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Mary Welles^1,2

• Father*: John Welles^1,2 b. 15 Dec 1692
• Mother*: Mary Curtis^1,2 b. c 1690

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 12 July 1719; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Mary,,dau,John,and,Mary,, born,July 12 1719^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage: 12 March 1744/45; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^3,2
• Burial*: 29 April 1790; Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; The daughter of John & Mary (Curtis) Wells, she died ae 71. She was the wife of Joseph Bigelow (married March 12, 1745).
  (Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, p. 68)
• Death*: 29 April 1790; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
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  Name:      Mary Bigelow
  Birth Year:      abt 1719
  Event:      Death
  Spouse:      Joseph Bigelow
  Death Date:      Apr 1790
  Death Place:      Hartford
  Age at Death:      71
  Newspaper:      American Mercury
  Publication Date:      3 May 1790
  Publication Place:      Connecticut, USA
  Call Number:      486547

• Nam-Std: Wells
• Married Name: 12 March 1744/45; Mrs. Bigelow (Welles)

Josiah Welles^1,2

• Father*: John Welles^1,2 b. 15 Dec 1692
• Mother*: Mary Curtis^1,2 b. c 1690

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 30 April 1722; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Josiah,,son,John,and,Mary,, born,Apr 30 1722^1,2

• Nam-Std: Wells

Elizabeth Welles^1,2

• Father*: John Welles^3,2 b. 15 Dec 1692
• Mother*: Mary Curtis^3,2 b. c 1690

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 7 November 1724; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA⁴
• Burial: 15 February 1819; Old South Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Elizabeth Wells, a twin, dau. of John Wells and Mary Curtis (dau. of Sgt. John Curtis and Elizabeth Wright), b. of record Nov. 20, 1725 at Wethersfield, Conn. She d. Feb. 15, 1819 at Hartford as independently reported by multiple Conn.-based newspapers, and also Feb. 15, 1819 per the records of the Hartford 2nd Church. By 1934 she had no discernable gravestone with restoration of Hartford's Old South Burying Ground stating the top of her gravestone was gone and the balance unreadable. However, the restoration attributes a birth date of Nov. 7, 1724 and date of death, as errantly stated by Barbour in his Families of Early Hartford, of Dec. 21, 1816.
  
  On Feb. 12, 1745/6 at Wethersfield, Conn. (Weth. Ch. Rec.), Elizabeth m. 1) Josiah Bigelow (younger brother of Joseph who previously married Elizabeth's older sister Mary), s. of Joseph Bigelow and Sarah Spencer (Jared,2 Sgt. Thomas,1 Gerard,A), b. Jan. 3, 1725/6 at Hartford, Conn. He d. May 16, 1754 during the period of the French and Indian War, leaving a will probated at Hartford. They had one child of record, dau. Mary b. June 3, 1754 after her father's death. Mary survived and married Elisha Dodd at Hartford in 1774.
  
  By circa 1760, Elizabeth m. 2) as his 2nd wife, John Benton, her 1st husband's 2nd cousin, s. of Ebenezer Benton (Martha,2 (Andrew Benton, Jr) Sgt. Thomas,1 Gerard,A Spencer) and Elizabeth White, b. Nov. 10 (bp. Nov. 15), 1724 at Hartford. He was buried Nov. 9, 1805 at Hartford, Æ 81. They had three identified children, all sons: Capt. Josiah, Joseph and William.
  
