Noah Welles
Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Sarah Sally Jones ← Russell Jones ← Nathan Jones ← Hannah Welles ← Noah Welles
In brief
Born July 26, 1666 in New London, Connecticut. He died 1712 in Colchester, Connecticut.
Family
Children
- Samuel Wellsb. Abt. 1704
- Hannah Welles · in this linem. Isaac Jones, July 11, 1717, in Colchester, Connecticut
- Noah Wells
- John Wells
- Jonathan Wells
- Mary Wellsm. ____ Lester
- Sarah Wellsm. ____ Foot
Life story
A Colchester Militia Officer
Noah Welles was born July 26, 1666, and served as an ensign and later lieutenant in New London, Connecticut's trained militia band before settling in Colchester, Connecticut, where he was a prominent figure in church and town affairs. He died in 1712, leaving a substantial estate of over 400 pounds — including a dwelling house, 300 acres of land, livestock, and household goods — which was divided among his widow, Mary, his four sons, and three daughters.
Sources (2)
- Nathan Henry Jones, The Ancestors of My Daughters (Poultney, Vermont: Nathan Henry Jones, 1914).
- Hartford District, Connecticut, “Probate Packets, Wells, Jennett–Wells, Samuel, 1641-1880,” 883-893, estate of Noah Wells, 1712; images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627901_00883 : accessed 18 August 2026), Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.