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About Thomas Welles
Thomas Welles is the only person in Connecticut's history to hold all four top offices: governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary. He was Commissioner of the United Colonies in 1649. Thomas Welles served a total of nineteen years in various Colony of Connecticut positions.In 1639, he was elected as the first treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, and from 1640 to 1649 served as the colony's secretary. In this capacity, he transcribed the Fundamental Orders into the official colony records on 14 January 1638, OS,. He was the magistrate during the first witch trials, the Hartford or Connecticut Witch Trials.
Everything about Thomas Welles →- Occupation
- colonial administrator, governor
- Position held
- colonial governor of Connecticut
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1590
- Died
- January 14, 1659