This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blalock, Wells Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4427 Message Board Post: I am not related to this family in any way. I just found the Obituary in the Farmville Herald, Wednesday, February 22, 2006, page 6A. (Farmville and Blackstone are located in central Virginia) Olin Belle Blalock Dies Friday at Age 100 Blackstone, Feb 21 - Olin Belle Wells Blalock, 100, of Blackstone, died Friday, February 17, 2006 at her daughter's home, surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of John Joe Blalock. She is survived by her children, Joseph O. Blalock, David M. Blalock and wife, Betty, Dorothy B. Stell and husband, Jimmy, James Steven Blalock and wife Jackie, Margaret B. Brockwell and Clinton L. Blalock and wife Nancy; grandchildren, Becky Hargrave, Donna Archer, Delialah Smith, Marie Carsley, Eugene Blalock, Sheree Blalock, Wanda Jackson, Beverly Lang, Perry Blalock, Wayne Blalock, Anita Lovern, Deborah Brockwell, Teresa Andrews, Allen Blalock, Sandra Reuss, Kimberly Castle, and Ella Sue Schellhaus; 35 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews, cousins and a special friend and caregiver, Laura Allgood. She was preceded in death by her parents Matthew and Minnie Wells; brothers and sisters, William, Dewery, Elizabeth, Annie, Little Marrow Sadelia and Swanson and a son-in-law, Jimmy Brockwell. Mrs. Blalock was a member of Blackstone Baptist Church, a homemaker and tobocco farmer. She enjoyed gardening, canning and flowers. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Monday at Hamner-McMillian Funeral Home with the Rev. G.C. Hughes and the Rev. Billy Blalock officiating. Burial followed at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Baskerville.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/1449.1453.1454.1719 Message Board Post: My wife is a Webb and we believe that Susan Wells Redberry may be her G-G-G-Grandmother. We have traced the family lineage back to John Webb(b-1795, NC) and would like to accumulate as much information as we can about Susan and her family, who he is supposed to have married. We hope you can help. Thank you, Wanda Webb-Nenstiel

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells, McCracken Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4426 Message Board Post: William J. Wells married Amanda Jane McCracken in Winston Co., MS, March 27, 1849. They are on the Winston 1850 census. William is 26; Amanda is 16, with a 2 month old baby. Who were the parents of William and of Amanda?

I have what appears to be a wedding picture of George Fenwick BODFISH and Brenda BODFISH taken in San Francisco, California in 1880. My FENWICK line landed in Maryland and ended up in Louisiana by the end of the 1700s. The descendants married into the BRENT and WELLS lines, and the descendants have been in Louisiana ever since. I'm trying to learn who the family might have contact with 100 years later in California with a middle name of Fenwick who'd send them a wedding picture. Does anyone recognize the connection of Fenwick and Bodfish? Morgan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells, Welles, Willis, Weld, Anjou Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4425.1 Message Board Post: The bottom line here is that everyone needs to be very cautious of any genealogy that references Gustave Anjou as he produced a lot of fraudulent genealogies inculding one on the Weld family. At $9,000 a genealogy I can see how he was able to make a living doing this. Wells researchers should give the work "The WELD Family (WELLS, WELLES, WILLIS), 1066 A.D.-ca.1910; and WILDS FHL #928025 item 2" no credit unless you find independent documentation.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4425 Message Board Post: I found an interesting site that I wanted to share with the list called "Fraudulent Lineages." The link for the site is listed below. Joyce http://personal.linkline.com/xymox/fraud/fraud223.htm

Thank you for finding this family in 1870, Orin. This exercise has been a good object lesson to all about some of the pitfalls of census research. John Washington Wells, eldest son of Nathan, eldest son of Aaron Wells and Ruth Wiggins named a son Squire Andrew Wells. Without knowing anything about Susan/Susannah's family, we can't know where the Zachariah came from. The surname Kirkman doesn't appear in the Census for this part of Kentucky in 1840 and 1850, but considering the spelling in the IGI entry, I'm also keeping an open mind about that (Kirkham, Hickman, etc.) Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "OrinWells" <orinwells@wells.org> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [WELLS-L] The Mystery of Jackson Wells >I don't have any special insight here and I am curious enough to spend a >bit on it too. But I have one observation that may be of some >significance. Jackson was a name used in the Zachariah Wells family of >Wise/Lee County Virginia. Although I think it was Andrew Jackson rather >than Henry Jackson. Further this Jackson was born in Kentucky, not >Virginia. > > You will note that on one census you identified a son named Zachariah. > Could it be that Aaron and Zachariah Wells were more closely related than > we have previously thought? What if Henry Jackson Wells was from the > Zachariah Wells family, is from a branch that wandered off to Kentucky and > for whatever reason just happened to be temporarily living among the Aaron > Wells descendents in 1850? It sounds like "he didn't find it there, so he > moved on" as the song goes. Since they appear to have mover fairly soon > afterward to Indiana. > > I looked at the 1860 census. It surely does look like they were > enumerated twice and that is another mystery. The same chap did the > enumerating in both cases - Sandford Grayson. The first was done on July > 26th and the next on July 27th. I can't believe that he couldn't tell he > had just seen this family. Given the slight differences it looks to me > like he may have taken the information from two different individuals. > The second set is more accurate. I wonder if he happened upon one of the > kids at the first location and then one of the parents at the second. Who > knows without some additional evidence. > > At first I was not able to find them in the 1870 census either then I > found them listed as Wiles in Washigton Township, Decatur Co., Indiana > H. J. Wiles 53 b: KY > Susannah Wiles 52 b: KY > James Wiles 19 b: KY > Squire Wiles 16 b: KY (this has to be Andrew) > Lafayett Wiles 11 b: KY > Char(s) Wiles 10 b: KY > (Now why they show all born in KY is yet another mystery). > > What I would really like to do is find Jackson in the 1880 census so we > can see where his parents were born. But I couldn't find them. > > At 07:22 AM 2/11/2006, Patricia Straube wrote: >>The Aaron Wells and Ruth Wiggins Family Association winter issue of the >>newsletter will be in mail today. I've shared the DNA article with you all >>and thanks to Orin for his constructive comments, I hope that it will lead >>to even more participation from our family. Even though most of the >>descendants are well documented, occasionally a mystery pops up. Here is >>another article which I want to share with you all. >> >>Lineage Links >> >>The Mystery of Jackson Wells >> >>Sometimes it pays to go over a plowed field again. You never know what >>will >>turn up that you didn't see the first time. A recent look at the 1850 >>Census >>of Nicholas Co., Kentucky demonstrated the value of that practice. There, >>in >>the midst of all the familiar Wells (on the same page as William W., >>Matilda >>and family), was Jackson Wells, age 30, with Susan, 30; John W., 4 ; Saml. >>L., 3; James H., 2/12; and Amey, 50. By the 1860 Census, Jackson had left >>Kentucky and was apparently enumerated twice in Adams Twp., Decatur Co., >>Indiana, despite the discrepancies. The first time as Jackson Wells, age >>41; >>with Susan, 35; John, 14; Samuel, 12; James, 10; Andrew, 6; Zacchariah, 4; >>Lafayette, 2; and Charles, 6/12. The second time as H. G. [?] Wells, age >>42; >>with Susan, 43; John, 16; Samuel, 14; James, 10; Andrew, 6; Zac, 4; >>Lafayette, 3; and Charles 10/12. Andrew and the younger sons were born in >>Indiana. >> >>I "lost" the family after this date when I got a lucky break. The >>International Genealogical Index listed a Lafayette Elmer Wells born in >>"Decater" Co., Indiana to "Henery" Jackson Wells and Susan Kirkman. >>Lafayette married Leonora Ezell, November 24, 1881 in Collinsville, St. >>Clair Co., Illinois, so the chase was on again. St. Clair Co. is right >>across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Lafayette Wells was widowed, >>living alone in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses of St. Louis. The rest of the >>family continues to elude me. Here's a challenge to all our cousins who >>love >>a good genealogical puzzle. Where is the family of Henry Jackson Wells >>after >>1860? >> >>And just who was he? An unknown son of Nathan? Unrelated? Or was the >>"Amey" >>Wells with his family, his mother and was she Ruama Wells? We know Ruama >>was >>alive in 1845 and unmarried when she received her portion from Uriah's >>purchase of his father Aaron's farm. She isn't recognizable in either the >>1850 or 1860 Censuses of Nicholas Co., Kentucky until she reappears in the >>1870 Census of Robertson Co., Kentucky in the household of her brother, >>Uriah Wells and family. In the Callon Bible list of children, her name was >>spelled "Ruamy". How was it pronounced : "Roo-ah-mah" or "Roo-ay-mee"? >> >>What is the answer to the mystery of Jackson Wells? >> >> >> >>==== WELLS Mailing List ==== >> Join Rootsweb >> http://www.rootsweb.com >> > > > Orin R. Wells > Wells Family Research Association > P. O. Box 5427 > Kent, Washington 98064-5427 > <OrinWells@wells.org> > http://www.wells.org > Subscribe to the "Wells-L" list on RootsWeb > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Join Rootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.com > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/3409.3 Message Board Post: My husband's great grandfather was John E. GAZE who was married to Lillie May ODERKIRK on May 16, 1987. She was the daughter of Prosper ODERKIRK and Mary EMERSON. She was born 17 Aug 1858 in Orleans Co., NY and died 30 Jan 1920 in Webster, NY. Any connections?

