Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French: 1639-1785.-v. 2. 1785-1913


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Thomas French (1639-1699), a Quaker, married twice and immigrated from England to Burlington County, New Jersey in 1677. He held various political offices in the colony, including Deputy Governor and then Governor of New Jersey. Descendants and relatives lived in New Jersey, New England, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and elsewhere. Includes some family history and genealogy of ancestors in England to about 1066 A.D.






















The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and his Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 1, 3rd Edition


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Thomas Welles (ca. 1590-1660), son of Robert and Alice Welles, was born in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England, and died in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He married (1) Alice Tomes (b. before 1593), daughter of John Tomes and Ellen (Gunne) Phelps, 1615 in Long Marston, Gloucestershire. She was born in Long Marston, and died before 1646 in Hartford, Connecticut. They had eight children. He married (2) Elizabeth (Deming) Foote (ca. 1595-1683) ca. 1646. She was the widow of Nathaniel Foote and the sister of John Deming. She had seven children from her previous marriage.