John Fitch

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

John FITCH (1712 – 1742) was Alex’s 7th great grandfather, one of 256 in this generation of the Miner line.

John Fitch was born on  7 Jan 1712 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.  His parents were Capt. Nathaniel FITCH and Anne ABELL.  He married Hannah SCOTT on 5 Nov 1734 in Lebanon, CT.  John died on 7 Jan 1742 in Lebanon CT.

Hannah Scott was born  about 1721. Her parents were John SCOTT Jr. and Elizabeth WANTON. However, OneWorldTree at Ancestry.com says that her parents were Benjamin Scott, born 1686. and Mary [__?__]  born 1689.    However, that is the only information about the proposed parents they provide.

Children of John and Hannah:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Anne Fitch 6 Oct 1735
Lebanon, CT		 Elijah Lamphere
1758		 1806
2. Hannah Fitch 15 June 1737
Lebanon, CT		 Nathaniel Winslow?
9 Apr 1753
Salisbury, Litchfield, CT		 Fall from a horse
1 Aug 1806
Williston, Chitteden, VT ‎
3. Benjamin Fitch 26 Jan 1739
Lebanon, New London, CT
4. Tryphena Fitch 10 Aug 1740 Samuel Minard
1759
5. Azuba (Azubah) FITCH 7 Apr 1742 in Lebanon, CT. Oliver WELLS
7 Feb 1760 Norwich-Bozra, CT		 26 Aug 1814 Colchester, CT

Children

1. Anne Fitch

Anne’s husband Elijah Lanphere (Lanfere) was born 23 Aug 1744 Norwich, New London CT. His parents were John Lanphere and Bethia Richards.  Elijah died 15 Sep 1828 Hamilton, Madison NY.

Children of Anne and Elijah:

i Fitch Lamphere (1761 – 1761/1851)

ii. Samuel Lamphere (1767 – 1859

iii. George Lamphere (1773 – 1863

2. Hannah Fitch

Hannah’s husband Nathaniel Winslow was born 22 Apr 1730 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  His parents were John Winslow and Bethiah Andrews. Nathaniel died 6 Jan 1778 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT.

According to the history of the Kellogg family in Connecticut, Hannah was the “daughter of Rev. Mr. Fitch of Coventry, CT” and was “instantly killed from a fall while mounting a horse” in Aug. 1806 in Williston, Vermont.

Children of Hannah and Nathaniel

i. Lemuel Winslow b. 1 Apr 1755 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. Aug 1828 in Williston, Chittenden, Vermont

ii. Hannah Winslow b. 14 Feb 1757 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. 28 May 1802 in Williston, Chittenden, Vermont

iii. Bethia Winslow b. 31 Dec 1759 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. 2 Jun 1820

iv. Nathaniel Winslow b. 9 APR 1761 in Salisbury, Litchfield County, CT; d. 30 APR 1831; m. Joanna Kellogg. She was born 4 JUL 1766 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, and died 15 MAR 1784.

Nathaniel Winslow Jr.- Thomas Chittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vermont

v. Mercy Winslow b. 16 Mar 1763 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. 1840

vi. Lovina Winslow b. 4 May 1765 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and died 28 SEP 1832. She married Nathan Allen May 1788.

Lovine Allen – Thomas Chittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vermont

vii. John Winslow b. 4 May 1767 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. 30 Nov 1852

viii. Jonathan Winslow b. 7 Jun 1769 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co, CT;  d. 5 Oct 1838 in Farmersville, Cattaraugus Co, NY. m. Polly Spoor ABT 1792 in Williston, Chittenden Co, Vermont, daughter of  Nicholas Spoor and Zilpah Cleveland. Her parents were NOT John Spoor and Lydia [__?__]. She was born 24 Mar 1768 in Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut, and died 18 APR 1848 in Jackson Grove, Illinois.

ix. Jared Winslow b. 9 Jun 1771 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. 2 Nov 1852 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois m. m. Lydia Spoor daughter of  Nicholas Spoor and Zilpah Cleveland. Her parents were NOT John Spoor and Lydia [__?__].

x. Charity Winslow b. 14 Dec 1774 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. 1846

xi. Rhoda Winslow b. 7 May 1777 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; d. 16 Jun 1862

4. Tryphena Fitch

Tryphena’s husband Samuel Minard was born about 1735.

Tryphena (Fitch) Minard filed for divorce 17 Aug. 1778 in Colchester against her husband Samuel Minard saying that Samuel had a child (gender not given) with Alice Dodge, a single woman of Colchester. It infers the child was born about Feb. 1778. Who was Alice? Did she and Samuel ever marry? Samuel Minard was not found again after this date. Did he change his name?

5. Azuba (Azubah) FITCH (See Oliver WELLS‘ page)

Sources:

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell/fitch.html

http://wingetgenealogy.com/tree/family.php?famid=F13831&show_full=1

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=25486064

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Nathaniel Wells

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Nathaniel WELLS Sr. (1600 – 1681) was Alex’s 10th great grandfather, one of 1,028 in this generation of the Miner line.

Nathaniel Wells – Coat of Arms

Nathaniel Wells was born 29 Oct 1600 in Colchester, Essex, England. He was baptized 8 Feb 1601,  St Albans Abbey, Hertsford, England.  His parents were Thomas WELLS (1566 – 1620) and Ann Elizabeth HUNT Kemball (1568 – 1646).  He bragged that he owned many and valuable shipyards in Colchester, as well as a large hotel. During the religious persecution in 1629, he is said to have made some remarks in favor of the Puritan feeling, and was forced to flee from the country.

Colchester, Essex, England

Nathaniel arrived at Boston, Mass., in 1629.  His nephew Nathaniel Wells married Lydia Thurley.  He took the freeman’s oath in Boston, 2 Nov 1637.  In 1639 or 1640 he removed to Rhode Island. He settled near the present town of Westerly, founding the town which he named Wellstown on about four hundred acres of land purchased from the Narragansett Indians, and lived there the remainder of his life.” Now Wellstown is a road in Hopkinton and Ashaway Rhode Island.  Nathaniel died in 1681 Wellstown, Washington County,  Rhode Island.

Some researchers cast doubt on the existence of this Nathaniel Wells and say that Thomas was the original immigrant.  However there is a present day Wellstown in Ashaway, RI 02804, a couple miles north of Westerly and less than a mile from the Connecticut state line.  Here is a Google Maps Street View Street View of Wellstown Road. No town today, the road runs through the woods for about a mile.

Children of Nathaniel :

Name Born Married Departed
1. Thomas WELLS c. 1626 Colchester, Essex, England Naomi MARSHALL
12 Feb 1655 Boston, Mass		 12 Feb 1700 Hopkinton, Rhode Island
2. John Wells c. 1630 Colchester, Essex, England Mary Greenleaf (Daughter of our ancestor Edmund GREENLEAF)
5 Mar 1669
Newburyport, Mass		 Boston, Mass
3. Nathaniel Wells 1632
Salem, Mass
4. Edward Wells 1635
Salem, Mass
5. Naomi Wells c. 1637
Naumkaeg (Salem), Mass		 1688
Salem, Mass

Our Wells ancestors, original immigrant Nathaniel, son Thomas, and grandson Joseph and were all ship builders

Nathaniel Wells, the immigrant ancestor, born about 1600, came from Colchester, England, where he owned many and valuable shipyards, as well as a large hotel. During the religious persecution in 1629, he is said to have made some remarks in favor of the Puritan feeling, and was forced to flee from the country. He arrived at Boston. Massachusetts, in 1629. He took the freeman’s oath in Boston, November 2. 1637. In 1639 or 1640 he removed to Rhode Island. He settled near the present town of Westerly, founding the town which he named Wellstown on about four hundred acres of land purchased from the Narragansett Indians, and lived there the remainder of his life. Nathaniel’s brothers were Hugh, of Hartford, Joseph, of Boston. Deacon Thomas, of Ipswich. George and William, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and Deacon Richard, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, all of whom came over between 1630 and 1635. Children: our ancestor Thomas,  John, born in Colchester, about 1630; Naomi, born in Salem or Ipswich, 1637

Children

1. Thomas WELLS (See his page)

2. John Wells

John’s wife Mary Greenleaf was born 16 Dec 1633 in Newbury, Mass.  Her parents were our ancestors Edmund GREENLEAF and Sarah MOORE.

