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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.273 W462c "History and Genealogy of the Wells Family. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Wells of Saybrook and Hebron, Connecticut, who had come from Dudley, Worcestershire, England in 1712. Supplementing: "The History and Genealogy of the Wells Family" by Philip L. Cobb, 1897"; compiled by John. L. Cobb, 1999, pp. 72-74:
"Elizabeth Wells, daughter of Edmund and Welthia Ann (Goodrich) W. of Cambridge, NY, born 13 Feb. 1774, possibly in Hebron, CT; she married ___, to Lewis Berry, apparently brother of Thomas and Sidney? of Fort Edward, Wash. Co., NY, John? and Polly? (Mrs. Maj. V'Fuyl), son of ___, born ___, NJ; supervisor: Cambridge, NY: 1799 and 1800; res. Cambridge and Salem, Wash. Co., NY; rem. to Whitestown (Whitesborough), Oneida Co., NY, where he kept a tavern and died there about 30 Apr. 1849; she died ___. Children Berry:
i. Gerrit Wendell, b 17 Jan. 1793, bapt. 31 Mar. 1793 at Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge Village, NY, m. ___; he d. ___, Mayville, Chautauqua Co., NY; she d. ___. No issue.
ii. Polly, "dau. of Lewis", b. 3 Feb. 1795, bapt. 28 June 1795 at Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge, NY.
iii. Wealthy Anne, "Welthy, dau. of Lewis", b. 26 Apr. 1797, bapt. 11 Aug. 1799, presented by Elizabeth Berry at Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge, NY; res. Whitestown, Oneida Co., where d. apparently 19 Sept. 1853 of ague and fever, ae. 44?
iv. Morris Miller, "2nd son of Lewis", b. 16 Dec. 1799, bapt. 23 Feb. 1800 at Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge, NY, m. ___, res. Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., NY.
v. Jane Heriot, "dau. of Lewis", b. 3 Apr. 1802, bapt. 19 Aug. 1802, on profession of Mrs. Berry at Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge, NY by J.D. (Wells?) 22 Aug. 1802, d. by 30 Jan. 1850.
vi. Cornelia, "dau. of Lewis", b. 18 May 1804, bapt. 19 Aug. 1804, at Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge, NY; res. Whitestown, NY family home
vii. Mary, b. ___, res. Whitestown, NY family home.
viii. Elizabeth, b. ___, m. ___, to O.L. Barbour of Saratoga Springs, NY, s. of ___, b. ___; he served Chancery and Supreme Courts, NY state; fam. res. Saratoga Springs, NY. Children Barbour, 5-6 reported.
ix. Frances Miriam, b. ___, m. ___ to Rev. ___ Whicker (sp.?), Episcopal clergyman, s. of ___; she was a writer, publisher of "Widow Bodett," for the "Magazine"; fam. res. Saratoga Springs, NY, where she d. 1838. Children Whicker... [Lists 2 children.]
x. Lewis T, b. ___; m. ___ to Emily A. Gardner, dau. of ___, b. ___; at one time he was a factory superintendent, in village near Whitestown, NY, by 1850 report, a whitewasher, etc.; he d.
and she m. 2nd, ___, to ___ Ives, s. of ___; children Berry, taking the IVES surname... [Lists 3 children.]
xi. Catharine, b. ___, res. Whitestown, NY family home.
xii. John, b. ___; reported "a genius, but intemperate", was a machinist; res. Whitestown, NY family home; d. June 1852.
Refer: A. Fitch's Notes for Hist. Wash. Co., NY (30 Jan. 1850): 839; "Records: Prot. Presby. Congr., Cambridge Village. Wash. Co., NY" by R.W. Vosburgh (1916): various pages; correspondence: Louise Peple Armstrong, 7660 Whittington Dr., Richmond, VA 23225: Feb. 15 and Apr. 21, 1995: letter of Rev. John D. Wells, Brooklyn, NY, 12 Mar. 1895 to "My dear Cousin", who had "copied the family record from an old bible printed in London in the year 1759, and found in the possession of Uncle Sidney Wells of Cambridge, NY"; "Sleeper News": 4: 4: 2 (Nov. 1996)."
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