Harvey G Wells1,2
M, #31657, b. circa 1830
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1830; of, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Groom) Marriage: 11 March 1851; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
; Bride=Sylvia Hurst3 - (Groom) Marriage*: 11 March 1851; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
; Bride=Sylvia Hurst1,2
Family: Sylvia Hurst b. c 1830
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Marriage Record Daughter's of American Revolution Application, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
Birth Registration.
Sylvia Hurst1,2
F, #31658, b. circa 1830
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1830; of, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Bride) Marriage: 11 March 1851; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
; Groom=Harvey G Wells3 - (Bride) Marriage*: 11 March 1851; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
; Groom=Harvey G Wells1,2
- Married Name: 11 March 1851; Mrs. Wells (Hurst)
Family: Harvey G Wells b. c 1830
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Marriage Record Daughter's of American Revolution Application, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Sylvia Hurst
Spouse: Harvey G. Wells
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1851
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
Birth Registration.
Eliza Delinda Snider1,2
F, #31659, b. 1830, d. before 1 June 1880
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: 1830; Mississippi, USA1,3,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: 9 May 1844; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Eliza D. Snider
Spouse: Henry Wells
Marriage Date: 9 May 1844
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
; Groom=Henry Russell Wells1,2 - (Bride) Marriage: 24 May 1860; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: John Henry Jacques
Spouse: Mrs. Eliza Delinda Wells
Marriage Date: 24 May 1860
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
4 - (Bride) Marriage*: 24 May 1860; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: John Henry Jacques
Spouse: Mrs. Eliza Delinda Wells
Marriage Date: 24 May 1860
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
5,2 - (Deceased) Death*: before 1 June 1880; prob., Lower Pearl River, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA6,2
- Name Variation: Eliza Delinda Schneider7,2
- Married Name: 9 May 1844; Mrs. Wells (Snider)
- (Household Member) Census: 30 July 1850; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA;
1850 LA Orleans New Orleans, M2, Ward 4, family 45
Wells, Henry, age 29, laborer, b: "Boston"
Wells, Delinda, age 20, b: MS
Wells, Emmitt, age 6, b: LA; Head of Household=Henry Russell Wells3,2 - Married Name: 24 May 1860; Mrs. Jacques (Snider)
- (Head of Household) Census*: 27 June 1870; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA;
1870 LA St Tammany, family 15
Schneider, H B, age 60, b: SC
Schneider, F H, age 25, b: LA
Jaques, D E, age 38, b: LA (Eliza Delinda Snider)
Schneider, H. T, age 21, b: LA
Jaques, Sarah, age 8, b: LA
Jaques, R R, age 13, b: LA (? Rufus Wells?)
Jaques, Catherine, age 1, b: LA
Schneider, Annie, age 16, b: LA
Albert, Charles, age 10, b: MS; Household Member=Rufus Wells7,2
Family: Henry Russell Wells b. 1821, d. 18 May 1917
- Emmett Wells3,2 b. b Jul 1844
- Herbert Wells8,2 b. 1847
- Rufus Wells8,2 b. 1856, d. 21 Dec 1931
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Eliza D. Snider
Spouse: Henry Wells
Marriage Date: 9 May 1844
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- United States Federal Census, 1850 LA Orleans New Orleans, M2, Ward 4, family 45
Wells, Henry, age 29, laborer, b: Boston, MA
Wells, Delinda, age 20, b: MS
Wells, Emmitt, age 6, b: LA. - Marriage Record Daughter's of American Revolution Application, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: John Henry Jacques
Spouse: Mrs. Eliza Delinda Wells
Marriage Date: 24 May 1860
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
Birth Registration. - Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: John Henry Jacques
Spouse: Mrs. Eliza Delinda Wells
Marriage Date: 24 May 1860
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
. - United States Federal Census, 1880 LA St Tammany Lower Pearl River, eD177, family 11 - Susan Snider.
- United States Federal Census, 1870 LA St Tammany, family 15 H B Schnider.
- United States Federal Census, 1860 LA St Tammany, family 49, W Snider.
Thomas Wells1,2
M, #31660, b. circa 1810
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1810; of, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Groom) Marriage*: 27 December 1831; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Mary Thompson
Spouse: Thomas Wells
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1831
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
; Bride=Mary Anderson Thompson1,2
- (Head of Household) Census*: 1840; Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA; 1840 LA Madison
Wells, Thomas
living alone - ae 20-30 years2
Family: Mary Anderson Thompson b. 1813
- Capt. Hansel Pinckney Wells I+ b. 11 Oct 1833, d. 20 Mar 1908
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Mary Thompson
Spouse: Thomas Wells
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1831
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Mary Anderson Thompson1,2
F, #31661, b. 1813
- Reference: W015 ID999
- Birth*: 1813; Kentucky, USA; parents: Carter Thompson and Nancy Morton1,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: 27 December 1831; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Mary Thompson
Spouse: Thomas Wells
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1831
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
; Groom=Thomas Wells1,2
- Note: possible connection to Hezekiah Thompson and possible parents of Hansel Pinkney Wells b: 1835
note: brother Hezekiah Morton Thompson b: 22 oct 1797 in Prince Edward Co., VA - Married Name: 27 December 1831; Mrs. Wells (Thompson)
Family: Thomas Wells b. c 1810
- Capt. Hansel Pinckney Wells I+ b. 11 Oct 1833, d. 20 Mar 1908
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name: Mary Thompson
Spouse: Thomas Wells
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1831
Marriage Place: St. Tammany
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
John Wells1,2
M, #31662, b. circa 1775, d. before February 1847
- Father*: _ID922 B922 _W9992 b. 922
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1775; prob., Nash Co., North Carolina, USA2
- (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1800; of, Nash Co., North Carolina, USA1,2
- (Deceased) Death*: before February 1847; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA1,2
- (Deceased) Will*: 31 January 1845; of, Nash Co., North Carolina, USA; Will states "31st day of 1845" to mean January 31, 1845.
John Wells Will-1847
Posted by: Marta Patterson Date: December 23, 2000 at 07:24:48
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In the name of God, Amen. I JOHN WELLS of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina being in good health and mind and memory blessed be to God for his kind mercy make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in this manner and form as following.
