Just a quick question...an answer will save me a lot of fishing around in the DNA results heap (Bonita, I will be back at work on your project this weekend). *Do we have verifiable DNA results tracing from Miles Wells b. ca. 1740 of Bertie Co., NC down through Elisha b. ca. 1771 Granville Co., NC to Abner b. ca. 1795 Caswell Co., NC? * ** *Or, put another way, have any of the known Georgia descendants of this line been matched, and if so, how far up?* The reason for my question: This Wells line lived in DeKalb Co., GA near my Jeremiah b.1801. I have found that the NC contingent seems to connect to Brisendines in Rockingham Co. (there was, in fact, an Abner Wells Brisendine). Two members of my Wells lines married Brisendines in DeKalb Co., Georgia. Perhaps coincidence, maybe -- just maybe -- not.

At this point there are several possibilities. 1. The Joseph Wells, son of Thomas and Frances was not the Joseph Wells who married Margaret Swanson and thus was not the father of the Joseph Wells who married Charity Carrington. As an aside someone will have to prove to me her surname was Smith as I have never seen anything that does. Over the years everyone I have come across who has claimed this has gone silent on me when I pressed them for the proof. Thomas Wells DID have a neighbor named Smith and, I think, bought property from him. But that does not make him Thomas' father-in-law. 2. The Joseph Wells, son of Thomas and Frances, married Margaret Swanson but they were not the parents of the Joseph Wells who married Charity Carrington. 3. The Joseph Wells, son of Thomas and Frances, married Margaret Swanson but HE was not the father of his alleged son Joseph. 4. The parents of Joseph Wells who married Charity Carrington was the son of another couple named Joseph and Margaret Wells. 5. Joseph Wells was the son of someone else entirely. Do the quaker records make any specific mention of the parents of Joseph Wells? Or are there any other records that do? At 08:56 AM 9/17/2005, Jane Sarles wrote: >Orin, > >I have, in my notes, a page of information, done by Leota Klinker, Pauline >DeWitt and Mary C. Scott, on the ancestry of the Joseph who married >Margaret Swanson. It shows Joseph as the son of Thomas Wells & Frances >Smith. Is this a possibility, do you think? > >Jane Sarles > > >==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Please Support Rootsweb > 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

Thank you so kindly Patricia. You have given us some food for thought. And, I might add, inspired me to get back into working on this line. I'm afraid I got a bit discouraged when I couldn't find a male for the DNA project. All those males in my branch with the surname were so inconsiderate as to allow their lines to die out. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Straube" <straube@earthlink.net> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [WELLS-L] lost family >I am a descendant of both W020 Aaron Wells and W028 Robert Wells and when > the DNA results were announced, I did some looking into Joseph and > Margaret Wells, thought to be the parents of Joseph Wells who married > Charity Carrington. > > "Pioneers of Old Monocacy: > The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland 1721-1743" > by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 > > JOSEPH WELLS and his wife MARGARET came from Chester County in > Pennsylvania, settling on "Boyling Springs," a 40-acre tract which had > been > surveyed on June 12, 1743. Its beginning point was also "on a north side > branch of theTuscarora." This land was later conveyed to Baltis Fout. Both > JOSEPH and ISAAC WELLS signed the October petition seeking to carve All > Saints' Parish out of Prince George's Parish. Earlier in 1742 ISAAC WELLS > had been appointed overseer of the road from Monocacy "to Shenandoah," and > the November Court of 1743 made him Constable of Monocacy Hundred. On > October 27, 1741, ISAAC WELLS had purchased "Lowland" from Daniel Johnson > Low of Prince William County, Virginia, who had had the parcel surveyed > for > himself on October 15, 1739. Low was apparently a nephew of Thomas > Cresap's > wife and the grandson of Frances Johnson, wife of Miles Foy. Cresap > himself > was one of the witnesses to the 1741 transaction. > > In 1744 Cresap surveyed "Children's Chance" to the south and west of > "Lowland" for ISAAC WELLS. And on October 27, 1746 "Wells Invention," a > 92-acre parcel located east of the other two, was also surveyed for ISAAC > WELLS. WELLS had omitted paying caution money, and following his early > death > in 1747 this last parcel went to John Cholmondley for whom it became the > basis for a huge Resurvey of 2,017 acres. Cholmondley died, but willed the > land to Robert Lamar, Jr., to whom it was patented on August 10, 1753. > "Lowland" passed through several hands to Mrs. Eleanor Medley for whom > Leonard Smith in 1774 divided it into town lots to form New Town, the > forerunner of today's town of Jefferson. "Children's Chance" was sold by > SAMUEL WELLS, brother [sic] of ISAAC, in two parts, a northern 48 acres to > Elias DeLashmutt, Jr. on May 21, 1763, and the remaining 177 acres to the > south to Elias DeLashmutt, Sr. on November 8, 1764. > > "Early Families of Southern Maryland" Vol 3, by Elise Greenup > Jourdan, page 194 > > WELLS, ISAAC, Prince George's Co. 10 Mar, 1746; 10 Apr, 1747 > To wife, dwelling plantation and 100 A. called "Low Lands"; at. her > decease, to son JOHN WELLS, with that pt. of "Children's Chance", that is > now enclosed, and when he becomes age 21, shd. pay to his sisters MARY, > ELIZABETH and ANN WELLS, 10 pounds money, and if John die without Issue, > then sd. land to ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, and he to perform unto the 3 sisters > afsd. > To son ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, land "Wells Invention" > To son SAMUEL WELLS, tract: "Children's Chance" > To son BENJAMIN WELLS, remaining pt, of tract "Children's Chance," on > southside of sd. branch. > To wife, personal estate, > George Matthews, friend,, ex. > Wit: Charles Davis, Alexander Tanzey, Daniel Matthews, MCW 25.61 > > If this were my family, I'd probably start by trying to track down any > descendants of Isaac Wells and/or finding his origins. > > I believe the most likely explanation is that there were two Joseph Wells > in > Prince George's Co., Maryland.of approximately the same age at the same > time, both with wives named Margaret. > > Patricia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley Niemi" <shrlynm@yahoo.com> > To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:22 PM > Subject: [WELLS-L] lost family > > >> after all these years, thinking (we) were related to Joseph and Charity. >> Are we connected to Joseph and Margaret Swanson? Just a little confused. >> How about #16, #20 and #28?? >> Shirley >> Help, Jane!! >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== >> Wells Surname List Home Page >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~daveslists/wells/windex.html >> >> > > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Please Support Rootsweb > >

