TENTH GENERATION

680. Samuel (1) WELLES Capt was born about 1628 in England. He died on 15 Jul 1675 in Naubuc, Wethersfield, CT. 7th ggf of Gordon Fisher

Samuel Welles is used twice in this database, once as father of Samuel, Jr. and once as father of Mary Welles. Thus Col. George Hale, like his grandfather Jonathan Hale (Jr) before him had a brother and sister among his great-grandparents.

"Samuel, to whom the Gov. [Thomas Welles, his father] gave half his farm in Naubuc, and who d. 1675."
--- Rev. Alonzo B. Chapin, D.D.; Glastenbury for Two Hundred Years, A Centennial Discourse, May 18th A.D. 1853; Hartford, CT (Case, Tiffany and Company) 1853, p. 164.

"SAMUEL [WELLES], Wethersfield, s. prob. youngest [son] of Gov. Thomas [WELLES], by him brot. from Eng. freem. 1657, ens. 1658, lieut 1665, capt. 1670, rep. 1657-62, and 1675, m. 1659, Eliz. d. of John Hollister, had Samuel, b. 13 Apr. 1660; Thomas, 29 July 1662; Sarah, 29 Sept. 1664; Mary, 23 Nov. 1666; Ann, 1668; and Eliz. 1670. By sec. w. Hannah, d. of George Leaberton of New Haven, he had no ch. and d. 15 July 1675. His wid. m. Hon. John Allyn of Hartford. Of his ds. Sarah m. 4 Dec. 1683, Ephraim Hawley of Stratford, and next Agur Tomlinson of the same; Mary, 1695, bec. sec. w. of Samuel Hale, and d. 18 Feb. 1715; Ann m. 19 July 1687, capt. James Steele, and next, 20 Nov. 1718, James Judson, whose first w. was her cousin; and Eliz, m. 4 Apr. 1692, Daniel Shelton of Stratford."
--- James Savage, *A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register; Boston (Little, Brown & Co.) 1860-1862; v. 4, p. 477

"Capt. SAMUEL WELLES, born in England, [say 1628], died at Wethersfield, Conn., 15 July 1675; married first, about 1659, ELIZABETH HOLLISTER ....., born [say 1640], died perhaps about 1670, daughter of Lieut. John and Joanna (Treat) Hollister; married second, HANNAH LAMBERTON, born probably in London, England, about 1634, died after 5 Dec. 1699, daughter of Capt. George and Margaret (Lewen) Lamberton. She married second, between 3 Nov. 1676 and 4 Mar 1696/7, Lt.-Col. John Allyn of Hartford, baptized at Braunton, co. Devon, England, 24 Feb. 1630, died at Hartford, 6 Nov. 1696, whose first wife was Ann Smith, daughter of Henry and Ann (Pynchon) Smith. (P) He was Deputy for Wethersfield in the Connecticut General Assembly, Oct. 1657, May and Oct. 1658, May and Oct. 1659, May 1660, May and Oct. 1661, and May 1675; and Commissioner (Justice) for Wethersfield, from 1665 until his death ten years later. He was confirmed Ensign of the Wethersfield Train Band, Mar. 1658; Lieutenant, May 1665; and Captain, May 1670. He was a member of the war council, July 1675. He was credited in March 1669/70 with a family of nine persons." Among his children: "Mary, b. 23 Nov. 1666; d. at Glastonbury, 18 Feb. 1714/15; m. about 1695, as his second wife, Lieut. SAMUEL HALE ....., b. 7 Feb. 1644/5, d. 18 Nov. 1711, son of Samuel and Mary (Smith) Hale."
---Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, *Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley*, Hartford, CT (Connecticut Historical Society) 1952, p. 788

"Welles, Capt. Samuel---died in 1675. His children were, Samuel 16 years old, Thomas 14. Sarah 12, Mary 10, Ann 7, and Elizabeth 5. John, son of Samuel, 1664. Edward, 1644. Thomas, son of Thomas, born 1690." Also: "Welles, Samuel, moved from Wethersfield to Stratford, with three sons---Thomas. Samuel, and another, perhaps other children. He was the son of Gov. Welles. Perhaps the same Capt. Samuel who died in 1675."
---R. R. Hinman, *Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut*; Hartford (E. Gleason) 1846, No. 1, p. 94-95