First revoking all wills heretofore made by me, and for my executor here after named and for what estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give as followeth viz:
Item: All the property that I have heretofore given to my son ELIJAH WELLS and have put in his possession including moneys I gave to him and his heirs forever, I therefore, I give him no more.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter MATILDA B. JOINER, four hundred dollars, besides what I have heretofore given to her and to her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter SALLEY POULEN, one negro boy by the name of JACOB and all the property I have heretofore put in her possesion to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter POLLY YOUNG, the lands and plantation whereon she now lives and the M ?
land lying in Nash and Edgecombe County, say 144 acres to be the same, more or less to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter TEMPERANCE BRASWELL, four hundred dollars to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto six of my grandchildred by the names of MATILDA LEE, WILLIAM LEE, BERRY LEE, EMLY LEE, POLLEY LEE and JERIMIAH LEE, as follows, JERIMIAH is to have at his age of twenty one years old, two tracts or parcels of land lying in the County of Nash and Edgecombe. None by the name of the MARY and DAUGHTRY, this tract has 52 acres and the other 100 whereof JOE LEE, has to be the same more or less and the other named 5 children above, I give and bequeath, two hundred and fifty dollars, provided they shall be any of them to die before getting in possession of the land and money, its part its part is to be equally divided among the surviving parties to them forever.
Item: I lend the two tracts of land above given to JEREMIAH LEE, from this time to his father, JOSEPH LEE, by his paying the taxes yearly until JEREMIAH LEE arrives to the age of twenty one, provided the said JOSEPH shall live to the age and provided that JERRY dies before one and twenty and his father lives till that time, he is to have the use of the said 152 acres upto that time and no longer.
Item: I give and bequeath to my grandaughter above named MATILDA LEE, one feather bed stead and furniture and flax wheel that is now in the care of her father, JOSEPH LEE, to her forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto one of my grandsons WILLIE S. WELLS, three tracts or parcels of land, all in Nash County, say 182 1/4 acres be the same more or less 100 of it known as the CROWELL tracts and 8 acres is called the JOINER land on the county line and the 74 1/4 acres joining ANDREW J. WILLIAMS, part of the home tracts surrounded by E.L.CULL and one negro gall by the name of MILBERRY, one gray mare bridle and saddle and 1 shot gun to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto D. WELLS, one tract of land in the grant called the E. FLOOD land bought from his heirs, say 133 1/2 acres be the same more or less, in Nash County to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son JOEL WELLS, one negro boy TONEY and what I have theretofore given unto him to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son HANSEAL WELLS, one negro man by the name of CANE and all the rest of the property that I have heretofore given to him, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto my beloved son JOHN WELLS, the balance of the house tract after taking out WILLIE S. WELLS 74 1/4 acres as above named and all the residue of my lands that is not theretofore named, including my houses whereon I live, about three hundred ninety four acres and 1/4 be the same more or less bounded by the grants and deeds. One negro woman and child ISAAC, the woman named is MILB?, one still and one feather bedstead and furniture and all the residue of the property, that I have put in his possesion and given of to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I leave for all the balances of my negroes not name in my will, stock or money and all the residue of the perishable estate not given away that may be found on hand to be sold on a credit of six months and my just debts first paid and the will legacies paid out as name and the surplus part that may be on hand, if any be equally divided between 5 of my children to wit: SALLY POULEN, POLEY YOUNG, HANSEL WELLS, JOEL WELLS and JOHN WELLS, the sale is to be made by my executor, hereafter named.
Item: I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved son JOEL WELLS, executor to this my last will and testament, given under my hand and seal this the 31st day of 1845. Signed in the presence of us, JOSIAH VICK, DREWRY JOINER
State of North Carolina, court of pleas and quarter session, Feb term 1847.
The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of JOHN WELLS, deceased is offered for probate and duly proven in open court on oath by DREWRY JOINER, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recored. And is recorded. Attest F.M.TAYLOR C.C.C.
Item #463, pages 489, 499
Nash County, North Carolina
Record of Wills, Book 1
1776-1872, LDS #04194191,2 - (Deceased) Will Prov*: February 1847; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA1,2
Family:
- Elijah Wells1,2 b. c 1800
- Matilda B Wells1,2 b. c 1800
- Sally Wells1,2 b. c 1800
- Polly Wells1,2 b. c 1800
- Temperance Wells3 b. c 1800
- Temperance Wells1,2 b. c 1800
- Mrs. _____ Lee (Wells)1,2 b. c 1800, d. b 1847
- D Wells1,2 b. c 1800
- Joel Wells1,2 b. c 1800
- John Wells3 b. c 1800
- Hansel Wells+1,2 b. 1800, d. a 26 Jun 1880
Citations
- "Early Families of Gouldsboro ,Maine" by Muriel Sampson Johnson ,PictonPress ,Camden ,Maine ,1990, John Wells Will-1847
Posted by: Marta Patterson Date: December 23, 2000 at 07:24:48
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In the name of God, Amen. I JOHN WELLS of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina being in good health and mind and memory blessed be to God for his kind mercy make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in this manner and form as following.
First revoking all wills heretofore made by me, and for my executor here after named and for what estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give as followeth viz:
Item: All the property that I have heretofore given to my son ELIJAH WELLS and have put in his possession including moneys I gave to him and his heirs forever, I therefore, I give him no more.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter MATILDA B. JOINER, four hundred dollars, besides what I have heretofore given to her and to her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter SALLEY POULEN, one negro boy by the name of JACOB and all the property I have heretofore put in her possesion to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter POLLY YOUNG, the lands and plantation whereon she now lives and the M ?
land lying in Nash and Edgecombe County, say 144 acres to be the same, more or less to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter TEMPERANCE BRASWELL, four hundred dollars to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto six of my grandchildred by the names of MATILDA LEE, WILLIAM LEE, BERRY LEE, EMLY LEE, POLLEY LEE and JERIMIAH LEE, as follows, JERIMIAH is to have at his age of twenty one years old, two tracts or parcels of land lying in the County of Nash and Edgecombe. None by the name of the MARY and DAUGHTRY, this tract has 52 acres and the other 100 whereof JOE LEE, has to be the same more or less and the other named 5 children above, I give and bequeath, two hundred and fifty dollars, provided they shall be any of them to die before getting in possession of the land and money, its part its part is to be equally divided among the surviving parties to them forever.
Item: I lend the two tracts of land above given to JEREMIAH LEE, from this time to his father, JOSEPH LEE, by his paying the taxes yearly until JEREMIAH LEE arrives to the age of twenty one, provided the said JOSEPH shall live to the age and provided that JERRY dies before one and twenty and his father lives till that time, he is to have the use of the said 152 acres upto that time and no longer.
