Thomas Welch (1695 - 1781)

Born 1 Mar 1695 in Bristol, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Abbe) Welch — married about 1713 in Connecticut [uncertain]

Husband of Rachel (Wolcott) Welch — married about 31 Oct 1769 in Windham, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1781 at age 86 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Birth

Thomas Welch was born on 1 March 1695 in Bristol, Rhode Island, the son of James and Mercy (Sabin) Welch.^[1]

Death

Thomas Welch, d. Aug. 14, 1781, in the 87th y. of his age, in Windham, Connecticut.^{[2] [3]}

Children

1. Jeremiah Welch b. 14 Nov 1714; m Margaret Hibbard; m. Jerusha (Wales) Cary
2. John Welch b. 8 July 1717; m. Abigail Manning
3. Daniel Welch b. 20 March 1726; m. Martha Cook

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Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, James N, compiler, Vital Records of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850, First Series: births, marriages and deaths.(Narragansett Historical Publishing Company: Providence, RI, 1891). 21 vols., Vol. 6, Bristol, p. 111. Archive.org

   "1-339, Welch, Thomas, of James and Mercy, March 1, 1695"

2. ↑ Windham. Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) (From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.) p. 264 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
3. ↑ Windham, Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database). Available FREE at: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/barbour/barbourwindhamuvwxyz.htm

• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48684/152/69440121. John Billington descendant

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27345691/thomas-welch: accessed 25 November 2023), memorial page for Thomas Welch (1 Mar 1694–14 Aug 1781), Find A Grave: Memorial #27345691, citing Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by James E. Welch (contributor 47006151). (Includes gravestone photo and inscription.)

See also:

• Abbe, Cleveland; Nichols, Josephine Genung, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy: in Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants. New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company (1916), page 19.