi. SAMUEL; b. c. 1628; d. 15 jul 1675; m. (1) c. 1659 ELIZABETH HOLLISTER; m. (2) HANNAH LAMBERTON.

+ 8 Vii. SARAH; b. c. 1631; d. 12 Dec 1698; m. Feb 1653 CAPT. JOHN CHESTER.

9 viii. JOSEPH, b. aft. 1636; d. bef. 1648.

Thomas married Alice Tomes, daughter of John Tomes and Ellen Gunne, on 28 Sep 1615 in St. Peter's, Drayton near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. (Alice Tomes was born about 1592 in England and died before 1646 in Hartford, Connecticut.)