Item: I give and bequeath to my grandaughter above named MATILDA LEE, one feather bed stead and furniture and flax wheel that is now in the care of her father, JOSEPH LEE, to her forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto one of my grandsons WILLIE S. WELLS, three tracts or parcels of land, all in Nash County, say 182 1/4 acres be the same more or less 100 of it known as the CROWELL tracts and 8 acres is called the JOINER land on the county line and the 74 1/4 acres joining ANDREW J. WILLIAMS, part of the home tracts surrounded by E.L.CULL and one negro gall by the name of MILBERRY, one gray mare bridle and saddle and 1 shot gun to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto D. WELLS, one tract of land in the grant called the E. FLOOD land bought from his heirs, say 133 1/2 acres be the same more or less, in Nash County to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son JOEL WELLS, one negro boy TONEY and what I have theretofore given unto him to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son HANSEAL WELLS, one negro man by the name of CANE and all the rest of the property that I have heretofore given to him, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto my beloved son JOHN WELLS, the balance of the house tract after taking out WILLIE S. WELLS 74 1/4 acres as above named and all the residue of my lands that is not theretofore named, including my houses whereon I live, about three hundred ninety four acres and 1/4 be the same more or less bounded by the grants and deeds. One negro woman and child ISAAC, the woman named is MILB?, one still and one feather bedstead and furniture and all the residue of the property, that I have put in his possesion and given of to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I leave for all the balances of my negroes not name in my will, stock or money and all the residue of the perishable estate not given away that may be found on hand to be sold on a credit of six months and my just debts first paid and the will legacies paid out as name and the surplus part that may be on hand, if any be equally divided between 5 of my children to wit: SALLY POULEN, POLEY YOUNG, HANSEL WELLS, JOEL WELLS and JOHN WELLS, the sale is to be made by my executor, hereafter named.
Item: I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved son JOEL WELLS, executor to this my last will and testament, given under my hand and seal this the 31st day of 1845. Signed in the presence of us, JOSIAH VICK, DREWRY JOINER
State of North Carolina, court of pleas and quarter session, Feb term 1847.
The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of JOHN WELLS, deceased is offered for probate and duly proven in open court on oath by DREWRY JOINER, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recored. And is recorded. Attest F.M.TAYLOR C.C.C.
Item #463, pages 489, 499
Nash County, North Carolina
Record of Wills, Book 1
1776-1872, LDS #0419419
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Unknown author, "Early Families of Gouldsboro ,Maine" by Muriel Sampson Johnson ,PictonPress ,Camden ,Maine ,1990, John Wells Will-1847
Posted by: Marta Patterson Date: December 23, 2000 at 07:24:48
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In the name of God, Amen. I JOHN WELLS of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina being in good health and mind and memory blessed be to God for his kind mercy make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in this manner and form as following.
First revoking all wills heretofore made by me, and for my executor here after named and for what estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give as followeth viz:
Item: All the property that I have heretofore given to my son ELIJAH WELLS and have put in his possession including moneys I gave to him and his heirs forever, I therefore, I give him no more.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter MATILDA B. JOINER, four hundred dollars, besides what I have heretofore given to her and to her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter SALLEY POULEN, one negro boy by the name of JACOB and all the property I have heretofore put in her possesion to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter POLLY YOUNG, the lands and plantation whereon she now lives and the M ?
land lying in Nash and Edgecombe County, say 144 acres to be the same, more or less to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter TEMPERANCE BRASWELL, four hundred dollars to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto six of my grandchildred by the names of MATILDA LEE, WILLIAM LEE, BERRY LEE, EMLY LEE, POLLEY LEE and JERIMIAH LEE, as follows, JERIMIAH is to have at his age of twenty one years old, two tracts or parcels of land lying in the County of Nash and Edgecombe. None by the name of the MARY and DAUGHTRY, this tract has 52 acres and the other 100 whereof JOE LEE, has to be the same more or less and the other named 5 children above, I give and bequeath, two hundred and fifty dollars, provided they shall be any of them to die before getting in possession of the land and money, its part its part is to be equally divided among the surviving parties to them forever.
Item: I lend the two tracts of land above given to JEREMIAH LEE, from this time to his father, JOSEPH LEE, by his paying the taxes yearly until JEREMIAH LEE arrives to the age of twenty one, provided the said JOSEPH shall live to the age and provided that JERRY dies before one and twenty and his father lives till that time, he is to have the use of the said 152 acres upto that time and no longer.
Item: I give and bequeath to my grandaughter above named MATILDA LEE, one feather bed stead and furniture and flax wheel that is now in the care of her father, JOSEPH LEE, to her forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto one of my grandsons WILLIE S. WELLS, three tracts or parcels of land, all in Nash County, say 182 1/4 acres be the same more or less 100 of it known as the CROWELL tracts and 8 acres is called the JOINER land on the county line and the 74 1/4 acres joining ANDREW J. WILLIAMS, part of the home tracts surrounded by E.L.CULL and one negro gall by the name of MILBERRY, one gray mare bridle and saddle and 1 shot gun to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto D. WELLS, one tract of land in the grant called the E. FLOOD land bought from his heirs, say 133 1/2 acres be the same more or less, in Nash County to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son JOEL WELLS, one negro boy TONEY and what I have theretofore given unto him to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son HANSEAL WELLS, one negro man by the name of CANE and all the rest of the property that I have heretofore given to him, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto my beloved son JOHN WELLS, the balance of the house tract after taking out WILLIE S. WELLS 74 1/4 acres as above named and all the residue of my lands that is not theretofore named, including my houses whereon I live, about three hundred ninety four acres and 1/4 be the same more or less bounded by the grants and deeds. One negro woman and child ISAAC, the woman named is MILB?, one still and one feather bedstead and furniture and all the residue of the property, that I have put in his possesion and given of to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I leave for all the balances of my negroes not name in my will, stock or money and all the residue of the perishable estate not given away that may be found on hand to be sold on a credit of six months and my just debts first paid and the will legacies paid out as name and the surplus part that may be on hand, if any be equally divided between 5 of my children to wit: SALLY POULEN, POLEY YOUNG, HANSEL WELLS, JOEL WELLS and JOHN WELLS, the sale is to be made by my executor, hereafter named.
Item: I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved son JOEL WELLS, executor to this my last will and testament, given under my hand and seal this the 31st day of 1845. Signed in the presence of us, JOSIAH VICK, DREWRY JOINER
State of North Carolina, court of pleas and quarter session, Feb term 1847.
The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of JOHN WELLS, deceased is offered for probate and duly proven in open court on oath by DREWRY JOINER, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recored. And is recorded. Attest F.M.TAYLOR C.C.C.
