The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and his Wife Alice Tomes Volume 2 Part A

Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635 settling in Hartford in 1636 and moving to Wethersfield in 1646. The Welles Family Association presents in Volume 2 the fifth-generation descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles and his first wife Alice Tomes. The genealogy includes descendants in both the male and female lines. Part A covers those descended from Mary (Welles) Baldwin Ann (Welles) (Thompson) Hawkins and John Welles. The fifth generation fought in the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars. It included farmers generals judges government leaders college presidents silversmiths housewives poets ministers deacons and medical doctors. Family names include Baldwin Bostwick Chester Curtis(s) Clarke Hawkins Judson Lewis Nichols Shelton Walker Welles and Wells. From Hartford Wethersfield Milford Farmington and Stratford families spread to new towns in the Connecticut Hills and to Massachusetts and upstate New York.