Descendants of EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET King of England
 Sixth Generation 
20. * Governer Thomas WELLES (* Robert WELLES5, * Thomas WELLES4, * Robert DE WELLES3, * Cicely PLANTAGENET of York, Viscountess Welles2, Edward IV King of England1) was born in 1580 in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England1 and died on January 14, 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA1 aged 79.
All six children of Thomas and Alice were born in England and traveled with their parents on the "Susan and Ellen" to America in 1635. He owned a share of the Hilton Lands in New Hampshire. He went from Boston, to Saybrook, Connecticut and finally settled in Hartford in 1637. He was magistrate and treasurer of the Colony; Secretary and Commissioner of the United Colonies; elected Governer in 1655 and 1658; and was deputy Governer for several years. He removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1646 and owned land on which part of the Connecticut State Prison now stands. Governer Welles died suddenly January 14, 1659, "being very well at supper and dead before midnight". It is assumed that Thomas Welles was buried in Wethersfield but was later removed to the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford where the actual spot of interment has been lost. His name is recorded there on the Founders' Monument at First Church, Hartford.
More About GOVERNER THOMAS WELLES: Fact 1: Served as Assistant on Panel of Magistrates in Hartford. Fact 2: As Secretary wrote into legislative record the Fundemental Orders of CT. Fact 3: 4th Colonial Governer of Connecticut. Fact 4: Served as Deputy Governer at time of death.
Marriage Notes for THOMAS WELLES and ALICE TOMES: They came under the influence of a Puritan minister in England and decided to give up their landed gentry status and make the dangerous crossing to the New World. Their children ranged in age from 2 to 17. The first came to Cambridge and made the trek to Hartford with the party of the Reverand Thomas Hooker. They lived the next 11 years there until Alice's death.
Notes for 2nd wife, ELIZABETH DEMING: This family was originally French, with the name spelled "De Ming". They were Huguenots, who after the massacre of St. Bartholomew, dropped the capital "M" and wrote the name "Deming". They may have been among the adherents of the Reformation who went to Holland.
Marriage Notes for THOMAS WELLES and ELIZABETH DEMING: When he married Elizabeth (widow of Nathaniel Foote and sister of John Deming, both founders of Wethersfield, CT) they moved to Wethersfield to help oversee the estate of her late husband.
Source: WFT vol 30, Tree # 1131
Thomas married Alice TOMES, daughter of John TOMES and Ellen GUNNE, on July 5, 1615 in Long Marston, , Gloucestershire, England.1 Alice was born in 1592 in Long Marston, , Gloucestershire, England1 and died in 1640 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA1 aged 48.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 21 M i. * John WELLS was born in 1622 in Birdington, , Warwickshire, England1 and died in 1659 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA1 aged 37.
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