Item #463, pages 489, 499
Nash County, North Carolina
Record of Wills, Book 1
1776-1872, LDS #0419419.
William Wells1
M, #31663, b. circa 1820
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1820; of, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA1
- (Groom) Marriage*: before 1849; Bride=Zeolide Antionette _____1
Family: Zeolide Antionette _____ b. c 1820
- Marie Olympe Wells2,1 b. 17 Dec 1849
Citations
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Birth Registration, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899
Given: Marie Olympe
Surname: Wells
Father: William
Mother: Zeolide Antoinette
Sex: F
Color: W
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1849
Volume: 11
Page: 92.
Zeolide Antionette _____1
F, #31664, b. circa 1820
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 18201
- (Bride) Marriage*: before 1849; Groom=William Wells1
- Married Name: before 1849; Mrs. Wells (_____)
Family: William Wells b. c 1820
- Marie Olympe Wells2,1 b. 17 Dec 1849
Citations
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Birth Registration, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899
Given: Marie Olympe
Surname: Wells
Father: William
Mother: Zeolide Antoinette
Sex: F
Color: W
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1849
Volume: 11
Page: 92.
Marie Olympe Wells1,2
F, #31665, b. 17 December 1849
- Father*: William Wells1,2 b. c 1820
- Mother*: Zeolide Antionette _____1,2 b. c 1820
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: 17 December 1849; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899
Given: Marie Olympe
Surname: Wells
Father: William
Mother: Zeolide Antoinette
Sex: F
Color: W
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1849
Volume: 11
Page: 921,2
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Birth Registration, New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899
Given: Marie Olympe
Surname: Wells
Father: William
Mother: Zeolide Antoinette
Sex: F
Color: W
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1849
Volume: 11
Page: 92. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
William Edmund Wells1,2
M, #31666, b. circa 1820
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1820; of, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Groom) Marriage*: 24 November 1842; Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Adams, Milford A.
Spouse 2: Wells, William Edmund
Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1842
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
; Bride=Milford A Adams1,2
Family: Milford A Adams b. c 1820
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Adams, Milford A.
Spouse 2: Wells, William Edmund
Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1842
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Milford A Adams1,2
F, #31667, b. circa 1820
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1820; of, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: 24 November 1842; Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Adams, Milford A.
Spouse 2: Wells, William Edmund
Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1842
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
; Groom=William Edmund Wells1,2 - (Bride) Marriage*: 19 March 1849; Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Voorhies, Gradingo P.
Spouse 2: Wells, Mitford Adams
Marriage Date: 19 Mar 1849
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
3,2
- Married Name: 24 November 1842; Mrs. Wells (Adams)
- Married Name: 19 March 1849; Mrs. Voorhies (Adams)
Family: William Edmund Wells b. c 1820
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Adams, Milford A.
Spouse 2: Wells, William Edmund
Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1842
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Voorhies, Gradingo P.
Spouse 2: Wells, Mitford Adams
Marriage Date: 19 Mar 1849
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
.
John Wells1,2
M, #31668, b. 2 April 1813, d. 1862
- Father*: John Wells b. 15 Aug 1778, d. 1845
- Mother*: Mary Hudspeth b. 1775, d. 1852
- Reference: W023 ID586
- Birth*: 2 April 1813; Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
- Birth: 1815; Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
- (Groom) Marriage: circa 1835; prob., Arkansas, USA
- (Groom) Marriage*: 25 December 1844; Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Grayson, Eliza Ann
Spouse 2: Wells, John
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1844
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Caldwell Parish
; Bride=Elizabeth Ann Grayson1,2 - (Deceased) Death*: 1862; Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
- Taxation: 1830; Union Twp., Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA; Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870 about John Wells
Name: John Wells
State: AR
County: Lawrence County
Township: Union Township
Year: 1830
Record Type: Tax List
Page: 002
Database: AR 1830-1839 Tax Lists Index - (Head of Household) Census: 1840; Union Twp., Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA; 1840 United States Federal Census about John Wells
Name: John Wells
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Union, Lawrence, Arkansas
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Schools - Primary and Common Schools: 1
Schools - No. of Scholars (Pri/Comm): 35
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2 - (Head of Household) Census: 1850; Union, Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA; 1850 United States Federal Census about John Wells
Name: John Wells
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1815
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1850: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Family Number: 729
Household Members:
Name Age
John Wells 35
Eliza A Wells 22
Elizabeth Wells 14
Roda Wells 11
Mary Wells 13
Clary Wells 2
Family 1:
- Elizabeth Wells b. 1836
- Mary Wells b. 1837
- Rhoda Wells b. 1839
Family 2: Elizabeth Ann Grayson b. c 1820, d. 1886
- Clarissa Ann Wells b. 22 Jan 1849, d. 21 Aug 1890
- John Overton Wells+ b. 16 Aug 1852, d. 1888
- Susan Wells b. 1854
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Grayson, Eliza Ann
Spouse 2: Wells, John
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1844
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Caldwell Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Elizabeth Ann Grayson
F, #31669, b. circa 1820, d. 1886
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1820; of, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: 25 December 1844; Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Grayson, Eliza Ann
Spouse 2: Wells, John
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1844
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Caldwell Parish
; Groom=John Wells1,2 - (Deceased) Death*: 1886; Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
- Nickname: Lisa Grayson
- Name Variation: Eliza Ann Grayson1,2
- Married Name: 25 December 1844; Mrs. Wells (Grayson)
Family: John Wells b. 2 Apr 1813, d. 1862
- Clarissa Ann Wells b. 22 Jan 1849, d. 21 Aug 1890
- John Overton Wells+ b. 16 Aug 1852, d. 1888
- Susan Wells b. 1854
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Grayson, Eliza Ann
Spouse 2: Wells, John
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1844
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Caldwell Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
William Ennemond Meuillon Wells
M, #31670, b. circa 1810
- Father*: William Willing Wells b. 11 Sep 1776, d. c 1812
- Mother*: Rosalie Meullion b. 2 Nov 1782, d. 4 Sep 1832
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1810; of, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Groom) Marriage*: 19 October 1834; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Thomas, M.
Spouse 2: Wells, William E. M.
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1834
Marriage Location: Louisiana
East Feliciana Parish
; Bride=M Thomas1,2
Family: M Thomas b. c 1810
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Thomas, M.
Spouse 2: Wells, William E. M.
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1834
Marriage Location: Louisiana
East Feliciana Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
M Thomas1,2
F, #31671, b. circa 1810
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1810; of, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: 19 October 1834; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Thomas, M.
