Thomas (Gov.) Wells

Abt 1590 - Aft 1659  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Thomas (Gov.) Wells  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1590
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 14 Jan 1659  [1]
  Notes	Gov Thomas Welles - In 1646 Thomas married Elizabeth Foote, widow of Nathaniel Foote who died in Wethersfield in 1643, and sister of Joseph Deming of Wethersfield. She was unwilling to leave the homestead of many acres she was managing after her husband's death. As a result, one of the highest officers in the colony left his home in the center of Hartford and moved to Wethersfield with his younger children, Samuel and Sarah who were raised with her younger children Frances, Sarah, and Rebecca. Thomas wrote his will on 7 Nov 1659. He seemed to be in good health on the evening of 14 Jan 1659/60, being well after supper, but dead by midnight. His will left his wife the use of half his housing and orchard, with her own land to be returned to her. His own land and house went to his grandson Robert, the only child of his oldest son to live in Wethersfield. He left land to sons Samuel and Thomas, and to Thomas son of the deceased son John, 20 pounds to Thomas, Samuel, Mary's children, Anne, Sarah, and 10 pounds to Mary Robbins' children. Elizabeth lived another 22 years, leaving her estate to her children and grandchildren by Nathaniel Foote. Source http://www.langeonline.com/ and the article "The Descendents of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, of Connecticut 1590-1658, By Donna Holt Siemiatkoski, Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland 1990 pp 11-13 http://www.footefamily.org/elizno1.htm
  Person ID	I21288	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Deming,   b. 4 Oct 1595, Essex, England d. 28 Jul 1683, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1646  [1]
  Family ID	F7529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] Foote Family Association of America http://footefamily.org.