Hannah (Diggins) Welles (1752 - aft. 1805)

Born Sep 1752 in Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Welles M.D. — married 26 Nov 1778 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died after 1805 after age 52 in Portland, Chatham Township, Hartford, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

^[1]"HANNAH DIGGENS [sic] (Ann Welles, Samuel, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas). Died 23 Feb 1792 in Portland, CT (Portland CR). She married Dr. Thomas Welles, son of William Welles (Welles:883) and Anna Shelton (Welles:950) on 26 Nov 1778 in Portland, CT (Portland CR). His parents were second cousins through Samuel Welles and third cousins through the Hollister family. He and his wife were third cousins. He was born 1 Sep 1752. Died in Portland, CT 23 Feb 1792, age 39 (Hale). He graduated from Yale College in 1774. Children, surnamed Welles:

1. Joseph. Christened 15 Aug 1779. Died in Chatham, CT 18 Apr 1823, age 43 (Hale). Married 1) 5 Oct 1804 in Portland, CT Rebecca white, daughter of Noadiah White, Jr., who was christened 11 Jul 1779, died 6 Aug 1814, by whom he had three children; 2) in 1820 Mrs. Clarissa Cornwall, widow of Eric Cornwall, born c. 1790, died 18 Dec 1824, age 34 (Hale), by whom he had one child.

2. Anna. Baptized 30 May 1784. Married John Carr. Admitted to the Portland Church 14 Jul 1805.

3. William. Baptized 9 Sep 1786. Married and had two children.

4. Chester. Born 15 Oct 1788 in Chatham, CT. Died 26 May 1868 in Coshocton, OH. Married 1) Polly Case on 5 Feb 1811, born 17 Dec 1791, died in Granby, CT on 18 Mar 1841, had eleven children; 2) Mary Sturges of Putnam, OH on 20 Jun 1844.. who died in Hanover, OH. Ref: HH 785, 794"

^[2]Hannah Wells filed an administrator's bond on the estate of Thomas Wells of Chatham on 2 Apr 1792; David White was surety. Wells, Diggins and David White made the inventory in Chatham on 27 Mar 1792 and found a total of £1368:10:04, which, with a later supplement, came to £1396:16:04 according to the order for distribution dated 29 Oct 1804. The distribution, dated 15 Nov 1805, identifies a widow, daughter Anna Wells, and the sons Joseph, William and Chester Wells

^[3]Her mother is not identified in records. She married in 1778 and might have been a daughter of the first wife [Hannah], and therefore not a descendant of Ann (Welles) Diggins. In any event, Hannah's children have Welles descent through their father.

Sources

1. ↑ Welles Family Research Papers: The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles and His Wife Alice Tomes Through Their Son Thomas Welles (c1625-1668). United States: Welles Family Association, 1996. p. 122. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/58441
2. ↑ Mathews, Barbara Jean. The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 2, Part B. United States: Lulu.com, 2015. p. 834
3. ↑ Mathews, Barbara Jean. The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 2, Part B. United States: Lulu.com, 2015. p. 799

• Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records prior to 1800, Author : Bailey, Frederic W. (Frederic William), Published in 1896. p. 99 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3719 #46510, [Hannah Diggins marriage to Dr Thomas Welles on 26 Nov 1778 in Chatham-Portland, Middlesex]
• Mathews, Barbara Jean. The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 2, Part B. United States: Lulu.com, 2015. Pg. 834 [1]

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Gordon Ralls for creating WikiTree profile Diggins-53 through the import of Diggins061213.GED on Jun 11, 2013.