Spouse 2: Wells, William E. M.
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1834
Marriage Location: Louisiana
East Feliciana Parish
; Groom=William Ennemond Meuillon Wells1,2
- Married Name: 19 October 1834; Mrs. Wells (Thomas)
Family: William Ennemond Meuillon Wells b. c 1810
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Thomas, M.
Spouse 2: Wells, William E. M.
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1834
Marriage Location: Louisiana
East Feliciana Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Samuel W Wells1,2
M, #31672, b. circa 1820
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1820; of, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Groom) Marriage*: 14 April 1840; West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
about Wells, Samuel W.
Spouse 1: Wells, Samuel W.
Spouse 2: Whitten, Martha A.
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1840
Marriage Location: Louisiana
West Feliciana Parish
; Bride=Martha A Whitten1,2
Family: Martha A Whitten b. c 1820
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Wells, Samuel W.
Spouse 2: Whitten, Martha A.
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1840
Marriage Location: Louisiana
West Feliciana Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Martha A Whitten1,2
F, #31673, b. circa 1820
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 1820; of, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: 14 April 1840; West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Marriages to 1850
about Wells, Samuel W.
Spouse 1: Wells, Samuel W.
Spouse 2: Whitten, Martha A.
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1840
Marriage Location: Louisiana
West Feliciana Parish
; Groom=Samuel W Wells1,2
- Married Name: 14 April 1840; Mrs. Wells (Whitten)
Family: Samuel W Wells b. c 1820
Citations
- Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Vital Records: Birth, Baptism, Christening, Marriage, Divorce, Death and Burial, Marriage Certificate, Louisiana Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Wells, Samuel W.
Spouse 2: Whitten, Martha A.
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1840
Marriage Location: Louisiana
West Feliciana Parish
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Emmett Wells1,2
M, #31674, b. before July 1844
- Father*: Henry Russell Wells1,2 b. 1821, d. 18 May 1917
- Mother*: Eliza Delinda Snider1,2 b. 1830, d. b 1 Jun 1880
- Reference: W001 ID922
- Birth*: before July 1844; prob., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
- (Household Member) Census: 30 July 1850; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA;
1850 LA Orleans New Orleans, M2, Ward 4, family 45
Wells, Henry, age 29, laborer, b: "Boston"
Wells, Delinda, age 20, b: MS
Wells, Emmitt, age 6, b: LA; Head of Household=Henry Russell Wells1,2
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1850 LA Orleans New Orleans, M2, Ward 4, family 45
Wells, Henry, age 29, laborer, b: Boston, MA
Wells, Delinda, age 20, b: MS
Wells, Emmitt, age 6, b: LA. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Herbert Wells1,2
M, #31675, b. 1847
- Father*: Henry Russell Wells1,2 b. 1821, d. 18 May 1917
- Mother*: Eliza Delinda Snider1,2 b. 1830, d. b 1 Jun 1880
- Reference: W001 ID922
- Birth*: 1847; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA1,2
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1860 LA St Tammany, family 49, W Snider.
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Rufus Wells1,2
M, #31676, b. 1856, d. 21 December 1931
- Father*: Henry Russell Wells1,2 b. 1821, d. 18 May 1917
- Mother*: Eliza Delinda Snider1,2 b. 1830, d. b 1 Jun 1880
- Reference: W001 ID922
- Birth*: 1856; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; since Rufus says his father was born in Illinois, then I suspect that neither Henry Wells nor John Jacques are his biological father.1,2
- (Groom) Marriage*: circa 1885; prob., Louisiana, USA; Bride=Sarah M _____3,2
- (Deceased) Death*: 21 December 1931; Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA; Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949
Name: Rufus Jacques
Death Date: 21 Dec 1931
Estimated birth year: 1854
Age: 77 Years
Parish: Pte. Coupee
Certificate Number: 15404
Volume: 36
2
- Name Variation: Rufus R Jacques4,2
- (Household Member) Census: 27 June 1870; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA;
1870 LA St Tammany, family 15
Schneider, H B, age 60, b: SC
Schneider, F H, age 25, b: LA
Jaques, D E, age 38, b: LA (Eliza Delinda Snider)
Schneider, H. T, age 21, b: LA
Jaques, Sarah, age 8, b: LA
Jaques, R R, age 13, b: LA (? Rufus Wells?)
Jaques, Catherine, age 1, b: LA
Schneider, Annie, age 16, b: LA
Albert, Charles, age 10, b: MS; Head of Household=Eliza Delinda Snider4,2 - (Head of Household) Census*: 1 June 1880; Lower Pearl River, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA;
1880 LA St Tammany Lower Pearl River, eD177, family 11
Snider, Susan, age 70, b: GA
Snider, John, age 32, laborer, b: LA
Jaques, Rufus, age 23, grandson, b: LA
Jaques, Sarah, age 18, granddaughter, b: LA
Jaques, Catherine, age 10, granddaughter, b: LA3,2 - (Head of Household) Census: 8 June 1900; Slidell, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA;
1900 LA St Tammany Slidell ED85, family 169
Jacques, Rufus, head, b: Jan 1855, married 11 years, b: LA (father b: IL, mother b: LA), house painter
Jacques, Sarah M, wife, b: Mar 1864, age 36, married 11 years, had 8 children, 4 living, b: LA
Jacques, Harry, son, b: Aug 1888, age 11, b: LA, brick yard laborer
Jacques, Helen, dau, b: Aug 1890, b: LA
Jacques, Othelia, dau, b: Sep 1897, b: LA
Kirsch, Thomas, step-son, b: Feb 1885, age 15, b: LA (father b: France, mother b: LA), brick yard laborer5,2 - (Head of Household) Census: 29 April 1910; St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA;
1910 LA St Tammany Police Jury Ward 8, ED102, family 220
Jaques, Rufus, head, age 53, widowed, married 22 years, b: LA (father b: IL, mother b: LA)
Jaques, Harry, son, age 21, single, b: LA
Jaques, Barbara O, dau, age 12, b: LA
Jaques, Robert Lee, son, age 5, b: LA
Jaques, Nellie A, dau, age 3, b: LA2
Family: Sarah M _____ b. c 1860, d. bt 1900 - 1910
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1860 LA St Tammany, family 49, W Snider.
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- United States Federal Census, 1880 LA St Tammany Lower Pearl River, eD177, family 11 - Susan Snider.
- United States Federal Census, 1870 LA St Tammany, family 15 H B Schnider.