  Elizabeth, her 2nd husband John Benton, and their three sons are part of the restoration of the "Benton Family Row" at the Old South Burying Ground, Hartford's 2nd oldest cemetery. This cemetery is on land originally part of the Hartford farm of John Benton's great grandfather, Andrew Benton, Sr.
• Burial*: 21 December 1819; Old South Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; age 95 years
• Death*: 21 December 1819

• Nam-Std: Wells
• Married Name: 12 February 1745; Mrs. Bigelow (Welles); Joseph Bigelow
• Married Name: 30 March 1755; Mrs. Blinn (Wells); Samuel Blinn
• Married Name: circa 1760; Mrs. Benton (Welles); John Benton

Timothy Welles^1,2

• Father*: John Welles^1,2 b. 15 Dec 1692
• Mother*: Mary Curtis^1,2 b. c 1690

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 21 October 1735; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Timothy,,son,John,and,Mary,, born,Ocr 21 1735^1,2

• Nam-Std: Wells

Ebenezer Welles^1,2

• Father*: James Welles (2)^3,2 b. 13 Aug 1736, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright^3,2 b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 10 April 1756; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Connecticut Births and Christenings
  Name      Ebenezer Welles
  Gender      Male
  Birth Date      10 Apr 1756
  Birthplace      WETHERSFIELD TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT
  Father's Name      James Welles
  Mother's Name      Prudence
• (Child) Baptism: 2 May 1756; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
  
  Name:     Ebenezer Welles
  Father's name:     James Welles
  Baptism Date:     2 May 1756
  Baptism Place:     Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
  Volume Title:     Volume 126 Wethersfield
• (Groom) Marriage*: 29 April 1779; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; daughter of Elisha Stocking and Thankful Sage; Bride=Margery Stocking^4,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 22 February 1812; Riverview Cemetery, Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co., New York, USA; U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
  
  Name:      Ebenezer Wells
  Birth Date:      1756
  Death Date:      22 Feb 1812
  Cemetery:      Riverview Cemetery
  Burial or Cremation Place:      Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America
  Has Bio?:      N
  Spouse:      Margarey Wells^5,2

• Name Variation: Pvt. Ebenezer Wells⁶
• Milit-Beg: 1776; 4th New York Regiment (Col. Van Rensselaer), Albany Co., New York, USA; 1) COL VAN RENSSELAER,
  4TH REGT,ALBANY CO NY
  
  2) MIL;CAPT WELLS,
  COL CHESTER,
  6TH REGT,CT⁶
• NSDAR/NSSAR: 1776; New York and, Connecticut, USA^7,6
• Milit-Beg: 1777; 6th Connecticut Regiment (Col. Chester), Connecticut, USA; 1) COL VAN RENSSELAER,
  4TH REGT,ALBANY CO NY
  
  2) MIL;CAPT WELLS,
  COL CHESTER,
  6TH REGT,CT⁶
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1800; Onondaga, Onondaga Co., New York, USA; 1800 United States Federal Census
  
  Name:      Ebenezer Wells
  Home in 1800 (City, County, State):      Onondaga, Onondaga, New York
  Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:      2
  Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:      2
  Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:      1
  Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:      1
  Number of Household Members Under 16:      5
  Number of Household Members Over 25:      1
  Number of Household Members:      6

Mary Welles^1,2

• Father*: James Welles (2)^3,2 b. 13 Aug 1736, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright^3,2 b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 1 October 1758; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,2
• (Child) Baptism: 8 October 1758; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
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  Name:     Mary Wells
  Father's name:     James Wells
  Baptism Date:     8 Oct 1758
  Baptism Place:     Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
  Volume Title:     Volume 126 Wethersfield

• Nam-Std: Wells

Hannah Welles^1,2

• Father*: James Welles (2)^3,2 b. 13 Aug 1736, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright^3,2 b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 30 April 1761; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,2
• (Child) Baptism: 7 May 1761; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
  
  Name:     Hannah Welles
  Father's name:     James Welles
  Baptism Date:     7 May 1761
  Baptism Place:     Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
  Volume Title:     Volume 126 Wethersfield
• (Bride) Marriage*: 1 December 1791; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA⁴

• Nam-Std: Wells
• Married Name: 1 December 1791; Mrs. Hoskins (Welles)

Martha Welles^1,2

• Father*: James Welles (2)^3,2 b. 13 Aug 1736, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright^3,2 b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 8 August 1763; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,2
• (Child) Baptism: 21 August 1763; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
  
