The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and his Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 2, Part B (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781312890299)

Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635, settling in Hartford in 1636 and moving to Wethersfield in 1646. The Welles Family Association presents in Volume 2 the fifth-generation descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles and his first wife, Alice Tomes. The genealogy includes descendants in both the male and female lines. Part B covers those descended from Thomas Welles, Samuel Welles, and Sarah (Welles) Chester. This generation fought in the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars. It included farmers, generals, judges, government leaders, college presidents, silversmiths, housewives, poets, ministers, deacons, and medical doctors. Family names include Baldwin, Bostwick, Chester, Curtis(s), Clarke, Hawley, Judson, Lewis, Nichols, Shelton, Walker, Welles, and Wells. From Hartford, Wethersfield, Milford, Farmington, and Stratford, families spread to new towns in the Connecticut Hills, and to Massachusetts and upstate New York.

Author: Barbara Jean Mathews
ISBN-10: 1312890290
ISBN-13: 9781312890299
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2015
Pages: 706
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.69d