- United States Federal Census, 1900 LA St Tammany Slidell ED85, family 169 - Rufus Jacques.
Sarah M _____1,2
F, #31677, b. circa 1860, d. between 1900 and 1910
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: circa 18601,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: before 18853,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1885; prob., Louisiana, USA; Groom=Rufus Wells1,2
- (Deceased) Death*: between 1900 and 1910; prob., St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA4,2
- Married Name: circa 1885; Mrs. Wells (_____)
- Married Name: before 1900; Mrs. Kirsch (_____)
Family: Rufus Wells b. 1856, d. 21 Dec 1931
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1880 LA St Tammany Lower Pearl River, eD177, family 11 - Susan Snider.
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- United States Federal Census, 1900 LA St Tammany Slidell ED85, family 169 - Rufus Jacques.
- United States Federal Census, 1910 LA St Tammany - Rufus Jacques (widower).
Silas Edwin Wells1,2,3
M, #31678, b. April 1881
- Father*: Charles Russell Wells1,3 b. 10 Mar 1857, d. 5 Nov 1936
- Mother*: Luvinia Inman1,3 b. 17 Jun 1863, d. 25 Jul 1926
- Reference: W001 ID922
- Birth*: April 1881; prob., Goliad Co., Texas, USA1,3
- (Groom) Marriage: circa 1905; Bride=Minnie Leigh Cassell4,3
- (Groom) Marriage: before 12 September 1918; prob., Goliad Co., Texas, USA; Bride=Minnie Leigh Cassell5
- (Witness) Burial*: Fannin, Goliad Co., Texas, USA4,3
- Milt-Event*: 12 September 1918; Routia?, Goliad Co., Texas, USA; World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Silas Edwin Wells
Name: Silas Edwin Wells
City: Routia?
County: Goliad
State: Texas
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1881
Race: White
Roll: 1953399
DraftBoard: 0
occ: Clerk Riverdale Mer. Co
wife: Minnie Lee Wells
desc: medium height/build, gray eyes, light brown hair2,3 - (Head of Household) Census*: 1920; Riverside, Goliad Co., Texas, USA; Household Member=Minnie Leigh Cassell, Household Member=Robert Wells, Household Member=Eileen Wells6,3
- Note: 29 May 1951; Goliad Co., Texas, USA; Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 ( not sure correct person)
Name: Silas E. Wells
Death Date: 29 May 1951
Death County: Goliad
Certificate: 24265
Family: Minnie Leigh Cassell b. 1889
- Robert Wells3 b. 1907
- Roland Emmett Wells+4,3 b. c 6 Apr 1908
- Eileen Wells4,3 b. 23 Feb 1913
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1900 TX Goliad JPct 4, ED51, family 211 - Charles Wells.
- Military Record, Military Records, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Silas Edwin Wells
City: Not Stated
County: Goliad
State: Texas
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1881
Race: White
Roll: 1953399
DraftBoard: 0
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Benson Gary Wells, as submitted in GEDCOM file C:TMGWGEDCOMSID176_~1.GED and imported on 07/28/2008 at 11:19:07.,_ID176 _Researcher.
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Silas Edwin Wells
City: Not Stated
County: Goliad
State: Texas
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1881
Race: White
Roll: 1953399
DraftBoard: 0.
- United States Federal Census, 1920 TX Goliad Riverdale - Silas E Wells.
Robert Berton Wells1,2,3
M, #31679, b. 4 May 1884, d. 30 March 1952
- Father*: Charles Russell Wells1,3 b. 10 Mar 1857, d. 5 Nov 1936
- Mother*: Luvinia Inman1,3 b. 17 Jun 1863, d. 25 Jul 1926
- Reference: W001 ID176
- Birth*: 4 May 1884; prob., Goliad Co., Texas, USA1,2,3
- (Groom) Marriage*: before 1918; prob., Goliad Co., Texas, USA; Bride=Nannie E Handy4,3
- (Deceased) Death*: 30 March 1952; Goliad Co., Texas, USA; Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Robert Burton Wells
Death Date: 30 Mar 1952
Death County: Goliad
Certificate: 12078
3
- (Household Member) Census: 16 June 1900; Goliad Co., Texas, USA;
1900 TX Goliad JPct 4, ED51, family 211; Head of Household=Charles Russell Wells1,3 - Milt-Event*: 12 September 1918; Fannin, Goliad Co., Texas, USA; World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Robert Berton Wells
City: Fannin
County: Goliad
State: Texas
Birth Date: 4 May 1884
Race: White
Roll: 1953399
DraftBoard: 0
occ: clerk L J Hensley & sons, Fannin
desc: gray eyes, lt brown hair, medium height / build
2,3 - (Head of Household) Census*: 1920; Riverdale, Goliad Co., Texas, USA; Household Member=Nannie E Handy5,3
Family: Nannie E Handy b. 1886
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1900 TX Goliad JPct 4, ED51, family 211 - Charles Wells.
- Military Record, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Robert Berton Wells
City: Not Stated
County: Goliad
State: Texas
Birth Date: 4 May 1884
Race: White
Roll: 1953399
DraftBoard: 0
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Military Record, Military Records, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Robert Berton Wells
City: Not Stated
County: Goliad
State: Texas
Birth Date: 4 May 1884
Race: White
Roll: 1953399
DraftBoard: 0
. - United States Federal Census, 1920 TX Goliad Riverdale -Robert B Wells.
Silas Wells1,2
M, #31680, b. 1855
- Father*: Henry Russell Wells1,2 b. 1821, d. 18 May 1917
- Mother*: Charlotte Lucretia _____1,2 b. May 1832, d. 1912
- Reference: W001 ID922
- Birth*: 1855; Goliad Co., Texas, USA1,2
- (Household Member) Census: 19 July 1870; Goliad Co., Texas, USA;
1870 TX Goliad, family 265
Wells, Henry, age 49, farmer, b: MA
Wells, Charlotte, age 38, b: AR
Wells, Silas, age 15, b: TX
Wells, Charles, age 13, b: TX
Wells, Hellen, age 7, b: TX; Head of Household=Henry Russell Wells1,2
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1870 TX Goliad, family 265 - Henry Wells.