John was a ship’s carpenter.

Children of John and Mary:

i. Mary Wells b. 16 DEC 1669 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA; d. 2 FEB 1670/71 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA

ii. John Wells b. 20 AUG 1671 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA

iii. Mary Wells b. 12 FEB 1672/73 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA

iv. William Wells b. 15 JAN 1674/75 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA

Sources:

[Wells3 253] Nathaniel Wells had 6 brothers  who came to America settling in various parts of New England: Hugh 1590, Joseph c1595, William c1598, Thomas 1605, Richard 1609, and George 1611.

[TorreyCD] WELLS, Nathaniel (-1681, 1682) & Lydia THURLEY/THURLO, m/2 Nathaniel EMERSON; 29 Oct 1661; Ipswich {Reg. 4:12; Wells (#2) 1; Wells (#4) 48; Wells (#5) 9; Wells (#10) 154; Wells (#12) 9; Hammatt: Ipswich 403; Dodge Anc. (1896) 24; Snow-Estes 1:131}

[Wells 142] Brother of Deacon Thomas Welles of Ipswich and Richard Wells of Salisbury. Emigrated to America in 1629 and landed at either Salem or Boston. Freemans oath, Boston, 2 November 1637

[NEGRH 3:95] Moved to Rhode Island c 1640: settlement in the wilderness of a track of over 400 acres purchased of the Narragnasett Indians (near Wickford) and called the place Wellstown. Tradition has it that NW was the owner and proprietor of extensive shipyards in Colchester and which he stated to have been more valuable than the whole of Westerly, Newport, and Charlestown.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/p219.htm#i5718

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell-chrt7.pdf

http://www.lavynder.com/descendants/pafg166.htm#6187

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell/wells.html

New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the …, Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter 1913


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Thomas Wells Sr.

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Thomas WELLS Sr. (1626 – 1700) was Alex’s 9th great grandfather, one of 1,028 in this generation of the Miner line.

Thomas Wells was born about 1626 in Colchester, Essex, England.  His parents were Nathaniel WELLS and [__?__].  He emigrated with his parents  in 1629 and landed at either Salem or Boston.  Thomas Wells was one of the early band of planters at Pequot Harbor (New London, Connecticut); probably on the ground in 1648, and certainly in 1649. He removed from there to Ipswich where he was engaged in shipbuilding until 1677, at about which date he removed to Rhode Island and lived in Wellstown.  He was a carpenter, and worked with Elderkin on mills and meetinghouses.  He married Naomi MARSHALL on 12 Feb 1655 in Boston, Mass.  Thomas died 12 Feb 1700 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island.

Our Wells ancestors, original immigrant Nathaniel, son Thomas, and grandson Joseph and were all ship builders

Some researchers cast doubt on the theory that Thomas’ father Nathaniel immigrated and say that Thomas was the original immigrant.

Naomi Marshal was baptized 24 Jan 1637 in Salem, Mass.  Her parents were Edmund MARSHALL and Millicent BLINMAN.   Naomi died in 1700 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.

Children of Thomas and  Naomi:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Joseph Wells 7 Jun 1656
Boston		 bef. 1658
2. Joseph WELLS c. 1658 Boston Mass. Hannah REYNOLDS
28 Dec 1681		 26 Oct 1711  Groton, CT
3. Thomas Wells Jr. 4 Dec 1661
Boston		 Sarah Rogers
1691		 29 Jun 1716
4. Mary Wells 15 Apr 1665
Ipswich, Mass		 Ezekiel Maine
15 Dec 1690		 12 Jan 1693
Stonington, CT
5. Ruth Wells 1667
Ipswich		 James Kenyon
1690
South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island		 aft. 1720
South Kingstown, CT
6. Sarah Wells 27 Aug 1668
Ipswich		 Joseph Clark
11 Dec 1693
Boston		 1699
7. John Wells 1670
Ipswich, Mass		 Mary Peck
18 Feb 1697
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Eliza Bickford
31 Oct 1698 in Boston		 aft. 1700
8. Nathaniel Wells 10 Dec 1673
Ipswich		 Mary Crandall
1706
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island		 1769
Chimney Orchard Burial Ground, Hopkington, Washington, Rhode Island

Ship-building. — The first ship-builders in this region were Thomas Wells and George Denison. They resided in what is now Westerly, though at the time claimed as a part of the present town of Stonington.

Thomas, son of Nathaniel Wells, was born in Colchester, England, in 1626. He came with his parents to America in 1629. He was a shipwright and carpenter. From 1648 to 1651 he was in New London. Connecticut, where he had a grant of land in 1649. He removed from there to Ipswich where he was engaged in shipbuilding.  The records are confusing and hard to read, but he was arrested for reproaching the court court in Ipswich in 1668.  About 1677,  he removed to Rhode Island and lived in Wellstown. He is mentioned at Westerly in 1677 as engaged in building vessels in a shipyard, and is called “of Ipswich, shipwright”.   He bought a farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Westerly, Rhode Island, on the east side of Pawcatuck river, now Westerly. For this farm Wells agreed to build a 48 ton vessel for Amos Richardson, but he soon found that the land was claimed by Rhode Island and as he was afraid of losing the land he refused to build the ship. Richardson sued in the lower court and it was carried to the court of assistants at Hartford, where it lasted until 1680. Two of Thomas Wells’ sons, Joseph H., aged twenty-two, and Thomas, aged seventeen, appeared as witnesses in this lawsuit. Rhode Island won the suit and Wells procured the land by paying Rhode Island.

Thomas died 12 Feb 1700, aged seventy-four, at his home in Wellstown, located in that portion of the township of Westerly which afterward became the township of Hopkinton, and was buried in the burial place called Chimney Orchard, on the estate first purchased by his father.

I have modernized some of the spelling in these Ipswich court records.  Thomas Wells was deposed for reproaching the court, particularly Major General Daniel Denison.  His brother-in-law  Benjamin Marshall was also deposed.  There was very bad blood between Thomas, his wife Naomi and Benjamin and her parents Edmund and Millicent Marshall. Thomas was not very sorry for what he had said.   While the testimony is very detailed, in the end the case was referred to the Salem Court and I have no record of how it all came out.

Warrant, dated Nov. 13, 1668, to Thomas Wells, ship carpenter, for reproaching the court at Ipswich, signed by Samuel Symonds.* Bond of Thomas Wells, Reginald Foster, surety.

Warrant, dated Nov. 16, 1668, to Benjamin Marshall, for high misdemeanors, also to witnesses, Stephen Crosse, John Bayer, and Robert Crosse, jr., signed by Samuel Symonds.* Bond of Benjamin Marshall, Richard Brabrooke, surety.

Steeven Crosse,* Benjamin Marshall* and John (his mark) Bayer, testified that Thomas Welles commonly spoke of the court and magistrates, “y’ or Courts at Ipswich was all one the Inquisition house in Spain: when a man is once brought into Court thofe: he knows not for what: he had as good be hanged: thof what the inquisition house is we know not: therfore leave it to be Judged by them y’ vnderstand it & that puld Brandstreet was a worse yousorror then Godforey & vapporing a bout wondering what became of all the fines: he answers himself: why they keep it to by sack with all: and let Cases go which way they will: they care not so long as they can feast their fat goats,” etc.

Roberte Crosse, jr.,* and John (his mark) Bayer testified that Welles also said he “can set spelles & Rases the Devil, he affirming himself to bee an artise.”

