Individual Details

Gov. Thomas Welles

(10 Jul 1594 - 14 Jan 1660)

Events

Birth10 Jul 1594Stourton, Warwickshire, England
Christen10 Jul 1598Stourton, Warwickshire, England
Marriage28 Sep 1615St. Peter's Church, Drayton, Near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England - Alice Tomes
OfficeFrom 1637 to 1660Magistrate
OfficeFrom 1639 to 16401st Treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut
OfficeFrom 1641 to 16482nd Secretery of the Colony of Connecticut
MarriageAft 2 Mar 1646Connecticut, British Colonial America - Elizabeth Deming
OfficeFrom 1654 to 1655Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
OfficeFrom 1655 to 165617th Governor of Connecticut Colony - Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
OfficeFrom 1656 to 1657Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
Office1658 - 165920th Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
OfficeFrom 1659 to 1660Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
Death14 Jan 1660Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Burial15 Jan 1660Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonia America

Families

SpouseAlice Tomes (1595 - 1645)
ChildMary Welles (1618 - 1647)
ChildAnn Welles (1619 - 1680)
ChildJohn Welles (1622 - 1659)
ChildRobert Welles (1624 - 1659)
ChildThomas Welles (1627 - 1668)
ChildSamuel Welles (1628 - 1675)
ChildSarah Welles (1631 - 1698)
SpouseElizabeth Deming (1595 - 1683)
FatherRobert Welles (1540 - 1619)
MotherAlice Hunt (1543 - 1615)
SiblingThomas Welles (1566 - )
SiblingHester Welles (1570 - )
SiblingJoan Welles (1572 - 1669)
SiblingJane Wells (1569 - 1630)
SiblingAlice Welles (1575 - 1592)
SiblingMargaret Welles (1590 - 1660)
SiblingRuth Welles (1592 - )
SiblingJonathan Welles (1595 - )
SiblingRobert Wells (1596 - )

Notes

Office

Lifelong member of the Court of Magistrates.

Office

Lifelong member of the Court of Magistrates. in the new Connecticut Colony. Only person to hold all 4 high offices, governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary.

Office

He was the only person to hold all 4 high offices, governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary.