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| Evesham, England |
| In 1607, a 104 Englishmen dropped anchor in Jamestown, Virginia. There they met Pocahontas, from the Powhatan Indian Village. |
| First Settlers |
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| -Young- William Edwin Welles -above- b. 1792 in Kinderhook, N.Y. served in the Rev. War. His later yrs. -----------> |
| <---Benjamin Franklin Welles, b. 1756 in Stamford, CT, married Sarah Nelson. His Lineage is entitled to belong to the 'Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution. He was a Doctor in the American Revolution, acting surgeon's mate and Chaplain. |
| Nancy (Fitch) Bishop b.1785, married Clement Bishop II, b.1782, in New London, CT. The Bishops came to America Abt. 1679, from the Isle of Jersey, Great Britian and settled in New London, CT. -----> |
| <---Mary (Marshall) Bishop, b.1814, in Livonia, N.Y.,daughter of John Marshall, (his picture is on the next page), married George Bishop, b.1809, in Montville, CT., son of Clement and Nancy. Made their home in Marshall, Mich. They had 5 children, 2 died at birth. Marietta Bishop, my G.G. Grandmother, was born 1838. in Marshall, Mich. Below, to the right is her picture. V |
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| Edith Anna Louise Welles, b.1878 in Marshall Mich., was my G. Grandmother, who I knew very well. She married Clark Dickinson in 1904. The Dickinson Ancestry dates back to one of the earliest settlers in America. John Dickinson b.1602 in England and Elizabeth Howland b.1625 in Plymouth, Mass. Elizabeth's family came to America on the 'Mayflower. |
| Will Welles, my G. Uncle, was born 1875, married: Stella Murdock. They had one child, Marion. Will was the Postmaster of Marshall, Mich. |
| Minna Welles, my G. Aunt, was born 1875. She lost her love in the war and never married. She was a school teacher and truly cared for her students. |
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| Will Welles, Clark Dickinson, wife Edith ( Welles), Marietta (Bishop), Minna, John C. Welles (front) Don, Dorothy Dickinson and Marion Welles Dorothy Dickinson is my Grandmother, b.1907 in Marshall, Mich. She married Harold Donvin Davidson b. 1908 in Wellington, New Zealand. |
| B.R.) Hazel, Martha, Wesley, Mary, George, F.R.) Edna, Clark Lura Above is Dickinson family, Clark m. Edith A.L.Welles |
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| <----Marietta (Bishop), Dorothy (Dickinson), Edith (Welles), Joyce, b.1926 and JoAnn, b.1927 Davidson. JoAnn is my Mother. ----> 1 of 2 pictures of my Mother and her Sister with their Father. |
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| -Below- William Elwin Welles b. 1792 married Harriet Prentiss. b.1817 d.of Elder Prentiss & Martha Bridge |
| -Above- Henry Welles b. 1794, became the "Supreme Court Judge " of N.Y. He was a Sol. in the Rev.War. |
| - Below- William Prentiss Welles b. 1823 m. Stella the brother of John C. Welles |
| Bishoppe, Eleazer b. 1685 in the Channel Islands, came to America when he was 7 in 1692 , he was kidnapped by a captain of a British Ship and arrived in New London. Richard Dart, a tailor found favor with the boy and paid with a yoke and oxen, for his passage and took him into his family and raised him. Later Richard Dart's daughter Sarah and Eleazer Bishoppe married. Dickinson, John 1634 Fitch, Thomas 1635 on the 'Defence' Howland, John 1620 ' Mayflower' Lord, Thomas and family 1635 on the 'Elizabeth and Ann' Prentice, Thomas 1621 on the 'Fortune' Stanton, Thomas famous' Indian Interpreter' came Bef.1624 Welles, Thomas with his Mother Frances Albright came in 1638 Pottenger, John Aft. 1662 on the Marland Merchant Ship |
| Some who arrived in America from our family tree Names and Dates |