Person:John Welles (27)

John Wells

b.1641

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m. 5 Mar 1668/69

Facts and Events

Name^[1]^[2]	John Wells
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	1641
Marriage	5 Mar 1668/69	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Greenleaf

References

↑ Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. (Providence, RI, 1897-1919)
I:352-353.

JOHN WELLS, of Newbury and Boston, bro. of Thomas (of Newbury who married Mary Pecker), "house carpenter," b. ab.1641; m. March 5, 1668-9 [Nb], MARY GREENLEAF; oath al. and fid. at Nb., May and again Oct. 1669; member Nb chh. in 1670, '71, and '74; both living in Nb in 1677, when he sold land in Hv. He was to build frames for three shops for Timothy Babb of Boston in 1673, and was of Boston Nov., 1677. His name appears in the Nk. Co. rec. of Hm. and S. courts, as defendant in civil cases, 1677-'9, the plaintiffs living in Hv. and S. In one case relating to a bond, dated Jan., 1677, he is reported "out of ye contrey" [county ?], Oct. 1678.
↑ 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)
4:476.

WELLES, JOHN, Newbury, took o. of alleg. May 1669, and was sw. freem. same mo. was a carpenter, m. 5 Mar. 1669, Mary, prob. d. of Edmund Greenleaf, had Mary, b. 16 Dec. foll. d. next yr.; Mary, again, 16 Feb. 1673; and William, 15 Jan. 1675.