This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells-Sears Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACE/656.655.658.700.1.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Sue, have you found any earlier census records with Artford Wells and his children? That would strengthen the assumption that Benjamin could be a son to Artford. Also did Artford or Benjamin leave any wills? If the marriage date is correct for Martha Sears and Benjamin, 1879. Martha is not the mother of the children born before the years of 1879! Another mystery! Mary