Person:Nathaniel Wells (9)

lived in Walkill (now Middletown) Orange Co 1760-1763 - WW Ulster Co., Militia, 2nd Reg, NY. Will date Dec 20 1802; proven Apr 27 1803. Liber C, page 20. Mentions wife Jerusha; sons Daniel, Samuel, Nathan, Nathaniel; daughters Abigail Hulse, Jerusha, Mary, Elizabeth, Pamela, and grandchildren Nathaniel W. Hulse, Hannah, Jerusha, Daniel C., and another boy name not given. Executors Nathaniel Wells, Nathan Wells. witnesses Walter Moore, Honas Julse, Nathaniel g. Wells.

Nathaniel was born Mar 27, 1740, two weeks before his mother died

Nathaniel moved to Goshen and Wallkill, later calledMiddletown, on the west side of the Hudson River in Orange County, NY, asdid hundreds of other Southold sons and daughters. To drive around that partof NY is very strange for you see everywhere names like VAIL, TUTHILL,COLEMAN, MOORE, MAPES, and many others. We had lunch at HOWELL's Cafe indowntown Goshen while doing research at the Orange County GenealogicalSociety and at the Goshen Public Library nearby. Both, by the way, haveexcellent collections of materials on Orange County and Southold!Nathaniel WELLS married Jerusha WICKHAM and together they settled a farm onland bought by Jerusha's father, Samuel WICKHAM (son of Joseph mentionedearlier). The house they built in Middletown still stands although it is ina very sorry state after surviving a fire in 1996. My husband actuallycrawled under the front porch to take a picture of the stone which has theyear 1775 engraved on it. The house has been turned into a boarding house,but with aluminum siding partially covering the old wood it won't last longunless steps are taken to restore it.