Thomas Wells, aged about forty-two years, and Naomi, his wife, aged about thirty-one years, testified that Goodman Cross said “the Major daneson [Major General Daniel Denison] was disgraced in the Court at Boston because he said to the Court concerning  mestres Love that they had Condemned and hanged a omen and y* know not for what for which the members of Boston Court gave him a sharp reproof and the Major Denison wos not respected in the Court of Boston and goodman Cross said that there Came more appeals from Ipswich Court than any town in the country and that some of Boston told him that we in the eastern parts Cap him in place or ofes or alls he had been torned out of place before now and the semen that belonged to ore Caches said  that Goodman Croce told them that his sons were sate in the stocks and punished for nothing and he told us that the Major  could not abide him and therefore I fare the worse in the Court and my sons also were punished for a matter of nothing.” Sworn, Nov. 18, 1668, before Samuel Symonds.*

Robert Crose, jr., aged twenty-seven years, deposed. Sworn in court.

Thomas Wells deposed that Goodman Cross said that “mestor bradsted wos the ondoing of a man at Watertown which wos of a great estate and of good account which went in good apparel and select stockings and they had dellings to gather Mister Bradstreet sued him from Court to Court… till he had on dun him and made him so poor that he brought him from selcke that he wore that he had instead tharof nothing but patched Clothes and Stockings out at the heals and that Mister Bradstreet was as bad as one godfree in veseri, which ore ansar was to him what that godfree was which answer was made to us that he was a well liked fellow and that he was a great uesoror and if he Came before a gogee his locks would hang him and the Court considered the man so on don the Court gave him a sum of money for to halp him Mister Bradstreet came to hear of it took it away from him and so he saruess him … I did not know Mister Bradstreet nor to this day nafter know or see godfree and nafer had dellings with Mister Bradstreet,” etc. Sworn, Nov. 18, 1668, before Samuel Symonds.* They further deposed that Marshall said that Major Denison was deceitful as his two sorts of hair showed and that Goodman Andros was like him, and on a training day he would be knocked down and none should know how it came to pass.

Thomas Wells and wife Naomi confessed that the reason they revealed the things spoken against the court at Ipswich was because they thought they concerned the life of the Commonweath. “It has ben the pleasure of god to visit my wife with sickness near unto death and other troubles which I never was tried with all before which made us between ourselves to consider what the mind of god should be in it and it put us in mind that the referent magistrates were spocken against and threatened which in this Court we both know in the presence of god and his people we both can afirm thos things spoken against the magistrates by thos persons then our consciouses smot us severely and heare in wee have sinned against god and his people because we had not revellied it Sonor then we said thow we have lived in thes naglate and not to revell it we Can find no rule in Scripture that wee Shale Hue any longer tharin and we hard of a ganarall training to bee at Ipswich intended and might be a fet opportunity as to do so as some have said for Christ says he that loveth father or mother more then me is not worthy of me and we apprehend this to be the Case of Christ and we had now rast in our consciouses night nor day till wehad reuelled thos things thar fore wee Commend ourselves to god and to the honored Court for we had rather suffer wth a good conscious than not to suffer  with a accused conscious,” etc.

Steephen Crosse, aged about twenty-three years, deposed that the day when Jacobe Perkens’ house was raised, about a month ago,Thomas Wells said that Benjamin Marshall should be put to service for seven years, etc. Sworn in court.

Thomas Wells further testified that Benjamin Marshall said that Goodman Brags presented these young men for breaking up the bridge and being vexed with him said that it should not be long before his house should be burned or his cattle knocked in the head, and that he had come from old Goodman Crose’s when he said so. Sworn, Nov. 18, 1668, before Samuel Symonds.*

John Giddinge and Edmond Marshall deposed that being at Goodman Storry’s house, etc. Sworn, Nov. 23, 1668, before Samuel Symonds.*

Richard Brandbrooke, aged fifty-five years, deposed that Welles said he would give his brother Benjamin Marshall more wages if he would live with him again and that Merchant Booship advised it; this was after the vessel was launched. Sworn in court.

Robert Crosse, sr., aged about fifty-five years, deposed. Sworn in court.

Marthy Low, aged about twenty-seven years, deposed concerning John Bare.

Sarah Marshal, aged about twenty years, deposed. Sworn, Nov. 21, 1668, before Daniel Denison.*

Sarah Story, aged about forty-eight years, deposed, Nov. 23, 1668, that Robert Cross, jr., lived near Goodman Wells a year and his dealings had always been just.

Thomas Wells further deposed that Stephen Cross said that the magistrates sat between the court at dinner drinking burnt sack and when they came into court they were “broshing,” looking red as though they were “flustred,” and acted as though they were all “fodeeled.” To which his father replied that it was the fines they took that fed their fat sides, and the father said further that “I looked so big and spack so sorlie” that he made the Court quake, etc. Sworn, Nov. 18, 1668, before Samuel Symonds.*

Ezekiel Woodward testified that he had known Wells seventeen or eighteen years and he had carried himself soberly and discreetly and without offence; and was reputed a civil, neighborly man in the place where he lived. Sarah Foster testified to his good conduct, having lived very near him. Sworn, Nov. 21, 1668, before Daniel Denison.*

John Bayer and Benjamin Marshall testified that last April, coming down from the Falls with brother Welles, when they passed Goodman Brandbroock’s, Welles wiped his feet upon some sheets that were hanging upon the rails, etc. Sworn in court.

Goodman Bryadbrooke deposed that he asked John Bayer “why did you dirty your Anttes sheet,” but he said that Thomas Welles did it, whereupon deponent went to Welles and “asked him was this a requitall y’ you gave me for lending you my canoe?” etc. Bayer mentioned his master Crose. Sworn in court.

Edmond Marshall, aged twenty-three years, deposed that Wells said he had nothing against Benjamin and proffered friendship to them before deponent’s father and mother. He wished to see Benjamin and asked to have him “Come & reckon with me but not before my wife for it is very likely she would Rayele at him but you must Considor: she is but a woman & therfore not Come to the howse when I am not at home.” Sworn in court.

Thomas Clungen, aged about twenty-four years, deposed that Robert Cross, jr., was at his master’s house and his dame asked him if he saw any miscarriage of her husband’s and he said he had not, etc.

John Bayer deposed. Sworn in court.

Sarah Story deposed that Goodwife Brabruck said John Baer used language not fit to be spoken in a family, etc.

Mehitabell Brabrooke, aged about sixteen or seventeen years, deposed. Sworn, Nov. 19, 1668, before Samuel Symonds.*

Edmund Marshall, aged about seventy years, and his wife Melesent, aged sixty-seven years, deposed “As for my son Benjamin we never knew him given to Mallice or Revenge in all our Hues: nor to speak reproachfully of Magistrates or of any other: and as for Goodman Crosse we haue lived by him many years and neuer hard him spake ill of authority or against any Magistrate, but as for our Daughter Naomi we do think in our very hearts that certainly in her heart she hates her Brothers both Edmund and Benjamin though we spake it with greif of heart, for she would off en revile Benjamin and call him Rogue before our faces when we could never find what grounds she had so to do or hard any cause he had giuen her in words or actions; and when we reproved her for it, she would face us down it was false giving us the lye as it were to our faces, where upon I told her that I had been in y* church of Salem 30 years and upward and never was so detected as your father and I am by you our one child, where upon she replied again to us saying we might tell a hundred lies for all that and nare be known, for she could do it, and being long sick and in y* opinion of most y* came to visit me Judged I should neuer recover, yet she could say in a reviling way that I did desemble, and further we atest that Thomas Wells did say in a threatening way that there was something aworking that would tak affect not long after we heard of his accusing of our son Benjamin to goodman Brag for threatening his house should be burned and his Complaint of him concerning our honored Major, which is matter of great grief to us now in our old age, whether it be not out of a spirit of  maliciousness that Thomas Wells should do thus, we have cause to think no other, by reason of his words to his brother Edmund at my house one Sabbath day: for coming in we ask him to eat with us, but Thomas Wells answered no for if I cant have your good will except I be a servant to y* Devil I care not: to the which his mother replied and asked him whether he knew what he said: and he answered yea; because you persuaded me to be at peace with him whom I can haue no peace with pointing to his brother Edmund; we asked why he said so, he said he had committed no sin in so doing; this we are forced to speak with grief of heart our conscious puts us upon it, further when he drew our daughter Sarah away from helping of me when I was in distress and lame, for we said to him that he would undo her but he said trouble not yourselves I will provide for her, so that she is gone from us and left us desolate of help: and now can call her Brothers Edmund and Benjamin Roges at will.” Sworn Nov. 19, 1668, before Samuel Symonds.