John Wells b 28-July-1741 CT son of Samuel Wells and Hannah Wedge married 27-Mar-1766 Mary Sheldon b 17-Aug 1740 CT daughter of Benjamin Sheldon and Abigail Green Children 1. Benjamin Wells 2 . Abigail Wells b bef 1800 in Rennselaer Co NY She married John Hogeboom 3. Elisha Wells b 3-Oct-1794 in Rennselear Co NY He married Hannah Spicer 4. Samuel Wells b bef 1800 in Renneselaer Co NY 5. Hannah Wells b abt 1798 in Rennselaer Co NY she married Robert T W Burrows Linda Rutherford lindar04@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SCWBAIB/4424 Message Board Post: Hi - Does anyone have any information on Orphia Wells, born abt. 1801, married to Erastus Wells with 9 children? She had all but one child born in Genesee Co., and the other in Lenoi, Jackson Co., Michigan. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I have an Isaac Wells who married a Mary BARBER. Could be a typo or error. Or could be someone else entirely. Typical of this family - at least my branch. Here is what I have on him. Jane Sarles Ahnentafel of Isaac Wells --- 1st Generation --- 1. Isaac1 Wells was born in 1787. He married Mary Barber. --- 2nd Generation --- 2. Isaac2 Wells was born on 2 Oct 1760 at Guilford Co.., NC. He married Mary Beeson on 20 Oct 1782 at Holly Spring MM, Randolph Co., NC. He died on 17 Apr 1818 at Cane Creek, Orange Co., NC, at age 57. He was buried on 20 Apr 1818 at Cane Creek Burial Ground, Orange Co., NC. 3. Mary2 Beeson was born on 21 Sep 1762 at New Garden MM, Guilford Co., NC. She married Isaac Wells, son of Joseph Wells and Charity Carrington, on 20 Oct 1782 at Holly Spring MM, Randolph Co., NC. --- 3rd Generation --- 4. Joseph3 Wells was born on 30 Jul 1729 at Parish Register, All Hallows Parish, Prince Georges Co., MD. He was Quaker. He was received into Quaker membership on 25 April, 1748 at the Monocacy Monthly Meeting in Frederick Co. Maryland. He and his wife got a certificate to remove to Carver's Creek Monthly Meeting in North Carolina. He married Charity Carrington on 23 May 1750 at Fairfax MM, Leesburg, Louden Co., VA, One researcher give the date as May 23rd. In 1849, the location of Cane Creek, which had been Orange Co., became part of Alamance County. [[M]. He owned land described as a grant from Lord Granville. [P} sold his land at [M]on [D} to [P]. He died on 30 Sep 1801 at Cane Creek MM at age 72 Joseph's death date, as given by researcher nancy Stephenson Guenther, quoting the Cane Creek MM birth and death records. Also given in excerpt of Quaker records done by Michael Woody on the Genfoum post, William Wells of (Old) Orange Co., 2 Jan 2002. His name is given as Joseph Wells, Senior. He left to: son William, land on both sides of Cane Creek, NC sons: John, Joseph, Nathan, Isaac, $7 each daughters Margrate Gifford, Charity McDaniel, Mary A. Jamison, Rachel Underwood. I Joseph Wells of Orang County and state of North Carolina being inperfict health and perfict sense and perfict memory but knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I theirfore this twentyeth day of the seventh mounth in the yeair one thousand eight hundread and fore make and ordain this my last will and testament in the maner following, first I ordain and constitute my two sons Isaac Wells and William Wells my wholey and soley executors of this my will and testament as trustees of the whole I allow my furnal charges and just debts to be first paid out of my estate items and as touching sutch wourldly estate as it has pleased the lord to bless me with I bequeath, devize, give and dispose of as follows, I give to my son William Wells all my rites of land on boath sides of Cane Creek and my part of the millseat and water corses like wise the planatation that I now live on with full priviliges of house articles and all other rightes and intitles of land watsoever to be freely posesed unto him his heairs and asignes for ever. I give to my eldest son John Wells seven dollars, I give to my son Joseph Wells seaven dollars, I give to my son Nathan Wells seaven dollars, I give to my son Isaac Wells seaven dollars, I give to my daughter Margrate Gifford seaven dollars, I give to my daughter Charity mac Daniel seaven dollars, I give to my daughter mary Adamson seaven dollars, I give to my daughter Reachel Underwood seaven dollars, I give to my grandaughter daughter of Jessey Wells deascased five shillings. I allow all