Shirley, I'm counting on our relationship to Joseph (b727-1804) and Charity being OK. It looks like his connection to Joseph ((1697-aft 1758) is likely (there is a will, I believe) I base this mainly on the geography and the religion of both. The Quaker records are pretty good. I hope wiser heads than mine have a better and more documented assessment than I. Any other cousins out there with light at the end of our genealogical tunnel? Jane Sarles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Niemi" <shrlynm@yahoo.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 8:22 PM Subject: [WELLS-L] lost family > after all these years, thinking (we) were related to Joseph and Charity. > Are we connected to Joseph and Margaret Swanson? Just a little confused. > How about #16, #20 and #28?? > Shirley > Help, Jane!! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Wells Surname List Home Page > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~daveslists/wells/windex.html > >

This morning I received an e-mail from someone advising me that I was a lucky winner in the Hope Foundation International. In fact I was SO lucky that I have won $2,500.000. If you receive such notifications in lotteries in which you know you never bought tickets be assured they are frauds. Do not respond to them. These people are looking to pick your pockets. I probably receive at least one of these notifications a week. Even worse are the so-called Nigerian scams. These are very active once again. I am seeing at least one a day and sometimes three or four. Mostly they hit several of my email addresses at the same time. In these schemes they send you an e-mail out of the blue telling you that they have a huge sum of money (anywhere from $12 million to $48 million - always millions but usually some odd number to make it look more believable) and they want to have you help them transfer it offering to split it with you to the tune of anywhere from 10% to 50%. The story is normally they have control over a big deposit left by some foreign national who has been killed, a government agent who skimmed it off and is now dead, their husband/cousin etc. died and they need help getting it out of the country, and in some they claim to be dying and want to leave their fortune to charity if you will help them. Do not respond to these. The first question you should be asking is how did they get YOUR name and e-mail address? The answer is they are sending this to thousands of people hoping a few are stupid enough to respond and a few of these will be gullible enough to get caught in their net of deceit. Unfortunately there are still a few whose greed gets the better of them and they will let themselves fall for this. The process eventually leads to where the person on the other end will ask for some earnest money or they will ask for your bank information so they can send you the first transfer. You will never see a dime after they get the earnest money or, in the second instance, they will make a transfer alright, but it will be OUT of your account. Be careful. No one REALLY wants to send you free money. The sad part of this is people are falling for this. It is estimated that billions have been scammed in this fashion. If no one ever responded these scam artists would have stopped this stuff 20 years ago. They live the old adage "There's a sucker born every minute" from the scammed banker David Hannum - not P. T. Barnum as most people think. 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

Thanks, Orin. I will keep watch on W 036. Are there any plans for testing to include us females? Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "OrinWells" <orinwells@wells.org> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [WELLS-L] Lost family > Jane, > > This now baseline W036 for Joseph Wells/Charity Carrington on the first > page of the results. This is until or if we manage to find more > information to help us connect them further up. Joseph Wells may well > have been the father of Joseph, Jr. but we have no way at this point to > provide independent verification on the DNA or genealogy. Whoever he was > he certainly was not the son of Thomas Wells and Frances. > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/dnaproje/results1.html > > > > > At 12:09 PM 9/16/2005, Jane Sarles wrote: >>Orin and/or Bonita, >> >>I seem to have lost track of my family. I am of the Joseph Wells/Charity >>Carrington branch of Cane Creek NC. We were found not to descend from >>Thomas Wells and wife, Francis of Prince Georges Co. MD, as we had long >>thought. However, I don't know if a new number (the old one was W006) has >>been assigned to this branch of Joseph's descendants, or just what has >>happened to us. I don't see either on the DNA results page. >> >>Jane Wells Sarles >> >> >>==== 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 Chester might be a possible. The family seemed to leave their roots in Louisiana and Mississippi. I see no Chester Wells in Louisiana but there are two in Jackson, MS. Jackson is where Gordon lived. OK, which of us is going to cold call these guys? At 02:00 AM 9/17/2005, Lady Bonita \(USA\) wrote: >1930 LA Rapides PJW2, family 187 >Wells, Thomas O., age 36, married age 25, b: LA (same as parents), farmer >Wells, Hattie G., wife, married age 25, b: LA (father b: MS >Wells, Mildred, dau, age 7, b: LA >Wells, Chester, son, age 3, b: LA > > > > \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) > ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking ... > >Lady Bonita >Arizona, USA > >==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Please Support Rootsweb > 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