Robert Crosse, sr., Steephen Crose and Benjamin Marshall  deposed that the wife of Thomas Welles said after court in Mr. Giddnes kitchen that Edmond had witnessed falsely, etc. Sworn in court.

Edmund Marshall deposed that Welles said that although Stephen Crose was a turbalent fellow, he never heard him speak ill of authority, etc.

Thomas Bragg, aged about twenty years, deposed that Goodman Brabruck said at Chebaco that Welles was a very honest man, etc.

Samuel Symonds referred the case to the Salem court.

17 Sep 1679 – He took the oath of fidelity to the colony at Westerly, Rhode Island

Caulkins, History of New London, pp 74, 355-6 [Wells 142-3]

Aged 42 in 1668. Thomas Wells was one of the early band of settlers at Pequot Harbor in 1648/49. A carpenter, he worked with Elderkin on mills and meeting houses. Last notice of him is in 1661, when Wells and Elderkin were enjoined to repair the turret of the meeting house

Wells, Thomas.—Westerly, 1680. He was called ” of Ipswich, ship-wright.” He died Feb. 12, 1700. His will was verbal, dated Dec. 27, 1699; in it, he mentions children Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Ruth, Sarah, John and Nathaniel. His wife was Naomi

RIGR 4:354 – Westerly Town Council and Probrate, vol 2 (1) 1699-1719

Thomas Wells. Will dated 27 December 1699 presented for probate 1 April 1700. pg 7 mentions wife Naomi Wells, sons Joseph Wells eldest, Thomas Wells, John Wells and Nathaniel Wells. Daughters Mary Wells eldest, Ruth Wells and Sarah Wells. Winesses: Joseph Maxson, Stephen Randall.

[Reynolds 137] TW and NW of Ipswich Mass and late of Stonington Conn.

[Salisbury 352] TW was a shipbuilder and married NM, daughter of Edmund Marshall, EM’s son Benjamin was in Ipswich in 1677 and was called “bro” of TW.

[Wells3 254] Sometime after 1651, he removed to Ipswich where his uncle Thomas lived and commenced the business of shipbuilding there which he continued until 1677. In 1677, TW bought a farm of 180 acres in Westerly RI and moved there with his sons Joseph and Thomas. The farm was on the east side of the Pawkatuck River, now Westerly and Welles agreed to build a vessel of 48 tons and furnish all the wood and iron but not the rigging to pay for the land. The land was claimed by both Connecticut and RI and as TW felt he was in danger of loosing his land, refused to build the vessel. RI got Westerly and TW got his farm by paying something to RI. TW and NM had Joseph 1656, Joseph 1658, Thomas 1661, Mary 1665, Ruth 1667, Sarah 1668, Nathaniel 1676.

From the “Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories New England Families, Vol. IV, Genealogies and Memorials”, Pg. 2086

“Thomas, son of Nathaniel WELLS, was born in Colchester, England, in 1626. He came with his parents to America in 1629. He was a shipwright and carpenter. From 1648 to 1651 he was in New London, Connecticut, where he had a grant of land in 1649. He removed from there to Ipswich where he was engaged in shipbuilding until 1677, at about which date he removed to Rhode Island and lived in Wellstown. He is mentioned at Westerly in 1677 as engaged in building vessels in a shipyard, and is called “of Ipswich, shipwright”. He bought a farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Westerly, Rhode Island, on the east side of Pawcatuck river, now Westerly. For this farm Wells agreed to build a small vessel for Amos Richardson, but he soon found that the land was claimed by Rhode Isalnd and as he was afraid of losing the land he refused to build the ship. Richardson sued in the lower court and it was carried to the court of assistants at Hartford, where it lasted until 1680. Two of Thomas Well’s sons, Joseph H., aged twenty-two, and Thomas, aged seventeen, appeared as witnesses in this lawsuit. Rhode Island won the suit and Wells procured the land by paying Rhode Island. He died February 12, 1700, aged seventy-four, at his home in Wellstown, located in that portion of the township of Westerly which afterward became the township of Hopkinton, and was buried in the burial place Chimney Orchard, on the estate first purchased by his father. He took the oath of fidelity to the colony at Westerly, September 17, 1679.”

Children

2. Joseph WELLS (See his page)

3. Thomas Wells

Thomas’ wife Sarah Rogers was born in 1663. Her parents were Thomas Rogers and Sarah Cole. She married Thomas in Hopkin about 1691. Sarah died in 1716 in Westerly, Kings (Washington) Co., Rhode Island.

Thomas was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1663. At the age of fourteen he removed with his father to Westerly, Rhode Island. In 1677 the family settled in Wellstown, Hopkinton township, Rhode Island, and Thomas lived there the remainder of his life. He died 1716, aged fifty-three years. He took the oath of fidelity at Westerly, September 17, 1679. In a deed, dated 1694, he and his wife Sarah gave to his brothers Nathaniel and John a piece of land given him by his father. It was situated near Crandall’s Mills, in Westerly township. His will was dated April 11, 1716, and proved in 1716. On October 2, 1711, a general recorder’s quit-claim deed was granted to Thomas Wells. Nathaniel Wells, and others. His name was on the list of freemen from first settlement.

Children born in Wellstown: Thomas, about 1692: Edward, mentioned below: Sarah, about 1696.

4. Mary Wells

Mary’s husband Ezekiel Maine was born 1670 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. his parents were Ezekiel Maine (1645-1714) and Mary [__?__].  After Mary died, he married Hannah Rose on 22 Oct 1695 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.  Ezekiel died 20 Oct 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Child of Mary and Ezekiel:

i. Ezekiel Maine b. 24 Dec 1691, d. 24 Dec 1691

5. Ruth Wells

Ruth’s husband James Kenyon was born 4 Jul 1657 in Glodwick Oldham, Lancashire, England. His parents were James Kenyon and Esther Smith. James died 4 May 1724 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island.

Children of Ruth and James:

i. Sarah Kenyon b.1691 in South Kingstown, RI; d. 1721;  m. 1710 in Kingstown, Washington, RI to Samuel Crandall

ii. James Kenyon b. 7 Apr 1693 in South Kingstown,RI; d. 1729 South Kingstown, Washington, RI; m.

iii. Thomas Kenyon b. 1695 in South Kingston, RI; d. 1774 Charlestown, Washington, RI;  m. 4 Oct 1717 in South Kingstown, Washington, RI to Mary Ladd

iv. Ebenezer Kenyon b. 1697 in South Kingstown, RI; d. 1755 Westerly, RI; m. Elizabeth [__?__]

v. John Kenyon b.1698 in South Kingstown,RI; d. 1755 Charlestown, Washington, RI;  m. 25 Sep 1720 in North Kingstown, Washington, RI to [__?__] Ladd

vi. Ruth Kenyon b. 1702 in South Kingstown,RI d. 1720

vii. Peter Kenyon b. 1704 in South Kingstown, RI; d. 23 Sep 1746
Charlestown, Washington, RI; m. 15 Sep 1726 in Westerly, Washington, RI to Naomi Wells daughter of Nathaniel Wells and Mary Crandall.

7. John Welles

John’s second wife Eliza Bickford was born in 1670 in Boston, Mass.

Children of John and Eliza

i. John Wells b. 1711 in Plainfield, Windham, CT; d. 29 Sep 1739; m. 19 Jan 1732 to Amey Wilcox

8. Nathaniel Wells

Nathaniel’s wife Mary Crandall was born in 1686 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. Her parents were Joseph Crandal and Deborah Burdick.  Mary died in 1763 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.

