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John WELLES 1622 – 1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1622

Birth Location: Northhampton, England

Death Date: 1659

Death Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: Thomas Welles

Mother: Alice Tomes

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Bourne

Children(s): John Welles, Robert Welles, Temperence WELLES, Sarah Welles, Mary WELLS

The story of John WELLES began in 1622 in Northhampton, England. John WELLES married Elizabeth Bourne, and had children including John Welles, Robert Welles, Temperence WELLES, Sarah Welles, Mary WELLS. John WELLES passed away in 1659 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of John WELLES began in 1622 in Northhampton, England.
  • John WELLES married Elizabeth Bourne, and had children including John Welles, Robert Welles, Temperence WELLES, Sarah Welles, Mary WELLS.
  • John WELLES passed away in 1659 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Welles
1590 – 1659
Birth Location: Whichford, Warwickshire, England
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Alice Tomes
1598 – 1646
Birth Location: Long Marston, Gloucs, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Bourne
1627 – 1668
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Children(s)

John Welles
1648 – 1714
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Robert Welles
1651 – 1714
Birth Location: –
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Temperence WELLES
1653 – 1728
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Sarah Welles
1659 – 1730
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Mary WELLS
1661 –
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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John WELLES's Ancestors

Self
John WELLES
1622 – 1659
Birth Place: Northhampton, England
Parents
Thomas (Governor) Welles
1590 – 1659
Whichford, Warwickshire, England
Alice ((10)) Tomes
1598 – 1646
Long Marston, Gloucs, England
Grandparents
Robert WELLES
1537 – 1610
Stouton a hemlet of whichford in Warwickshire, England
Alice Hunt
1543 – 1615
Whichford, Warwickshire, England
John ((11)) Tomes
1569 – 1602
Marston, Lincolnshire, England
Ellen ((11)) Gunne
1571 – 1600
, Gloucestershire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas WELLES
1512 – 1558
Elizabeth Bryan
1512 – 1552
Thomas Hunt
1514 – 1548
Agnes Hunt)
1520 – 1570
John Tomes
1525 – 1548
Alice Harburne
1513 – 1597
Richard Gunne
1541 – 1602
Anne Fullwood
1545 – 1566
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Wellys
1484 – 1559
Elizabeth Goodrich
1488 – 1553
Sir Bryan
1457 – 1500
Lady Bourchier
1468 – 1551
William Tomes
1430 – 1537
Margaret (Tomes)
1460 – 1585
Thomas HARBURNE
1525 – 1600
Mrs (Harburne)
1528 – 1603
Richard Gunne
1519 – 1587
Mary Horne
1523 – 1588
Robert Fullwood
1519 – 1575
Maria (Hunt)
1517 – 1544