"The town we now know as Glastonbury [CT] had its beginnings in 1636, when the Wethersfield proprietors bought from the sachem. Sowheag. a large tract of land measuring six miles west of the river, three miles east, and six miles from the north to south. No record of an Indian deed to the tract, which of course included Glastonbury, the "three miles east", have been found, but apparently there was an agreement indicating that some sort of payment had been made, for 65 years later, in 1671, certain Wethersfield and Glastonbury men paid several Indian Leaders 12 yards of "trading cloth" to sign, with their marks, a confirmatory deed to the original sale. This was recorded in the Wethersfield land records and reads, in part, as follows: (P) "..... and six milles in length by the Riuer side on the east side of the said Conecticot Riuer, from Pewter Pott brooke, borth, to the Bounds betwene Weathersfield and Middletowne, south; the said Great Riuer west, the wholle leanth to runn three large milles into the wilderness east; the which lands, as afore said, hath been quietly possessed by the English now for severall yeeres past; but, in as much as there is noe written deed found under the hand of the said Sowheag, which may be an ocasion of trouble hereafter, for the preuention of which, knowing what our predeceassers haue don, and what hee had receiued for the same; and for the consideration of twelue yards of trading cloth, giuen to us a gratuity, by Capt. Samuel Wyllys, Mr. Henry Wollcot, Mr. James Richards, Capt. Samuell Welles [DIRECT ANCESTOR], Mr. Samuel Tallcot [DIRECT ANCESTOR], Mr. John Chester, Mr. James Treat, in the name and behalfe, and for the use of all others, the rest of the seuerall proprietors of the said land with in the limites of the Towneship of Weathersfield, aforesaid: We, Turramugus, Sepannamaw Squaw, daughter to Sowheage; Speunno, Nabowhee, Weesumshie, Waphanck; true heirs of and rightful sucksessers to the aforesaid Sowheage --- hath fully confirmed, and doe by these presents fully and absolutely confirme the aforesaid grant made by our predeseasser, Sowheage, afore menssioned, enfeeoffed, sett ouer and confirmed ..... To haue and to hold all the aforesaid tract of lands, as they are bounded, with all the meaddowes, pastere, woods, under-woods, mines, mineralls, stones, qurrys, profits, comoditys, priulidges and appertinances, whatsoeuer, that are or may bee to the same belonging."
--- Marjorie Grant McNulty, *Glastonbury: From Settlement to Suburb*, Glastonbury CT (The Woman's Club of Glastonbury) 1970, p 9-10

"Captain Samuel Welles, son of Governor Thomas and Elizabeth (Hunt) Welles [wrong for wife: should be Alice TOMES], was born at Rothwell, Northmptonshire, England, about 1630, died at Wethersfield, Connecticut, July 15, 1675. He married (first) in 1659, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Joanna (Treat) Hollister (see Hollister I [here, John (1) HOLLISTER]). Children: 1. Samuel, referred to below [here, under Samuel (2) WELLES]. 2. Thomas, born July 29, 1662, died December 7, 1711; married (first) January 7, 1697, Thankful Root, (second) May 17, 1705, Jerusha Treat. 3. Sarah, born September 29, 1664, died about 1698; married (first) December 4, 1683, Ephraim Hawley, (second) Angers Tomlinson. 4. Mary, born November 23, 1666, died February 18, 1714-15; married, in 1695, Samuel Hale (see Hale II [here, Samuel (2) HALE]). 5. Ann, born in 1668, died in 1739; married (first) July 19, 1687, Captain James Stelle, (second) November 20, 1718, James Judson. 6. Elizabeth, born in 1670; married, April 4, 1692, Daniel Sheldon."
--- William Richard Cutter, *New England Families*, NY 1913, p 595

"SAMUEL (*Capt.*) [son of Thomas (2) WELLES], b. about 1629, d. 15 July 1675, prob. Wethersfield, Conn.; m. (1), about 1660, ELIZABETH HOLLISTER, dau. of John Hollister of Wethersfield; and (2), HANNAH LAMBERTON, who survived him and m. (2) COL. JOHN ALLYN. He inherited lands in what is now Glastonbury, Conn. Children (WELLES), born in Wethersfield, by Elizabeth Hollister, (1) *Samuel*, b. 13 Apr. 1660; (2) *Thomas*, b. 29 July 1662; (3) *Sarah*, b. 29 Sept. 1664; (4) *Mary*, b. 23 Mov. 1666; (5) *Ann*, b. in 1668; (6) *Elizabeth*, b. in 1670."
--- *Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller*, compiled for Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman, F.A.S.G., Concord NH 1948, p 445 He was married to Elizabeth HOLLISTER about 1659.

