Joanne Biggs

Not a known wife of Robert Welles

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tomes-6

At the time of her father's death in 1602, Joan was unmarried. He made her a legatee, along with her sisters Ann and Alice. [1]

She married William Bigges on 24 July 1622 in the nearby village of Quinton, Gloucestershire. [2]

Origins

John Tomes and Ellen Gunne were married about 1586. Their children were born in Marston Sicca, Gloucestershire, which is now Long Marston, Warwickshire.

Children of Ellen Gunne and John Tomes:

1. Mary Tomes b abt 1588, m William Kecke
2. Anne Tomes b abt 1588, m Clement Bushell
3. Joan Tomes b abt 1592, m William Bigges
4. Alice Tomes b abt 1593 m Thomas Welles

References

• “The Descendents of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut, 1590-1658, and His Wife, Alice Tomes.” Donna L. Siemiatkoski. Gateway Press, 1990 - Connecticut GoogleBooks “Gov. 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, Conn. They had eight children. …”
• Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, Volume 1, 2nd Edition (2013) Barbara Jean Mathews. Page 167 - 170. GoogleBooks
• http://www.newenglandancestors.org Title: Ancestry of Alice Tomes, Wife of Gov Thomas Welles of Connecticut, Volume: 84, Page: 287-290 Abbrev: NEHGR: Ancestry of Alice (Tomes) Welles Author: Welles, Lemuel Aiken Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1930