This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4051.1.1.5.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Gov. Thomas WELLES was b. c 1790 in Stourton, Whichfort, Warwickshire, England. Thomas WELLES birth year was based on the year of his marriage and on his fathers birthyear according to Mrs.Donna H. Siemiatkoski. As to where Gov. Thomas WELLES was born the New England Historial and Genealogical Regester" (July 1926) Vol. 80 page 279-305. The name of the Article is: The English Ancestry of Gov. Thomas WELLES of Ct. Alice TOMES was the first wife of Thomas WELLES. They married in 1615 in Gloucestershire, England (this area is now Warwickshire. Thomas WELLES and his wife Alice TOMES spent the first 20 years of their married life in Burmington, England. As you search for in formation on Gov Thomas WELLES you will many errors as to his birth, who his wives were, and who his father was. Will photo copy some of the material if you want it. Caroline