  Name:     Martha Wells
  Father's name:     James Wells
  Baptism Date:     21 Aug 1763
  Baptism Place:     Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
  Volume Title:     Volume 126 Wethersfield
• Burial*: 20 November 1776; Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
• (Deceased) Death*: 20 November 1776; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^4,2

• Nam-Std: Wells

Lucy Welles^1,2

• Father*: James Welles (2)^3,2 b. 13 Aug 1736, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright^3,2 b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 16 September 1768; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 18 February 1787; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^4,2

• Nam-Std: Wells
• Married Name: 18 February 1787; Mrs. Noble (Welles)

Allyn Welles^1,2

• Father*: James Welles (2)^3,2 b. 13 Aug 1736, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright^3,2 b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 12 April 1771; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 15 January 1801; prob., Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  
  Name:      Anna Dutton
  [Anna Dunton]
  Marriage Date:      15 Jan 1801
  Marriage Place:      Plymouth, Connecticut, USA
  Spouse:      Allyn Wells; Bride=Anna Dutton^4,2
• Burial*: 12 January 1840; Plymouth Burying Ground, Plymouth, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
• (Deceased) Death*: 12 January 1840; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,2

• Name Variation: Allen Wells
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1830; Plymouth, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA; 1830 United States Federal Census
  about Allen Wells
  Name: Allen Wells
  Home in 1830: Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut
  

Moses Welles^1,2

• Father*: James Welles (2)^3,2 b. 13 Aug 1736, d. 28 Sep 1776
• Mother*: Prudence Wright^3,2 b. 31 May 1736, d. 22 Jul 1825

• Reference: W015 ID782

• Birth*: 18 December 1775; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA⁴
• (Groom) Marr Int: 23 January 1800; Waterbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA; Katharine A Prichard. Ancient burying-grounds of the town of Waterbury, Connecticut, together with other records of church and town. (page 9 of 18
  
  ' 1800 Jan 23 Moses Wells to Ruth Doolittle; Bride=Ruth Doolittle^5,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 26 February 1800; prob., Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA; Bride=Ruth Doolittle
• Burial*: 5 July 1850; Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
• (Deceased) Death*: 5 December 1850; Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA^6,2

• Nam-Std: Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1799; Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
• (Head of Household) Census: 1850; Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA;
  
  1850 CT Litchfield Salisbury, family 16
  Wells, Moses, age 73, farmer, b: CT
  Wells, Ruth, age 72, b: CT; Household Member=Ruth Doolittle^5,2

Hannah Chester^1,2

• Reference: W015 ID049

• Birth*: 15 May 1696; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; parents: Major John Chester & Hannah Talcott^1,3,2
• (Bride) Marriage*: 30 November 1716; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Gideon, m Hannah CHESTER, dau Maj. John, dec'd., Nov 30, 1716, by Rev Stephen Mix; Groom=Capt. Gideon Welles^4,2
• Burial*: 26 May 1749; Green Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
• (Deceased) Death*: 29 May 1749; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,3,2

• Nam-Std: Mrs. Wells (Chester)
• Married Name: 30 November 1716; Mrs. Welles (Chester)
• (Witness) Will: circa 1739; died in the 48th year of his age.
  
  Last Will of Gideon Welles:
  
  Invt. œ5137 in lands and house. Taken 27 June, 1740, by Thomas Welles, Eleazur Goodrich and Hezekiah May. Will dated 26 March, 1740. I, Gideon Welles of Wethersfield, being very sick and weake, do give and dispose of my worldly estate as follows: I give to Hannah, my wife, 1-3 part of my moveable or personal estate, and the use of 1-3 part of all my real estate. I give to my two sons, Solomon and Gideon, 2-3 parts of all my moveables or personal estate and the whole of my real estate, land, tenants, etc., wheresoever lying and being, to them and their heirs in equal proportion, all my just debts being first paid. And that the sum of œ500 money be paid to my daughter Eunice at the age of 18 years; and œ500 money be paid to my daughter Sarah at 18 years of age; and the sum of œ500 money to be improved by my executors in the bringing up and educating my oldest [youngest] son Gideon. I say my will is that my sd. debts and the next above mentioned sums (amounting to œ1500) be all paid by my executors out of the estate of my sd. sons in equal proportions. And I appoint my wife and son Solomon to be executors, with the advice, direction and assistance of my friend John Chester. Witness: Nathaniel Burnham, Jonathan Bull, Elizur Goodrich. Gideon Welles, ls. Court Record, Page 68--11 June, 1740: Will proven. Page 32 (Vol. XV) 3 February, 1746-7: Gideon Welles, a minor, age 12 years, son of Gideon Welles: This Court appoint Col. John Chester of Wethersfield to be his guardian. Recog., œ2000. Page 63--5 April, 1748: Solomon Welles, one of the executors to the last will and testament of Capt. Gideon Welles, now moves to this Court that distributors may be appointed to distribute the estate: Whereupon this Court appoint Col. Elizur Goodrich, Capt. Thomas Belding and Hezekiah May distributors. Page 67--27 May, 1748: Jonathan Hale, Esq., of Glastonbury, in right of his wife Hannah, who was the widow of Capt. Gideon Welles, now moves to this Court that her right of dowry in the real estate may be set out to her: Whereupon this Court appoint Col. Elizur Goodrich, Capt. Thomas Belding and Hezekiah May, of Wethersfield, to set out to the sd. Hannah Welles, alias Hale, 1-3 part of the buildings and improveable lands of the sd. deceased for her improvement during life.[1]
  Sources
  
  ? Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut.
  
  Genealogical Notes Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Masschusetts by Nathaniel Goodwin (1982), pg. 72
  Tillotson, Edward Sweetser. Wethersfield Inscriptions (William F.J. Boardman, Hartford, Conn., 1899) Page 131; Principal=Capt. Gideon Welles
• Married Name: circa 1741; Mrs. Hale (Chester); Jonathan Hale

Col. Solomon Welles Esq.^1,2

• Father*: Capt. Gideon Welles^3,2 b. 1691, d. 28 Mar 1739
• Mother*: Hannah Chester^3,2 b. 15 May 1696, d. 29 May 1749
• Father: _ID049 B219 _W015 b. 049

• Reference: W015 ID049

• Birth*: 6 October 1721; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA^1,2
• (Groom) Marriage*: 16 January 1745; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Bride=Sarah Welles^4,2
• (Deceased) Death*: 28 September 1802; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; In Memory of Solomon WELLES, Esq., who died Sept'r 28th 1802. Aged 81 years.^5,2
• Burial*: 28 September 1802; Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; Find a Grave Memorial # 20684177 for Solomon Welles born 6 OCT 1721 at Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA, died: 28 SEP 1802 and buried at Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA in Plot: ancient burying ground (A-3-q).
  