Sorry, in this case I don't even have a complete family genealogy. What I posted yesterday was pretty much all there is except for locations, death dates, marriage dates and dates for the spouses. The Mountford Wells you see in Louisianna is likely the same chap. They did live in Louisiana. Not too long ago a book was published on some Louisiana family. I don't know if it was this one or not. At 12:56 AM 9/17/2005, Lady Bonita \(USA\) wrote: >Orin: > >When researching with some others, I ran across a MONTFORT WELLS in >Louisiana. He would be about the same age as the General Montford Wells >you talked about. He was a planter and appeared to have a large >family. As I remember there were ties back to North Carolina. > >Can you send me their gedcom and I can see if I can find some living male >descendants? > >Bonita > > \\\|/// > \\ ~ ~ // > ( @ @ ) > ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking ... > >Lady Bonita >Arizona, USA > >----- Original Message ----- From: "OrinWells" <orinwells@wells.org> >To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:43 PM >Subject: Re: [WELLS-L] lost family > > >>I think I have seen the family of Isaac Edward(s) Wells before but had >>not associated it with Joseph Wells. You are correct, if we can locate >>descendents of Issac, Sr.; one of his sons (John, Isaac Edward(s), Samuel >>or Benjamin) or brother Samuel Wells we could determine if this story is >>about the subject Joseph Wells family. I do not recall encountering any >>researchers on this family. Surely there must be some. >> >>Oops. It looks like this may be the family of Isaac Wells b: Cir 1707 >>Stratford-upon-avon who came to Maryland as in indentured >>servant. Gordon Menard Wells, who died about a year or two ago, was a >>descendent of this family. I have been unable to locate his widow, >>Wilton "Maxine" Wells who would have been living in Jackson, Mississippi >>when Gordon died. I think someone on this list had contact with this >>family. The question is did Gordon have any sons, brothers and/or >>nephews? As I recall the material I have from him does not disclose any >>of this. >> >>He was a descendent of Isaac I through his son Samuel b: cir 1730. On >>one chart I see he indicates he (Gordon) had one daughter Charlotte Lynn >>Wells b: 15 Jan 1951 m: Jim Thomas Yount. If we can locate Charlotte we >>might be able to get some information from her. Interestingly enough, >>Samuel was believed by Gordon to have gone to Orange County, NC with his >>mother Anne and her second husband David Dunbar. The sequence down from >>Samuel is: >> >>Samuel "Levi" Wells b: 27 Jun 1764 m: Mary Elizabeth Calvit. >>General Montford Wells b: Cir 1800 m: Jeanette Amelia Dent >>Jefferson Wells b: Cir 1834 m: Ida Fenwick Brent >>Thomas "Overton" Moore Wells b: 1854 m: Rosella "Ellen" Miller >>William Gordon Wells b: 27 May 1898 d: 04 Nov 1925 m: Octavia Carolyn >>Coleman d: 13 Nov 1928 >>Gordon Menard Wells b: 12 Feb 1924 - Sounds like any brothers is unlikely. >> >>William Gordon Wells, son of Thomas "Overton" Moore Wells had 8 brothers. >>Surely there must be one male descendent of this branch we can find. The >>other brothers were: >>Thomas "Tom" Overton Moore Wells b: 28 Dec 1893 m Nattie Gertrude Morgan >>Charles "Moore" Wells b: 05 Feb 1895 m: Anna Garnier >>"Alfred" Flournoy Wells b: 19 Feb 1897 m: Earline Squyres Wells >>"Walter" Edward Wells b: 25 Nov 1899 m: Hazel Walker >>James "Jimmie" Fenwick b: 17 Mar 1900/1901 >>Joseph "Joe" Jefferson Wells b: 04 Jul 1903 m: Earline Squyres >>Julian "Juby" Curtis Wells b: 06 Sep 1910 m: ___ Bostic >>"Ceaser" Gremillion Wells b: 23 Nov 1913 Lillian Simmons >> >> >> >>At 07:50 PM 9/16/2005, Patricia Straube wrote: >>>I am a descendant of both W020 Aaron Wells and W028 Robert Wells and when >>>the DNA results were announced, I did some looking into Joseph and >>>Margaret Wells, thought to be the parents of Joseph Wells who married >>>Charity Carrington. >>> >>>"Pioneers of Old Monocacy: >>>The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland 1721-1743" >>>by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 >>> >>>JOSEPH WELLS and his wife MARGARET came from Chester County in >>>Pennsylvania, settling on "Boyling Springs," a 40-acre tract which had been >>>surveyed on June 12, 1743. Its beginning point was also "on a north side >>>branch of theTuscarora." This land was later conveyed to Baltis Fout. Both >>>JOSEPH and ISAAC WELLS signed the October petition seeking to carve All >>>Saints' Parish out of Prince George's Parish. Earlier in 1742 ISAAC WELLS >>>had been appointed overseer of the road from Monocacy "to Shenandoah," and >>>the November Court of 1743 made him Constable of Monocacy Hundred. On >>>October 27, 1741, ISAAC WELLS had purchased "Lowland" from Daniel Johnson >>>Low of Prince William County, Virginia, who had had the parcel surveyed for >>>himself on October 15, 1739. Low was apparently a nephew of Thomas Cresap's >>>wife and the grandson of Frances Johnson, wife of Miles Foy. Cresap himself >>>was one of the witnesses to the 1741 transaction. >>> >>>In 1744 Cresap surveyed "Children's Chance" to the south and west of >>>"Lowland" for ISAAC WELLS. And on October 27, 1746 "Wells Invention," a >>>92-acre parcel located east of the other two, was also surveyed for ISAAC >>>WELLS. WELLS had omitted paying caution money, and following his early death >>>in 1747 this last parcel went to John Cholmondley for whom it became the >>>basis for a huge Resurvey of 2,017 acres. Cholmondley died, but willed the >>>land to Robert Lamar, Jr., to whom it was patented on August 10, 1753. >>>"Lowland" passed through several hands to Mrs. Eleanor Medley for whom >>>Leonard Smith in 1774 divided it into town lots to form New Town, the >>>forerunner of today's town of Jefferson. "Children's Chance" was sold by >>>SAMUEL WELLS, brother [sic] of ISAAC, in two parts, a northern 48 acres to >>>Elias DeLashmutt, Jr. on May 21, 1763, and the remaining 177 acres to the >>>south to Elias DeLashmutt, Sr. on November 8, 1764. >>> >>>"Early Families of Southern Maryland" Vol 3, by Elise Greenup >>>Jourdan, page 194 >>> >>> WELLS, ISAAC, Prince George's Co. 10 Mar, 1746; 10 Apr, 1747 >>> To wife, dwelling plantation and 100 A. called "Low Lands"; at. her >>>decease, to son JOHN WELLS, with that pt. of "Children's Chance", that is >>>now enclosed, and when he becomes age 21, shd. pay to his sisters MARY, >>>ELIZABETH and ANN WELLS, 10 pounds money, and if John die without Issue, >>>then sd. land to ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, and he to perform unto the 3 sisters >>>afsd. >>> To son ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, land "Wells Invention" >>> To son SAMUEL WELLS, tract: "Children's Chance" >>> To son BENJAMIN WELLS, remaining pt, of tract "Children's Chance," on >>>southside of sd. branch. >>> To wife, personal estate, >>> George Matthews, friend,, ex. >>> Wit: Charles Davis, Alexander Tanzey, Daniel Matthews, MCW 25.61 >>> >>>If this were my family, I'd probably start by trying to track down any >>>descendants of Isaac Wells and/or finding his origins. >>> >>>I believe the most likely explanation is that there were two Joseph Wells in >>>Prince George's Co., Maryland.of approximately the same age at the same >>>time, both with wives named Margaret. >>> >>>Patricia >> >> >>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 >> > > >==== 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 > 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells, Storrs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SCWBAIB/4242.1.3 Message Board Post: Orin, could you do a look-up in that book for me? I'm looking for info on my 3GGM, Mary G. Wells. She was born in Wethersfield, CT around 1795; married Calvin Storrs (b. 1796, Trenton, Oneida Co., NY) around 1820 in Oneida County. They subsequently moved to Wisconsin around 1850. I suspect her parents were Samuel & Anner (Griswold) Wells; the CT Barbour has their daughter, Polly G. Wells, being born Feb 14, 1793--about the right age. The handful of later references always refer to her as "Mary," not the nickname Polly.

