Thomas WELLS

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Will of Thomas Welles, dates 9 February 1637:

In the name of god amen be it knowe to all men that I Thomas WElles of Evesham weaver doe make my last will and testament the ninth day of February 1637 the aner and forme as foloweth
first I beequeth my soule unto the hands of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ whoo had Redemed it next I bequeth my body to the earth and all my worldly goods In maner and forme following
first I forgive my father the 5 pownd which he oweth to me and I give to my father 6 pownd more to be paid in three yere by equell somes fourty shillings a yeare but if he dy the mony that is unpaid to remain to the Exseckiter.
Next I give to my eldest son Thomas 20 pownd to be paid at the age of 21 yeares and my house after the death of his mother Item I give to my daughter Mary 30 pownd likwise to my son John 30 more but if my wife be with child and it live then it is my will that 10 pownd a pece shall be taken from John and Mary and given to it and it is my will that my son John shall be paid at the age of 21 yeare and my daughter Mary at hur day of mariage or at the age of 21 yeares: but if they prove stouborne and dissobedent then it shall be left to the will of thir mother and the overseers when they shall have it: and further it is my will that if my son Thomas dy without a aire then it is my will that it shall come to my son John and if John dy without a a ire then to com to the other son if it be a son or elce to remaine to the Daughter if ther are two or elce to remaine to my daughter Mary.
Item I give to my man CHARLES WHITELL a shipe & Hoge worth eight shillings or two hachibs which he nowe doth work with upon his good behaviour to his dame.
Item I give to my godsons JOSEPH BLISSORD and JOHN WELLES 2 shillings a pece
Item I give to JOHN PATHIT 2 shillings. Item I give to ANN ALBRIGHT and JONE the daughters of JOHN ALLBRIGHT 2 shillings a peece.
Item I give to JOHN ALLBIRGHT and CATHERIN the sonne and daughter of RICHARD ALLBRIGHT 2 shillings a peece.
Item I give to JOHN LOE and SARA LOE the son and daughter of GRIFFEN LOE 2 shillings apeece.
Item I give to SARA ORDWAY 2 shillings.
Item I give to my brother JOHN ALLBRIGHT my cloake.
Item I give to my brother RICHARD ALLBRIGHT my best coate.
Item I give to the pore 5 shillings to be geven to whome my wif and EDWARD ORDWAY and WILLIAM LAMPIT think good and I make my wife my whole exseckiter and my brother JOHN ALBRIGHT and my brother RICHARD ALBRIGHT ovorseres.

The will was not signed. However it was witness by THOMAS HANDY (mark TH), WILLIAM LAMPIT, and EDWARD ORDWAY.

Thomas married Frances ALBRIGHT on 13 Oct 1625 in All Saints, Alcester, Warwickshire, England. Frances (daughter of Richard ALBRIGHT and UNKNOWN) was born about 1600 in Prob. Welford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, England Worcestershire, England; died in Mar 1678 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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First Church of Christ on Main Street, Hartford, Conn.

Gravesite of Mary Wells Gilbert located approx. 10 feet back of wrought iron fence and to the right of the foot path approx. 40 feet. Mary buried beside her husband Jonathan Gilbert.
Inscription reads:

Mary Gilbert age 74 years died July 3, 1700 wife of Jonathan Gilbertt.
Jonathan Gilbertt's gravestone inscription reads:
Here lieth of Jonathan 1682 (blank) December."
Other words on marker too obliterated to read.

Mary and Jonathan had 8 children. They were the grandparents of Jonathan Belcher, Governor of Massachusetts and later of New Hampshire, and ancestors of Noah Webster, noted American author and lexicographer.

Mary married Jonathan GILBERT in 1650 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut. Jonathan (son of Thomas GILBERT and Lydia ?) was born about 1618; was christened on 8 Jun 1617 in Yardley, Worcestershire, England; died on 10 Dec 1682 in Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: A substantial landowner in Wethersfield and later (1659) Hadley
• Birth: Abt 1626, England
• Fact: 1665, Listed as a surveyor

Notes:

Excerpt from "Welles Families": Thomas Welles, the first child of Hugh Welles, of Hartford, Conn., was born in Colchester, England, in 1620, whence he was taken with his parents, in 1635, to America, and landed in Boston; and thence, in 1636, to Hartford, Ct., whence he removed in 1659, to Hadley, Mass. ("In 1659, Thomas Welles and his step-father, Thomas Coleman, were among the first settlers of Hadley, Mass.")
Wil dated September 30, 1676
Proved, and inventory taken December 14, 1676, by John Coleman, John Welles and Samuel Pantrigg.

Note: Not sure about the exact name of Thomas' father, whether it's Thomas or Hugh.

Thomas married Mary BEARDSLEY in May 1651 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Conn.. Mary (daughter of William BEARDSLEY and Mary HARVEY) was born before 1632 in England; died on 20 Sep 1691 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John and Sarah had 9 children.

John married Sarah CURTIS in 1658 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Capt William CURTIS and UNKNOWN) was born on 10 Oct 1642 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died about 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]