- Thomas Welles married Alice Tomes soon after July 5, 1615 in Long Marston, Gloucestershire, and the couple had eight children (it is believed that 6 survived birth). On 5 Jul 1615, Thomas’ father and older brother deeded him property in Burmington, Warwickshire, in consideration for his upcoming marriage to Alice Tomes. This document established both the name of his wife and the name of his father and grandfather. This property was to be a jointure on behalf of Alice indicating that it would belong to her if she became a widow. It was purchased with her marriage portion.
Parish registers in the area are available from about 1582. The church there is dedicated to St. Nicholas and St. Barnabas and is located in the diocese of Coventry. It does not appear that Thomas Welles had his children baptized in this Parish, perhaps because of his Puritan persuasions. Another possibility is that the Burmington property was not their primary residence or that their children were baptized in a nearby parish where older records are not available. Thomas Welles and his wife probably converted to the Puritan faith about 1620.
Thomas Welles and Alice Tomes were to have six children born at their home in Burmington who survived birth. The exact dates of the births of each of their children is not known although it is believed that their first child and daughter Mary Welles was born in either 1617 or 1618, their second child Ann Welles was born in 1619, and their last child Sarah Welles was born around 1631. When the Welles family boarded the ship for America in the late summer of 1635 the parents were in their 40s and the children ranged in ages from 4 to 17 years old.
As oldest child, when Mary arrived in America she was probably about 17. She may have lived with her father in Hartford from about 1636 until it appears that she married Timothy Baldwin about 1642, perhaps 6 years after arriving in America, and perhaps 3 years after TImothy arrived. Mary may have been several years younger than Timothy, but unfortunately died shortly after the birth of her third daughter in Milford. She may have been only about 29 at the time of her death.
Thomas arrived in Boston prior to 9 June 1636, when his deed was witnessed. He perhaps lived at Newtown (now Cambridge), MA for a while, and was probably one of the group of about 100 to come to Hartford with Thomas Hooker in 1636. It is believed that he lived in Hartford for about 10 years, until he remarried and removed to Wethersfield.
Mary's husband Timothy Baldwin is mentioned in the book, The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1880, which can be found online here: https://archive.org/details/baldwingenealogy00bald. Unfortunately, this book contains many errors and should be used with caution. According to this source, several of Timothy's siblings emigrated to America and settled in Milford, Connecticut in 1639.
The family is also mentioned in some detail in Susan Woodruff Abbott's book, "Families of Early Milford, Connecticut" that can be found on ancestry.com (see page 27, 43, and 60). In general, settlers of Milford with the last name of Baldwin are discussed between pages 14 and 60 and span many generations. Timothy is mentioned in page 60, and says that he married by 1642 Mary Wells who was born ca 1618... daughter of Gov. Thomas and Alice (Tomes).
Timothy's will gave lands to his eldest daughter, Mary Smith, wife of Benjamin Smith, 50 pounds to his daughter Hannah Baldwin, 50 pounds to his daughter Sarah Buckingham, and the residue of his lands to his son Timothy Baldwin, as well as an ewe sheep to each of three grandchildren, and 4 pounds to, John Mappan, [his] wife's son. His second wife was sole executor. The inventory taken 6 Feb 1664/5 amounted to 529 pounds 18 shillings and 6 pence.
Mary and Timothy are both mentioned in the book, "Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, Volume 1, 2nd Edition," starting on page 203, which can be found online here: https://books.google.com/books?id=OSjwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=John+Mepham+of+guilford,+connecticut+and+wife+mary&source=bl&ots=nc3RY-NkXI&sig=pszQIY6lwZy7k7LyYhrpn_ZdpGU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QxGUVe7cLcmDsAXmv4OABw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=John%20Mepham%20of%20guilford%2C%20connecticut%20and%20wife%20mary&f=false. This book seems to be very well-written and sourced, and contains a lot of information about this family, including Mary's three daughters and their families.
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ca. 1618 - 1647 (29 år)
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