Sarah Welles

  Noted events in her 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. 2955 iv. SARAH, b. 24 Aug 1765; d. 14 Sep 1842 (Pension Abstracts 2872, S17652); m. aft. 1796 LT. SAMUEL RICHARDS, b. 17 Sep 1753 in Canaan, Connecticut, d. 31 Dec 1841 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania (Pension Abstracts 2872, S17652), most probably at the home of his daughter Cornelia7 (Richards) Butler, wife of John Butler, a coal operator in Wilkes Barre (Hyde 765). Samuel Richards resided in Farmington, Connecticut, when he applied for a Revolutionary War pension on 11 Apr 1818. He was 65 years old and provided information that his first wife and their family, i.e., his sixteen-year-old son, and seven-year-old daughter, all died when Samuel was 43 years old, that is, circa 1796; he was then married to his second wife, who survived him (Pension Abstracts 2872, S17652). He stated that he had served as a volunteer from May to Nov 1775, was commissioned an Ensign on 1 Jan 1776, and served through 1776 in New York and on Long Island. He was commissioned Lieutenant on 1 Jan 1777 in the 3rd Connecticut Regiment under Col. Samuel Wyllys, where he served for four more years (Revolutionary \War Pension Files, NARA series M-805, reel 687, pension S17652). Lt. Samuel Richards was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, having served in the Revolutionary War from May 1775 to Jan 1781 (Conn. Men 375).