Colleen, A friend in London e-mailed me last night with additional information. I have attached what I have. It seems that this Wells family was in the Marylebone area at least as early as the 1680s and probably before. Regards, John B. Wells III --- On Tue, 4/10/12, Colleen Wells <[email protected]> wrote: From: Colleen Wells <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Joseph William WELLS born 1912 To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 5:52 PM Hi John, Have been following this thread with interest....do you have Richard's parents names ? I am wondering if your Richard is brother of our Thomas Wells, born London 1798/99 to parents Thomas John Wells and Ann Boot. Regards Colleen Wells NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Peat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:30 AM Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Joseph William WELLS born 1912 > Richard Wells, of North Street, born about 1799, aged 37 was buried at St > Marylebone on 13 December 1836 > > Think that's probably your man. > > > Anne > On 10 Apr 2012, at 18:01, John Wells wrote: > >> Many thanks to Sue Slater and Ann Peat for helping me identify Joseph >> William Wells. With your clues I have been able to trace the family to >> the censuses of 1841 and 1851 in Marylebone, London. Ann Wells ,widow, >> "charwoman," born 1799-1806 at St. Marylebone, was listed as a widow with >> children Thomas W. born c. 1826, Richard E. born c.1831-2, Elizabeth born >> c.1833-4 and Sarah born c.1836-7. Finding the identity of the husband of >> Ann Wells is now the problem. I have been unable to find baptismal >> records at St. Marylebone that might give me clues to his name. Any >> ideas. I promise this will be my last question. Thank you for your >> wonderful help. I'm coming to Kent in June and I'm trying to help another >> "amateur" genealogist discover his heritage before my trip. We are trying >> to establish a common ancestor. >> >> Regards, >> John Wells >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message