1930 LA Rapides PJW2, family 187 Wells, Thomas O., age 36, married age 25, b: LA (same as parents), farmer Wells, Hattie G., wife, married age 25, b: LA (father b: MS Wells, Mildred, dau, age 7, b: LA Wells, Chester, son, age 3, b: LA \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking ... Lady Bonita Arizona, USA

Definitely looks like the right family ... Bonita 1810 LA Rapides (all same page) Wells, Dorcas Wells, Levi Wells, Louis Wells, Willing 1820 LA Rapides Wells, Lewis Wells, Montfort Wells, Samuel L. 1830 LA Rapides, Wells, Mary Wells, Montford Wells, Thomas B. 1840 LA Rapides Wells, J.M. (2 of them) Wells, Mary Wells, Monfort 1850 LA Rapides, family 341 Wells, Monfort, age 50, planter, b: LA Wells, Jeannette, age 42, b: LA Langlin, L.M.?, age 16, female, b: LA Skillman, Martha S, age 24, b: LA Skillman, Amy J. Wells, age 3, b: LA Skillman, Edwarda (F), age 2, b: LA Wells, Ennamon (M), age 19, b: LA Wells, Jefferson, age 16, b: LA Wells, Jeannetta J., age 14, b: LA Wells, Mary E., age 11, b: LA Wells, Ellen M., age 7, b: LA Wells, Charles M., age 5, b: LA Wells, Anna D., age 5 months, b: LA Family 342 Wells, Thomas J., age 44, Planter, b: LA Wells, Martha L., age 40, b: LA Family 1015 Wells, James M., age 35, Planter, b: LA Wells, Mary Ann, age 34, b: LA Wells, Montfort, age 14, b: LA Wells, Mary E., age 12, b: LA Wells, Lolette, age 10, b: LA Wells, Madison, age 8, b: LA Wells, Jefferson, age 6, b: LA Wells, Levi, age 4, b: LA 1860 LA Rapides, family 1790 Wells, Monfort, age 61, farmer, b: LA Wells, Jeanetta, age 54, b: LA Wells, Elizabeth, age 21, b: LA Wells, Ellen, age 19, b: LA Wells, Charles, age 15, b: LA Wells, Anna, age 12, b: LA Family 1790 Wells, Enny (Ennamon), age 31, farmer, b: LA Wells, Fanny, age 22, b: LA Wells, Edmund, age 1, b: LA Family 1791 Wells, Jefferson, Jr., age 27, farmer, b: LA Wells, Ada, age 18, b: LA Groves?, William, age 72, b: MA "Gent" Family 1567 Wells, T. J., age 54, farmer, b: LA Wells, Mary G., age 21, b: LA Wells, Martha, age 50, b: LA Princus, Jacob, age 23, trainer?, b: LA Family 1781 Wells, James M., age 52, farmer, b: LA Wells, Mary Ann, age 44, b: LA Wells, F.M. (F), age 25, b: LA Wells, Madison, age 18, b: LA Wells, Levi, age 16, b: LA Johnson, J., age 14 (M), b: LA Wells, C. C., age 7, b: LA (F) Wells, A. C., age 5, b: LA (F) Wells, J., age 3, b: LA (M) Wells, Infant, age 1, b: LA (M) Douglass, John, age 41, overseeer, b: Ireland \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking ... Lady Bonita Arizona, USA