these above mentioned leaguises to be paid ought of my parishable property. Item, I allow the remainder part of my parishable property to be equally deavided between my son William Wells and Elezabeth Wells. In witness and testamony where of I Joseph Wells have heair unto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and yeare above writen, signed and sealed in the preasence of us: William Pike Joseph Wells John Pike John Marshill. He died on 30 Sep 1804 at Cane Creek, Orange Co., NC, at age 75 The Wells list on WWW gives death date as 30 Sept 1803. He was buried in Oct 1804 at Cane Creek Burial Ground, Orange Co., NC. 5. Charity3 Carrington. Last name also given as Carrentine. She was born in 1730. She lived in 1750 at Leesburg, Louden Co., VA. She married Joseph Wells, son of Joseph Wells and Margaret Swanson, on 23 May 1750 at Fairfax MM, Leesburg, Louden Co., VA. She died on 26 Feb 1803 at Cane Creek, Orange Co., NC, Another source gives her death date as 1818. She was buried at Cane Creek Burial Ground, Orange Co., NC. [ M ]. --- 4th Generation --- 8. Joseph4 Wells. Joseph's birthday is often given as 30 Sep 1697, on which date a son was born to Thomas Wells of Prince Georges Parish. The birth of Joseph was listed in the Queen Anne Parish Records there, as was his christening in October. There is, as yet, no documentation that this child and are Joseph are one and the same person. DNA testing has found no genetic link between Thomas and the descendants of Joseph's probable son. The parish records also record the birth of a twin sister, Sarah. The register of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Queen Anne Parish church in Prince Georges County Maryland shows Thomas and Frances Wells' children and includes Joseph, born 30 September 1697. Thomas Wells wrote his will 25 September 1718 in Prince George county, MD. (Lib.14-Folio 724). His heirs included wife Frances and sons including JOSEPH. In addition, Thomas Wells bought land in Prince George County, MD in 1695 that adjoined "Swansons Lott" owned by Francis Swanson, considered to be the father of Margaret Swanson. It seems appropriate that Joseph Wells might marry a neighbor girl, Margaret Swanson. This suggests that Thomas and Frances were parents of Joseph, Sr., but DNA tests failed to confirm this. The DNA of known descendants of Thomas does not match known descendants of Joseph Sr.'s grandsons (children of Joseph, Jr..). He married Rachel (--?--) circa 1719. Joseph probably married Rachel ? circa 1719. This is a conclusion based upon the birth and batismal records of Rachel, a probably daughter, in the 12 Jul 1721 records of the All Hallow's Church in Anne Arundel County Maryland. This record gives her parents as Joseph and his wife, Rachel. The book, "Pioneers of Old Monocacy" states that Joseph and his wife Margaret came from Chester Co. PA and settled on Boyling Springs, "a 40 acre tract which was surveyed on 12 June 1743, and was located on Tuscorrah Creek near the mouth of the Monquescy. In November of that year he was made constable of the Monocacy Hundred. Joseph and Margaret became interested in the Quaker faith and began attending meetings in the Fairfax County (now Loudon) Virginia, across the Potomac River from Frederick County. Joseph was received as a member into the Quaker church on 29 Feb, 1745 or 46 and his wife was granted membership into Fairfax MM on 29 Nov of 1745. On 25 June of 1750, Joseph and Margaret moved from Maryland to North Carolina, as shown by his certificate of removal from the Monocacy MM, to the Carver's Creek MM, in Bladen County North Carolina. They are listed as charter members of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County, North Carolina on 7 October of 1751. Joseph, Sr. owned land in Orange County, North Caqrolina, described as 269 acres, which he gave to his son Joseph on June 13, 1752. Another 137.5 acres were sold to John Marshall in Septermber of that year. Joseph's death date is given variously as about 1758, and elsewhere as 1755. The place is also in question, given by some researchers as Orange County, but also as Calvert, Maryland. He married Mary Underwood, daughter of Alexander Underwood and Jane Harry, on 27 May 1758 at New Garden MM, Surrey Co., NC. A number of researcher show this man as writing a will ini Orange Co. NC on 20 Jul 1804, and credit him with living to age 