Thomas Welch was christened on the 18th of October 1805 in Bawtry Parish Nottingham and Yorkshire to Edward Welch, iron monger, and his wife Sarah Matthews Welch. Thomas married Mary Maria (Linley)Lindley about 1834 in England. Thomas and Mary Maria immigrated to Canada before 1843 and settled in Clarke Township, Durham near Newtonville. It was stated that Thomas and Mary had 14 children and 10 are known, George married Julia A. Mahurim? 3? children; Thomas married Mary Varcoe; Edward married Sarah Jane Wilson 11 children; Francis Frank M married Maggie had 1 daughter; Ann Jane married William Henry Love had 6 children; Mary Ann married twice at least one child with Robert Baldwin; Harriet married John W Britton had 7 children died in Vancouver; Elizabeth married Richard Boundy had 2 step children, 1 adopted daughter and one son; Albert married Margaret Lorinda Greer had three children; and Maria married George Albert Reid had 3 children, died in Vancouver.

Thomas parents would both likely be buried in Bawtry Parish, Nottinghamshire - Yorkshire.
Edward Welch, iron monger of Bawtry. Born about 1769. Edward married 17th May 1789 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, Sarah Matthews b22 June 1771 in Ranskill, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Edward died December 1812 in Bawtry, Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire. Edward and Sarah had at least nine children all Christened in Bawtry, George b31 Jan 1790 draper of Hatfield married Ann Greenwood 6 children; Elizabeth bJuly 1791 married James Millson in Bawtry; Mary 1793-1794; Edward 1795-1796; Sarah Matthews Welch b1 Mar 1799 d1885 married John Clayton Greenwood, Landed Proprietor of Kirkby Cum Osgodby, Lincolnshire 8 children; Mary Ann 1801-1805; John b15 Aug 1803 married 1839 in Warwick Emma Bushill immigrated to Ontario, Canada before 1861 8 children; Thomas b13 Oct 1805-1885 married about 1836 in England Mary Maria Linley (Lindley) daughter of Thomas Linley and Mary Briggs b5 July 1813 Blyth, Nottinghamshire d16 Oct 1897 immigrated to Ontario, Canada before 1843 14 children; Mary Ann b1808.