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John Welles 1648 – 1714 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 May 1648

Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 14 Mar 1714

Death Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: John WELLES

Mother: Elizabeth Bourne

Spouse(s): Sarah HOLLISTER

Children(s): Mary Welles, John Welles, Sarah Welles, Comfort Wells, Joseph Welles, Elizabeth Welles, Thomas Welles

The story of John Welles began in 1648 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. John Welles married Sarah HOLLISTER, and had children including Mary Welles, John Capt Welles, Sarah Welles, Comfort Wells, Joseph Welles, Elizabeth Welles, Thomas Welles. John Welles passed away in 1714 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of John Welles began in 1648 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
  • John Welles married Sarah HOLLISTER, and had children including Mary Welles, John Capt Welles, Sarah Welles, Comfort Wells, Joseph Welles, Elizabeth Welles, Thomas Welles.
  • John Welles passed away in 1714 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John WELLES
1622 – 1659
Birth Location: Northhampton, England
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Elizabeth Bourne
1627 – 1668
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah HOLLISTER
1646 – 1691
Birth Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Children(s)

Mary Welles
1670 – 1751
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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John Welles
1672 – 1734
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Sarah Welles
1674 – 1729
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Comfort Wells
1677 – 1717
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Joseph Welles
1679 – 1765
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Elizabeth Welles
1682 – 1770
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Thomas Welles
1690 – 1755
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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John Welles's Ancestors

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John Welles
1648 – 1714
Birth Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Parents
John WELLES
1622 – 1659
Northhampton, England
Elizabeth Bourne
1627 – 1668
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Thomas ((Governor)) Welles
1590 – 1659
Whichford, Warwickshire, England
Alice ((10)) Tomes
1598 – 1646
Long Marston, Gloucs, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert WELLES
1537 – 1610
Alice Hunt
1543 – 1615
John Tomes
1569 – 1602
Ellen Gunne
1571 – 1600
2nd-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

John Welles's Descendants

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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
        1. 1. Enoch Curtiss (1786 – 18 May 1865)
        2. 2. Sarah Curtis (18 Aug 1791 – 27 Nov 1847)
        3. 3. Clement Curtis (29 Aug 1818 – 04 Jul 1894)
        4. 4. Esther Curtis
        5. 5. Enoch Curtiss (1786 – 18 May 1865)
      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)
        1. 1. Ezekial Curtiss (1780 – 19 Nov 1813)
        2. 2. James Curtiss (1782 – 1824)
        3. 3. Agur Curtiss (3 May 1785 – 12 Mar 1868) m. Alice (Birdseye) PECK (9 Aug 1788 – 13 Mar 1878)
        4. 4. Dorothy (Beach) Curtis (15 Jul 1787 – 18 Feb 1876)
        5. 5. Ellen ((Helen)) Curtiss (1789 – 1872)
      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)
        1. 1. Tamar Canfield (16 Feb 1775 – 15 Aug 1840) m. William (Rathburn) Phelps (29 May 1769 – 1822)
        2. 2. Clara Canfield (04 May 1777 – 24 Nov 1848)
        3. 3. Abel Canfield (11 Jun 1779 – 27 May 1869)
        4. 4. Homer Canfield (02 Feb 1788 – 16 Jul 1856)
      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)
        1. 1. Betsey Welles (25 Feb 1777 – )
        2. 2. Hezekiah Welles (10 May 1779 – 07 Jul 1861)
        3. 3. Joseph Welles (21 Aug 1781 – 20 Oct 1857)
        4. 4. Sarah (Sally) Welles (16 Jan 1784 – 08 Dec 1827)
        5. 5. Philip Welles (21 Apr 1787 – 03 Apr 1866)
        6. 6. Stephen Welles (24 Sep 1789 – 22 Feb 1845)
        7. 7. Tomlinson Welles (23 Mar 1793 – )
        8. 8. Sophia Welles (21 Jun 1796 – 27 Nov 1884)
        9. 9. John Welles (19 Jun 1799 – )
      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 – )

John Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1648
24 May 1648
Birth of John Welles in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1714
14 Mar 1714
Age 66
Death of John Welles in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 May 1648
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Wethersfield; Birth state: CT.
    [2] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Stratford; Birth state: CT.
    [3] Family Data Collection - Births
    [4] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2011

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1714
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Wethersfield; Birth state: CT.
    [2] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Stratford; Birth state: CT.
    [3] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2011
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