106. I believe this to be unlikely, and that the will is that of his son, Joseph, Jr. 2:6442 is the bibliography and list of researchers who have placed Wells information on the web. Many researchers list a number of possible children for Joseph and Margaret. They are: Levi, 2:2350: b. 1722 in MD. In May of 1757 he was a member of the Fairfax MM, according to researcher Yvonne Barrall's email. Elizabeth, 2:2324 Frances, 2:2344 James, 2:2346. died 1826 Robert, 2:2348 William, 2:2349 Margaret, 2:2352. born 1733, married a Todhunter. Isaac, 2:2345. b. 1735 - died 1792 Mary, 2:2347. b. 1737 in Orange Co. NC. Charity, 2:2351. b. 1724, d. 17 Feb 1761. Married Joseph Wright at Bush River SC. Thomas, 2:5093. b. 1739 Orange Co. NC John, 2:2353. b. 1740, d. 4 Mar 1819 Lincoln Co., NC. Buried Wells Cemetery in King's Mountain NC. Married Sarah Ritter. (From Kathleen Bowen (katbowen@earthlink.net.). 9. Margaret4 Swanson. Her married name was Wells. She was born in 1705 at Prince George Co., Md. On the 1860 census, his name appears to be Zachariah, although it is very hard to read. She married Joseph Wells, son of Frances (--?--), on 11 Apr 1721 at All Hallows Parish, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., MD. In 1752 Margaret stops appearing in Quaker records that mention husband Joseph and some of her children. This suggests that she died before that time. Many researchers list a number of possible children for Joseph and Margaret. They are: Levi, 2:2350: b. 1722 in MD. In May of 1757 he was a member of the Fairfax MM, according to researcher Yvonne Barrall's email. Elizabeth, 2:2324 Frances, 2:2344 James, 2:2346. died 1826 Robert, 2:2348 William, 2:2349 Margaret, 2:2352. born 1733, married a Todhunter. Isaac, 2:2345. b. 1735 - died 1792 Mary, 2:2347. b. 1737 in Orange Co. NC. Charity, 2:2351. b. 1724, d. 17 Feb 1761. Married Joseph Wright at Bush River SC. Thomas, 2:5093. b. 1739 Orange Co. NC John, 2:2353. b. 1740, d. 4 Mar 1819 Lincoln Co., NC. Buried Wells Cemetery in King's Mountain NC. Married Sarah Ritter. (From Kathleen Bowen (katbowen@earthlink.net.). --- 5th Generation --- 18. Francis5 Swanson Jr was born circa 1674 at Calvert City, MD. He married Susannah Plummer, daughter of Thomas Plummer and Elizabeth Stockett. He died after 1718 at Calvert City, MD. He lived circa 1721 at Swanson's lot, Prince George Co., MD, which adjoined the Wells land. 19. Susannah5 Plummer. Her married name was Swanson. She married Francis Swanson Jr., son of Francis Swanson and Isobel ? --- 6th Generation --- 36. Francis6 Swanson married Isobel ? He was born circa 1647 at MD. He died after 1675 at Calvert City, MD. 37. Isobel6 ? Her married name was Swanson. She married Francis Swanson, son of Francis Swanson and Isobel Saddler. 38. Thomas6 Plummer was born circa 1650. He moved from England in 1667. He married Elizabeth Stockett, daughter of Thomas Stockett, circa 1674. He died circa 1694 at Anne Arundel City, MD. 39. Elizabeth6 Stockett. Her married name was Plummer. She married Thomas Plummer, son of Walter Plummer, circa 1674. --- 7th Generation --- 72. Francis7 Swanson married Isobel Saddler. 73. Isobel7 Saddler married Francis Swanson. 76. Walter7 Plummer was born at London, England. He died at Bermuda. 78. Thomas7 Stockett married Mary Wells, daughter of Dr. Richard Wells and Francis White. He lived in 1658 at MD. Printed on: 12 Feb 2006 Prepared by: Jane Sarles janesarles@insightbb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <easymoney2x@yahoo.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:53 AM Subject: [WELLS-L] Issac Wells > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Wells > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SCWBAIB/4408 > > Message Board Post: > > Was wondering if anyone has any information on an Issac Wells b.1798 in > Orange Co., NC? He married Mary Barker on 28 Nov. 1827. Any help on his > parents or anything else would be greatly appreciated! > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list > send the command "unsubscribe" > to WELLS-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode > or WELLS-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode >

Here is some of it Elisha Wells born 3 Oct.1784 Renselaer Co New York died 16 Jan 1858 VanWert Ohio father John Wells, mother Mary Sheldon married in 1808 Hannah Spicer born 24 Mar 1785 Kinderhook NY died 28 May 1862 Van Wert OH father Nathan Spicer mother Abigail Mayhew Children Lyman Spicer Wells George W Wells William Armstrong Wells Edward Ryan Wells Laura Louise Wells Olivia Hannah Wells Hope this helps Linda > [Original Message] > From: <COWBELL56@aol.com> > To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 2/11/06 10:27:26 PM > Subject: [WELLS-L] Re: WELLS-D Digest V06 #7 > > In a message dated 1/9/06 1:01:08 AM Central Standard Time, > WELLS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > Subject: Elisha Wells-Hannah Spicer > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > > Would Sharon Terca please contact me? > > I have info on your Wells ancestors. I have the father and grandfather of > > Elisha and related ancestors. My descent is from Olivia Hannah Wells, the > > daughter of Elisha and Hannah [ Spicer ] Wells > > Thanks > > Linda > > > > > > Linda Rutherford > > lindar04@earthlink.net > > Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > > > > > > linda share whatever states and dates you have . the wells and spicer's Are > names we have seen > Diana & Shirley :o) > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Since list membership changes, > Repost your query occasionally

In a message dated 1/9/06 1:01:08 AM Central Standard Time, WELLS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Subject: Elisha Wells-Hannah Spicer > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Would Sharon Terca please contact me? > I have info on your Wells ancestors. I have the father and grandfather of > Elisha and related ancestors. My descent is from Olivia Hannah Wells, the > daughter of Elisha and Hannah [ Spicer ] Wells > Thanks > Linda > > > Linda Rutherford > lindar04@earthlink.net > Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > > linda share whatever states and dates you have . the wells and spicer's Are names we have seen Diana & Shirley :o)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4423 Message Board Post: Looking for info on who Icie Mae Wells Ancesters were. Her fathers name was Charlie Wells. Thank you, Jesse

I don't have any special insight here and I am curious enough to spend a bit on it too. But I have one observation that may be of some significance. Jackson was a name used in the Zachariah Wells family of Wise/Lee County Virginia. Although I think it was Andrew Jackson rather than Henry Jackson. Further this Jackson was born in Kentucky, not Virginia. You will note that on one census you identified a son named Zachariah. Could it be that Aaron and Zachariah Wells were more closely related than we have previously thought? What if Henry Jackson Wells was from the Zachariah Wells family, is from a branch that wandered off to Kentucky and for whatever reason just happened to be temporarily living among the Aaron Wells descendents in 1850? It sounds like "he didn't find it there, so he moved on" as the song goes. Since they appear to have mover fairly soon afterward to Indiana. I looked at the 1860 census. It surely does look like they were enumerated twice and that is another mystery. The same chap did the enumerating in both cases - Sandford Grayson. The first was done on July 26th and the next on July 27th. I can't believe that he couldn't tell he had just seen this family. Given the slight differences it looks to me like he may have taken the information from two different individuals. The second set is more accurate. I wonder if he happened upon one of the kids at the first location and then one of the parents at the second. Who knows without some additional evidence. At first I was not able to find them in the 1870 census either then I found them listed as Wiles in Washigton Township, Decatur Co., Indiana H. J. Wiles 53 b: KY Susannah Wiles 52 b: KY James Wiles 19 b: KY Squire Wiles 16 b: KY (this has to be Andrew) Lafayett Wiles 11 b: KY Char(s) Wiles 10 b: KY (Now why they show all born in KY is yet another mystery). What I would really like to do is find Jackson in the 1880 census so we can see where his parents were born. But I couldn't find them. At 07:22 AM 2/11/2006, Patricia Straube wrote: >The Aaron Wells and Ruth Wiggins Family Association winter issue of the >newsletter will be in mail today. I've shared the DNA article with you all >and thanks to Orin for his constructive comments, I hope that it will lead >to even more participation