Person:David Wells (29)

Watchers
m. 12 May 1726
  1. David Wells1738/39 - 1790
m. Bef 1763
  1. Abigail A. WellsAbt 1764 - 1836
Facts and Events
Name[1] David Wells
Gender Male
Alt Birth[2] 14 Sep 1735 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Birth[1] 24 Mar 1738/39 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1763 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Timothy).
David Wells and Joanna Wilcoxson were third cousins.
to Joanna Wilcoxson
Death[1] 29 May 1790 Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial[1][3][4] Monroe Center Cemetery, Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1817. David6 Wells, in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
    3B:13.

    "1817. David6 Wells Jr./Esq. (David5, Capt. John III4, John Jr.3, John2, Gov. Thomas1). Born 24 Mar 1738/39 in Stratford, CT. Died 29 May 1790, age 52, buried in Center Cemetery, Monroe, Ct (Hale:80). His will, written 25 May 1790, was entered for probate later that year in the Stratford Probate District; the estate was distributed on 3 June 1793 (Stratford probate packet #1934)."

  2. 545. David5 Wells, in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
    2:361.

    "1817 … David (Wells), Jr., b. 14 Sep 1735 (Orcutt's Stratford 2:1327, not in church baptism records, his age at death implies that he was b.c. 1732); d. 29 May 1790, at age 58 [error for 52, inscription says in 53d year], bur. in Center Cemetery, Monroe (Hale:80); …"

  3. David Wells, in Find A Grave.
  4. Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 29 410-5 Center Cemetery, Monroe, in Hale, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. (Connecticut, United States: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1934)
    80.

    "Wells, David, died May 29, 1790, age 52 yrs."