Descendants of William Wells

 

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM2 WELLS (WELLS1)1,2 was born 1608 in England3,4, and died 1671 in Southold, Long Island, New York5. He married (1) BRIDGET (____)6 Abt. 1650 in Southold, Long Island, New York6. She was born Abt. 1612 in England, and died Bef. 1655 in Southold, Long Island, New York7. He married (2) MARY [YOUNGS?]8,9,10 Bef. 1655 in Southold, Long Island, New York, daughter of UNCONNECTED YOUNGS. She was born Bef. 1637 in England or Long Island11, and died 1709 in Long Island, New York12.

Children of WILLIAM WELLS and MARY [YOUNGS?] are:

i. BETHIA3 WELLS13,14, b. Abt. 1655, Southold, Long Island, New York15,16,17; d. April 14, 1733, Southold, Long Island, New York18,19,20; m. JONATHAN HORTON21,22,23, Abt. 1672, Southold, Long Island, New York24; b. Abt. 1647, Southold, Long Island, New York25,26; d. February 23, 1707, Southold, Long Island, New York27,28,29,30.

ii. ABIGAIL WELLS31, b. 1657, Southold, Long Island, New York31; d. August 19, 1658, Southold, Long Island, New York32.

iii. PATIENCE WELLS33, b. October 17, 1658, Southold, Long Island, New York33; d. February 18, 1659, Southold, Long Island, New York34.

iv. WILLIAM WELLS35,36, b. May 05, 1660, Southold, Long Island, New York37,38,39; d. October 17, 1696, Southold, Long Island, New York40,41; m. ELIZABETH TUTHILL42,43,44, June 01, 1681, Prob Long Island, New York45,46; b. April 19, 1661, Southold, Long Island, New York47,48; d. Southold, Long Island, New York;.

v. MARY WELLS49, b. 1661, Southold, Long Island, New York50; d. November 04, 1729, Southold, Long Island, New York50; m. JOHN YOUNGS51, Abt. 1678, Long Island, New York52; b. Abt. 1654, Southold, Long Island, New York53; d. Bef. 1685, Southold, Long Island, New York54.

vi. DEBORAH WELLS55, b. 1662, Southold, Long Island, New York55; d. 1729, Southold, Long Island, New York55; m. GERSHOM TERRY56,57,58, Abt. 1680, Southold, Long Island, New York59; b. November 07, 1652, Southold, Long Island, New York60,61; d. 1725, Southold, Long Island, New York62.

vii. ANNE WELLS63, b. Abt. 1663, Southold, Long Island, New York; d. Bef. 1697, Prob Long Island, New York; m. JOHN GOLDSMITH64,65, May 1683, Long Island, New York65; b. Abt. 1650, Prob Long Island, New York; d. Prob Long Island, New York;.

viii. JOSHUA WELLS66, b. 1664, Southold, Long Island, New York67; d. May 02, 1744, Southold, Long Island, New York68,69; m. HANNAH TUTHILL70, January 19, 1686, Prob Long Island, New York71; b. November 07, 1667, Southold, Long Island, New York71,72; d. July 25, 1752, Prob Long Island, New York73.

ix. MEHITABLE WELLS74,75,76, b. 1666, Southold, Long Island, New York77; d. August 26, 1742, Long Island, New York78,79; m. JOHN TUTHILL80,81,82, Bef. 1683, Southold, Long Island, New York83; b. February 14, 1658, Southold, Long Island, New York84,85,86,87; d. November 21, 1754, Prob Long Island, New York88,89.

 

Endnotes

1. Youngs Family - Selah Youngs 1907, 64.

2. NEHGR 53 74-81, 169-176 - Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, 77, Headstone inscription here, no dates.

3. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 795, dod 1671, age 63 = 1608.

4. Walter M. Wells, Jr., Wells, William - Co-Founder of Southold, (Privately printed, 1986), I, Immigrated 1635, age 17 = 1618, but this may not be him.....

5. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 795.

6. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

7. Death Date Presumed Before a Subsequent Marriage of a Spouse, William Wells md 2nd Mary .....

8. Web Page - Mapes, 69 - Harding, Mary Wells.

9. Youngs Family - Selah Youngs 1907, 64, No last name for her here, listed as parent.

10. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), Shows Mary Wells, but as widow of William Wells.... Shows ?Youngs under Wells.

11. Date of Birth = Marr/Oldest less 18 yrs.

12. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 795.

13. Ancestors of American Presidents - 1995, 18 - Ben Harrison.

14. Harrision, Ben - Ancestry of, 85.

15. Ancestors of American Presidents - 1995, 18 - Ben Harrison, abt 1655.

16. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 1654.

17. NEHGR 53 74-81, 169-176 - Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, 169, 04/14/1733, Age 80 = 1653.

18. Ancestors of American Presidents - 1995, 18 - Ben Harrison, 1733.

19. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 1733.

20. NEHGR 53 74-81, 169-176 - Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, 169, 04/14/1733, Age 80.

21. Ancestors of American Presidents - 1995, Pg 18 - Harrisons.

22. Will of Horton, Barnabas 1680, fifth son.

23. Will of Horton, Jonathan 1708, NY Wills.

24. Ancestors of American Presidents - 1995, Pg 18, The Presidents Harrison.

25. Ancestors of American Presidents - 1995, Pg 18 - Harrisons, c 1648.

26. NEHGR 53 74-81, 169-176 - Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, 80, d 02/23/1707, age 60.

27. Ancestors of American Presidents - 1995, 18 - Ben Harrison, 1707.

28. Will of Horton, Jonathan 1708.

29. Edward Tanjore Corwin, Corwin Genealogy, (1872, New York), 02/23/1708.

30. NEHGR 53 74-81, 169-176 - Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, 80, 02/23/1707.

31. LDS Church, Ancestral File - LDS, "Electronic."

32. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 464, There is no assurance this is she .... this is simply a death record for an Abigail Wells..

33. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 463.

34. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 464.

35. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

36. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 464.

37. Web Page - Crowell, http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/crowell/1740, 05/05/1660.

38. NEHGR 53 74-81, 169-176 - Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, 77, d 10/1696, abt 37 yrs.

39. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 464, 05/05/1660.

40. Web Page - Crowell, http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/crowell/1740, 10/17/1696.

41. NEHGR 53 74-81, 169-176 - Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, 77, 10/1696.

42. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

43. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

44. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 463.

45. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

46. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 795.

47. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

48. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 463, 01/19/1661 - probably old style.

49. Yonges Family Newsletter, A flyleaf in back of a member's lineage.

50. Youngs Family - Selah Youngs 1907, 64.

51. Yonges Family Newsletter, A flyleaf in back of a member's lineage.

52. Youngs Family - Selah Youngs 1907, 64.

53. Youngs Family - Selah Youngs 1907, 47.

54. Youngs Family - Selah Youngs 1907, 64, Bef 1685: Mary was widow in 1686 census.

55. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

56. Will of Terry, Richard 1676.

57. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

58. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 464.

59. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

60. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 1652.

61. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 464, 11/07/1652.

62. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

63. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 308.

64. Vail Family, Genealogy of - 1902, 33.

65. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 308.

66. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

67. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

68. LDS Church, Ancestral File - LDS, "Electronic," 05/02/1644.

69. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 1644.

70. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 465.

71. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

72. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 465, 11/07/1667.

73. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

74. Email, Tony.

75. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

76. LDS, Ancestral File - LDS, "Electronic," says dau of William and Mary.

77. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

78. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), 1742.

79. Lucy Dubois Ackerly, Genealogies of Long Island Families - Tuthill Section, (NYGBR Collection, Henry B. Hoff, editor, GPC, 1987), 08/26/1742.

80. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

81. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

82. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 463.

83. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

84. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

85. James Savage, New England, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of - Savage, (1860), Tuthill sketch, 02/14/1659.

86. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

87. J. Wickham Case, Southold Town Records, (Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1882), 463.

88. Email, Tony Hix <Stormfreek@aol.com>.

89. Clarence Almon Torrey, Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).