Robert Welles (1651 - 1714)

Born 22 Jun 1651 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Goodrich) Welles — married 9 Jun 1675 (to 17 Feb 1698) in Wethersfield, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Stoddard) Welles — married 13 Oct 1698 in Boston, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1714 at age 62 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Biography

Born on 22 JUN 1649^{[citation needed]} Stratford, Connecticut, Colony to John Welles and Elizabeth Bourne. Robert married Mary Stoddard. Robert married Elizabeth Goodrich and had 6 children.

According to other sources, Robert Welles was born in 1651, twin to his brother, Thomas.^[1][2] He was likely born in Stratford, Connecticut where his parents resided. According to another source, he and his siblings were all born in Stratford, Connecticut. Robert and Thomas were twins, born in 1651.^[3]

Robert married first Elizabeth Goodrich June 9, 1675, in Wethersfield, Connecticut.^[4].^[5] After Elizabeth's death in 1698, he married second Mary Stoddard, October 13, 1698 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[5]

Robert died June 22, 1714, at age 65, in Wethersfield, Connecticut.^[4]

Capt. Robert Welles was born about 1648; married 09 JUN 1675; and died 22 JUN 1714.^[6]

Captain. Robert Welles, 22 June 1649 – 22 June 1714 (LDS Profile KN44-82B)

CPT. Robert Welles BIRTH: 22 Jun 1651, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America DEATH: 22 Jan 1714 (aged 62) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America BURIAL: Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America MEMORIAL ID: 115080962

Parents: Capt. John Welles, 1622–1659 (LDS Profile 9HZX-PN8​​) & Elizabeth Bourne, 1625–1668 (LDS Profile 9425-H1W) and/or Elizabeth Curtis Wilcoxson, 1614–1682 Marriage: before 1647, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America [The family tree ancestor pedigree chart is at < https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/9HZX-PN8 >]

Spouses:

First Wife: Elizabeth Goodrich, 1658–1698 (LDS Profile LZXF-B4S) Marriage: 9 June 1675, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850: Name: Robert Wells Event Type: Marriage Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Goodrich Additional Person's Name: Samuell Weels

Children:

Sarah Welles, 1674–1729 • GQKD-PL3​​

Captain Thomas Wells, 1676–1741 • LZDL-F56​​

Cpt. Robert Welles, 1676–1741 • GQKD-NJC​​

Comfort Wells, 1677–1717 • GQK8-2D5​​

John Wells, 1678–1714 • MFYY-T9V​​

Jerusha Welles, 1678–1754 • GQK6-3DZ​​

Joseph Welles, 1680–1744 • M2F9-P76​​

Prudence Goodrich Welles Stoddard, 1682–1715 • KGMS-D4P​​

Capt. Robert Wells Jr., 1684–1738 • LHCT-15K​​

Gideon Welles, 1686–1740 • L71R-99C​​

Hannah Chester Welles, 1688–1761 • GQK8-CB8

Second Wife: Mary Stoddard, 1668–1740 (LDS Profile LKKM-8YV) Marriage: 13 October 1698, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Robert Wells Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1698 Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts Spouse Name: Mary Stoddard

Sources

1. ↑ Cutter, William Richard New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2, published 1914. Reference page 1085
2. ↑ Adams, Sherman W. The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington, and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693 : from date of earliest settlement until the present time, published 1904. Reference Volume 2, page 762-4
3. ↑ Welles, Albert History of the Welles family in England and Normandy, with the derivation from their progenitors of some of the descendants in the United States, published 1876. Reference page 134.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, The Barbour Collection, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Reference Wethersfield Volume, page 283
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Torrey's New England Marriages prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference page 1626
6. ↑ page 34 - The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984

• Pg. 34 - The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984

• 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 656-7

• http://records.ancestry.com/robert_welles_records.ashx?pid=3587031

• Genealogical Notes Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Masschusetts by Nathaniel Goodwin (1982), pg. 72

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