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Helen Wells1,2
F, #31681, b. 1863, d. before 1880
- Father*: Henry Russell Wells1,2 b. 1821, d. 18 May 1917
- Mother*: Charlotte Lucretia _____1,2 b. May 1832, d. 1912
- Reference: W001 ID922
- Birth*: 1863; Goliad Co., Texas, USA1,2
- (Bride) Marriage*: between 1871 and 1879; prob., Goliad Co., Texas, USA1,2
- (Deceased) Death*: before 1880; prob., Goliad Co., Texas, USA2
- (Household Member) Census: 19 July 1870; Goliad Co., Texas, USA;
1870 TX Goliad, family 265
Wells, Henry, age 49, farmer, b: MA
Wells, Charlotte, age 38, b: AR
Wells, Silas, age 15, b: TX
Wells, Charles, age 13, b: TX
Wells, Hellen, age 7, b: TX; Head of Household=Henry Russell Wells1,2 - Married Name: between 1871 and 1879; Mrs. Davis (Wells)
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1870 TX Goliad, family 265 - Henry Wells.
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
Robert Wells1
M, #31682, b. 1907
- Father*: Silas Edwin Wells1 b. Apr 1881
- Mother*: Minnie Leigh Cassell1 b. 1889
- Reference: W001 ID922
- Birth*: 1907; Goliad Co., Texas, USA; from 1910 census1
- (Household Member) Census: 1920; Riverside, Goliad Co., Texas, USA; Head of Household=Silas Edwin Wells2,1
Citations
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- United States Federal Census, 1920 TX Goliad Riverdale - Silas E Wells.
Hansel Wells1,2
M, #31683, b. 1800, d. after 26 June 1880
- Father*: John Wells1,2 b. c 1775, d. b Feb 1847
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: 1800; of, Nash Co., North Carolina, USA3
- (Groom) Marriage*: 20 April 1825; prob., Nash Co., North Carolina, USA; Parents: James (Jim) Viverette and Blessing (Fannie Ann) MANN.
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Name: Hansel Wells
Spouse: Cynthia Viverett
Marriage Date: 20 Apr 1825
Marriage County: Nash
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: County Court Records at Nashville, NC and FHL # 0422156 item 3
Source: County Court Records at Nashville, NC & Family His
; Bride=Cynthia Viverette2 - (Deceased) Death*: after 26 June 1880; prob., Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, USA4,2
- (Head of Household) Census: 1 June 1840; Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, USA; 1840 NC Edgecombe
Wells, Hansel 40-50 years
males 0-1-1-0-0-0-1
females 1-1-1-0-0-1
(wife age 30-40 years)5,2 - (Head of Household) Census: 10 July 1860; Gardner, Wilson Co., North Carolina, USA;
1860 NC Wilson Gardner, family 668 - John J Sharp
Wells, Hansel, age 65, b: NC
Sharp, John J , age 30, merchant, b: NC
Sharp, Mazie, age 23, b: NC6,2 - (Household Member) Census: 16 July 1870; Tarbrough, Edgecomb Co., North Carolina, USA;
1870 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creek, family 191
John J Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1826 North Carolina White Male
Mahala Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt
1860 North Carolina White Female
Maizy Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1836 North Carolina White Female
Martha Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1869 North Carolina White Female
Mary Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1857 North Carolina White Female
Thomas Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1862 North Carolina White Male
William Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1838 North Carolina White Male
William Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1853 North Carolina White Male
Hausell Wells Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1800 North Carolina White Male
Bennett Williams Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1833 North Carolina White Male
Mary Williams Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1825 North Carolina White Female; Head of Household=Maizy Wells3 - (Head of Household) Census*: 26 June 1880; Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, USA;
1880 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creed ED72, family 240 - Hansel Wells with grandson's family (George Robbins)
Wells, hansel, age 81, b: NC (same as parents)7,2
Family: Cynthia Viverette b. 6 Aug 1805, d. a 1850
- Ann Mariah Wells2 b. 1826
- Sarah Wells8 b. 1828
- Harriet Wells2 b. 1829
- James Wells2 b. 1831
- Maizy Wells2 b. 1836, d. a 16 Jul 1870
Citations
- "Early Families of Gouldsboro ,Maine" by Muriel Sampson Johnson ,PictonPress ,Camden ,Maine ,1990, John Wells Will-1847
Posted by: Marta Patterson Date: December 23, 2000 at 07:24:48
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In the name of God, Amen. I JOHN WELLS of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina being in good health and mind and memory blessed be to God for his kind mercy make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in this manner and form as following.
First revoking all wills heretofore made by me, and for my executor here after named and for what estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give as followeth viz:
Item: All the property that I have heretofore given to my son ELIJAH WELLS and have put in his possession including moneys I gave to him and his heirs forever, I therefore, I give him no more.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter MATILDA B. JOINER, four hundred dollars, besides what I have heretofore given to her and to her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter SALLEY POULEN, one negro boy by the name of JACOB and all the property I have heretofore put in her possesion to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter POLLY YOUNG, the lands and plantation whereon she now lives and the M ?
land lying in Nash and Edgecombe County, say 144 acres to be the same, more or less to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter TEMPERANCE BRASWELL, four hundred dollars to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto six of my grandchildred by the names of MATILDA LEE, WILLIAM LEE, BERRY LEE, EMLY LEE, POLLEY LEE and JERIMIAH LEE, as follows, JERIMIAH is to have at his age of twenty one years old, two tracts or parcels of land lying in the County of Nash and Edgecombe. None by the name of the MARY and DAUGHTRY, this tract has 52 acres and the other 100 whereof JOE LEE, has to be the same more or less and the other named 5 children above, I give and bequeath, two hundred and fifty dollars, provided they shall be any of them to die before getting in possession of the land and money, its part its part is to be equally divided among the surviving parties to them forever.
Item: I lend the two tracts of land above given to JEREMIAH LEE, from this time to his father, JOSEPH LEE, by his paying the taxes yearly until JEREMIAH LEE arrives to the age of twenty one, provided the said JOSEPH shall live to the age and provided that JERRY dies before one and twenty and his father lives till that time, he is to have the use of the said 152 acres upto that time and no longer.