John WELLES's Descendants

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John WELLES (1622 – 1659) m. Elizabeth Bourne (1627 – 08 Oct 1668)
  1. 1. John Welles (24 May 1648 – 14 Mar 1714) m. Sarah HOLLISTER (30 Aug 1646 – 08 Dec 1691)
    1. 1. Mary Welles (29 Nov 1670 – 05 Nov 1751)
    2. 2. John (Capt) Welles (1672 – 19 Feb 1734)
    3. 3. Sarah Welles (02 Jan 1674 – May 1729)
    4. 4. Comfort Wells (21 Jun 1677 – 01 Jun 1717)
    5. 5. Joseph Welles (21 Jun 1679 – 21 Jan 1765)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Welles (23 Sep 1682 – 31 Aug 1770) m. Joseph Curtis (06 Nov 1687 – 01 Aug 1738)
      1. 1. Robert Curtis (07 Jun 1713 – 22 Nov 1713)
      2. 2. Mary Curtis (02 Sep 1714 – Oct 1782)
      3. 3. James Curtis (24 Oct 1716 – 03 Dec 1802) m. Elizabeth Burroughs (30 Dec 1722 – 14 Jan 1745) m. Keziah Crofut (1716 – Aug 1772)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Curtiss (30 Dec 1722 – 14 Jan 1746)
        2. 2. Ann Curtiss (28 Oct 1744 – )
        3. 3. Hannah Curtiss (28 Oct 1744 – 04 Apr 1836)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Curtiss (Jan 1745 – )
        5. 5. Elizabeth Curtis (Jan 1744 – )
        6. 6. Hannah Curtiss (28 Oct 1744 – 04 Apr 1836)
        7. 7. John Curtis (14 Apr 1748 – )
        8. 8. Betty Curtis (1749 – 04 Nov 1841)
        9. 9. Elizabeth Curtis (04 Nov 1749 – )
        10. 10. Keziah Curtis (1754 – 1832)
        11. 11. James Curtis (01 Jan 1756 – 1836) m. Thankful (1760 – ) m. Eunice Hubbell
        12. 12. Avis Curtis (18 Nov 1757 – 24 Jul 1845)
        13. 13. Robert Curtiss (18 Mar 1760 – 03 Apr 1854)
        14. 14. Elijah Curtis (31 Dec 1761 – 23 Mar 1842)
        15. 15. Ruth Curtis (1764 – )
        16. 16. Eli Curtis (1766 – 10 Feb 1827)
        17. 17. Anna Curtis (1768 – 21 Mar 1863)
        18. 18. Enoch Curtis (1771 – )
      4. 4. Joseph (Curtis) Curtiss (24 Oct 1716 – 24 Oct 1716)
      5. 5. Robert Curtis (1718 – )
      6. 6. Elizabeth Curtis (16 Jan 1719 – 22 Jul 1750)
      7. 7. Joseph Curtis (1721 – 1801) m. Martha (Judson) Curtiss (18 Feb 1719 – 26 Apr 1796) m. Esther (Hull) Blakeman (1730 – 1824)
        1. 1. Capt (Nehemiah) Curtiss (Dec 1740 – 13 May 1810)
        2. 2. Joseph Curtiss (Jun 1741 – )
        3. 3. Phineas Curtiss (3 May 1742 – Aft. 1790)
        4. 4. Joseph Curtiss (Aug 1745 – 13 May 1810)
        5. 5. Abigail (Curtiss) Booth (17 Nov 1747 – 30 Nov 1815)
        6. 6. Silas Curtiss (May 1750 – 5 Aug 1822)
        7. 7. Martha (Curtiss) Brooks (3 Aug 1752 – 26 Apr 1796)
        8. 8. Judson Curtiss (Jan 1755 – )
        9. 9. Agur Curtiss (10 Apr 1757 – 10 Nov 1838) m. Mercy Blakeman (1760 – 1850)
        10. 10. Phebe (Curtiss) Curtiss (Sep 1759 – 5 Feb 1826)
        11. 11. Charity (Curtiss) Lewis (May 1762 – 21 Dec 1842)
      8. 8. Gideon Curtis (1723 – 1744)
      9. 9. Tabitha Curtis (02 Nov 1724 – Dec 1789)
      10. 10. Robert Curtis (13 Aug 1727 – 1797)
      11. 11. Bethia (Beardsley) Curtiss (Jan 1731 – 4 Aug 1801)
      12. 12. Benjamin Curtis
    7. 7. Thomas Welles (16 Oct 1690 – 1755) m. Sarah Stiles (04 Nov 1693 – 30 Aug 1711)
      1. 1. Bathsheba Welles (30 Aug 1711 – 08 Dec 1727) m. John Nichols (09 May 1705 – Abt. 1720)
