Nathaniel Wales


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Nathaniel Wales

Born: 20 Mar 1721/2 Windham, Windham, CT

 

   
Married: 15 Mar 1740/1 Windham, Windham, CT

 

   
Died: 20 Oct 1783 Windham, Windham, CT    

FATHER

Ebenezer Wales

MOTHER

Esther Smith

WIFE

Mary Wetmore

b. 15 Jul 1725

Source: The Wales Family: A Genealogy by Charles P. Wales
"He was a deacon of the church at Windham, and Judge of the County Courts.  -  He is reported to have had 21 children who all died young.  He is believed to have adopted two children of his brother, Seth, Nathaniel and Clarissa."

Source: Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Ct.  pg 425
"Nathaniel Wales - a noted man in Windham county during the Revolutionary War. - He was married in Mary 1741 to Mary Wetmore, daughter of Izrahiah and Sarah (Booth) Wetmore of Middletown, Conn.  Mr. Wales lived at intervals in Middletown, Norwalk and Windham until 1761, after which period he lived in Windham until the time of his death.
"Tradition has it that when Mr. Wales was married, his wife expressed a hope that if any children were born to them, God in his infinite mercy would not let them live to maturity..  However true or false the tradition, there is a headstone or monument erected in the old Windham cemetery to the nineteen children of Nathaniel Wales and his wife Mary, all of whom died in infancy.."

 

 

 

 

 

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