Person:James Wells (68)

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Captain James Wells
b.Bef 1643
d.Bef 5 Jan 1697/98
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  • H.  Captain James WellsBef 1643 - Bef 1697/98
  • W.  Elizabeth ClarkeBef 1648 - 1711/12
m. Bef 1668
  1. Captain James Wells1668 - 1744
  2. Elizabeth WellsEst 1670 -
  3. Mary WellsEst 1677 - 1714
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Name[1] Captain James Wells
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1643 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1668 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Elizabeth Clarke
Will[2] 9 Jun 1690
Death[1][2] Bef 5 Jan 1697/98 Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2] 5 Jan 1697/98 £422-19-06. Taken by John Smith, Daniel X Brainard and Timothy X Spencer.
Probate[2] 22 Jun 1698 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Welles, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:475.

    "James (Welles), Haddam, present. for freem. 1669, as Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 106 proves. He came 1650, as serv. to William Pincheon, to Springfield, P. hav. paid for his pass, and his will of 9 June 1694, then a capt. on milit. serv. names w. Eliz.; s. James, b. 27 Nov. 1668; and Thomas; d. Eliz. m. and Mary and Susan unm. He d. bef. 5 Jan. 1698."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Wells, Capt. James, sen., in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:592.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VI, 1695 to 1700. Page 88-9.

    Wells, Capt. James sen., Haddam. Invt. £422-19-06. Taken 5 January, 1697-8, by John Smith, Daniel X Brainard and Timothy X Spencer. The children: James Welles, Thomas 15 years, Elizabeth Smith, Mary Arnold & Susannah Welles. Relict, Elizabeth Welles (?). Will dated 9 June, 1690.

    I James Welles sen. of Haddam, being employed in the Country Service, doe think it my duty to set my worldly affairs in some Order. Item. It is my Will that my wife shall have my Homelott & House, and one of the 3-acre Lotts on the East side of the Great River, and my upper Lott in the Meadow, during her Widowhood; and if she marry again, then all to return to my son James. My son James shall have my Dwelling house & Homelott, and all the Land on the West side of the Great River, and all my Land in the Upper Meadow, & all my Rights on the Plaine on the East side of the Great River, he not claiming any right at Machamoodus. And my Will is that my son Thomas Welles shall have my Cow Meadow Lott, & all my Rights at Machamoodus. My son James shall have all my Moveables of Stock and all other things not above disposed of, and he my son James to pay to my daughter Elizabeth £10 besides what she hath already had. And to pay to my 2 daughters, Mary and Susannah Welles, when they come to age, £15 apeice.

    JAMES X WELLES.

    Witness: George Gates, Thomas Gates.

    Court Record, Page 44—22 June, 1698: The last Will & Testament of Capt. James Welles exhibited in Court, and Capt. George Gates made Oath that the Testator did in their presence sign and declare it to be his last Will. Accepted, proven, and ordered to be recorded. There being no Executor expressed by Will, this Court grant Adms. to James Welles to perform the Will of the Deceased."

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