Children of Nathaniel and Mary:

i. Naomi Wells b. 01 May 1707 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; d. 1737; m. 15 Sep 1726 in Westerly, Washington, RI to Peter Kenyon

ii. Jonathan Wells b.22 Jun 1712 in Westerly, Washington, RI; d. 1734; m. 29 Nov 1734 in Westerly, Washington, RI to Elizabeth Maxson.

iii. Tacy Wells b.4 Jan 1715 in Westerly, Kings,RI; d. 1755 RI; m. 4 Jan 1734 in Westerly, Washington, RI to Hubbard Burdick

Sources:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/p201.htm#i6413

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell-chrt7.pdf

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell/wells.html

History of New London county, Connecticut: with biographical sketches of … edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd

New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the …, Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter 1913

Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts … By Massachusetts. County Court (Essex County)

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=32791522&st=1

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Joseph Wells

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Joseph WELLS (1658 – 1711) was Alex’s 8th great grandfather, one of 512 in this generation of the Miner line.

Joseph Wells was born  about 1658 near Pequot Harbor, Massachusetts.  He had a brother also named Joseph born 7 Jun 1656 in Boston Mass and died as an infant.  His parents were Thomas WELLS Sr. and Naomi MARSHALL.   He married Hannah REYNOLDS on 28 Dec 1681 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.  Joseph died 26 Oct 1711 in Groton Conn, though some say he died in Boston, Mass.

Our Wells ancestors, original immigrant Nathaniel, son Thomas, and grandson Joseph and were all ship builders

Hannah Reynolds was born in 1662 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.   Her parents were John REYNOLDS and Anne HOLBROOK.  Hannah died after 1711 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut,

Children of Joseph and Hannah:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Joseph Wells Jr. 1682
Groton, CT		 1711
3. John Wells c. 1690
Groton, CT
1767
2. Thomas WELLS 1687
Groton, CT		 Elizabeth HOWLAND
c. 1707		 after  13 June 1767 at Cobb Place, or Cobbstown, near Mystic CT.
4. Anne Wells 1692
Groton, CT		 1711?

Ship-building. — The first ship-builders in this region were Joseph’s father Thomas Wells and George Denison. They resided in what is now Westerly, though at the time claimed as a part of the present town of Stonington. Joseph, the son of Thomas Wells, was also a ship-builder.

1677 – Joseph’s father bought a farm of 180 acres in Westerly RI and Joseph (age 21)   and his brother Thomas (age 17) moved with their father from Ipswich, Mass. The farm was on the east side of the Pawkatuck River, now Westerly and Welles agreed to build a vessel of 48 tons and furnish all the wood and iron but not the rigging to pay for the land. The land was claimed by both Connecticut and RI and as Thomas Wells  felt he was in danger of losing his land, refused to build the vessel.

For this farm Wells agreed to build a 48 ton vessel for Amos Richardson, but he soon found that the land was claimed by Rhode Island and as he was afraid of losing the land he refused to build the ship. Richardson sued in the lower court and it was carried to the court of assistants at Hartford, where it lasted until 1680. Two of Thomas Wells’ sons, Joseph H., aged twenty-two, and Thomas, aged seventeen, appeared as witnesses in this lawsuit. Rhode Island won the suit and Wells procured the land by paying Rhode Island.

3 Jan 1680 – Joseph Wells signed a contract to finish up a vessel then on the stocks at Pawcatuck.

20 May 1680 – Joseph signed another contract for the building of a vessel, wherein he describes himself as of Mystic, Conn.

28 Dec 1681 – He married Hannah Reynolds, of Stonington (Mystic), , and settled in Groton, where he died, Oct. 26. 1711.

To what extent ship-building was carried on in Stonington from the days of Joseph Wells down to the Revolution it is now impossible to tell, for no known record thereof exists. Several small craft were built at Stonington, Long Point, and on the Mystic River before and during the war of the Revolution, but their owners and tonnage is not certainly known.

Sources:

[Wells 145] Moved to Westerly RI 1677, then Groton where he lived and died 26 Oct 1711. Bought a tract of land 1696 in Groton (then New London) on the eastern slope of Cow Hill. In 1706 purchased another tract of 10 acres, 1708 another 50 … just below Mystic on the west side of the river. Has date of birth for JW as 1658.

[Savage 4: 474-480] In his will are mentioned his wife and children Joseph, John, Thomas and Ann.

[Reynolds 137] JW was a noted shipbuilder of Pawcatuck River and Groton, having a farm and residence near the head of Mystic on the Groton side of the river. Will dated 26 October 1711.

[Wells3 254] The first Joseph Wells was born 7 June 1656 and died young. The second Joseph was born c1658. [Salisbury 352] records the date of the first JW.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/p218.htm#i6789

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell-chrt7.pdf

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell/wells.html

Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records …, Volume 5 edited by Frederic William Bailey

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=32858918

History of New London county, Connecticut: with biographical sketches of … edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd

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Thomas Wells

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Thomas WELLS (1687 – 1767) was Alex’s 7th great grandfather, one of 256 in this generation of the Miner line.

Thomas Wells was born in 1687 in Groton CT.  Alternatively, Thomas was born in 1682.  His parents were Joseph WELLS and Hannah REYNOLDS.  He married Elizabeth HOWLAND.  Thomas died between 13 June 1767 and 1 Sep 1767  at Cobb Place, or Cobbstown, near Mystic CT.  In his will probated 1 sep 1767 he mentions wife, Elizabeth
and children: Lois, Phebe, Eunice, Amey, Elizabeth, Lucretia, Wait, & Oliver.

Elizabeth Howland was born in 1689 in Groton, CT.  Elizabeth died in 1767 or 1770 in Groton, CT.

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth

Name Born Married Departed
1. Thomas Wells Jr. c. 1710
New London, CT
2. Lois Wells c. 1711
New London		 Samuel Lamb
5 Mar 1745, Stonington, CT
3. Amy Wells c. 1712
New London		 [__?__] Scott
4. Eunice Wells c. 1713
New London, CT		 Thomas Clapp?
5. Phebe Wells c. 1714
New London, CT
6. Elizabeth Wells c. 1715
New London, CT
7. Lucretia Wells 13 Aug 1744
Stonington, CT?		 1762 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut 24 Feb 1836 West Hartford, NY
8. Pvt. Wait Wells 3 May 1724
Groton, CT (Old Mystic)		 Anna Strickland
13 Dec 1753
New London, CT		 24 May 1819
Groton, CT
9. Oliver WELLS 19 Jun 1732 Groton, CT Azuba (Fenbor) FITCH
7 Feb 1760 in Norwich-Bozra, CT		 25 Oct 1810 Colchester, CT

[Boston Transcript: 8 Apr 1907 9169] Oliver Wells was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wells of Groton Conn. Beyond this proof is lacking. Thomas(4) is given as being the son of Joseph(3) and Hannah (Reynolds) Wells of Groton Conn and Westerly RI; son of Thomas(2); son of Nathaniel(1) of RI. The maiden name of wife of Thomas(4) is said by a descendent to have been Howland. Thomas(4) died at Cobb Place, or Cobbstown, near Mystic Ct. His will was dated 13 June 1767 and mentions wife Elizabeth and sons Wait and Oliver, daughters Elizabeth, Locretia, Lois, Phebe, Eustice, and Amy.

Delynn Flinn in researching Margaret Wells who married Aaron Stark 1709 in Groton, New London, CT.found the following excerpt:

“Aaron Stark, John Wells & Thomas Wells all of Groton yeomen sendeth greetings, £35, from Joseph Wells of Groton yeoman, lott of land in Groton being the heads of that land [ ] by their father deceased containing by estimation forty acres, [unreadable),

Signed: Aaron Stark, John Wells, Thomas Wells.
Wit: Ebenezer Avery, Dorothy Avery.
Ack. And Recd: 20 Jan 1713/4.”

Children

2. Lois Wells

Lois’ husband Samuel Lamb was born 1692 in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT and was christened 6 Aug 1693 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. His parents were Samuel Lamb (1656-1737) and Rebecca Bird.

