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William Wells

Male Abt 1732 - 1779  (~ 47 years)


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  • Name William Wells 
    Born Abt 1732  Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Mar 1779  Johnstown, Fulton (now Montgomery), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3181  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Thomas Wells,   b. Abt 10/10 Jan 1694/5, of Dudley, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1760, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Merrill,   b. 13 Dec 1686, Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1770, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 13 May 1720  Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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, p. 17:
      "William Wells. Sixth son of Thomas, "was born about 1732, whence he removed about 1763, to Johnstown, Fulton, (Tryon or Albany, renamed Montgomery 1784) county 1838, NY, lived there and there he died: 22 Mar. 1779"); he had Revolutionary War service: enlisted 12 Mar. 1777, private in 5th Company, NY Line; marriage to ___ . Child: William, b. about 1756, possibly he married 23 Apr. 1785 at ___, to Abigail STARR, dau. of ___.
      References: "Hist. and Gen.: Wells Fam.," by P.L. Cobb 1897:4; Mrs. James Edson (Mary Elizabeth Houghton) Wells, Munson Rd., 8243 U.S. Rt. 20, Westfield, NY 14787. Feb. 21 and Mar. 21, 1995."