EIGHTH GENERATION

79. John Benjamin. WELLS ⁽⁵⁾⁽¹⁷³⁾⁽²¹³⁾⁽²⁵⁶⁾⁽²⁵⁷⁾⁽²⁵⁸⁾⁽²²⁹⁾⁽²¹¹⁾⁽²⁵⁹⁾⁽²⁶⁰⁾⁽²⁶¹⁾⁽²⁶²⁾⁽²⁶³⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾⁽²⁰³⁾⁽²⁰⁸⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽²⁰⁸⁾⁽²⁶⁴⁾⁽²³²⁾⁽²⁶⁵⁾ was born on 10 May 1788 in Little Creek Hd., Kent Co., DE..⁽¹⁷³⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽²²³⁾ WellsHist "Benjamin Wells family Bible purchased for one pound ten shillings on Mar 21 1771,states that John Wells son of Benjimin Welles jr. and Ann Wells his wife was born in Little Creek Hundred, Delaware, on the 10 of May 1788 He married Mary Mahon on August 20 1813 He moved to Elkton MD with his father about 1812"
WellsBib B "John (Benj) Wells son of Benj Wells and Ann his wife was born on the 10/15 of May 1788.
Will Cecil A*:34 "Benjamin Welles of St.George's Hundred Kent DE. Names wife Penelope Wells, and her unnamed children, son John Wells, son Benjamin Wells (III), dau Elizabeth Wells Catline, late Elizabeth Turner (spouse David Turner dec'd and children), dau Lydia Wells, dau Ann Wells, (under 18 years old), exe'c Penelope Wells and Johey Bementt. prob 16 Apr 1821 Cecil Register of Wills
He died about 22 Sep 1849 in Elkton Cecil Co., Md..⁽²³²⁾⁽¹⁷⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽²⁶⁵⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽²¹¹⁾ CecilDem 1849 Obituary of John Benjamin Wells in Cecil Democrat 22 Sep 1849
WellsHist " he lived in the "Black Rock" property on the Main Street,Elkton, Maryland. He died in Elkton about 1825.
Benjamin Wells jr. will dtd 21 Apr. 1821 John sill living
Census 1840 Elkton Md he and wife registered
BibWellls John Wells bible last entry Jan 1841
JOHN BENJAMIN WELLS

John Benjamin Wells Elkton Cecil1820 /149
Elkton Cecil1830/45
Elkton Cecil1840/234
John Benjamin Wells Son of Benjamin Wells Jr.[`WillsCecil A8:34-35] and Ann
(Corse) Bowers [ProbKT A11:31,WillsKT L:12-13 Bowers] was born 15 May 1788 in Lt.Cr.Hd..[BibWellsB], He died abt 22 Sept 1847 [CecilDem1849], John moved to Elkton Md.aft 1812 with his father and resided in the "Black Rock Property" on Main St., Elkton next to the present location of the Cecil Co. Library [WellsHist:15]
John Wells was a man of activity and prominence in Elkton, and held the office of sheriff of the county, afterwards engaging in the hotel business in the brick building on West Main street now occupied by Mrs. George R.(Mary Ash) Howard, whose daughter Mary Ann Howard married John's grandson Benjamin Morrison Wells Jr., and also in what was known as the "Back Rock" property on East Main street now owned and occupied by Mr. John W. Antony. [CecilWhig 1894]
He was Dep't. Sheriff and Constable of Cecil Co Md [DeedsCecilJS 11:184 & JS 15:313] He also sold land his father left to his half sisters (Sussana Ann, and Lydia) [DeedsCecilJS 18:253]
Parents: Benjamin Welles Jr. and Ann Elizabeth Corse) Bowers
Mary Mahan married John Benjamin Wells 20 August 1818 [BibWellsJ, MarrCecil A:40 (registered 26 Aug) in Elkton. She was born cir.1788 in Delaware. [CenCecil 1880/79] and she died aft.1841 [BibWellsJ] in Elkton Md.
Children of John Benjamin Wells and Mary(Mahan)Wells
1 .Benjamin Morrison # [see his entry]
2. George M. Wells born 28 February 1816 Elkton [BibWellsJ] Married (1) Elizabeth Hutton 4 May 1840 Cecil [MarrCecil A: 69] (2) Eliza Koruss 18 June 1844 Cecil
[MarrCecilB:George/Koruss]
3. Sarah Ann Wells born 18 May 1817 Elkon [BibWellsJ]
4. Joseph Wells born 25 Nov 1818 Elkton [BibWellsJ] died bef.17 April 1897
[WillsCecil L16:391] m Cornelia Crouch 8 Apr 1845 [MarrCecilB: Joseph/Crouch]
5. Hannah Jane Wells born 7 May 1820 Wilmington De. [BibWellsJ] Married Joseph Brickley 26 September 1839 Elkton [BibWellsJ]
6 Elizabeth Mary Wells born 20 March 1822 Elkton [BibWellsJ] married Daniel Stewart 13 Oct.1839 Elkton [BibWellsJ, CecilWhig 1894]

He was married to Mary MAHAN (daughter of (-) MAHAN) on 26 Aug 1813 in Kent Co., DE..⁽²¹¹⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽²¹³⁾⁽²⁵⁶⁾ WellsHist Pg15 " He married Mary Mahan on August 20 1813 He moved to Elkton Maryland,with his father in 1812."
MarrCecil A:40 John Wills (Wells) married Mary Mahan, Cecil Co records marriage date 26 Aug 1818 Minister Rev Magraw
WellsBibJ "John Welles and Mary Mahan, married August 20, 1813"
Cecil Wig "Early in His life he learned the trade of Coach Painting with his relatives George and William Mahan (probably brothers to his wife Mary Mahan) who conducted the buisness of Coach building on Main Street nearly opposite the National Bank Elkton Md." Mary MAHAN⁽²⁵⁶⁾⁽²²⁷⁾ was born about 1788 in Kent Co., DE..⁽²⁶⁰⁾ Census MD Cecil 1880 pg 79 3rd Ed House 109/ family 111 Census of Benjamin M Wells reports His mother born in Delaware She died between 1841 and 1849 in Elkton Cecil Co., Md..⁽²¹¹⁾⁽²¹²⁾ Bible Wells J. last entry in WellsBibJ 1841 no death notice for Mary Mahan not mentiones as survivor in orbit of her husband John Wells She had Two brothers George and William who worked in the trade of Coach building "Cecil WHIG 1894 ORBIT "Benjamin M. Welles, (son of John Benjamin Wells and Mary Mahan), early in His life he learned the trade of Coach Painting with his relatives George and William Mahan (probably brothers to his fathers wife Mary Mahan) who conducted the buisness of Coach buildig on Main Street nearly oposite the National bank"
Elkton PRESS ABSTRACTS " Elkton Press 9 Apr 1823 "Sheriff's Sale of tract of Wells and Mahan to satisfy debt due Adam Whan, use of Frisby Henderson" "Sheriff's sale of tract of John Henderson to satisfy debt due James Morgan Jr."

John Benjamin. WELLS and Mary MAHAN had the following children:

+109 i. Benjamin M. WELLS.
+110 ii. George M. WELLS.
+111 iii. Sarah Ann WELLS.
+112 iv. Joseph WELLS.
+113 v. Hannah Jane WELLS.
+114 vi. Elizabeth Mary WELLS.