681. Elizabeth HOLLISTER was born about 1640. 7th ggm of Gordon Fisher

See general note for John Hollister, entry as father of John Hollister, Jr. Children were:

child340 i. Samuel (2) WELLES Capt.
child ii. Thomas (5) WELLES was born on 29 Jul 1662. He died on 7 Dec 1711 in Wethersfield, CT. 6th ggu of Gordon Fisher

"THOMAS, b. 29 July 1662; d. at Wethersfield, 7 Dec. 1711; m. (1) at Wethersfield, 7 Jan. 1696/7, THANKFUL ROOT, b. at Northampton, Mass., in 1677, d. at Wethersfield, Nov, 1704, dau. of John and Mehitabel (Johnson) (Hinsdale) Root; m. (2) at Wethersfield, 17 May 1705, JERUSHA TREAT ....., b. abt. 1678, d. at Wethersfield, 15 Jan. 1754 in 76th yr. (g.s.), dau. of Lieut. James and Rebecca (Lattimer) Treat. She m. (2) 25 Dec. 1712, Capt. Ephraim Goodrich ....., b. 2 June 1663, d. 27 Feb. 1739 ae. 76." (Jacobus & Waterman, p. 788)

JERUSHA TREAT is son of JAMES TREAT who is son of RICHARD TREAT, and latter is DIRECT ANCESTOR by way of JOANNA TREAT daughter of RICHARD TREAT. (See notes for Joanna Treat and John Hollister, Jr)
child iii. Sarah (3) WELLES was born on 29 Sep 1664. Married Ephraim Hawley She died on 29 Jun 1694 in Stratford, CT. "SARAH, b. 29 Sept. 1664; d. at Stratford, Conn., 29 June 1694; m (1) 4. Dec. 1683, EPHRAIM HAWLEY, b. at Stratford, 7 Aug. 1659, d. there 18 Apr. 1690, son of Joseph and Katharine (-----) Hawley; three children; m. (2) 19 Oct. 1692, Lieut. AGUR TOMLINSON, b. at Stratford, 1 Nov. 1658, d. there 5 Mar. 1727/8 in 70th yr. (g.s.), son of Henry and Alice (-----) Tomlinson; one child." (Jaconus & Waterman, p. 789)
child337 iv. Mary (4) WELLES.
child v. Ann(a)(e) (2) WELLES was born about 1668. She died in 1739 in Wethersfield, CT. "ANN, b. abt. 1668; d. at Wethersfield, in 1739; m. (1) 19 July 1687, Capt. JAMES STEELE, b. at Farmington, last of Aug. 1662, d. at Wethersfield, 15 May 1713, son of Lieut. Samuel and Mary (Boosey) Steele; m. (2) 22 Oct. 1718, Capt. JAMES JUDSON, b. at Stratford, 24 Apr. 1650, d. there 25 Feb. 1721 ae 71 (g.s.), widower of her cousin, Rebecca Welles." (Rebecca is daughter of Thomas Welles (Jr), grandaughter of Thomas Welles (the governor, DIRECT ANCESTOR).
---Jacobus & Waterman, *Hale, House ... *, p. 789

"Anna Welles ... Born, circa 1668, in Wethersfield, CT. Died, 1739, in Wethersfield, CT. She married, first, Capt. James Steele, son of Lt. Samuel Steele and Mary Boosey, 19 Jul 1687. Born, 31 Aug 1662, in Farmington, CT. Died, 15 May 1713, in Wethersfield, CT (in the 50th year of his age, according to his headstone). Burial in Wethersfield, CT ... [6 children listed by this marriage], (P) She married, second, Capt. James Judson, son of Cept. Joseph Judson and Sarah Porter, 20 Nov 1718 (widower of her first cousin Rebecca Welles). Born, 24 Apr 1650, in Stratford CT (Stratford Vital Records). Died, 25 Feb 1720/1, in Stratford, CT (age 71 according to Stratford Vital Records and his headstone). Pub. Office: after 1689, in Stratford, CT (Deputy to Conn. Leg.) Burial in Stratford Cemetery, Stratford, CT (Hale Inscriptions). ... Military Service: May 1698 (Captain of Trainband)."
--- Donna Holt Siemiatkoski, *The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut 1590-1660*, 1993, p 53-54
child vi. Elizabeth (1) WELLES was born about 1670. Married Daniel Shelton, Stratford She died on 1 Apr 1747 in Stratford, CT. "ELIZABETH, b. abt. 1670; d. at Stratford, Conn., 1 Apr. 1747 ae. 77; m. 4 Apr. 1692, DANIEL SHELTON, a merchant, who d. at Stratford, early in 1728." (Jacobus & Waterman, p. 790)

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