John Welch

John was born in 1797.¹   John's father was Osias Welch and his mother was Betsy Harcourt. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Keziah, Jesse, Richard, Sally and Mary (Polly). He had seven half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Jefferson R., George Washington, James A., William Rowland, Benjamine J., Isaac R., Thomas, Mahala, Malinda, Elizabeth and Sally.¹