Person:Thomas Wells (64)
Lieutenant Thomas Wells
b.10 Jan 1651/52 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.Bef 2 Dec 1691 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. May 1651
  1. Lieutenant Thomas Wells1651/52 - Bef 1691
  2. Mary Wells1653 -
  3. Sarah Wells1655 - 1676
  4. John Wells1656/57 -
  5. Captain Jonathan WellsBet 1658 & 1659 - 1738/39
  6. John Wells1660 - 1680
  7. Samuel WellsEst 1662 - 1690
  8. Mary Wells1664 - 1751
  9. Lieutenant Noah Wells1666 - 1712
  10. Hannah Wells1668 - 1733
  11. Ebenezer Wells1669 -
  12. Ephraim Wells1671 - 1748
  13. Joshua Wells1672 - 1676
  14. Abigail Wells1675 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Lieutenant Thomas Wells1651/52 - Bef 1691
  • W.  Hepzibah Buell1649 - Aft 1703/04
m. 12 Jan 1672/73
  1. Hephzibah WellsAbt 1683 - 1773
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Lieutenant Thomas Wells
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 10 Jan 1651/52 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 12 Jan 1672/73 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hepzibah Buell
Death[1][3] Bef 2 Dec 1691 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[4] Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fam. 2. Thomas Wells; Fam. 4. Thomas Wells, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:780-81.

    "Thomas (Wells) (Lieut., b. 10 Jan., (June ? acc. to Judd), 1651-2. … Fam. 4. Lieut. Thomas (Wells), … b. Jan., 1652; was a soldier for Hadley in the Fall fight; was one of the first permanent sett. of Deerfield, where he became prominent in mil. and civil affairs; comm. Ens. by Col. Pynchon, 5 July, 1686; and by Gov. Andros, 18 Feb., 1686-7; was first military commander, and until his dth., of Deerfield; but was one of Andros' opposers and rep. D. in the People's Leg., of 1689; his dth. 1691 was ment. by Col. Pynchon, Dec. 2d, as 'a sad form of God in this juncture of affairs.'"

  2. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    285.

    "Welles, … Thomas, s. Thomas & Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1652 [LR1:18]"

  3. ↑ Thomas Wells, in Boltwood, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius). Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby. (Northampton, Massachusetts: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1862)
    151.

    Thomas Wells, s. of Thomas, rem. abt. 1684 to Deerfield, and there d. 1691. He m. (1) Jan. 12, 1673, Hepzibah, dau. of Peter Buell of Windsor, Ct. She with three of her daughters was in June, 1693, knocked on the head and scalped by the Indians, but she and one dau. recovered from their injuries. She m. (2) Feb. 17, 1699, Daniel Belding. Children - Mary. b. Nov. 13. 1673; Sarah, b. 1676; Thomas, res. in Deerfield. m. March 29, 1700, Sarah Barnard, and d. s. p. 1750; Eleazar, a sailor, d. in Middletown. Ct., 1723; John, sent to Canada, 1706, slain May, 1709; Daniel; David; Hepzibah, m. John Dickinson.

  4. ↑ Thomas Wells, in Find A Grave.
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