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1. Mentioned in the book "Abstracts of Wills of Washington County, New York: 1788-1825," by Gertrude A. Barber: "Edmund Wells of Cambridge, dated 7 Jan 1800, probated 1 Jul 1805. Mentions:
Sons: John, Edmund, Daniel
Children of my daughter Molly, wife of Walter Raleigh.
Children of my daughter Sarah, wife of Joseph Peters, decd.
Executors: sons Edmund, Daniel, Austin, brother Joseph.
Witnesses: Lamhlin Wright, James Niles, Gerrit Wendell, signed 'X'."
2. The book "History of Washington County, New York," reprinted 1979 by Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, NY, copy in public library of Cambridge Village, Washington Co., NY, p. 255-256: Listed in various offices as follows:
a. May 1774: Edward [Edmund?] Wells, one of three road supervisors of the middle division.
b. May 1776: Joseph Wells, poundmaster; Phineas Whiteside, committee man.
c. Apr 1777: Edmund Wells, Jr., treasurer and town clerk; Joseph Wells, overseer of poor and road commissioner; Edmund Wells, overseer of roads; William Cooper, road commissioner.
d. 1783: "A pound was directed to be located on the east side of the road by Captain Edmnd Wells' house, Captain Joseph Wells to build it, and Captain Edmund Wells to be poundmaster. Stocks [for confining people?] were also voted. They were to be built by Joseph Wells near the pound.
e. Mar. 14, 1791: Edmund Wells, moderator of special meeting. Phineas Whiteside, appointed part of special committee dealing with Cambridge being annexed by Washington county.
g. 13 Feb 1813: "Austin Wells manumits his slave woman named Hannah."
3. The book "Old Cambridge District," 1941, by Amos DeLany Moscrip in behalf of DAR, pp. 39-40: "Lists Edmund and Joseph Wells as licensees to purchase part of the Cadwallader Colden Patent. Colden's patent for Cambridge dated 23 Jul 1761 is found in Vol. 13, of "Patents in the State Land Bureau," p. 395, and is addressed to George III, King of England. The author also notes that many of the grantees for this patent came from Hebron, Connecticut. Due to the continuance of the French and Indian War with great fluctuations in the economic life of the colonies, many subsequently transferred their rights to a small group of men including Edmund and Joseph Wells.
4. 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. 13-15:
"Joseph Wells. Third son of Thomas, "was born in Hebron, CT, 28 Aug. 1726, whence he removed about 1760 to Cambridge, NY, where he lived the remainder of his life, and died 6 Nov. 1819 age 95 years." He married in New London, CT, 17 May 1750 (Hebron vi. rec.: 1:55, CT) to Thankful SHAILER, daughter of Abel and Hannah (___) S. of Haddam, CT; she died 13 Sept. 1810 in Boston, MA (Shailer Gen.) in 84th yr both she and Joseph W were buried in the cemetery on the turnpike south of Cambridge village, NY. He had been captain and quartermaster in VanWoert's 16th regiment: Albany Co., NY militia during the American Revolution.
"In Cambridge in 1783, a pound was directed to be located on the east side of the road by Capt. Edmund Wells's house, Capt. Joseph Wells to build it, and Capt. Edmund Wells to be poundmaster". Stocks were also voted: "they were to be built by Capt. Joseph Wells near the pound. It is not told whether they were used to confine people" (Everts and Ensign: Hist. Washington Co., NY 1878).
He was called Deacon Joseph Wells, and he was a carpenter. Joseph and Thankful (SHAILER) Wells's children, all born in Hebron, CT: [Lists 13 children b. 1751-1771.]
References: "Hist. and Gen. Wells Fam.," by P.L. Cobb 1897: 1, 2, 3; Barbour mf.: CT vi rec.: Hebron, Bolton and Haddam; Mrs Damaris P. Reynolds 2928 NW 29th St., Corvallis, OR 97330 correspondence 24 June 1991, 11 June 1992 (DEWEY gen.); "Cem. Inscrip.: Cambridge,. NY," by P.L. and L.B. Cobb 1913; A. Fitch's Notes for Hist.: Wash. Co., NY: 842; "CT Nutmegger: 4: 4: 532-4; 12:4:706; Bailey's "CT Marr's": Hebron; Admon. estate: Joseph Wells of Cambridge NY 2 Feb 1826; bible record-page: Joseph Wells, (fr. Mrs. James Edson (Mary Elizabeth (Houghton) Wells, Munson Rd., 8243 U.S. Rt. 20, Westfield, NY 14787 Feb-Mar. 1995); Notes of the Rev. John Dunlap Wells, fr. Richard H. Jones, 339 Private Rd., E. Patchogue, LI., NY 11772, 18 Jan. 1996; Mrs. M. Sue Wells, 3400 Somerset Rd., London, KY 40741-9693."
[Note that book contains an image of "Family Record page apparently from Joseph Wells (1726-1819)" from "Mrs. James E. Wells Bible, 21 Feb. 1995.]
5. TAG 46:180-183: "The Wells (Welles) Family of Hebron, CT. and Cambridge, N.Y.," by John G. Hunt:
"Writing in September 1848, Dr. Asa Fitch, tireless biographer of Washington County, New York, recorded the account furnished him by Austin Wells of Cambridge, N.Y., at that time, as follows:
"Grandfather Thomas Wells came from Dudley in Worcestershire, England, to Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1712. He there married a Miss Merrill and had three children."
In 1898, however, there appeared a variant version, titled "A History of the Ancestors and Descendants of John Howell Welles." In that it was said that Thomas Welles, born at Dudley, England, in 1694, came to America in 1712, marrying Elizabeth Merrill at Saybrook, Conn.; died in 1760 at Hebron in the same colony, having had seven sons. See also Wm. H. Cutter, "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut" (1911), 4:1905...
As before noted, the accounts of the Wells family printed in 1898 and 1911 claimed that Thomas1 Wells, who died in 1760 at Hebron, Conn., had seven sons. On the other hand, his will, dated there in 1745 and proved there in June 1760, names wife Elizabeth and three sons only, Edmund, Thomas and Joseph. The question therefore arises as to whether this progenitor had lost four sons before drawing up his will in 1745, or whether he had given their portions before that date.
It is not practicable to list the numerous descendants of the last testator, for they are scattered far and wide. A fair list of the descendants of Joseph2 and of Edmund2 appears in the Asa Fitch Manuscript History of Washington County, N.Y., a copy of which is in the hands of the historian of said county. The family of Thomas2 Wells is discussed in J. R. Coles' "History of Tolland County, Conn." (New York 1888), 339..."
MARRIAGE:
1. The marriage had to occur before their son Timothy was born in 1756, which date is established per the following cemetery record per the book "Cemetery Records, the Town of Cambridge, Washington Co., NY," 2003, comp. by Historical Data Services, 14 Clark St., Glen Falls, NY, 12804, www. hdsgenealogy.com, copy available in the Cambridge public library. For Old Turnpike Cemetery, with over 50 Wells including: Timothy Wells, d. 18 Oct 1784, Sec. c, Row13, in his 28th year, son of Capt. Joseph and Thankfull.
BURIAL:
1. The book "Cemetery Records, the Town of Cambridge, Washington Co., NY," 2003, comp. by Historical Data Services, 14 Clark St., Glen Falls, NY, 12804, www. hdsgenealogy.com, copy available in the Cambridge public library. For Old Turnpike Cemetery, with over 50 Wells including: Joseph Wells, Dea., d. 6 Nov 1819, Sec. C, row 13, in his 95th y., m. Thankfull ___.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1726 - 1819 (93 years)