Item: I give and bequeath to my grandaughter above named MATILDA LEE, one feather bed stead and furniture and flax wheel that is now in the care of her father, JOSEPH LEE, to her forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto one of my grandsons WILLIE S. WELLS, three tracts or parcels of land, all in Nash County, say 182 1/4 acres be the same more or less 100 of it known as the CROWELL tracts and 8 acres is called the JOINER land on the county line and the 74 1/4 acres joining ANDREW J. WILLIAMS, part of the home tracts surrounded by E.L.CULL and one negro gall by the name of MILBERRY, one gray mare bridle and saddle and 1 shot gun to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto D. WELLS, one tract of land in the grant called the E. FLOOD land bought from his heirs, say 133 1/2 acres be the same more or less, in Nash County to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son JOEL WELLS, one negro boy TONEY and what I have theretofore given unto him to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son HANSEAL WELLS, one negro man by the name of CANE and all the rest of the property that I have heretofore given to him, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto my beloved son JOHN WELLS, the balance of the house tract after taking out WILLIE S. WELLS 74 1/4 acres as above named and all the residue of my lands that is not theretofore named, including my houses whereon I live, about three hundred ninety four acres and 1/4 be the same more or less bounded by the grants and deeds. One negro woman and child ISAAC, the woman named is MILB?, one still and one feather bedstead and furniture and all the residue of the property, that I have put in his possesion and given of to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I leave for all the balances of my negroes not name in my will, stock or money and all the residue of the perishable estate not given away that may be found on hand to be sold on a credit of six months and my just debts first paid and the will legacies paid out as name and the surplus part that may be on hand, if any be equally divided between 5 of my children to wit: SALLY POULEN, POLEY YOUNG, HANSEL WELLS, JOEL WELLS and JOHN WELLS, the sale is to be made by my executor, hereafter named.
Item: I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved son JOEL WELLS, executor to this my last will and testament, given under my hand and seal this the 31st day of 1845. Signed in the presence of us, JOSIAH VICK, DREWRY JOINER
State of North Carolina, court of pleas and quarter session, Feb term 1847.
The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of JOHN WELLS, deceased is offered for probate and duly proven in open court on oath by DREWRY JOINER, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recored. And is recorded. Attest F.M.TAYLOR C.C.C.
Item #463, pages 489, 499
Nash County, North Carolina
Record of Wills, Book 1
1776-1872, LDS #0419419
. - Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- 1870 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creek Tarborough, family 191 - John J Sharpe or Thorpe unknown record type, Felix Avenue, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas, USA.
- United States Federal Census, 1870 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creek Tarborough, family 191 - John J Sharpe or Thorpe.
- United States Federal Census, 1840 NC Edgecombe ED3 - Hansel Wells.
- United States Federal Census, 1880 NC Wilson Gardner, , family 668 - Hansel Wells (with John J Sharpe ).
- United States Federal Census, 1880 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creek Tarborough, family 240 - Hansel Wells (grandfather of George Robbins).
- Unknown subject, unknown file number, Social Security Death Index, unknown series, Family Data Collection - Births
Name: Sarah Wells
Father: Hansel Wells
Mother: Cynthia Viverett
Birth Date: 1828
State: NC
Country: USA.
Cynthia Viverette1
F, #31684, b. 6 August 1805, d. after 1850
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: 6 August 1805; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA1
- (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1820; prob., Nash Co., North Carolina, USA
- (Bride) Marriage*: 20 April 1825; prob., Nash Co., North Carolina, USA; Parents: James (Jim) Viverette and Blessing (Fannie Ann) MANN.
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Name: Hansel Wells
Spouse: Cynthia Viverett
Marriage Date: 20 Apr 1825
Marriage County: Nash
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: County Court Records at Nashville, NC and FHL # 0422156 item 3
Source: County Court Records at Nashville, NC & Family His
; Groom=Hansel Wells1 - Death*: after 1850
- (Witness) Burial*: after 1850; Viverette-Williams Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Nash Co., North Carolina, USA; U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Cynthia Wells
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1805
Cemetery: Viverette-Williams Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Nash County, North Carolina, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: James Viverette
Mother: Blessing Viverette
Spouse: Hansel Wells1
- Name Variation: circa 1820; Mrs. Cynthia Viverett (Bunch)
- Married Name: circa 1820; Mrs. Bunch (Viverette)
- Married Name: 20 April 1825; Mrs. Wells (Viverette)
Family: Hansel Wells b. 1800, d. a 26 Jun 1880
- Ann Mariah Wells1 b. 1826
- Sarah Wells2 b. 1828
- Harriet Wells1 b. 1829
- James Wells1 b. 1831
- Maizy Wells1 b. 1836, d. a 16 Jul 1870
Citations
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- Unknown subject, unknown file number, Social Security Death Index, unknown series, Family Data Collection - Births
Name: Sarah Wells
Father: Hansel Wells
Mother: Cynthia Viverett
Birth Date: 1828
State: NC
Country: USA.
Maizy Wells1,2
F, #31685, b. 1836, d. after 16 July 1870
- Father*: Hansel Wells2 b. 1800, d. a 26 Jun 1880
- Mother*: Cynthia Viverette2 b. 6 Aug 1805, d. a 1850
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: 1836; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA3
- (Bride) Marriage*: 16 November 1854; Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
about Mazy Wells
Name: Mazy Wells
Gender: Female
Spouse: John Sharp
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1854
Marriage County: Edgecombe
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: FHL microfilm # ?????
Source: Record of this marriage may be found in a book at
Notes: John Sharp married Mazy Wells on Nov 16, 1854 in Edgecombe, NC
1,2 - (Deceased) Death*: after 16 July 1870; prob., Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, USA1,2
- Name Variation: Mazie Wells2
- Married Name: 16 November 1854; Mrs. Sharpe (Wells)
- (Head of Household) Census*: 16 July 1870; Tarbrough, Edgecomb Co., North Carolina, USA;
1870 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creek, family 191
John J Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1826 North Carolina White Male
Mahala Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt
1860 North Carolina White Female
Maizy Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1836 North Carolina White Female
Martha Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1869 North Carolina White Female
Mary Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1857 North Carolina White Female
Thomas Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1862 North Carolina White Male
William Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1838 North Carolina White Male
William Sharpe Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1853 North Carolina White Male
Hausell Wells Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1800 North Carolina White Male
Bennett Williams Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1833 North Carolina White Male
Mary Williams Upper Town Creek, Edgecombe, NC abt 1825 North Carolina White Female; Household Member=Hansel Wells3
Citations
- United States Federal Census, 1870 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creek Tarborough, family 191 - John J Sharpe or Thorpe.
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.
- 1870 NC Edgecombe Upper Town Creek Tarborough, family 191 - John J Sharpe or Thorpe unknown record type, Felix Avenue, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas, USA.
Ann Mariah Wells1
F, #31686, b. 1826
- Father*: Hansel Wells1 b. 1800, d. a 26 Jun 1880
- Mother*: Cynthia Viverette1 b. 6 Aug 1805, d. a 1850
- Reference: W999 ID922
- Birth*: 1826; Nash Co., North Carolina, USA1
Citations
- Wells Surname DNA Study,Orin Wells, Wells Surname DNA Study.