Orin: When researching with some others, I ran across a MONTFORT WELLS in Louisiana. He would be about the same age as the General Montford Wells you talked about. He was a planter and appeared to have a large family. As I remember there were ties back to North Carolina. Can you send me their gedcom and I can see if I can find some living male descendants? Bonita \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking ... Lady Bonita Arizona, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "OrinWells" <orinwells@wells.org> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [WELLS-L] lost family >I think I have seen the family of Isaac Edward(s) Wells before but had not >associated it with Joseph Wells. You are correct, if we can locate >descendents of Issac, Sr.; one of his sons (John, Isaac Edward(s), Samuel >or Benjamin) or brother Samuel Wells we could determine if this story is >about the subject Joseph Wells family. I do not recall encountering any >researchers on this family. Surely there must be some. > > Oops. It looks like this may be the family of Isaac Wells b: Cir 1707 > Stratford-upon-avon who came to Maryland as in indentured servant. Gordon > Menard Wells, who died about a year or two ago, was a descendent of this > family. I have been unable to locate his widow, Wilton "Maxine" Wells who > would have been living in Jackson, Mississippi when Gordon died. I think > someone on this list had contact with this family. The question is did > Gordon have any sons, brothers and/or nephews? As I recall the material I > have from him does not disclose any of this. > > He was a descendent of Isaac I through his son Samuel b: cir 1730. On one > chart I see he indicates he (Gordon) had one daughter Charlotte Lynn Wells > b: 15 Jan 1951 m: Jim Thomas Yount. If we can locate Charlotte we might > be able to get some information from her. Interestingly enough, Samuel was > believed by Gordon to have gone to Orange County, NC with his mother Anne > and her second husband David Dunbar. The sequence down from Samuel is: > > Samuel "Levi" Wells b: 27 Jun 1764 m: Mary Elizabeth Calvit. > General Montford Wells b: Cir 1800 m: Jeanette Amelia Dent > Jefferson Wells b: Cir 1834 m: Ida Fenwick Brent > Thomas "Overton" Moore Wells b: 1854 m: Rosella "Ellen" Miller > William Gordon Wells b: 27 May 1898 d: 04 Nov 1925 m: Octavia Carolyn > Coleman d: 13 Nov 1928 > Gordon Menard Wells b: 12 Feb 1924 - Sounds like any brothers is > unlikely. > > William Gordon Wells, son of Thomas "Overton" Moore Wells had 8 brothers. > Surely there must be one male descendent of this branch we can find. The > other brothers were: > Thomas "Tom" Overton Moore Wells b: 28 Dec 1893 m Nattie Gertrude Morgan > Charles "Moore" Wells b: 05 Feb 1895 m: Anna Garnier > "Alfred" Flournoy Wells b: 19 Feb 1897 m: Earline Squyres Wells > "Walter" Edward Wells b: 25 Nov 1899 m: Hazel Walker > James "Jimmie" Fenwick b: 17 Mar 1900/1901 > Joseph "Joe" Jefferson Wells b: 04 Jul 1903 m: Earline Squyres > Julian "Juby" Curtis Wells b: 06 Sep 1910 m: ___ Bostic > "Ceaser" Gremillion Wells b: 23 Nov 1913 Lillian Simmons > > > > At 07:50 PM 9/16/2005, Patricia Straube wrote: >>I am a descendant of both W020 Aaron Wells and W028 Robert Wells and when >>the DNA results were announced, I did some looking into Joseph and >>Margaret Wells, thought to be the parents of Joseph Wells who married >>Charity Carrington. >> >>"Pioneers of Old Monocacy: >>The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland 1721-1743" >>by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 >> >>JOSEPH WELLS and his wife MARGARET came from Chester County in >>Pennsylvania, settling on "Boyling Springs," a 40-acre tract which had >>been >>surveyed on June 12, 1743. Its beginning point was also "on a north side >>branch of theTuscarora." This land was later conveyed to Baltis Fout. Both >>JOSEPH and ISAAC WELLS signed the October petition seeking to carve All >>Saints' Parish out of Prince George's Parish. Earlier in 1742 ISAAC WELLS >>had been appointed overseer of the road from Monocacy "to Shenandoah," and >>the November Court of 1743 made him Constable of Monocacy Hundred. On >>October 27, 1741, ISAAC WELLS had purchased "Lowland" from Daniel Johnson >>Low of Prince William County, Virginia, who had had the parcel surveyed >>for >>himself on October 15, 1739. Low was apparently a nephew of Thomas >>Cresap's >>wife and the grandson of Frances Johnson, wife of Miles Foy. Cresap >>himself >>was one of the witnesses to the 1741 transaction. >> >>In 1744 Cresap surveyed "Children's Chance" to the south and west of >>"Lowland" for ISAAC WELLS. And on October 27, 1746 "Wells Invention," a >>92-acre parcel located east of the other two, was also surveyed for ISAAC >>WELLS. WELLS had omitted paying caution money, and following his early >>death >>in 1747 this last parcel went to John Cholmondley for whom it became the >>basis for a huge Resurvey of 2,017 acres. Cholmondley died, but willed the >>land to Robert Lamar, Jr., to whom it was patented on August 10, 1753. >>"Lowland" passed through several hands to Mrs. Eleanor Medley for whom >>Leonard Smith in 1774 divided it into town lots to form New Town, the >>forerunner of today's town of Jefferson. "Children's Chance" was sold by >>SAMUEL WELLS, brother [sic] of ISAAC, in two parts, a northern 48 acres to >>Elias DeLashmutt, Jr. on May 21, 1763, and the remaining 177 acres to the >>south to Elias DeLashmutt, Sr. on November 8, 1764. >> >>"Early Families of Southern Maryland" Vol 3, by Elise Greenup >>Jourdan, page 194 >> >> WELLS, ISAAC, Prince George's Co. 10 Mar, 1746; 10 Apr, 1747 >> To wife, dwelling plantation and 100 A. called "Low Lands"; at. her >>decease, to son JOHN WELLS, with that pt. of "Children's Chance", that is >>now enclosed, and when he becomes age 21, shd. pay to his sisters MARY, >>ELIZABETH and ANN WELLS, 10 pounds money, and if John die without Issue, >>then sd. land to ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, and he to perform unto the 3 sisters >>afsd. >> To son ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, land "Wells Invention" >> To son SAMUEL WELLS, tract: "Children's Chance" >> To son BENJAMIN WELLS, remaining pt, of tract "Children's Chance," on >>southside of sd. branch. >> To wife, personal estate, >> George Matthews, friend,, ex. >> Wit: Charles Davis, Alexander Tanzey, Daniel Matthews, MCW 25.61 >> >>If this were my family, I'd probably start by trying to track down any >>descendants of Isaac Wells and/or finding his origins. >> >>I believe the most likely explanation is that there were two Joseph Wells >>in >>Prince George's Co., Maryland.of approximately the same age at the same >>time, both with wives named Margaret. >> >>Patricia >> > > > 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 > >