4. Eunice Wells

Eunice’s husband Thomas Clapp was born in 1725. His parents were Ensign Thomas Clapp and Mary King. He was baptized on Dec 5, 1725 and married Eunice Wells. (Families of Early Hartford, p. 175) Thomas died 26 Jun 1768

7. Lucretia Wells

Lucretia’s husband Jonathan Jackway, eighth child of Thomas Jackwaise and Hannah Spink was born April 2, 1739 in Stonington, CT.   Jonathan died 20 Sep 1824 in West Hartford, NY.

The family moved to Cambridge, NY in 1773 and stayed there two years. They then moved to Fort Miller, NY for two years. Then they moved to Kingsbury, NY for three years and finally to West Hartford, Washington County, NY in 1780 and settled. Many of the family are buried in the Jakway Cemetery on the Henry Jakway farm in West Hartford, NY.

Children of Lucretia and Jonathan

i. Cynthia Jakways  b: 02 Sep 1765 in Stonington, New London Co, CT;  d: 09 Sep 1835; m. Oliver Stewart  b: 02 Mar 1761 in Colrain, Franklin Co, MA  m: 08 Apr 1784 in Hartford, Washington, NY; d: 21 March 1858 in Stockbirdge, Madison, NY

ii. Lucretia Jakways

iii. Abigail Jakways

iv. Asenath Jakways       b: 06 May 1763; m. Unknown Durham

v. Hannah Jakways       b: 24 February 1768; m. Unknown Sloan

vi. Jonathan Jakways       b: 1770 in Hartford, Washington Co, NY

vii. Elisha Jakways   b: 1773; d: 14 May 1856 in Hartford, Washington, NY

viii Spink Jakways b: 1774; d: 20 June 1843 in West Hartford, Washington,  NY

ix. George Jakways b: 03 October 1777              d: 18 November 1825 in West Hartford, Washington, NY

x.  Simeon Jakways       b: 1780;  d: 17 Oct 1825 in West Hartford, Washington, NY; m. Sarah Unknown

xi. Thomas Jakways       b: 1782            d: 1841 in West Hartford, Washington , NY

xii.  John Jakways       b: 1784

xiii. Henry Jakways       b: 07 April 178

The plot on Lucretia Wells b 1744 in either CT or RI and married to Jonathan Jakways (Jaques) 1762 in either Stonington, CT or Exeter, RI – thickens.
But another DAR record may be my undoing. DAR 14:340: Thomas Quinley and Lucretia Wells, his wife. Thomas Quinley, (1754-1832), who was born in Scotland, served in the Connecticut militia under Col. Jedediah Huntington. He received a pension for three years’ actual service. He died at New London.
Since Thomas Quinley died across the Thames River from Groton, CT where Thomas & daughter, Lucretia, Wells lived, there is the possibility (probability?) that the Groton Lucretia Wells is not (unfortunately) the same that marred Jonathan Jakways. I would be most grateful for any info or suggestions on tracking down the lineage of Lucretia. Thanks much.
Bob Foran – Connecticut

8. Wait Welles

Wait’s wife Anna Strickland was born 1733 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. Her parents were Thomas Strickland and Zipporah Billings. Anna died 28 Apr 1799 in Groton, New London, Connecticut.

Wait enlisted May 8, 1755; discharged Dec 17, 1775; Served as a Private in Captain Abel Spicer’s company and 1776 served in Captain Edward Motte’s company for the defense and protection of the harbor of New London.

Children of Wait Welles and Anna Strickland:

i. Thomas Wells b. 12 Sep 1753, Groton, New London, CT; d. 16 Apr 1846, Groton, New London, CT; m.1782 to  Phoebe Ecclestone (1765 – 1842)

ii. Zipporah Wells b. 1761 Groton, CT; d. 31 Dec 1839, Whitman Burial Ground, Groton, New London, CT (Zipporah is possibly Hannah’s middle name)

iii. Hannah Wells b. 1764, Groton, CT; d. 28 Dec 1849 Groton, CT; m. 1 Dec 1791 Winchester, Litchfield, CT to Roswell (Rozel) Ira Hoskins.

iv. Edward Welles, b. 3 May 1768, Groton, New London, CT;  d. 5 June 1856, Groton, New London , CT m.  19 Oct 1809 to Ruth York.

v. Sarah Wells (1774 – 1795)

v6i. Wait Wells

Sources:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/p201.htm#i6413

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell-chrt7.pdf

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell/wells.html

Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records …, Volume 5 edited by Frederic William Bailey

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Oliver Wells

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Oliver WELLS (1732 – 1810) was Alex’s 6th great grandfather, one of 128 in this generation of the Miner line.

Oliver Wells was born 19 Jun 1732 in Groton, CT.  His parents were Thomas WELLS and Elizabeth HOWLAND.  He was married to  Azuba  FITCH on 7 Feb 1760 in Norwich-Bozrah, CT by Rev. James Fitch.  Oliver died 25 Oct 1810 in Colchester, CT.

Azubah (Fenbor) Fitch was born 7 Apr 1742 in Lebanon, CT. Her parents were John FITCH and Hannah SCOTT. Azubah died 26 Aug 1814 in Colchester, CT.

Children of Oliver and Azuba:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Oliver Wells Jr Married
2. William Wells Eunice Clark
15 Jan 1797 
Preston, CT
.
Betsy Meyer
3. Elias Wells abt 1781
Connecticut		 Mehitabel Sweeney 1 Nov 1821 New Haven, Connecticut
4. Roswell Wells 1763 or 1775
Colchester, New London, CT		 Content Lamb
Abt 1795 – East Hampton, CT		 18 Feb 1824 Chatham, Middlesex, CT
5. Jedial Wells Rhoda Chelsea
6. Jesse Wells  c. 1767
Groton, New London, CT		 Esther Witter 12 Oct 1810
Groton, CT
7. Nathan Wells c. 1762
Colchester, or
1780
Groton, CT		 Desire (Deiah) Knowles 2 Feb 1824
Colchester, CT
8. George Wells 19 June 1784
Colchester, New London, CT		 Mary Babcox (Babcock)
12 March 1810
North Stonington, New London, CT		 1858
Plainfield, Union, New Jersey
9. Abigail (Abbie) Wells 1765 Unmarried 13 Feb 1833
Colchester, New London, Connecticut
10. Annie C WELLS 1774 Joshua POLLEY
bef 1792		 21 Dec 1844 in Lisbon CT.
11. Hannah Wells Jason Coleman

[OWBR] Family records list OW and FF and their 11 children (ACW is the 10th in the list) but no dates. OW Sr died at age 79; FF died at age 71. Children: Oliver Wells Jr was a Baptist minister, married, died age 40; Wm Wells married Eunice Clark, afterwards Betsy Meyer; Elias Wells married Mehitibel Sweeney; Roswell Wells married Content Lamb; Jedial Wells married Rhoda Chelsea; Jessee Wells married Esther Witter; Nathan Wells married Desiah Knowls; George Wells married Mary Babcox; Abbie Wells, unmarried; Hannah Wells married Jason Coleman; Annie C.?. Wells married Joshua Polley [born in Bozra Ct 1765 - in a later hand]; Eunice Wells died aged 4 years.

Here is a different list of children from the Wells Surname DNA Study.  It’s very different, but at least Ann Wells is in both lists and born about the same time.

Several DAR lineages are given for Ensign Oliver Wells: 137:68, 148:271, and 152:261. OW an Ensign in the 7th Regiment in 1780.

Children

2. William Wells

William’s first wife Eunice Clark’s origins are not known.

William’s second wife Betsy Meyer

The town of Preston was named about Oct. 1687. The Congregational Church was organized Nov. 16, 1698 with Rev. Salmon Treat, pastor until 1744.  Marriages by Rev Lemuel Tyler – William Wells of Colchester & Eunice Clark, Jan. 15, 1797

3. Elias Wells

Elias’ wife Mehitabel Sweeney origins are not known

4. Roswell Wells

Roswell’s wife Content Lamb was born 1772 in Middlesex, Connecticut. Her parents were Silas Lamb and Eunice [__?__]. Content died 25 Dec 1845 in Chatham, Middlesex, CT.