        1. 1. Ephraim Nichols (08 Dec 1727 – 21 May 1820)
        2. 2. Ann Nichols (26 Sep 1730 – 19 Sep 1750)
        3. 3. Bathsheba Nichols (08 Mar 1732 – )
        4. 4. Abiah Nichols (24 Jul 1735 – 10 Oct 1795)
        5. 5. Naomi Nichols (12 Nov 1736 – )
        6. 6. Eunice Nichols (14 Oct 1738 – )
        7. 7. Beulah Nichols (23 Mar 1740 – 09 Dec 1810)
        8. 8. Martha Nichols (05 Apr 1742 – 25 Feb 1778)
        9. 9. Sarah Nichols (28 Aug 1743 – )
        10. 10. Jerusha Nichols (05 Mar 1750 – )
        11. 11. Elisha Nichols (1754 – )
      2. 2. Ephraim (Stiles) Welles (07 Nov 1712 – 1760)
      3. 3. David Welles (02 Dec 1713 – 08 Mar 1751)
      4. 4. Comfort Welles (15 Sep 1714 – 08 Sep 1790) m. Ephraim Beach (Abt. 1718 – 08 Jun 1789)
        1. 1. Hannah Beach (30 Sep 1742 – )
        2. 2. Abel Beach (29 Sep 1743 – 08 Nov 1800)
        3. 3. Ephraim Beach (21 Sep 1748 – 22 Mar 1827)
        4. 4. Stiles Beach (12 Aug 1751 – 1830)
        5. 5. Comfort Beach (31 Aug 1754 – 21 Feb 1854)
      5. 5. Sarah Welles (28 Jun 1715 – 06 Mar 1806) m. David Beardsley (28 Apr 1712 – 15 Apr 1782)
        1. 1. Elihu Beardsley (1736 – 1783)
        2. 2. Ephraim Beardsley (1739 – 22 Mar 1806)
        3. 3. David Beardsley (1741 – 1783)
        4. 4. Sarah Beardsley (Oct 1742 – 07 Sep 1806)
        5. 5. Lucy Beardsley (1746 – )
        6. 6. Rebecca Beardsley (1750 – 08 Nov 1823) m. Abel Canfield (1752 – 11 Jun 1830)
        7. 7. Welles Beardsley (Abt. 1751 – 28 Feb 1824)
        8. 8. Stiles Beardsley (26 Jan 1755 – )
        9. 9. Hezekiah Beardsley (07 Dec 1760 – 1783)
        10. 10. Philonas Beardsley (1765 – 1783)
        11. 11. David Beardsley (11 Jun 1769 – 1783)
        12. 12. Dexter Beardsley ( – 1783)
      6. 6. Thomas Welles (20 Aug 1717 – 23 Jan 1791)
      7. 7. Gideon Welles (12 Nov 1719 – 19 Oct 1805)
      8. 8. Deborah Welles (1722 – 1806)
      9. 9. Daniel Welles (09 May 1722 – 1791)
      10. 10. Gurdon Welles (03 Feb 1724 – )
      11. 11. Hezekiah Welles (12 Jul 1732 – 1769) m. Elizabeth Nichols (12 Nov 1730 – 23 Mar 1804)
        1. 1. Phillip ((Wells)) Welles (23 Nov 1753 – 23 Dec 1818) m. Elizabeth Tomlinson (1757 – 27 Nov 1848)
        2. 2. Josiah Wells (Abt. 1754 – Abt. 1839)
        3. 3. Agur Welles (11 Nov 1756 – 1804)
        4. 4. Gurdon Wells (28 Feb 1758 – Abt. 1831)
        5. 5. Gloriana Welles (Sep 1759 – 30 Jan 1845) m. Walter Whitney (23 Jan 1760 – 18 Jul 1846)
        6. 6. David Wells (Abt. 1760 – )
        7. 7. Abijah Wells (Abt. 1762 – )
        8. 8. Abner Wells (Abt. 1764 – )
  2. 2. Robert Welles (1651 – 22 Jun 1714)
  3. 3. Temperence WELLES (1653 – 1728)
  4. 4. Sarah Welles (28 Sep 1659 – 23 Mar 1730)
  5. 5. Mary WELLS (29 Aug 1661 – )

John WELLES's Timeline

2 Records

1622
1622
Birth of John WELLES in Northhampton, England
Northhampton, England
1659
1659
Age 37
Death of John WELLES in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1622
    Event Place: Northhampton, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .
    [2] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2011

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1659
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2011
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