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Gideon Welles 1686 – 1740 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1686

Birth Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 28 MAR 1740

Death Location: Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Father: Robert Welles

Mother: Elisabeth Goodrich

Spouse(s): Hannah Chester, Judith Appleton

Children(s):

Gideon Welles was born in 1686 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, the child of Robert Welles and Elisabeth Goodrich. Gideon Welles married Hannah Chester, Judith Appleton. Gideon Welles passed away in 1740 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

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Biography

  • Gideon Welles was born in 1686 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, the child of Robert Welles and Elisabeth Goodrich.
  • Gideon Welles married Hannah Chester, Judith Appleton.
  • Gideon Welles passed away in 1740 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

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Gideon Welles's Ancestors

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Gideon Welles
1686 – 1740
Birth Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents
Robert Welles
1649 – 1714
Stratford, Fairfield, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Elisabeth Goodrich
1658 – 1698
Wethersfield, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Grandparents
John Welles
1648 – 1714
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
William (Ephrem) Goodrich
1622 – 1676
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Sarah Marvin
1631 – 1702
Great Bentley, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Welles
1649 – 1714
Elisabeth Goodrich
1658 – 1698
Samuel Wolcott
1656 – 1709
Judith Appleton
1653 – 1741
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Welles
1648 – 1714
William Goodrich
1622 – 1676
Sarah Marvin
1631 – 1702
Henry Wolcott
1610 – 1680
Sarah Newberry
1620 – 1684
Samuel Appleton
1625 – 1696
Hannah Paine
1629 – 1656

Gideon Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1686
1686
Birth of Gideon Welles in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1740
28 MAR 1740
Age 54
Death of Gideon Welles in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1686
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 MAR 1740
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

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