I think I have seen the family of Isaac Edward(s) Wells before but had not associated it with Joseph Wells. You are correct, if we can locate descendents of Issac, Sr.; one of his sons (John, Isaac Edward(s), Samuel or Benjamin) or brother Samuel Wells we could determine if this story is about the subject Joseph Wells family. I do not recall encountering any researchers on this family. Surely there must be some. Oops. It looks like this may be the family of Isaac Wells b: Cir 1707 Stratford-upon-avon who came to Maryland as in indentured servant. Gordon Menard Wells, who died about a year or two ago, was a descendent of this family. I have been unable to locate his widow, Wilton "Maxine" Wells who would have been living in Jackson, Mississippi when Gordon died. I think someone on this list had contact with this family. The question is did Gordon have any sons, brothers and/or nephews? As I recall the material I have from him does not disclose any of this. He was a descendent of Isaac I through his son Samuel b: cir 1730. On one chart I see he indicates he (Gordon) had one daughter Charlotte Lynn Wells b: 15 Jan 1951 m: Jim Thomas Yount. If we can locate Charlotte we might be able to get some information from her. Interestingly enough, Samuel was believed by Gordon to have gone to Orange County, NC with his mother Anne and her second husband David Dunbar. The sequence down from Samuel is: Samuel "Levi" Wells b: 27 Jun 1764 m: Mary Elizabeth Calvit. General Montford Wells b: Cir 1800 m: Jeanette Amelia Dent Jefferson Wells b: Cir 1834 m: Ida Fenwick Brent Thomas "Overton" Moore Wells b: 1854 m: Rosella "Ellen" Miller William Gordon Wells b: 27 May 1898 d: 04 Nov 1925 m: Octavia Carolyn Coleman d: 13 Nov 1928 Gordon Menard Wells b: 12 Feb 1924 - Sounds like any brothers is unlikely. William Gordon Wells, son of Thomas "Overton" Moore Wells had 8 brothers. Surely there must be one male descendent of this branch we can find. The other brothers were: Thomas "Tom" Overton Moore Wells b: 28 Dec 1893 m Nattie Gertrude Morgan Charles "Moore" Wells b: 05 Feb 1895 m: Anna Garnier "Alfred" Flournoy Wells b: 19 Feb 1897 m: Earline Squyres Wells "Walter" Edward Wells b: 25 Nov 1899 m: Hazel Walker James "Jimmie" Fenwick b: 17 Mar 1900/1901 Joseph "Joe" Jefferson Wells b: 04 Jul 1903 m: Earline Squyres Julian "Juby" Curtis Wells b: 06 Sep 1910 m: ___ Bostic "Ceaser" Gremillion Wells b: 23 Nov 1913 Lillian Simmons At 07:50 PM 9/16/2005, Patricia Straube wrote: >I am a descendant of both W020 Aaron Wells and W028 Robert Wells and when >the DNA results were announced, I did some looking into Joseph and >Margaret Wells, thought to be the parents of Joseph Wells who married >Charity Carrington. > >"Pioneers of Old Monocacy: >The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland 1721-1743" >by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 > >JOSEPH WELLS and his wife MARGARET came from Chester County in >Pennsylvania, settling on "Boyling Springs," a 40-acre tract which had been >surveyed on June 12, 1743. Its beginning point was also "on a north side >branch of theTuscarora." This land was later conveyed to Baltis Fout. Both >JOSEPH and ISAAC WELLS signed the October petition seeking to carve All >Saints' Parish out of Prince George's Parish. Earlier in 1742 ISAAC WELLS >had been appointed overseer of the road from Monocacy "to Shenandoah," and >the November Court of 1743 made him Constable of Monocacy Hundred. On >October 27, 1741, ISAAC WELLS had purchased "Lowland" from Daniel Johnson >Low of Prince William County, Virginia, who had had the parcel surveyed for >himself on October 15, 1739. Low was apparently a nephew of Thomas Cresap's >wife and the grandson of Frances Johnson, wife of Miles Foy. Cresap himself >was one of the witnesses to the 1741 transaction. > >In 1744 Cresap surveyed "Children's Chance" to the south and west of >"Lowland" for ISAAC WELLS. And on October 27, 1746 "Wells Invention," a >92-acre parcel located east of the other two, was also surveyed for ISAAC >WELLS. WELLS had omitted paying caution money, and following his early death >in 1747 this last parcel went to John Cholmondley for whom it became the >basis for a huge Resurvey of 2,017 acres. Cholmondley died, but willed the >land to Robert Lamar, Jr., to whom it was patented on August 10, 1753. >"Lowland" passed through several hands to Mrs. Eleanor Medley for whom >Leonard Smith in 1774 divided it into town lots to form New Town, the >forerunner of today's town of Jefferson. "Children's Chance" was sold by >SAMUEL WELLS, brother [sic] of ISAAC, in two parts, a northern 48 acres to >Elias DeLashmutt, Jr. on May 21, 1763, and the remaining 177 acres to the >south to Elias DeLashmutt, Sr. on November 8, 1764. > >"Early Families of Southern Maryland" Vol 3, by Elise Greenup >Jourdan, page 194 > > WELLS, ISAAC, Prince George's Co. 10 Mar, 1746; 10 Apr, 1747 > To wife, dwelling plantation and 100 A. called "Low Lands"; at. her >decease, to son JOHN WELLS, with that pt. of "Children's Chance", that is >now enclosed, and when he becomes age 21, shd. pay to his sisters MARY, >ELIZABETH and ANN WELLS, 10 pounds money, and if John die without Issue, >then sd. land to ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, and he to perform unto the 3 sisters >afsd. > To son ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, land "Wells Invention" > To son SAMUEL WELLS, tract: "Children's Chance" > To son BENJAMIN WELLS, remaining pt, of tract "Children's Chance," on >southside of sd. branch. > To wife, personal estate, > George Matthews, friend,, ex. > Wit: Charles Davis, Alexander Tanzey, Daniel Matthews, MCW 25.61 > >If this were my family, I'd probably start by trying to track down any >descendants of Isaac Wells and/or finding his origins. > >I believe the most likely explanation is that there were two Joseph Wells in >Prince George's Co., Maryland.of approximately the same age at the same >time, both with wives named Margaret. > >Patricia > 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