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• Misc*: 637. Col. Solomon5 Welles, Esq. (Capt. Gideon4, Capt. Robert3, John2, Gov. Thomas1), born
  6 October 1721 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:95); and died 28 September
  1802, at age 81, in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Wethersfield First Congregational Church
  Records, slip index citing 2:323); buried in the Village Cemetery, Wethersfield (Hale 18). He
  married on 16 January 1744/45 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the Rev. Asahel Woodbridge
  officiating (Barbour citing VR 2:144), Sarah5 Welles (#839), daughter of Col. Thomas4 Welles and
  Martha Pitkin, his third cousin; born 27 March 1727 in Glastonbury, Connecticut (Barbour citing
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  VR 1:60); and died 14 February 1814 at age 88 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Hale Death Notices,
  American Mercury, issue of 28 Feb 1815, p. 175 of death abstracts).
  Solomon and his wife were admitted to the First Church in Wethersfield on 17 February
  1765 (Wethersfield First Congregational Church Records, slip index citing EST:16).
  Solomon graduated from Yale College in 1739 (Yale Bios. 1:631). He "res. at college after
  grad. on the Berckely scholarship (The Dean's Bounty); in his class list was 4th in a class of 10; …
  app. J.P. at May sess. On 1769, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '77, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85; at Oct. sess.
  of Gen. Assemb. 1776 app. Lieut.-Col. of one batt. (Hinman says 6th) of the foot battalions; he built
  the ho. now standing N. of the prison at Weth., in 1774, on the old Gov. Welles' home-lot; is said to
  have been a man of stern character, and strong will and somewhat fractious temper, so that the
  young men of the town were almost afraid to become suitors of his daus., most of whom were
  without husbands until after the first years of their marriageable life, and then, some of them m.
  widowers. He was accustomed to attend every commencement at Yale Coll." (Stiles' Wethersfield
  2:768).
  Leonard Wells filed an administrator's bond on the estate of Solomon Wells, Esq., of
  Wethersfield on 1 November 1802, with Timothy Wells as surety. The inventory was taken on 24
  November 1803 by Daniel Buck and John Francis; it totaled $4466.95½. The distribution made by
  John Francis and Timothy Russell on 26 May 1804 sets shares of $385.89½ to eldest son Solomon
  Wells, youngest son Leonard Wells, eldest daughter Eunice, the wife of Charles Bulkeley of
  Wethersfield; and daughters Sarah, the widow of the Rev. John Eells; the widow Hannah Hale; the
  heirs of Roger Wells, deceased; the widow Penelope Wright; Prudence, the wife of Charles
  Bulkeley of Vermont; Mehitable, the wife of Dr. Samuel Barnard; Mrs. Sarah Wells, the widow of
  the deceased (Hartford Probate District, estate files, no docket number, filed alphabetically, 1802,
  resident of Wathersfield).
  Eldest son Solomon Wells died intestate and without issue. His brother Leonard Wells filed
  an administrator's bond on his estate on 15 January 1832 with Hezekiah Butler as surety. Elias
  Francis and Hezekiah Butler took an inventory on 13 April 1832 that totaled $536.76. After the
  administrator sold land to meet debts, the two appraisors distributed the estate. The distribution
  names brother Leonard Wells, the heirs of Roger Wells, the heirs of Eunice Bulkeley, the heirs of
  Penelope Wright, the heirs of Mehitable Barnard, the heirs of Hannah Hale, Prudence Bulkeley, and
  the heirs of Sarah Eells (Hartford Probate District, estate files, no docket number, filed
  alphabetically, 1832, resident of Wathersfield).
  Children, surnamed Welles, born in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 2:114):
  + 2143 i. Eunice6, b. 15 Apr 1746, twin with Sarah; d. 10 Sep 1827; m. 7 Oct 1773 Capt.
  Charles Bulkeley, Jr., of Wethersfield.
  2144 ii. Sarah, b. 15 Apr 1746, twin Eunice; d. 29 Sep 1827, at age 81, bur. in Green
  Cemetery, Glastonbury, Connecticut (Hale 7); m. 24 Dec 1776 in Glastonbury
  (Barbour citing VR 1:116) Rev. John Eells, son of the Rev. Nathaniel Eells and
  Mercy Cushing; bapt. 13 Mar 1736/7 in Stonington (Yale Bios. 2:370), and d. 17
  May 1791, at age 54 (Hale Death Notices, New London Gazette, issue of 9 Jun
  1791, p. 80 of death abstracts), bur. in Green Cemetery, Glastonbury (Hale 7). He
  graduated from Yale College in 1755 and was ordained 27 Jun 1759 over the
  church in Glastonbury, where he served for the rest of his life. He m. (1) 30 Jun
  1763 Sibyl Huntington, who d. 20 Nov 1773, at age 31 (Yale Bios. 2:370, which
  notes that some of his manuscript sermons are in the collection of The Connecticut
  Historical Society).
  2145 iii. Solomon, Jr., b. 16 Jan 1748; d. unmarried 13 Jan 1832; bur. 15 Jan 1832 in
  Newington, Connecticut (Hale 8). "Became insane" (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:768).
  + 2146 iv. Hannah, b. 27 Nov 1749; d. 28 May 1820; m. 8 Jun 1775 Dr. Elizur6 Hale Jr.
  (#3146).
  + 2147 v. Penelope, b. 16 Nov 1751; d. 5 Mar 1826; m. 22 Apr 1784 Capt. Elijah Wright.
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  + 2148 vi. (Gen.) Roger, b. 29 Dec 1753; d. 27 May 1795; m. 27 Mar 1785 Jemima6 Kellogg
  (#3577).
  2149 vii. (Capt.) Gideon, b. 12 Feb 1756; bapt. [page worn] 1756 (Wethersfield First
  Congregational Church Records, slip index citing JL:22); d. 11 Feb 1795 "on
