Abigail Wells
was the daughter of Joshua Wells and Mary Brewster.
On May 28, 1747 in Southold, Long Island, New York Abigail married
Simeon Benjamin. Abigail and
Simeon were the parents of Joshua, David, Hannah and Paul.
Joshua
Wells was born about 1691 in Southold, Long Island, New York.
He was the son of Joshua Wells and Hannah Tuthill.
Joshua married Mary Brewster
in 1715. Joshua and Mary were the parents of Abigail, Joshua,
Timothy, John, Mary Jane, Sarah, Deborah, Deliverance, Hannah,
David and Delury. Joshua died on April 9, 1761 at the age of 70.
Bethia Wells was born about 1653. She was
one of three of my direct ancestors born to William Wells
and Mary Youngs. Between 1672 and 1674 Bethia married Jonathan
Horton in Southold, Long Island,
New York. Bethia and Jonathan were the parents of Abigail, Caleb,
Caleb, Bethia, Barnabas, William, Mehitable, Jonathan, Mary, Patience
and James. Bethia died on April 14, 1733.
Hester Wells was born
about 1658. She was one of ten children born to William Wells
and Mary Youngs. About 1673 Hester married Mordecai
Homan and they were the parents of
John, Mordecai and Hester. Hester died after 1698.
Joshua
Wells was born in 1664. He is the youngest son born to William
Wells and Mary Youngs. Joshua married Hannah Tuthill on January 19, 1686 and they
were the parents of Joshua. Joshua died in 1744.
William
Wells was born in January 1608 in Norwich, Norfolk County,
England. He sailed for America on June 10, 1635 settling in Lynn,
Massachusetts. In 1653, he served as Deputy to the General Court,
at New Haven, representing Southold, which then was under the
jurisdiction of New Haven Colony. William was married in 1653
to Bridget Elizabeth Burton,
the widow of Henry Tuthill.
In 1654 William married Mary Youngs. William and
Mary were the parents of Bethia, Hester, Patience, William, Mary,
Deborah, Joshua, Mehitable, Ann and Deliverance. Three of the
children being my direct ancestors. In 1657 he was again elected
Deputy, and in 1661, appointed an Assistant Magistrate. The next
year, 1662, he was active in opposition to the union of New Haven
Colony with Connecticut Colony, as the Government at Hartford
was called, and refused to be a Freeman of Connecticut Colony.
In 1664, Southold, with other Long Island Towns (which, from 1662,
had been considered part of Connecticut Colony), passed to the
Government of New York, then established by the English conquest
of the Dutch New Netherland. Governor Nicoll appointed William
Wells to be Sheriff of Eastern Long Island. The next year, 1665,
he represented Southold, in the New York Colonial Assembly, at
Hempstead, Long Island. William died on November 13, 1671 in Southold,
Suffolk County, New York.
William Wells was
born in 1566 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. William was
married to Elizabeth unknown last name. William and Elizabeth
were the parents of William. William was a Dean at Norwich Cathedral
in England. William died on May 26, 1620 in Norwich, Norfolk County,
England.
Elizabeth
unknown last name was born about 1580 in England. Elizabeth died
after 1620 in England.
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