It is all in the DNA results ... somewhere some data got crossed, assumptions were made, or genealogies with errors were published ... or an adoption occurred without being recorded ... Bonita \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking ... Lady Bonita Arizona, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Niemi" <shrlynm@yahoo.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:22 PM Subject: [WELLS-L] lost family > after all these years, thinking (we) were related to Joseph and Charity. > Are we connected to Joseph and Margaret Swanson? Just a little confused. > How about #16, #20 and #28?? > Shirley > Help, Jane!! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Wells Surname List Home Page > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~daveslists/wells/windex.html > >

I am a descendant of both W020 Aaron Wells and W028 Robert Wells and when the DNA results were announced, I did some looking into Joseph and Margaret Wells, thought to be the parents of Joseph Wells who married Charity Carrington. "Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland 1721-1743" by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 JOSEPH WELLS and his wife MARGARET came from Chester County in Pennsylvania, settling on "Boyling Springs," a 40-acre tract which had been surveyed on June 12, 1743. Its beginning point was also "on a north side branch of theTuscarora." This land was later conveyed to Baltis Fout. Both JOSEPH and ISAAC WELLS signed the October petition seeking to carve All Saints' Parish out of Prince George's Parish. Earlier in 1742 ISAAC WELLS had been appointed overseer of the road from Monocacy "to Shenandoah," and the November Court of 1743 made him Constable of Monocacy Hundred. On October 27, 1741, ISAAC WELLS had purchased "Lowland" from Daniel Johnson Low of Prince William County, Virginia, who had had the parcel surveyed for himself on October 15, 1739. Low was apparently a nephew of Thomas Cresap's wife and the grandson of Frances Johnson, wife of Miles Foy. Cresap himself was one of the witnesses to the 1741 transaction. In 1744 Cresap surveyed "Children's Chance" to the south and west of "Lowland" for ISAAC WELLS. And on October 27, 1746 "Wells Invention," a 92-acre parcel located east of the other two, was also surveyed for ISAAC WELLS. WELLS had omitted paying caution money, and following his early death in 1747 this last parcel went to John Cholmondley for whom it became the basis for a huge Resurvey of 2,017 acres. Cholmondley died, but willed the land to Robert Lamar, Jr., to whom it was patented on August 10, 1753. "Lowland" passed through several hands to Mrs. Eleanor Medley for whom Leonard Smith in 1774 divided it into town lots to form New Town, the forerunner of today's town of Jefferson. "Children's Chance" was sold by SAMUEL WELLS, brother [sic] of ISAAC, in two parts, a northern 48 acres to Elias DeLashmutt, Jr. on May 21, 1763, and the remaining 177 acres to the south to Elias DeLashmutt, Sr. on November 8, 1764. "Early Families of Southern Maryland" Vol 3, by Elise Greenup Jourdan, page 194 WELLS, ISAAC, Prince George's Co. 10 Mar, 1746; 10 Apr, 1747 To wife, dwelling plantation and 100 A. called "Low Lands"; at. her decease, to son JOHN WELLS, with that pt. of "Children's Chance", that is now enclosed, and when he becomes age 21, shd. pay to his sisters MARY, ELIZABETH and ANN WELLS, 10 pounds money, and if John die without Issue, then sd. land to ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, and he to perform unto the 3 sisters afsd. To son ISAAC EDWARDS WELLS, land "Wells Invention" To son SAMUEL WELLS, tract: "Children's Chance" To son BENJAMIN WELLS, remaining pt, of tract "Children's Chance," on southside of sd. branch. To wife, personal estate, George Matthews, friend,, ex. Wit: Charles Davis, Alexander Tanzey, Daniel Matthews, MCW 25.61 If this were my family, I'd probably start by trying to track down any descendants of Isaac Wells and/or finding his origins. I believe the most likely explanation is that there were two Joseph Wells in Prince George's Co., Maryland.of approximately the same age at the same time, both with wives named Margaret. Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Niemi" <shrlynm@yahoo.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:22 PM Subject: [WELLS-L] lost family > after all these years, thinking (we) were related to Joseph and Charity. > Are we connected to Joseph and Margaret Swanson? Just a little confused. > How about #16, #20 and #28?? > Shirley > Help, Jane!! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Wells Surname List Home Page > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~daveslists/wells/windex.html > >

I totally agree.. My concern (not my only concern but my main one) is that data submitted will be, as someone mentioned, etched in stone. There must be some way to update it. No matter how long one has been working on their family tree (30+ years in my case) it is never finished and it is and always will be a work in progress.As you indicated information that has been posted on the LDS Personal Ancestral Files is a perfect example of what can happen when data is not updated. Much of the info in those files was submitted many years ago and is absolutely wrong (some of it to the point of being ridiculous). I was told there is no way to correct or update the info that is already there and the only option is to submit my own info. That is not an acceptable solution to the problem. I am quite certain that continually updating info on a website would be a full time job and I for one do not envy anyone willing to undertake the task but that appears to be only option. Vonda In a message dated 9/16/2005 1:53:24 AM Central Standard Time, orinwells@wells.org writes: I have been occupied with other activities while this issue about the GEDCOM's has been flashing back and forth today. Let me throw my two bits worth into the fire. We all need to recognize that Bonita is making a valiant effort to make it possible for us to have the genealogies supporting the DNA testing on-line where users can view it and possibly contribute further to our combined efforts. I am personally very thankful for her efforts. I am also feeling very guilty that I have not had the time to provide her with the support she needs from me with regards to additional gedcoms, updates to the existing data on the website etc. I believe that, to Margaret's point, we must be prepared to make corrections to ANY of the genealogies (I hate to call them GEDCOMs as this is only the exchange media for the genealogies). that are posted. They must NOT be "set in stone". If we all have learned anything from the DNA it is that we can often discover that what we thought we knew may not be right. One of the worst problems with Ancestry.com, the LDS IGI and Personal Ancestral File, genealogies on-line, and many of the other Internet sources for information is that it is virtually impossible to be errors corrected. Even when the genealogies are placed on-line by an individual you often will get a very cold shoulder if you dare to suggest they have information that needs to be corrected. If we can provide a source that can be trusted, then the data will have credibility. But part of that credibility must be the method and willingness to make changes when new evidence surfaces as it does from time to time and I fully expect will happen from the DNA testing. We still have 3 or 4 new participants getting tested every month with no sign of slowing down. We have much to learn. As we learn it we will have to adjust what we are calling the "official" genealogies. Exactly how we will make the changes and the processes we will have to employ for this are yet to be determined. But we must allow for it. I fully expect we will discover new branches that we will need to add to many of the trees over the next year. If we find "children" that have been incorrectly attached to a couple, we must be prepared to correct this when it is found. Once we have the core for each family, the time to add a new branch or correct a name or remove a wrong branch should be simply to make the corrections to the base genealogy, generate the new web pages and post them to the website. At least it "should" be that simple. To accomplish this we all need to work together. Many different people have different parts of the puzzles (it isn't just one). There may be some genealogies that we have to question because connections have been suggested for which there appear to be no sources. My suggestion is that if it looks reasonable we can include it but there should be a way for us to make an indication that the entry has not been proven. If we have source documentation for a birth date, marriage date, death date, actual name, relationship, etc. that this needs to be documented with a reference. This may be going way beyond what Bonita is trying to accomplish, so we may have some trouble getting to the prefect scenario. We also need to let the family genealogists review the final product before it "goes to press" and make any corrections that can be justified and question anything that needs to be questioned. This weekend I hope to be able to spend some time on this by getting material Bonita still needs from me. I don't know exactly where she is with regard to the different families. Personally I would like to see us swing them in one at a time rather than shotgun them all in place at once. But that is just my opinion. Please be gentle with Bonita. We need her. We need what she is doing.