  passage from the West Indies" (Barbour citing Rocky Hill VR 1:92, age 38;
  Wethersfield First Congregational Church Records, slip index citing 2:213, age
  40). He became a sea captain, sailing from Stepney parish, now Rocky Hill, to the
  West Indies. He was master of the brig Polly. His cenotaph in the Wethersfield
  Burying Ground reads in part, "The Bosom of devouring seas entomb my
  mould'ring dust/Thus life and all my active powers are in a moment lost" (Stiles'
  Wethersfield 1:591, 2:769). A customs declaration from New London,
  Connecticut, dated 10 Feb 1792, shows that he imported from St. Martin’s on his
  own behalf, on the schooner Polly of which he was Master, six hogsheads and one
  cask of rum, containing in all 620 gallons (see Manuscript References below).
  + 2150 viii. Prudence, b. 19 Mar 1758; d. 5 Feb 1837; m. 24 Mar 1782 Maj. Edward
  Bulkeley; m. (2) 27 Aug 1798 Charles Bulkeley of Vermont. Edward Bulkeley
  was a ship’s Captain and Master, sailing from New London and the Connecticut
  River for ports in the Caribbean. Extant shipping manifests, customs declarations,
  etc., show that he mastered the sloop Dolphin, the schooner Oliver, and the Fair
  Trader at one point or another. He sailed into Nevis, Grenada, and Dominica. Bills
  of lading show that he accepted horses in Connecticut for sale on the islands. One
  document, dated 29 July 1765, when the Dolphin was under Capt. James Mitchell,
  that Alexander Granby accepted a brown mare for sale for under £20. The terms
  were that the sale was to be made prior to the sloop’s return from Dominica and
  that, should she fetch more, the commission would not increase (see Manuscript
  References below).
  + 2151 ix. Mehitable, b. 18 May 1760; d. bef. 1832 when her heirs are listed in the estate
  distribution of her brother Solomon; m. 6 Jul 1786 Dr. Samuel Barnard.
  2152 x. Chester, b. 21 Nov 1762; bapt. 28 Nov 1762 (Wethersfield First Congregational
  Church Records, slip index citing JL:42); the first child baptized in the brick
  meeting house (Barbour citing Wethersfield VR 2:114); prob. d. bef. 26 May 1804
  when he is omitted from the estate distribution of his father. "Rem. to Canada"
  (Stiles' Wethersfield 2:769). He was 25 years old when, in a letter dated 24 Apr
  1796 from Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, he wrote,
  Sheffield April 24th 1796
  My Dear & Honored Parents
  The many indulgencies and repeated Kindnesses you have shown me call forth my
  warmest acknowledgments. I take this method to inform you that I enjoy praised be
  God a tolerable State of Health – alltho I am not well – the Air in Sheffield is a
  damp mist Air occasioned by the large Quantity of low Ground & Meadows. I
  determine if I am not better from the move out about three or four Miles East of the
  Meeting House to Capt Day’s1 he is an old Gentleman that is Well versed in
  Surveying. With him I may perhaps perfect myself in that Art. I live in a
  Neighborhood of people that mean well and if they meet me as they have done
  hitherto I can make myself tolerable easy with them. But I wish to be in business
  that is more lucrative. To accumulate wealth is the Define of most of us. To live
  1
  Possibly this is William Day, the only one of that name appearing in the 1790 federal census in Sheffield,
  Berkshire Co., Massachusetts (NARA series M-367, reel 4, p. 595 [handwritten number], column 3).
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  happy with it is the lot of few. I hope these Lines will find you my Dear Father
  enjoying Life and Health may the evening of your Life be calm and serene – may
  we all live as we shall wish we had done when we come to Die that when Death
  shall lay his Arrest upon us we may not be seized with any terror or perturbation of
  mind but believing in him who expired upon the Cross may be cheerfully resign
  our Spirits into the Hands of our Creator
  Adieu my Honoured Father
  C Welles
  + 2153 xi. Leonard, b. 5 Jul 1765; d. 11 Jan 1835; m. 7 Oct 1798 Prudence7 Robbins
  (#5290).
  2154 xii. Mary, b. 25 Jul 1767; bapt. 2 Aug 1767 (Wethersfield First Congregational
  Church Records, slip index citing JL:48); d. unmarried 10 Aug 1793, at age 26
  (Wethersfield First Congregational Church Records, slip index citing 2:310).
  Correspondence: Gail Donkin; Henry H. Hunt, III.
  Manuscript Resources: The Connecticut Historical Society, Welles family papers 1673-1955,
  manuscript 100564, Box 1 of 1, Folder 4, correspondence, letter from Chester Welles to his father
  Solomon Welles, dated 24 April 1796; Folder 5, District of Connecticut, Office of Inspection at
  the Port of New London, import manifest dated 10 February 1792 for Gideon Welles; Folder 5,
  bills of laden, manifests, receipts and other materials relating to Edward Bulkeley’s trips as a
  Master of the sloop Fair Trader, home port New London, burthen 30 tons, no guns, five men, on
  trips to ports such as Nevis and Grenada in the 1760’s and 1770’s. He likewise appears as Captain
  and as Master of the schooner Oliver in 1774; Folder 5, shipping papers, contract with Alexander
  Granby, dated 29 July 1765..
  Published Works: Bulkeley 267-268, 290; HH 792; Stiles's Wethersfield 2:590-596, 768-769, 777
  (omits marriage of Sarah5 Welles); Welles (1968) 3:68-69: family CCLXXVI, 5:13: family
  CCCLIX (omits children Prudence and Gideon); Yale Bios. 1:631, 2:370.
• Name Variation: Maj. Solomon Wells⁶
• (Researcher) ResAddr: Researcher=_ID049 B219 _W015
• (Witness) Will: circa 1739; died in the 48th year of his age.
  
