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about 1636 at Saybrook, and in the following
year was a magistrate at Hartford,
where he continued twenty-two
years to fill that office. In 1654 and in
four other years he was deputy to the
General Court ; from 1655 to 1658 was
Governor of the Connecticut Colony ;
other offices of trust and honor ;
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
held
died January
14, 1660, and was buried in Hartford.
He married Elizabeth Hart, who died in
1640.
John Welles, son of Governor Thomas
Welles, born about 162 1, removed to
Stratford, Connecticut, and was admitted
freeman by the General Court, April 20,
1645. I n l ^S^~57' ne was deputy to the
General Court, was a magistrate in 1658-
59, and died August 7, 1659. He married,
in 1647, Elizabeth Bourne, undoubtedly a
daughter of John Bourne, who was early
in Wethersfield, later at Middletown,
Connecticut. She married (second) in
March, 1663, John Wilcoxson, of Strat-
ford.
Robert Welles, third son of John and
Elizabeth Welles, was born in 165 1, and
was committed by his father to the care
of his paternal grandfather. Governor
Welles, who made him his heir and reared
and educated him in Wethersfield. He
was made a freeman in October, 1661 ;
was captain of the train band at the north
end of Wethersfield, in September, 1689
was deputy 1690-91-92-93-94, 1697-98-99-
1700-01, in 1705, 1707-08-09-10-11-12-13-
14. He also served as commissioner, jus-
tice of the peace, and member of the
Council, and died June 22, 1714. His
house was one of those fortified for pro-
tection against Indian attacks in 1704.
He married, June 9, 1675, Elizabeth Good-
rich, born 1658, died February 17, 1698,
daughter of William and Sarah (Marvin)
Goodrich.
Captain Robert (2) Welles, son of Captain
Robert (1) Welles, was born about
;
62
1684, in Wethersfield, and was among the
foremost citizens of that place in public
affairs, and in church and school matters.
He was appointed lieutenant of Hartford
Dragoons in October, 1714, captain in
1726, and died before September 14, 1738,
when the inventory of his property was
made. This amounted to £4708-15^ including
much silver, a silver hilted sword
and fine wardrobe and furniture. He mar-
ried, December 12, 1706, Sarah Wolcott,
of Wethersfield, daughter of Samuel and
Judith (Appelton) Wolcott, last named a
daughter of Worshipful Samuel Appelton,
of Ipswich, Massachusetts, of whom
there is further mention elsewhere in this
work.
Hezekiah Welles, son of Captain Robert
(2) and Sarah (Wolcott) Welles, was
born December 9, 1725, and inherited
from his father lands which the latter had
purchased from Judith Wolcott. Hezekiah
Welles was captain of the Wethersfield
Company in the Revolution, which
served at Boston from January to March,
1776; also commanded a company in New
Haven in 1779, and in 1780 a company of
the Sixth Connecticut Militia. He died
October 1, 1804. On December 17, 1747,
he married Mary Boardman, born March
3, 1727, died May 23, 1786, daughter of
Joseph and Mary (Belden) Boardman.
Hezekiah (2) Welles, fourth son of
Hezekiah (1) Welles, born September 20,
1770, baptized three days later, lived in
Wethersfield, and died July 1, 1809. He
married there, October 7, 1798, Hannah
Welles, born September 11, 1776, daugh-
ter of Major Chester and Hannah (Bel-
den) Welles, of Wethersfield. Their
third child, Hannah Belden Welles, born
December 4, 1804, was married in New
Orleans, 1840, to William Anderson, and
became the mother of James Reed Ander-
son.
James Reed Anderson was born De-