Capt Robert WELLES

Male 1710 - 1786  (75 years)


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  • Name Robert WELLES  [1, 2
    • He removed to Newington (year not given), where he lived first in a house given him by his father. He moved later to the East side of "Ten-Rod" highway, which was begun by his father. his son Robert and grandson Robert lived lated in the same house. Robert built another home on the West side of "Ten-Rod" which was occupied his grandson Abraham and his descendants. This family became known as the "Ten-Rod Wells Family." Robert was Clerk of the new Esslesiastical Society from Dec. 1744 to Dec. 1779 and the Society's Treasurer from 6 June 1757 to 6 Dec 1779. [1]
    Prefix Capt 
    Birth 7 Sep 1710  Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 10 Sep 1710  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Feb 1786  Newington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I83299  Main Tree
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2020 

    Father Capt Robert WELLES,   b. 1683/4, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1738, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Sarah WOLCOTT,   b. 14 Aug 1686, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 12 Dec 1706  Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Family ID F19733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail BURNHAM,   b. 14 Sep 1713, Farmington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1794, Newington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1735  Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F34052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S7982] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. III Samuel Appleton and his wife Judith Everard and five generations of their descendants.

    2. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    3. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).