  Last Will of Gideon Welles:
  
  Invt. œ5137 in lands and house. Taken 27 June, 1740, by Thomas Welles, Eleazur Goodrich and Hezekiah May. Will dated 26 March, 1740. I, Gideon Welles of Wethersfield, being very sick and weake, do give and dispose of my worldly estate as follows: I give to Hannah, my wife, 1-3 part of my moveable or personal estate, and the use of 1-3 part of all my real estate. I give to my two sons, Solomon and Gideon, 2-3 parts of all my moveables or personal estate and the whole of my real estate, land, tenants, etc., wheresoever lying and being, to them and their heirs in equal proportion, all my just debts being first paid. And that the sum of œ500 money be paid to my daughter Eunice at the age of 18 years; and œ500 money be paid to my daughter Sarah at 18 years of age; and the sum of œ500 money to be improved by my executors in the bringing up and educating my oldest [youngest] son Gideon. I say my will is that my sd. debts and the next above mentioned sums (amounting to œ1500) be all paid by my executors out of the estate of my sd. sons in equal proportions. And I appoint my wife and son Solomon to be executors, with the advice, direction and assistance of my friend John Chester. Witness: Nathaniel Burnham, Jonathan Bull, Elizur Goodrich. Gideon Welles, ls. Court Record, Page 68--11 June, 1740: Will proven. Page 32 (Vol. XV) 3 February, 1746-7: Gideon Welles, a minor, age 12 years, son of Gideon Welles: This Court appoint Col. John Chester of Wethersfield to be his guardian. Recog., œ2000. Page 63--5 April, 1748: Solomon Welles, one of the executors to the last will and testament of Capt. Gideon Welles, now moves to this Court that distributors may be appointed to distribute the estate: Whereupon this Court appoint Col. Elizur Goodrich, Capt. Thomas Belding and Hezekiah May distributors. Page 67--27 May, 1748: Jonathan Hale, Esq., of Glastonbury, in right of his wife Hannah, who was the widow of Capt. Gideon Welles, now moves to this Court that her right of dowry in the real estate may be set out to her: Whereupon this Court appoint Col. Elizur Goodrich, Capt. Thomas Belding and Hezekiah May, of Wethersfield, to set out to the sd. Hannah Welles, alias Hale, 1-3 part of the buildings and improveable lands of the sd. deceased for her improvement during life.[1]
  Sources
  
  ? Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut.
  
  Genealogical Notes Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Masschusetts by Nathaniel Goodwin (1982), pg. 72
  Tillotson, Edward Sweetser. Wethersfield Inscriptions (William F.J. Boardman, Hartford, Conn., 1899) Page 131; Principal=Capt. Gideon Welles
• Note: 1739; graduated from 1739⁷
• Note: after 1740; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA; had 12 children: 7 daughters and 5 sons. One daughter married Rev. John Eels (Yale College 1755). His wife, 3 sons and 6 daughters survived him.
• Note: 1751; Yale College Biographical Sketches, 1751, p 631
  "Solomon Welles, second and eldest surviving son and child of Captain Gideon Welles, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and grandson of Captain Robert and Elizabeth (Goodrich) welles of Wethersfield, was born in that town, October 6, 1721. His mother was Hannah, fifth daughter of Major John and Hannah (Talcott) Chester, of Wethersfield.
  
  He resided at College after gradation, on the Berkeley Scholarship, and spent his later life in his native town, where he died, Sept 28, 1802, at the age of 81. The inventory of his estate amounted to $4,369.
  
  He married, June [or January] 16, 1745, Sarah Welles of Glastonbury, Connecticut, by whom he had seven daughters and five sons; one daughter married the Rev. John Eels (Yale 1755). The widow, with three sons and six daughters, survived him. she died February 11,1811 aged 88 years."⁸
• NSDAR/NSSAR: 1776; Connecticut, USA; Type: NSDAR 1776 0^9,6
• Milit-Beg: 1776; Connecticut, USA; 1776⁶
• (Head of Household) Census: 1790; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA;
  1790 CT Hartford Wethersfield, page 486
  Wells, Eli 1-2-5
  Wells, Cristn 5-1-5
  Wells, Theodore 1-0-4
  Wells, Solomon 4-1-3
  Wells, Gardiner 0-1-3-1
  Wells, John 3-1-1
  Wells, Japhet 0-0-0-7
  Wells, Ichabod 3-0-5
  Wells, Samuel 2-0-3-1
  Wells, Hezekiah 1-0-4
  Wells, Josiah 1-1-2
  Wells, Ruth 0-1-1
  Wells, Joseph 1-1-2
  Wells, Seth 1-1-4
  Wells, Elijah 1-3-8
  Wells, Christopher 1-0-2
  Wells, Joshua Sr 2-0-3
  Wells, Joshua Jr 1-1-1
  Wells, Gideon 1-1-1
  Wells, Levi 1-1-1^10,2
• (Head of Household) Census*: 1800; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA;
  1810 CT Hartford Wethersfield
  Wells, Chester 0-1-0-3-1 0-0-3-0-1
  Wells, Solomon 0-1-0-1-2 1-0-2-1-1
  Wells, Prudence 5-0-0-1-0 1-1-0-1-0
  Wells, John 0-5-0-1-1 1-5-0-0-1
  Wells, Juner? 1-0-0-1-0 2-0-2-1-0
  Wells, Brill(?) 0-0-2-0-1 0-1-0-0-1^11,2