Thomas Welles (1598-1660) immigrated from Essex County, England to Hartford, Connecticut in 1636, and served as secretary of state, deputy governor, and governor of the colony. Descendants and rela- tives lived in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Iowa and elsewhere. Includes ancestry to about 794 A.D. in England and France.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...second child of Dr. Thomas Welles, of Ipswich, Mass., was born at Ipswich about 1638, whence he removed in 1657 to "Wells in Maine, and settled upon the land given him by his father, which place was named after his family, having previously been named Preston." "His father transferred to him, by deed of gift, all his lands in that place, being about:150 acres." He died April 11, 1667, and his widow married Wm. Sawyer. He married in Wells about 1660 to Sarah daughter of Francis Littlefield, of Wells, Maine. CHILDREN. Sarah, born about 1660. Nehemiah, born about 1667. Nathaniel," " 1662. John, ' in year 1670. Patience," " 166d. Thomus, " "1672 "Thomas, his brother, (who was minister of Amesbury, Mass., ) and with his widow Sarah, and Nehemiah his son, were made administrators. And there were other children, as Nathaniel, from whom is derived a long and honorable line. The town was called Wells after their brother."--Savage's Die. Rev. Thomas Weli.es, sixth child of Dr. Thomas Welles, of Ipswich, Mass, was born in Ipswich, Mass., January 11, 1647, and died in Amesbury, Mass., July 11, 17H4. According to the inscription on his tombstone he was then in his 87th year. "To Thomas, the youngest son, the father, by his will, dated July 3, 1666, bequeathes 250 sterling, to be paid to him when he come to the age of '22 years, 4 months and 10 days. He also provides for his son's going to college, and bequeaths to him "all the books I bought for his use, and my physsic books, and the books called 'Orthodox Evangelist, '"--New England Gen. Reg., vol. 4, p. 12. Thomas Welles graduated at Harvard College in 1669. He was the first minister of Amesbury, Mass., and ordained in...

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Excerpt from History of the Welles Family in England and Normandy: With the Derivation From Their Progenitors of Some of the Descendants in the United States, Illustrated With Steel Plate Portraits, and Plates of Coats Armorial, and Seals of the Bishop's Hugo and Jocelyn De Wells AS in Chronology, so in Genealogy there are certain landmarks. Thus, in France, to trace back to Charlemagne is the desz'a'emtnnz; in England, to the Norman Con quest; and in the New England States, to the Puri tans, or first settlement of the country. The origin of but few nations or individuals can be precisely traced or ascertained. The lapse of ages is inces saatly thickening the veil which is spread over remote objects and events. The light becomes fainter as we proceed, the objects more obscure and uncertain, until Time at length spreads her sable mantle over them, and we behold them no more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Thomas Welles (ca. 1590-1660), son of Robert and Alice Welles, was born in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England, and died in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He married (1) Alice Tomes (b. before 1593), daughter of John Tomes and Ellen (Gunne) Phelps, 1615 in Long Marston, Gloucestershire. She was born in Long Marston, and died before 1646 in Hartford, Connecticut. They had eight children. He married (2) Elizabeth (Deming) Foote (ca. 1595-1683) ca. 1646. She was the widow of Nathaniel Foote and the sister of John Deming. She had seven children from her previous marriage.