from our family. Even though most of the >descendants are well documented, occasionally a mystery pops up. Here is >another article which I want to share with you all. > >Lineage Links > >The Mystery of Jackson Wells > >Sometimes it pays to go over a plowed field again. You never know what will >turn up that you didn't see the first time. A recent look at the 1850 Census >of Nicholas Co., Kentucky demonstrated the value of that practice. There, in >the midst of all the familiar Wells (on the same page as William W., Matilda >and family), was Jackson Wells, age 30, with Susan, 30; John W., 4 ; Saml. >L., 3; James H., 2/12; and Amey, 50. By the 1860 Census, Jackson had left >Kentucky and was apparently enumerated twice in Adams Twp., Decatur Co., >Indiana, despite the discrepancies. The first time as Jackson Wells, age 41; >with Susan, 35; John, 14; Samuel, 12; James, 10; Andrew, 6; Zacchariah, 4; >Lafayette, 2; and Charles, 6/12. The second time as H. G. [?] Wells, age 42; >with Susan, 43; John, 16; Samuel, 14; James, 10; Andrew, 6; Zac, 4; >Lafayette, 3; and Charles 10/12. Andrew and the younger sons were born in >Indiana. > >I "lost" the family after this date when I got a lucky break. The >International Genealogical Index listed a Lafayette Elmer Wells born in >"Decater" Co., Indiana to "Henery" Jackson Wells and Susan Kirkman. >Lafayette married Leonora Ezell, November 24, 1881 in Collinsville, St. >Clair Co., Illinois, so the chase was on again. St. Clair Co. is right >across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Lafayette Wells was widowed, >living alone in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses of St. Louis. The rest of the >family continues to elude me. Here's a challenge to all our cousins who love >a good genealogical puzzle. Where is the family of Henry Jackson Wells after >1860? > >And just who was he? An unknown son of Nathan? Unrelated? Or was the "Amey" >Wells with his family, his mother and was she Ruama Wells? We know Ruama was >alive in 1845 and unmarried when she received her portion from Uriah's >purchase of his father Aaron's farm. She isn't recognizable in either the >1850 or 1860 Censuses of Nicholas Co., Kentucky until she reappears in the >1870 Census of Robertson Co., Kentucky in the household of her brother, >Uriah Wells and family. In the Callon Bible list of children, her name was >spelled "Ruamy". How was it pronounced : "Roo-ah-mah" or "Roo-ay-mee"? > >What is the answer to the mystery of Jackson Wells? > > > >==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Join Rootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.com > Orin R. Wells Wells Family Research Association P. O. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells Stephenson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4422 Message Board Post: b Sep 1849 in ILL parents both b KY Married Joseph Stephenson b Feb 1834 ILL parents b KY marriage 1869 Emma and Joseph both b in ILL and all parents in KY Lived in Shannon Co Mo and died there also Joseph ard 1906 Emma 1923 Emma 2nd marriage to Barry Lanham Summersville Mo Any info appr . Welcome to email Rmlong9@aol.com or post reply

The Aaron Wells and Ruth Wiggins Family Association winter issue of the newsletter will be in mail today. I've shared the DNA article with you all and thanks to Orin for his constructive comments, I hope that it will lead to even more participation from our family. Even though most of the descendants are well documented, occasionally a mystery pops up. Here is another article which I want to share with you all. Lineage Links The Mystery of Jackson Wells Sometimes it pays to go over a plowed field again. You never know what will turn up that you didn’t see the first time. A recent look at the 1850 Census of Nicholas Co., Kentucky demonstrated the value of that practice. There, in the midst of all the familiar Wells (on the same page as William W., Matilda and family), was Jackson Wells, age 30, with Susan, 30; John W., 4 ; Saml. L., 3; James H., 2/12; and Amey, 50. By the 1860 Census, Jackson had left Kentucky and was apparently enumerated twice in Adams Twp., Decatur Co., Indiana, despite the discrepancies. The first time as Jackson Wells, age 41; with Susan, 35; John, 14; Samuel, 12; James, 10; Andrew, 6; Zacchariah, 4; Lafayette, 2; and Charles, 6/12. The second time as H. G. [?] Wells, age 42; with