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1. The book "Old Cambridge (1788-1988) - A collection of historical essays and family histories commemorating the 200th anniversary of the forming of the Old Cambridge District, 1788," copy in the Village of Cambridge public library:
A. "Edmund Welles, d. 1805, b. Mary Howel of South Hampton, L.E. Eight ch. including Daniel. Edmund was captain in the old French War and was one of the original propietors of Cambridge Township. Moved from Hebron, Conn. in 1780 to Cambridge. Edmund was the only patentee out of more than fifty who became a settler."
B "Daniel Welles, b. 1754 in Hebron, Conn., m. Hannah Lathrope 2/15/1776. In 1779 he removed with his family to Cambridge and settled on the farm owned by Mr. Bovee. Here they lived for more than half a century and were blessed with a family of sixteen children."
2. 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. 9-12:
"Daniel Wells. Son of Edmund and Mary (HOWELL) W. of Hebron, CT and Cambridge, NY, b. 7 Nov. 1754, Hebron (Tolland Co.), vi. rec.: 2:255, CT. He married at Hebron, 15 Feb. 1776, to Hannah LOTHROP, dau.. of the Rev. Elijah and Silence (LEONARD) L. of Hebron, CT. The ceremony was performed by the bride's father. She was then not quite 17 years old having been born at Hebron 1 May 1759. Very soon after his marriage, Daniel enlisted in the Connecticut troops, and was sent to join the army under Gen. Washington then at New York. The records of the Pension Bureau (S6354 now in National Archives custody) at Washington D.C. show that he served 1 month and 18 days as a private and 6 months and 15 days as sergeant; a part of the time he served under Capt. Isham and Col Chester. For this service he made application for a pension 28 Aug 1832 and received this pension during the remainder of his life. The following obituary notice was published in the "Washington County Post," and afterwards reprinted in the "Cleveland Herald" (OH) of 27 May 1840 and probably written by his son Hamilton:
"Died in Cambridge on the 6th instant Captain Daniel Wells, aged 86, a soldier of the American Revolution and a pensioner by Act of Congress of June 7th 1832. He was a native of Hebron, CT and in March 1776 was married to Miss Hannah Lothrop, daughter of the Rev. Elijah Lothrop, pastor of the Congregational church in that place. In April following, being within a month of this eventful period, such was the ardor of that youthful patriotism which burned in the noble spirits of that age, that he enlisted as a soldier, left his young companion, and joined the army then stationed on Long Island...
In 1779 he moved his family, then consisting of his wife and two children: one and two years old, to Cambridge, NY where his father had a share of a thousand acres in the patent granted by King George. Here his wife Hannah died 8 Oct. 1829. From 1793 to 1796 and from 1801 to 1804, he was town supervisor. Shortly before he died, his grandson (Caius Cassius COBB), a boy of thirteen, who was soon to leave for the west to make his living, went to see him and bid him goodbye. Grandfather Wells was then an old man who loved to have his chair in just the same place by the fireside. Placing his hand on the boy's head he said "is it possible that the little Major is going to the Ohio?" It seemed a great journey to go to Cleveland (Ohio) then. He died at Cambridge 6 May 1840, much respected as a just and honest man (in the 86th year of his age, buried in the cemetery on the turnpike south of Cambridge Village, NY). Children of Daniel and Hannah (LOTHROP) Wells: [Book lists 16 children b. 1777-1785.]"
Refer: "Hist and Gen.: Wells Fam.," by Philip L. Cobb, Cleveland, OH 1897: 4-7, included in which is a Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Daniel and Hannah (Lothrop) Wells family; Notes for Hist.: Wash. Co., NY coll, by A. Fitch, as of Sept. 19, 1848 and Jan 30, 1850: 254:6; 841; "Cemetery Inscription Cambridge, NY," comp. P.L. and LB. Cobb 1913; photocopy of gen. data: Rev. War pens. applic.: Daniel Wells, CT, NY, S-6354, sergeant; "NY Gen. and Biogr. Rec.": 119:3:167 July 1988; U.S.G.S.: 15" and 7 1/2" quads.: Cambridge, NY area topo. maps; "Hist.: Wash Co., NY," Everts and Ensign 1878: Cambridge: 253, 256, 140; "Heads: Fams. 1790 NY State": Albany Co.: 18:1, 5, 3, -, -, "Introd. Hist. Resources: Wash Co.. NY," 1976, 1984: 24-5, 28-9, 113-4, 116-7; Wash Co., NY land records: liber H: 176-7: 13 Mar. 1799 Edmund Wells of Cambridge Esqr., to Daniel Wells of Cambridge, yeoman; consideration: 8 shillings: land in Cambridge: NW pt. of lot 6 of 2nd div., of Patent granted to Isaac Sawyer et. al.; est.: 110 acres; wit.: Samuel Pay, Joseph Gilbert, before Judge John Younglove: Court: Comm. Pleas, rec.: 3 Apr. 1806, 10 am.: liber H.: 178-9: 20 Sept. 1780, Sam'l Clark of Cambridge, yeoman: consideration 500 pounds sterling, land in Cambridge: so. pt. of2 lots: 4 and 9 of 1st div.; Dan'l Wells in possession, must pay quit rent; containing 100 acres; witnesses: Edmund Wells, John McClung, before Judge John Younglove; recorded 3 Apr. 1806; "Cambridge. NY Church Records.: Protestant Presbyterian and 1st United Presbyterian Congregational," comp. R.W. Vosburgh. Mrs. James Edson (Mary Elizabeth Houghton) Wells wrote me: there is a tradition that (orderly sergeant) Daniel Wells was the last man getting into the boat during Gen. George Washington's strategic crossings of the Delaware River at the Christmas holiday season 1776-7."
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: Hannah Lathrop Wells, d. 28 Oct 1829, Sec. B, lot 9, in her 71st y, wife of Daniel, nee Lathrop.
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