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You can download the one-page flyer here.
Volume 1, 3rd Edition
By Barbara Jean Mathews
Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635, settling in Hartford in 1636 and moving to Wethersfield in 1646. He remains the only man to have held all four top executive positions in Connecticut government. An entailed property case involving their sale of land as they left Old England connects both Gov. Thomas Welles and his wife Alice (Tomes) Welles unequivocally to their origins and families in England.
Volume 1 covers the Welles and Tomes ancestries in England and the first four generations to live in New England. The first edition was completed in 1990 by Connecticut Valley genealogy specialist Donna Holt Siemiatkoski. The second edition corrects and expands the information in the first edition. The genealogy includes all descendants in both the male and female lines.
In the early seventeenth century, Connecticut Colony was founded and Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor were established along the Connecticut River. Dynamic Puritan churches were the center of these towns. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw the colony’s expansion as the population expanded to more towns along the river and to towns inland. Welles and his descendants played parts in two wars with Native American tribes, received a new colonial charter in 1662 from King Charles II and then protected it from an English governor in 1682, engaged in lively trade with England and the Caribbean, and fought in the French and Indian War, and a few participated in the Revolutionary War. They were among the founders of Yale and Williams colleges and served as legislators, judges, ministers, generals, sea captains, and homemakers.
This book follows descendants in both the male and female lines. It extensively covers family surnames Welles, Wells, Chester, Thompson, Hawkins, Judson, Shelton, Curtiss, Tomlinson, Botsford, and Bostwick. Towns of residence include Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield, Stratford, Fairfield, Shelton, Woodbury, Roxbury, Boston, and Wellesley.
The hardcover is $50.00. We are now offering a 20% discount on the hardcover if you order it through Lulu. This discounted price is $40.00. Taxes and shipping are extra.
By Barbara Jean Mathews
Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635, settling in Hartford in 1636 and moving to Wethersfield in 1646. He remains the only man to have held all four top executive positions in Connecticut government. An entailed property case involving their sale of land as they left Old England connects both Gov. Thomas Welles and his wife Alice (Tomes) Welles unequivocally to their origins and families in England.
Volume 1 covers the Welles and Tomes ancestries in England and the first four generations to live in New England. The first edition was completed in 1990 by Connecticut Valley genealogy specialist Donna Holt Siemiatkoski. The second edition corrects and expands the information in the first edition. The genealogy includes all descendants in both the male and female lines.
In the early seventeenth century, Connecticut Colony was founded and Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor were established along the Connecticut River. Dynamic Puritan churches were the center of these towns. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw the colony’s expansion as the population expanded to more towns along the river and to towns inland. Welles and his descendants played parts in two wars with Native American tribes, received a new colonial charter in 1662 from King Charles II and then protected it from an English governor in 1682, engaged in lively trade with England and the Caribbean, and fought in the French and Indian War, and a few participated in the Revolutionary War. They were among the founders of Yale and Williams colleges and served as legislators, judges, ministers, generals, sea captains, and homemakers.
This book follows descendants in both the male and female lines. It extensively covers family surnames Welles, Wells, Chester, Thompson, Hawkins, Judson, Shelton, Curtiss, Tomlinson, Botsford, and Bostwick. Towns of residence include Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield, Stratford, Fairfield, Shelton, Woodbury, Roxbury, Boston, and Wellesley.
The hardcover is $50.00. We are now offering a 20% discount on the hardcover if you order it through Lulu. This discounted price is $40.00. Taxes and shipping are extra.
Volume 2, Parts A and B
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The Welles Family Association presents in Volume 2 the fifth-generation descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles and his first wife, Alice Tomes, with the sixth generation as children. 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, sea captains, generals, judges, government leaders, college presidents, silversmiths, housewives, poets, ministers, deacons, and medical doctors. Some members of this generation moved out of the original settlements along the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound. They can be found in the hill towns of Connecticut, in Vermont, and upstate New York.
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.
Volume 2 is split across two bound books. The introduction and key to citations are found in Part A and the index in Part B. There are 1293 pages total in Volume 2.
Part A is listed at $45.00 and Part B at $49.00. With our 20% discount on Lulu, you pay only $36.00 and $39.20 for the complete Volume 2, for a total price of $75.20. Taxes and shipping are extra.
The fifth generation fought in the French & Indian, and Revolutionary Wars. It included farmers, sea captains, generals, judges, government leaders, college presidents, silversmiths, housewives, poets, ministers, deacons, and medical doctors. Some members of this generation moved out of the original settlements along the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound. They can be found in the hill towns of Connecticut, in Vermont, and upstate New York.
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.
Volume 2 is split across two bound books. The introduction and key to citations are found in Part A and the index in Part B. There are 1293 pages total in Volume 2.
Part A is listed at $45.00 and Part B at $49.00. With our 20% discount on Lulu, you pay only $36.00 and $39.20 for the complete Volume 2, for a total price of $75.20. Taxes and shipping are extra.
Volume 3, Parts A, B, and C
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Volume 3 covers the sixth generation of descendants as heads of household with the seventh generation as their children. The heart of this project began when Donna Holt Siemiatkoski published the Welles Family Association Research Papers from 1995 to 1997. However, funds were exhausted in publishing volumes 1 and 2.
Donna's papers covered descendants of the sons of Gov. Thomas Welles and his wife Alice Tomes from the second to seventh generations. Material from those papers covering descendants of the sons in the sixth generation with the seventh as children was placed into a new volume. The rest of the sixth generation was extended by volunteer research. The descendants of daughters Mary and Anne were compiled by Kathryn Smith Black and the descendants of daughter Sarah by Barbara Jean Mathews.
Each of these volumes has a different author. Each includes an index.
Volume 3, Part A, list price is $48.00; the Lulu discounted price is $36.00.
Volume 3, Part B, list price is $50.00; discounted on Lulu it is $37.50.
Volume 3, Part C, list price is $30.00; discounted on Lulu it is $22.50.
Donna's papers covered descendants of the sons of Gov. Thomas Welles and his wife Alice Tomes from the second to seventh generations. Material from those papers covering descendants of the sons in the sixth generation with the seventh as children was placed into a new volume. The rest of the sixth generation was extended by volunteer research. The descendants of daughters Mary and Anne were compiled by Kathryn Smith Black and the descendants of daughter Sarah by Barbara Jean Mathews.
Each of these volumes has a different author. Each includes an index.
Volume 3, Part A, list price is $48.00; the Lulu discounted price is $36.00.
Volume 3, Part B, list price is $50.00; discounted on Lulu it is $37.50.
Volume 3, Part C, list price is $30.00; discounted on Lulu it is $22.50.
Combined Index
Kathryn Smith Black produced a combined index to all volumes of the Welles genealogy. This book is a boon to researchers. It picks up the main treatments of each person as well as their appearances in the treatments of others.
This cover shows the family association meeting at Plimoth Plantation to celebrate the 400th anniversary of our common immigrant ancestors, Thomas and Alice (Tomes) Welles, who married 28 September 1615.
This work completes the Welles Family efforts of the past twenty years to bring to press a comprehensive and scholarly treatment of the first six generations in New England.
This cover shows the family association meeting at Plimoth Plantation to celebrate the 400th anniversary of our common immigrant ancestors, Thomas and Alice (Tomes) Welles, who married 28 September 1615.
This work completes the Welles Family efforts of the past twenty years to bring to press a comprehensive and scholarly treatment of the first six generations in New England.
The Books Are Also Available in Softcover
(Because Cousin Kevin Asked for Them!)
