Roswell Welles
- Born: 20 Aug 1761, Connecticuit
- Died: 19 Mar 1830, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania at age 68
 Noted events in his life were:
• Family History: From The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and his Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 2, Part B, By Barbara Jean Mathews, CG, FASG, Welles Family Association, 2015, p. 839 - 844. 2953 ii. (I-Ion.) ROSWELL, b. 20 Aug 1761; d. 19 Mar 1830 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania; m. in 1788 in Wilkes Barre HANNAH BUTLER, daughter of Col. Zebulon Butler and Anne Lord, b. 28 Feb 1770in Lyme, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:108). Roswell graduated from Yale College in 1784 (Yale Bios. 2:274). He moved to Wilkes Barre in 1786. He was appointed Judge of Luzerne County in 1793; representative to the Pennsylvania legislature 1797 1798, 1804-1806, and commander of a regiment of militia in 1800 (Welles (1968) 5:41, all data not otherwise cited).
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