This was on Rootsweb.com CT message board James WELLS of Haddam 1698 Author: David Hoffman Date: 14 Oct 2000 12:00 PM GMT Surnames: WELLS, WELLES, SMITH, BRAINERD, SPENCER, ARNOLD, GATES A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Vol. 1 Hartford District 1635-1700, Charles William Mainwaring Wells, Capt. James sen. Haddam. Invt £422-19-06. Taken 5 January, 1697-8, by John Smith, Daniel X Brainerd and Timothy X Spencer. The children: James Welles, Thomas 15 years, Elizabeth Smith, Mary Arnold & Susannah Welles. Relict, Elizabeth Welles (?). Will dated 9 June, 1690. I James Welles sen. of Haddam, being employed in the Country Service, doe think it is my duty to set my worldly affairs in some Order. Item. It is my Will that my wife shall have my Homelott & House, and one of the 3-acre Lotts on the East side of the Great River, and my upper Lott in the Meadow, during her Widowhood; and if she marry again, then all to return to my son James. My son James shall have my Dwelling house & Homelott, and all the Land on the West side of the Great River, and all my Land in the Upper Meadow, & all my Rights on the Plaine on the East side of the Great River, he not claiming any right at Machamoodus. And my will is that my son Thomas Welles shall have my Cow Meadow Lott & all my rights at Machamoodus. My son James shall have all my Moveables of Stock and all other things not above disposed of, and he my son James to pay my daughter Elizabeth £10 besides what she hath already had. And to pay to my 2 daughters, Mary and Susannah Welles, when they come to age, £15 apiece. James X Welles Witness: George Gates, Thomas Gates Court Record page 4422 June 1698: The last Will & Testament of Capt. James Welles exhibited in Court, and Capt. George Gates made Oath that the Testator did in their presence sign and declare it to be his last Will. Accepted, proven, and ordered to be recorded. There being no Executor expressed by Will, this court grant Adms. to James Welles to perform the Will of the Deceased. Bonita \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Lurking ... Lady Bonita Arizona, USA
Off hand I have no clue who this was. The name James was not used in the Gov. Thomas Welles family until after this period. Given the date of death I would hazard a guess this chap was a immigrant himself. From Savage the following: "JAMES, Haddam, present. for freem. 1669, as Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 106 proves. He came 1650, as serv. to William Pincheon, to Springfield, P. hav. paid for his pass, and his will of 9 June 1694, then a capt. on milit. serv. names w. Elizabeth; s. James, b. 27 Nov. 1668; and Thomas; d. Elizabeth m. and Mary and Susan unm. He d. bef. 5 Jan. 1698. JAMES, Haddam, s. of the preced. m. Rebecca, d. of Joseph Selden of Lyme, had Rebecca, b. 1699; Susanna, 1701; Mary, 1703, d. young; James, 7 Jan. 1706; Joseph, 24 Mar. 1708; and Martha, 1701; was lieut. and d. 21 Dec. 1744. " I wonder why Savage thought it necessary to abbreviate so much? Looks like James came along around 1650. I am not familiar with this family but surely some of them have survived. At 10:05 PM 9/16/2006, you wrote: >This was on Rootsweb.com CT message board > >James WELLS of Haddam 1698 > Author: David Hoffman Date: 14 Oct 2000 12:00 PM GMT > Surnames: WELLS, WELLES, SMITH, BRAINERD, SPENCER, ARNOLD, GATES > >A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Vol. 1 Hartford District >1635-1700, Charles William Mainwaring > >Wells, Capt. James sen. Haddam. Invt £422-19-06. Taken 5 January, 1697-8, by >John Smith, Daniel X Brainerd and Timothy X Spencer. The children: James >Welles, Thomas 15 years, Elizabeth Smith, Mary Arnold & Susannah Welles. >Relict, Elizabeth Welles (?). Will dated 9 June, 1690. > >I James Welles sen. of Haddam, being employed in the Country Service, doe >think it is my duty to set my worldly affairs in some Order. Item. It is my >Will that my wife shall have my Homelott & House, and one of the 3-acre >Lotts on the East side of the Great River, and my upper Lott in the Meadow, >during her Widowhood; and if she marry again, then all to return to my son >James. My son James shall have my Dwelling house & Homelott, and all the >Land on the West side of the Great River, and all my Land in the Upper >Meadow, & all my Rights on the Plaine on the East side of the Great River, >he not claiming any right at Machamoodus. And my will is that my son Thomas >Welles shall have my Cow Meadow Lott & all my rights at Machamoodus. My son >James shall have all my Moveables of Stock and all other things not above >disposed of, and he my son James to pay my daughter Elizabeth £10 besides >what she hath already had. And to pay to my 2 daughters, Mary and Susannah >Welles, when they come to age, £15 apiece. > >James X Welles > >Witness: George Gates, Thomas Gates > >Court Record page 4422 June 1698: The last Will & Testament of Capt. James >Welles exhibited in Court, and Capt. George Gates made Oath that the >Testator did in their presence sign and declare it to be his last Will. >Accepted, proven, and ordered to be recorded. There being no Executor >expressed by Will, this court grant Adms. to James Welles to perform the >Will of the Deceased. > > >Bonita > \\\|/// > \\ ~ ~ // > ( @ @ ) > ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Lurking ... > >Lady Bonita >Arizona, USA > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >email to WELLS-request@rootsweb.com with the >word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >subject and the body of the message Orin R. Wells Wells Family Research Association P. O. Box 5427 Kent, Washington 98064-5427 <OrinWells@wells.org> http://www.wells.org Subscribe to the "Wells-L" list on RootsWeb