The Life of Henry Welles, 1781–1833 In the small Connecticut town of Glastonbury, Henry Welles — son of George and Prudence (Talcott) Welles — was born. In 1799, his family moved to Tioga Point, Pennsylvania — a rugged and promising frontier on the northern branch of the Susquehanna River. It was wild country, full of disputed land claims and opportunity in equal measure. For Henry, it would become home. Tioga Point in those early years was not without hardship. Around 1813,