History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania

Members of the lower house of the legislature have been sent from the district, including or consisting of Luzerne county, as follows, the district comprising Luzerne, Bradford and Susquehanna, from 1814 to 1828. inclusive: Roswell Wells, 1797-8

District No. 1, for which the first appointment was made in 1806, was composed of Huntinoton, Nescopeck, Salem and Sugarloaf townships until 1811; then of Huntington, Nescopeck and Salem townships six or seven years; then of Wilkes-Barre borough and township and part of Covington township till 1835, when it comprised only Wilkes-Barre borough and township; part of Covington township also belonged to it in 1836 and 1837. Justices for this district were commissioned as follows: John Myers and Roswell Wells; 1823,

Children of Roswell and Content

i. William Wells (1796 – 1855) m1. 24 Aug 1818 East Hampton Middlesex Connecticut to Lydia Ann Clark; m2. 18 Mar 1853 to Pamelia Skinner.

ii. Oliver Welles b. 1801 or 1808 Connecticut; m. Lydia Brown (1815 –  )

6. Jesse Wells

Hezekiah Douglass married Esther Witter, April 11, 1771 in Preston, Connecticut

Children of Jesse and Esther

i. Benjamin Geer Wells b. 1 Jun 1802, Colchester, New London, CT; d. 22 Dec 1875, Colchester, New London, CT; m. 7 June 1826, New York City to Rebecca Long

7.  Nathan Wells

Nathan’s wife Desire Knowles was born 1794. Her parents were Robert Knowles (1766 – 1838) and Desire [__?__] (1769 – 1820).. Desire died 20 Feb 1873 in Colchester, New London, Ct.

Children of Nathan and Desire:

i. Elizabeth Wells (1818 – 1882); m. George Perry

8. George Wells

George’s wife Mary Ann Babcock’s birthdate is uncertain but it would be after 1785 in Gales Ferry, CT. her parents were Ichabod Babcock and  Dorcas Hoxie. Mary Ann died in Plainfield, NJ.

Children of George and Mary Babcock

i. Albert Wells b. circa 1820, Palymra, Wayne, New York; d. after 1875, prob., New York City, New York; m. 02 Dec 1844, Palymra, Wayne Co., New York to Catherine Matson Beckwith

ii. Mary Ann Welles b. 1821 in Elmira, Chemung, NY; d. 1897 in Plainfield, N.J

iii.Adelia Hoxie Wells b. 31 Jan 1831, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey; m1. 16 Oct 1850, Plainfield, NJ to Jared Sparks; m2. 15 Feb 1873, Williamsburg, Kings., New York to John West Esq.

Sources:

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell-chrt7.pdf

http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/fun/genealogy/mell/wells.html

Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records …, Volume 5 edited by Frederic William Bailey

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hillmer/DNA/p217.htm#i6777

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Edward Winn

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Edward WINN (1603 – 1682) was Alex’s 10th great grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miner line.

Edward Winn – Coat of Arms

Edward Winn was born in 1604 in Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire, England.   His parents were Edward WYNNE (1570 – 1645) and Dorothy BERKELEY (1584 – 1608). It is also speculated that he was a master builder and came from Ipswich, England or vicinity. He married Joanna SARGENT about 1628 in England.  He emigrated with his wife Joanna, and children Ann, Elizabeth and Joseph. He settled first in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and was one of the commissioners for founding the contemplated town of Woburn and met with them 18 Dec 1640.   After Joanna died, he married Sarah Beal on 10 Aug 1649.   After Sarah died, he married his third wife Anne Page Wood and moved to Watertown where was his wife’s estate.   Edward died 5 Sep 1682 in Woburn, Mass.

Edward Winn may well have been baptized at St Laurence Church, Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire, England

Joanna Sargent was born about 1608 in England.  Her parents were Richard SARGENT (1575 – 1675)  and Katherine STEVENS (1580 – 1609).  Alternatively, her maiden name was Katherine Hatch or Mary Berkeley. Joanna died 8 Mar 1649 in Woburn, Mass.

Sarah Beal was born about 1608.  She was the widow of Nicholas Wood. Sarah died 15 Mar 1679/80 in Woburn, Mass.

Anne (or Hannah) Page Wood was born about 1608.  She was respectively the wife of William Page, of Watertown; Nicholas Wood, of Medfield; and Edward Winn of Woburn. Anne died before 1 Nov 1686.

Children of Edward and Joanna:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Ann Winn 1626
Wales?		 Moses Cleveland
26 Sep 1648
Woburn		 bef
6 May 1682
Woburn, Mass
2. Elizabeth WINN 1628 England George POLLEY
21 May 1649		 2 May 1695 Woburn, Mass.
3. Sarah Winn 1636
England
4. Ensign Joseph Winn btw 1639-1642
England?		 Rebecca Reed (Daughter of William READE)
1664
Woburn		 22 Feb 1714/15
Woburn
5. Increase Winn 5 Dec 1641
first recorded birth in Woburn, Mass		 Hannah Satwell
13 July 1665 Woburn, Mass		 14 Dec 1690
Woburn

The earliest record of Edward Winn in America is whe he appears at the house of Mr. Thomas Graves in Charlestown, as one of the Commissioners, at their first meeting, 18 Dec 1640, held for consulting on the affairs of the contemplated town of Woburn.

The conditions for inhabiting the new town of Woburn were stated in five separate orders.The first order fixed the price of land at six pence an acre. The second order required return of lots if they were not improved in 15 months. The remaining orders concerned fencing, inmates (archaic usage: boarders, etc.), and timber.Among the 32 signatories was Edward Winne.

Edward Winn was one of the original planters of Woburn.  On 8 Feb 1640/41, the commissioners came from Charlestown to find a location. After two days’ search, they pitched upon a spot, unquestionably on Aberjona River, over which, 10 Feb 1640/41, they built a bridge near the house of Edward Convers. To this spot they came, in March and May following, and laid out house lots, and buildings were doubtless erected during the year.

Several other of our ancestors helped found Woburn

14 Aug 1642 – When the church was constituted in Woburn,  Samuel RICARDSON, his two brothers, with John Mousall, Edward Johnson, Edward Convers, and William Leonard, solemnly stood forth, as the nucleus around which the church was to be gathered.

Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

That whole territory was then a wide, uncultivated waste. In the February following, the commissioners built a bridge over the Aberjona River, as the Mystic River is called, north of Mystic Pond. This bridge was known in after times as Convers’ Bridge, from Edward Convers, the proprietor of the adjacent mill.

Deacon Edward Converse House 1640 First House Built in Woburn, Massachussetts

The conditions for inhabiting the new town of Woburn were stated in five separate orders.The first order fixed the price of land at six pence an acre. The second order required return of lots if they were not improved in 15 months. The remaining orders concerned fencing, inmates (archaic usage: boarders, etc.), and timber.Among the 32 signatories was Edward Winne.

Francis  WYMAN traveled from England to Massachusetts with his brother John and were in Woburn as  early as 1640.

Woburn was first settled in 1640 near Horn Pond, a primary source of the Mystic River, and was officially incorporated in 1642. At that time the area included present day towns of Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, and parts of Stoneham and Wilmington. Woburn got its name from Woburn, Bedfordshire. Woburn played host to the first religious ordination in the Americas 22 Nov 1642 .Rev. Thomas Carter was sworn in by many of the most prominent men of New England. The establishment of the church preceded the incorporation of the town, as was customary in those days. The population of Woburn was 37,258 at the 2000 census.

The first born child entered in the records of Woburn: Increase son of Edward Winn, born (5th) of 10th mo: 1641.

10 May 1643 – Edward Winn was made a freeman

8 Sep 1645 – Edward taxed in Woburn in the rate for the country,  and the subsequent rates.

Edward was one of the leading men in town affairs, and chosen a town officer, a Survayor for Sale, 1658-9, Selectman, 1669. The signature of Edward Winn appears as a subscribing witness, 10 Apr 1653, to a deed of George POLLEY to John Lakin of Groton, land at Woburn, some of it lying on lan of Moses Cleaveland.

