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1. FHL book 929.273 W462C "History and Genealogy of the Wells Family," compiled by John L. Cobb, 1999, supplementing "The History and Genealogy of the Wells Family" by Philip L. Cobb, 1897. Pp. 71-72, references given as: I.G.I. NY state: Wells, as of Apr 1988 and Mar 1992, CT: Wells et al.: 'Cem. Inscrip. from Cambridge, NY,' copied by P.L. and L.B. cobb 1913; Wash Co., NY deeds: CC: 13, 30 Aug. 1830, rec. 31 Aug 1831; Asa Fitch's Notes for a Wash Co., NY Hist.: re Wells: 839; Administration: Edmund Henry Wells of Cambridge, NY: 2 Jan 1815, by wid. Hepzibah: 2: 67; 'American Genealogist'; vol. 46, July 1970: 181-2: 'The Wells Fam. of Hebron, CT, and Cambridge, NY' by John G. Hunt, 821 No. Jackson St., Arlington, VA 22201 (Capt. Wm. C. Ball, USN (ret.) of Anaheim, CA. Text:
"Edmund Henry Wells, son of Edmund and Welthia Ann (Goodrich) W. of Cambridge, NY, born about 1770, probably in Hebron, CT; he married (1791), to Hepzipah Buel, daughter of Ichabod and Hepzibah (Dewey) B. of Hebron, CT, born about 1771, she received into communion of the Prot. Presby. Church of Cambridge, NY, 17 Oct. 1809; family resided in Cambridge, NY, where he died 2 Apr 1813 in 42nd year, of 'spotted fever' or 'the epidemic'; she died 15 Dec 1819 in 48th year, and both buried in the cemetery on the Turnpike, south of the village of Cambridge, Wash. Co., NY. Children all born Cambridge, Wash. Co, NY, order undetermined:
a. Edmund, b. 26 Mar 1792, at Cambridge, NY, bapt. 8 Sept 1792 at the Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge; m. 1st (?) ____ to ?Louisa Livingston, dau. of William and ___ L. of Cambridge, NY, 1808-1839; he m. 2nd (?), 27 Sep 1814 at Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge, by Rev. John Dunlap, to Ann or Abiah Cooper, dau. of John and ___ C.; Edmund was a wagon master, constable in White Creek, NY (1850 Cen.); fam. res. removed to Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY. Children (7 reported): Henry (b. guess ca. 1830; d. before 30 Jan 1850, Quincy, IL [?]), John, Harriet, George, Amy, Unknown, and unknown.
b. Wealthy Ann, b. 25 Jan 1794, bapt. 13 Apr 1794 Prot. Presby Church, Cambridge, rec'd into comm. there ___ 1813 by Rev. John Dunlap; she m. 1 May 1815 at Cambridge, to Samuel Cooper, s. of John and ___C. of Eagle Bridge (on Hoosic River), White Cr., NY; b. ___; fam. rem. with brother Edmund W. to Chautaugua Co., NY and later, 1848, Burton (E. of Quincy), Adams Co., IL, where he died of fever. Several children Cooper: W.B., b. ___; in 1847 at Saltillo, Mexico, having enl. 1846 in Adams Co., IL (letter: 1847 to Uncle James about Texas and Mexico).
c. James, b. ___; shoemaker, m. ___: to ___, fam. moved to Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY where he died, children 2-3 reported.
d. Pamilla, Priscella (?), b. ___; m. 17 June 1803? to ___Dickeson, Dickinson? Fam. rem. Busti, Chautq. Co., NY, children 3-4 reported.
e. Elizabeth, b. ___; m. ____; to ___; to Ransom Curtis of Busti, NY, fam. res. Ashville, Chautq. Co., NY, children 2-3 reported.
f. Sidney, b. ca. 1810; m. 7 Apr 1835 at 2nd Ref. Dutch Ch., Albany, NY to Mrs. Sarah Thayer; res. with Austin Wells many years, then with Edmund Wells, then at Albany, NY and died ca. 1849 in CA, children 2 boys reported.
g. Solomon, b. 18 Sep 1811, bapt. 4 Nov 1811 Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge; m. ____ to ____, res. Chautq. Co., NY then MauChunk, PA; he died Quincy, IL. Children 3-4 reported.
h. Miriam Henry, b. 18 Sep 1811 (twin of above); bapt. 4 Nov 1811 Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge,; apparently died young.
i. Harriet, b. ___; m. ___; to William Slayton of Harmony, Chautq. Co., NY fam. res. Harmony, NY, children Slayton."
2. TAG 46:180-183: "The Wells (Welles) Family of Hebron, CT. and Cambridge, N.Y.," by John G. Hunt:
"...Edmund Henry4 Wells, born about 1771, died at Cambridge, N.Y., "of the spotted fever" in 1813; by his wife, who was also his kinswoman, Hepzibah (daughter of that Ichabod Buell named at p. 131 of cited Bradford Genealogy), he left these Wells Children:
i. Edmund5, b. Ca. 1791, Cambridge, N.Y.; living 1850 at Harmony, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; had issue.
ii. Wealthy, m. John Cooper and was living 1848 at Burton, Ill. Their son, W. B. Cooper, was in 1847 at Saltillo, Mexico, having been enlisted in Adams County, Ill., in the preceding year. He gives his impressions of Texas and part of Mexico in a letter dated in 1847, addressed to his uncle, James5 Wells, whose descendant, Capt. William C. Ball, USN (ret.), of Anaheim, Call has made the information available.
iii. James, in 1850 of Harmony, N.Y.; had issue.
iv. Priscilla, m. ___ Dickinson of Busti, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; had issue.
v. Elizabeth, m. Ransom Curtis of Busti; had issue
vi. Sidney, d. in California, leaving two sons in Albany, N.Y.
vii. Solomon, d. at Quincy, Ill., leaving issue.
viii. Harriet, m. William Slayton of Harmony; issue."
3. Website "1800s Antislavery Activist" http://ugrr.orbitist.com/content/curtis accessed 5 Nov 2016 (includes photo of farm in Busti):
"One source says that Ransom B. Curtis was born on 20 August 1803 in Genesee NY, and another says Peru MA. His parents were Comfort and Priscilla A. (Whitney) Curtis. Comfort Curtis is listed in the 1800 Census of Peru but in Warsaw, Genesee County NY in the 1810 Census, where he remained until his death in 1831. Ransom Curtis married Elizabeth (Betsey) Wells. According to Young's History of Chautauqua County, p.228, Ransom Curtis contracted for or bought on Lot 39 in Busti in September 1822. Their son Sidney was born there in April 1829. Ransom Curtis' role as a conductor on the UGRR was described in a talk given by Eleazar Green at the Busti NY Centennial celebration on 18 August 1923. The talk was reprinted Emma by Gourdey, et al, in the Busti Centennial Booklet, 1923. Green described what he saw as a very young child when his father, also Eleazar Green, and their neighbor, Ransom Curtis, hid runaway slaves and then transported them on to the next station. The censuses for 1850 and 1855 show the Ransom Curtis and Eleazar Green families as close neighbors in Busti. The 1854 wall map locates R. Curtis on Lot 39 on the east side of a road with "Green & Co." across the road. Ransom Curtis died in Sugar Grove PA on 16 April 1876."
BIRTH:
1. Calculated from age of 47 y. 8 mo. given with burial. Death date was 12 Feb 1852. Source: Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17082162 accessed 5 Nov 2016.
MARRIAGE:
1. Per citation above: Ranson Curtis of Busti, NY.
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