Captain Samuel Welles Jr
- Born: 13 Apr 1660, Hartford, Connecticut
- Marriage: Ruth Rice on 20 Jun 1683 in Hartford, Connecticut
- Died: 28 Aug 1731, Hartford, Connecticut at age 71
 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 280. 34. CAPT. SAMUEL WELLES JR. (Capt. Samuel, Thomas), born 13 April 1660 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing LR 2:30); and died 28 August 1731 in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:14) at age 71 according to his gravestone in Green Cemetery (Hale). He married on 20 June 1683 (Stile's Wethersfield 2:776), RUTH RICE of Marlborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Dea. Edmund Rice and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham, born 29 September 1659 in Sudbury, Massachusetts (Sudbury pub. VR 123); and died 31 March 1742 in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:14, although Hale gives the date as the 39th), at age 82 according to her gravestone in Green Cemetery (Hale).
Samuel Welles inherited his father's lands east of the Connecticut River and was a first settler of the Town of Glastonburywhen it was organized in 1690. He surveyed the Naubuc section of town in 1689. He was the deputy to the General Court in May 1697, October 1705, April 1707, May 1712, October 1712, May 1713, and August 1713 (Col. Recs. 4:197, 521; 5:19, 308, 346, 363, 393). He was appointed as the first Captain of the Glastonbury Trainband in May 1698, with Samuel Hale, his brother-in-law, as the Lieutenant (Col. Recs. 4:253).
Children, surnamed WELLES, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut:
183 i. MERCY, b. 15 Oct 1684 (Stiles Wethersf1eld 2:776); d. 1 Nov 1684 in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Stiles Wethersfield 2:776).
184 ii. SAMUEL, b. 9 Jul 1688 (Stiles Wethersfield 2:776); d. 16 Oct 1688 in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:776).
+ 185 iii. (Rev.) SAMUEL, III, b. 24 Dec 1689; cl. 20 May 1770; m. 15 Sep 1719 HANNAH ARNOLD.
+ 186 iv. (Col.) THOMAS, b. 14 Feb 1692/3; d. 14 May 1767; m. (1) 28 Dec 1715 MARTHA PITKIN; m. (2) 15 Aug 1764 MARTHA HUNT.
+ 187 v. THADDEUS, b. 27 May 1695; d. 22 Dec 1780; m. Jan 1724/5 ELIZABETH COWLES.
188 vi. SILAS, b. 21 Mar 1699/1700 (Barbour citing Glastonbury VR 1:14); cl. 17 Sep 1754 at age 54, bur. with his parents in Green Cemetery (Hale).
Samuel married Ruth Rice on 20 Jun 1683 in Hartford, Connecticut.
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