Edward’s residence was near a place in Woburn, known as the Vineyard, at which was a watering-place (on present Park street), the house being on some spot near Middlesex, Chestnut and Kilby streets.  Today, Winn Street is a major thorough fair in Woburn

Edward Winn in his will, made 6 May 1682, names his son Increase; his son Joseph’s daughte Sarah; the three youngest children of his daughter Ann, wife of Moses Cleaveland; and the three youngest children of his daughter Elizabeth, wife of George POLLEY.

Inventory, Sept. 11, 1682 (by Deacon Josiah Convers, and Ensign James Convers
of Woburn, where his estate was), £160. 4s. 6d. The Will of his widow Anna,
dated Sept.9, 1685, proved Nov 1, 1686, gave John Coolidge, £5; brother-in-law, Gleason, 40s.; kinsman,Thomas Gleason, 20s.; wife of Thomas Pratt, 20s. and bequests to kinsmen, Joseph, John,Philip, Isaac, William, Mary and Anne Gleason

The Winn family had a rich history in Woburn, Mass.  The 1879 Winn Memorial Library in Woburn was designed as a public library by American architect H. H. Richardson and is now a National Historic Landmark.

The Winn family specifically requested that the library not be named after them despite their generosity paying for constructing the library, and the library is properly called the “Woburn Public Library.” Nevertheless, it is popularly known, in architectural circles, as the Winn Memorial Library.

The library was built between 1876-1879 as the first of Richardson’s series of library designs and in it he established his characteristic, asymmetrical plan for such buildings: an entrance and reception, usually with staircase tower; the reading room(s) with stacks; and an optional art gallery.

The library’s front facade presents a long, single-story stack area (at left), with high, column-separated windows forming a strip below the peaked roof; a projecting, three-story set of reading rooms with entryway and High Victorian tower at center right; and picture gallery and octagonal museum at the right side. The facade is formed of brownstone with lighter stone trim, arranged in polychrome over the main arches, accented with a red tile roof.

Children

1. Ann Winn

Ann’s husband Moses Cleveland was born on 2 Feb 1619/20 in St. Stephens, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. His parents were Samuel Cleveland and Alice [__?__].   Moses was a direct ancestor of Grover Cleveland.

In 1635 Moses (age 12) and the group he was with came first to Virginia to settle, but having too much trouble with the Indians they boarded a ship and came up the coast to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Moses came to New England as a ship carpenter’s apprentice in exchange for passage to America; although, it is generally stated that he came from Ipswich as an indentured apprentice to a joiner, housewright, or master builder, thought to be Edward Winn who would become his father-in-law.  In 1640/1641 Moses (age 21) moved to Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts with his master and settled there.

Children of Ann and Moses:

i. Moses Cleveland b. 1 Sep  1651 d. Moses died 30 Oct 1717 in Southold, Suffolk, New York.  m. Ruth Norton, daughter of Nicholas NORTON and Elizabeth ISAAC.

ii. Hannah Cleveland (b. 4 August 1653)

iii. Aaron Cleveland (b. 10 January 1654/1655); m. Dorcas Wilson

Son Aaron m.  Abigail Water
Grandson Aaron Cleveland m. Susannah Porter
Great Grandson Aaron m.Abiah Hyde
2nd Great Grandson William m. Margaret Falley
3rd Great Grandson Richard m. Ann Neal
4th Great Grandson President (Stephen) Grover Cleveland m. Frances C. Folsom

iv. Samuel Cleveland (b. 9 June 1657)

v. Miriam Cleveland (b. 10 July 1659)

vi. Joanna Cleveland (b. 19 September 1661)

vii. Edward Cleveland (b. 20 May 1663)

viii. Josiah Cleveland (b. 26 February 1666/67)

ix. Isaac Cleveland (b. 11 May 1669)

x. Joanna Cleveland (b. 5 April 1670)

xi. Enoch Cleveland (b. 1 August 1671)

2. Elizabeth WINN (See George POLLEY‘s page)

4. Joseph Winn

Joseph’s wife Rebecca Read was born 26 Dec 1647.  Her parents were our ancestors William READE and Mabel KENDALL. Rebecca died 29 Jan 1733/34.

Joseph was a soldier in King Phillip’s war, 1676, and an ensign in Phipps’ Canada expedition to Quebec, 1690. His company was commanded by Captain Ebenezer Prout, of Concord (in the Middlesex county regiment, commanded by Major Nathaniel Wade, of Medford), the lieutenant of his company being Nathaniel Barsham, of Watertown, and the ensign Joseph Winn, of Woburn.

Children of Joseph and Rebecca:

i. Rebecca Winn b. 25 May 1665; d. 6 Apr 1679

ii. Sarah Winn b. 9 Nov. 1666; d. 23 Oct 1733; m. on 13 Apr 1691 when Sarah was 24, she married Ebenezer Johnson

iii. Abigail Winn b. 18 June 1670, d. next wk.

iv. Joseph Winn b. 15 May 1671; d. 18 Jan 1718;  m1. 7 Apr 1696 in Woburn, Mass to  Martha Blodgett; m2. 17 Aug 1733 to Mary Richardson Mary’s first husband, Thomas Wyman, was the son of our ancestors Francis WYMAN Jr and Abigail Justice REED

v. Josiah Winn b. 15 Mar. 1674  He married as his first wife Lydia Littlefield, daughter of  our ancestors John LITTLEFIELD  and Patience WAKEFIELD before October 1701. Josiah Winn married Mary Wyman as his second wife on 17 Aug 1733 in Woburn, Province of Massachusetts Bay.  He died before 10 Feb 1734/35 in Wells, Province of Massachusetts Bay, now Maine.

vi. Timothy Winn. d. 22 Mar. 1678

vii and viii.. Rebecca and Hannah Winn, tw. 14 Feb. 1679, of wh. Rebecca d. soon On 5 Mar 1699/1700 when Rebecca was 21, she married Timothy Spaulding

ix. Ann Winn b. 1 Nov. 1684, d. young

x. Timothy Winn b. again, 27 Feb. 1687;  d. 5 Jan. 1753. m1. Elizabeth Brooks; m2. Jane Belknap

5, Increase Winn

Increase’s wife Hannah Sawtell was born 10 Dec 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Her parents were Richard Sawtell and Elizabeth Kimball.  Her grandparents were our ancestors Richard KIMBALL and Ursula SCOTT.  Hannah died 18 Feb 1723 – Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Increase, is a direct ancestor of Herbert Hoover, the 31st president.  He was sergent and then ensign. and d. 14 Dec. 1690.

Children of Increase and Hannah:

i. Hannah Winn b. 11 Apr. 1666

ii. Edward Winn b. 15 June 1668

iii. Mary Winn b. 1 May 1670; m. Nathaniel Wyman (1665-1717) son of Francis WYMAN and Abigail Justice REED d.  7 Jun 1743 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.

iv. Sarah Winn b. 23 Dec. 1672

v. Abigail Winn b. 8 Jan. 1678

vi. Rebecca Winn b. 5 Nov. 1679

vii. Jacob Winn b. 4 Oct. 1681

m. Prudence Wyman (b. 1683), as his first wife, in 1704,

Son Jacob Winn, Jr., (b. c1715), who married Sarah Buck (b. c1720)

Grandson Jacob Winn (1744-1809), who married Phoebe Grout (1751-1819),

Great Granddaughter Endymia Winn (b. c1770), who married Thomas Sherwood (c1766-1844), :

2nd Great Granddaughter Lucinda Sherwood (1794-1854), who married John Minthorn (1768-1859)

3rd Great Grandson Theodore Minthorn (1718-1866), who married Mary Wasley (1818-1903)

4th Great Granddaughter Hulda Randall Minthorn (1848-1884), who married Jesse Clark Hoover (1846-1880)

5th Great Grandson Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964), 31st President of the United States.m. Lou Henry, First Lady.

viii. Joanna Winn b. 24 June 1683

ix. Increase Winn b.9 Feb. 1685.

Sources:

http://www.yeoldewoburn.net/Winn.htm

http://www.rgcle.com/SS/p63.htm

http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p87.htm

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=20161671&st=1

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GenMassachusetts/2002-07/1025536937

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jakratzner/cleveland_moses.htm

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