Wells, Hugh

Hugh WELLS (1590 - 1645) and Frances BELCHER (1598 - 1678)

my 10-grandparents

Hugh WELLS was born about 1590 in Colchester, Essex, England, and married about 1619 to Frances BELCHER, born about 1598. Hugh died about 1645, and Frances died in Mar 1678. Their 4 children were born in Colchester, including Thomas WELLS, my 9g-grandfather.

U.S. and International Marriage Records
Name: Hugh Welles
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1590
Spouse Name: Frances Belcher
Spouse Birth Year: 1598
Marriage Year: 1619

1844 map of Essex County, England has London in the lower left corner and Colchester in the upper right.

The family came to New England in 1635, in the Globe, along with Hugh's younger brothers, Richard and Joseph. They landed in Boston, and went to Hartford, CT, the next year, and Hugh settled his family in Wethersfield, CT.

After her husband died, Frances married Thomas COLEMAN, and removed from Wethersfield, CT to Hadley, MA about 1659. They had 1 child.

1 Frances BELCHER b: 1598 in England, d: 1678

+ Hugh WELLS b: 1590 in Colchester m: 1619 in England, d: 1645 in Wethersfield
......2 Hugh WELLS Jr b: 1625 in Colchester, d: 22 Dec 1678
......2 Mary WELLS b: 1626 in Colchester, d: 03 Jul 1700 in Hartford
...... + Jonathan GILBERT b: 1618, m: 1650, d: 10 Dec 1682 ; Inn-keeper at Hartford
......2 John WELLS b: 1628 in Colchester, d: 18 Oct 1692
......2 Jonathan WELLS b: 1622 in Colchester
......2 Thomas WELLS b: 1620 in Colchester, d: Bet. 30 Sep–14 Dec 1676 in Hadley
...... + Mary BEARDSLEY b: 1631, m: May 1651, d: 20 Sep 1691

+ Thomas COLEMAN
......2 Deborah COLEMAN
...... + Daniel GUNN