John Welles Jr (abt. 1648 - 1714)

Born about 24 May 1648 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hollister) Welles — married about 1669 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1714 at about age 65 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Biography

• John was born in 1648 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,^[1] a son of John Welles and Elizabeth Bourne.^[2]

Note: John's mother is often mistakenly called "Elizabeth Curtis," but Anderson, Jacobus, and Lemuel Welles all agree that John Welles, Sr's only marriage was to Elizabeth Bourne.^[2][3][4]

Marriage

John married c. 1669 to Mary Hollister.^[1] According to Marjorie McNulty, published in Connecticut Nutmegger in 1971, this John Welles was a son of Gov. Thomas Welles of Wethersfield.^[5] This is incorrect; John was the grandson of Gov. Welles of Connecticut (Case p 35).^[1]

Mary and John lived at Stratford, Connecticut and had eight children.^[1][6]

1. Mary Welles, b Nov 29, 1670
2. Thomas Welles, b c. 1672; perhaps m Aug 31, 1710 to Sarah Styles
3. Sarah Welles, b Jan 2, 1673/4
4. John Welles, b c. 1675-6; m Mary Judson
5. Comfort Welles, b  ; m Abel Birdsey
6. Joseph Welles, b June 21, 1679; m Sarah Preston
7. Elizabeth Welles, b  ; m July 5, 1711 to Joseph Curtis, Jr
8. Robert Welles, b Sept 1688; m Eunice Curtis

Property and Positions

John Wells of Stratford was propounded for freeman on Oct. 12, 1671.^{[citation needed]} On July 9, 1675, Captain Wells was appointed by the General Court in Hartford to be part of a standing council that "shall have as full powers as the Charter will allow, to consult, conclude and act all matters and things emergent..."^{[citation needed]}

Death and Legacy

John died 24 March 1713/4 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[1][6](Note: in another handwriting, was added "Mar 14" beside husband John's death record)^[6] His estate in 1669 was listed as 71 pounds, 5 shillings and 0 pence.^{[citation needed]}

Previously had birth and death location of Nazing, Essex, England, without evidence or citation.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Case, Lafayette Wallace, 1886 The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants. Chicago: Fergus printing company, Archive.org accessed 23 March 2016, pp 25, 35.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Anderson, Robert C., "Thomas Welles," Featured Name The Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y, Vol VII, Page 291 (Online database accessed 4 March 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011, Reference page 291.
3. ↑ Welles, Lemuel Aiken, [ The English Ancestry of Governor Thomas Welles, NEHGR 80:303, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database accessed 4 March 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
4. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1952 Hale, House, and related families, mainly of the Connecticut ... (Page 777) Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, HathiTrust.org accessed 1 March 2016.
5. ↑ "Early Families of Glastonbury." The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database accessed 23 March 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Vol 4, Page 336.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Brown, Coralynn, transcriber, Stratford, Fairfield Co, CT, Vital Records from Barbour. CtGenWeb.org accessed 23 March 2016.

• The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat by John Harvey Treat (1893) -No. (2) 6.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Z-RKS : 3 December 2014), Joseph Wells, 21 Jun 1679; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown. (Matched name and location. Appears to show slight coding error in the Find a Graves data. Listed as father of Joseph Wells.)
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Vol. 1, pages 656, 657
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVR-7BXV : 13 December 2015), John Wells, 1714; Burial, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Old Congregational Burying Ground; citing record ID 29092188, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.(Matched name and location. Born 14 Mar 1714, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America