Susan, 43; John, 16; Samuel, 14; James, 10; Andrew, 6; Zac, 4; Lafayette, 3; and Charles 10/12. Andrew and the younger sons were born in Indiana. I “lost” the family after this date when I got a lucky break. The International Genealogical Index listed a Lafayette Elmer Wells born in “Decater” Co., Indiana to “Henery” Jackson Wells and Susan Kirkman. Lafayette married Leonora Ezell, November 24, 1881 in Collinsville, St. Clair Co., Illinois, so the chase was on again. St. Clair Co. is right across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Lafayette Wells was widowed, living alone in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses of St. Louis. The rest of the family continues to elude me. Here’s a challenge to all our cousins who love a good genealogical puzzle. Where is the family of Henry Jackson Wells after 1860? And just who was he? An unknown son of Nathan? Unrelated? Or was the “Amey” Wells with his family, his mother and was she Ruama Wells? We know Ruama was alive in 1845 and unmarried when she received her portion from Uriah’s purchase of his father Aaron’s farm. She isn’t recognizable in either the 1850 or 1860 Censuses of Nicholas Co., Kentucky until she reappears in the 1870 Census of Robertson Co., Kentucky in the household of her brother, Uriah Wells and family. In the Callon Bible list of children, her name was spelled “Ruamy”. How was it pronounced : “Roo-ah-mah” or “Roo-ay-mee”? What is the answer to the mystery of Jackson Wells?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SCWBAIB/3505.1.1 Message Board Post: Wish I could help. Looks like the straw blew away and the brick wall is still there. Betty Bell Decker Wells was born in July 1860 and she was sister to Mahalia and Daniel. She died in Picher, Oklahoma Nov. 13, 1932 and is buried at Cotterville, Mo. Cemetery. She Married Richard Wells November 13, 1878 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. They had 9 children Dollie (Doll) Cora Wells being the youngest born in 1901 and died in the 1960’s at Webb City, Mo. and is buried at Cotterville, Mo. Cemetery. She married only once to George Hastings and had only one Son, James Hastings who moved to Vallejo, Calif. In the 1940’s to work in the Naval Shipyards and he died there in the early 1990’s never having married. I know how frustrating it is trying to trace an ancestors and especially female ones. Wish I could help more. Here is something someone passed on to me. Perhaps it will give you a chuckle. 10 Rules of our ancestors -OR- How to confuse your descendants -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Thou shalt name your male children: James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William. (2) Thou shalt name your female children: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May. (3) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census reports. (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call them by middle name or by strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey. (5)Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your surname can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways: Hicks, Hicks, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks. (6) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that all family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. (7) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, & vague innuendo regarding your place of origination. (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales....or Iran. (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the______tribe...... (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers that came over from______ (8) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible names. (9) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages, or deaths. (10) Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers.

In a message dated 2/6/2006 7:01:11 AM Mountain Standard Time, WELLS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > >Just wanted to add to Orin's message, that you should send Orin and/or me > >copies of your Wells lineage so we will have the data incorporated into the > >Wells Study. > > > I am away from all my data on my Wells lineage. Will get home after the 10h of Mar. and then I will send it to you ASAP. I don't have all dates, names at the top of my head. Sorry. Dottie