after all these years, thinking (we) were related to Joseph and Charity. Are we connected to Joseph and Margaret Swanson? Just a little confused. How about #16, #20 and #28?? Shirley Help, Jane!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4324 Message Board Post: Langdon ND 1888 - 1988 Centennial Book Roy Miles Wells Biography - pg 471 Roy Miles Wells was born in Grinnell, Iowa October 15, 1888 and came to North Dakota smuggled in a boxcar with his family in 1903, settling on a farm near Hannah. Roy took a short course in steam and gas tractor mechanics at NDAC in 1905 and traveled around to farms working as engineer for steam tractors. In 1913 he moved to Langdon and worked in the Sparling Garage. Roy enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1917 and served in England in WWI servicing airplanes. Discharged in 1919, he came back to work in Arthur Sparling's garage. January 1, 1920 Roy married Hester Sparling (the Boss' daughter). That spring Roy and Stanley Schneider bought the business, calling it "Automotive Service," selling and servicing Overland Cars ($595, FOB Standard Sedan) and other makes. In 1931 the carbon monixide fumes became too much for Roy's lungs and he sold the business to G. McDivitt. In 1936 Roy again bought his father-in-law's business, The Sparling Mill, renaming it Wells Supply Co. Roy in ! turn sold the mill to his son Bob in 1949. He worked as a partsman for Ray Lebrun, the I.H. dealer. Roy and Claude Skinner, who started the Langdon Airport, bought a plane, gave lessons and made passenger trips. After Claude was killed propping an airplane, Roy's enthusiasm for flying slowed. When Bob came back from his stint as a Navy aviator in 1946, he and Bob owned several planes together and he did quite a lot of flying. On his 72nd birthday he decided thatit was time to give up flying. Roy was on the City Commission, Captain in the CAP, Legion Commander, and active in the Masonic Bodies. In his early years he envisioned a musical career as a violinist. Hester, born April 10, 1899 at Marshall, MN to Arthur and Nellie Sparling, graduated fra LHS and attended UND for two years. She was on the Board of Directors for the County Far Assocn for many years judged homemaking exhibits at other fairs. In 1958 Hester became State Field Worker for the Sister Kenny Foundation. She was an active member of the Methodist Church and Eastern Star. Always involved with the Republican Party, Hester held many county offices, was on the State Central Committee, was a presidential elector in 1952 and attended many national meetings. In the early '30's she was county supervisor for the FERA. In 1935 she was appointed direct supervisor for the WPA and the family moved to fargo for two years. Many of her writings and poems have been published. Hester was listed for many years in "Who's Who of American Women." In 1966 Hester and Roy retired to Grinnell where Roy died in 1967. Hester was in demand for her demonstrations on quilt-making. She died Mar! ch 2, 1982. They had three children: Audrey Mahoney Will of Dayton, Ohio was born Oct 22, 1920 and graduated fra LHS and NDSU and became a dietitian. She married Dr J.H. Mahoney and lived in Devils Lake about 35 years. They had six children. Robert P. Wells. Dr. Donald Wells, born Dec 27, 1939, attended Jamestown College and UND Medical School. He is now a psychiatrist in Rochester, NY and has three children. -- recorded 6/85 **NOTE: I am no relation to this family. I am only a researcher. I do not live in North Dakota - but I do own the book: Langdon ND 1888-1988 Centennial

I have Joseph and Charity (Carrington) Wells as W036 ... the DNA participant ID is ID013. \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo---- Just Looking ... Lady Bonita Arizona, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Sarles" <janesarles@insightbb.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 12:09 PM Subject: [WELLS-L] Lost family > Orin and/or Bonita, > > I seem to have lost track of my family. I am of the Joseph Wells/Charity > Carrington branch of Cane Creek NC. We were found not to descend from > Thomas Wells and wife, Francis of Prince Georges Co. MD, as we had long > thought. However, I don't know if a new number (the old one was W006) has > been assigned to this branch of Joseph's descendants, or just what has > happened to us. I don't see either on the DNA results page. > > Jane Wells Sarles > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Join Rootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.com > >

Orin and/or Bonita, I seem to have lost track of my family. I am of the Joseph Wells/Charity Carrington branch of Cane Creek NC. We were found not to descend from Thomas Wells and wife, Francis of Prince Georges Co. MD, as we had long thought. However, I don't know if a new number (the old one was W006) has been assigned to this branch of Joseph's descendants, or just what has happened to us. I don't see either on the DNA results page. Jane Wells Sarles