I didn't think that I had seen this Wells family before or at least I had not seen the ancestry. But I did a quick google search for Andrew Elton Wells and learned that there are quite a lot of references to him - about 727 - including his will and some posts on this list in 2000 and several in 2008 although I don't know if any were from descendants or any of them were named Wells. If you haven't just done a search and checked all of these out, you might want to do so. There was a suggestion that this Wells family might have been connected to the W006 family, but it sounds like Andrew Elton Wells was unlikely to be descended from the same family. One reference shows he was the master of the ship "Brigantine Margaret" in 1765" - a slave vessel working St. Christophers. Since this is another immigrant Wells family I would be very interested to see the DNA for someone from the family. Given your subject line I am going to guess you too are looking for cousins who carry the Wells name and DNA. Hope you are successful. Several of the google hits mention that he was the brother-in-law of Samuel Adams. That reference is to a book and papers about Samuel Adams and mentions numerous letters had been exchanged between the two men. I have to wonder if the letters are still in existence - at least the ones from Andrew. I also recall a reference to Samuel Adams in the past but I don't recall the context. I don't remember it being Andrew Elton Wells however. But it could be. I will have to search for that. On 12/23/2011 5:17 AM, Bo Mosley wrote: > Looking for help on the family of Francis Wells b. 1770 Chatham co , Ga the son of Andrew Elton Wells and Mary Jane Maxwell. Andrew Elton Wells died 1778 and his widow Mary Jane moved home to Liberty co, Ga with her minor children, Mary, Francis, John and Andrew Elton Wells Jr. > Andrew Elton Wells was born 1744 in Boston, Mass and moved to Savannah, Ga. He was the son of Francis Wells b. London England and Susannah Welch, > > Francis Wells b.1770 Savannah, Ga married Asneath Emanuel the Dau of Gov David Emanuel. Francis died 1822 in Washington Co, Ga. His widow remarried to Thomas Forthe. > Who were the descendants of this Francis and Asneath wells. > > Bo Mosley of Macon, Georgia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WELLS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >