Thanks, Orin. Although I haven't researched Amelia's line in great detail, the information about her Wells line comes from a detailed biography of Amelia, published in 1997. The book, titled ' Amelia: The Centennial Biography of an Aviation Pioneer' by Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. In the book, they have used family information and other verified family records of Amelia's family, on both her father and mother's side. Amelia's middle name of 'Mary' comes from her grandmother, Mary Wells Patton (John Patton and Harriet Wells' daughter). There are a few pages regarding some of these ancestors. Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "OrinWells" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 11:39:53 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [WELLS] Which Wells group does Amelia Earhart belong to? I had not known this before. John Patton and Harriet Wells have been mentioned before, but I never saw the connection to Amelia Erhart. One person who mentioned them was Peter Rhodes [email protected] He too is a descendent of this family and may also not be aware of the connection. Here is some related information posted over 7 years ago. "Mrs. Mary Musser Wells, wife of John Wells, died in Somerset, April 8, 1848, aged 81 years. Died on the 20th day of November, 1841, Musser Wells, aged 32 years. Brown Wells, died 30th day of July, 1820 in Somerset, Pa., aged 16 years. Adaline Wells, died in or near Maysville, Ky., aged about 20 years, at the home of her uncle Thomas Wells, whilst there on a visit." Obituary, by her cousin: "Died on the 29th day of March last, at the residence of her uncle, Thos. Wells, Sr., in Mason County, Ky., six miles east of Maysville, where she had been on a visit, Miss Adeline Wells, daughter of John Wells, esq., in this borough, aged 19 years and 9 days, whilst her parents, animated with the prospect of her return, and her companions fondly anticipating her renewed friendship and sociability, the appalling intelligence arrived in Somerset that she was no more. In the loss of Adaline, society is bereft of one of its most interesting members. The poor, disconsolate and distressed, always found in her a friend and warm supporter, so far as was in her power to contribute consolation and relief. She was courteous to all, gave offense to none, and by example taught others the beauty of innocent liveliness and Christianity. She always held a deep interest in her Saviour, Jesus Christ, who called her to a happy immortality. Our stay is short, we soon must go, >From grief and sorrow here below; In shouts of triumph, we shall fly And spend a blest eternity. Tho' far from dearest friends we die, Our Saviour pleads for us on high; Let sorrow cost them not a sigh, For like dear Ad'line they must lie." Harriet Wells, dau. of John, married John Patton, Dec. 19, 1820 in Somerset, Pa., by Dr. Kierier. She was the only one of the children of John Wells, who left decendents. John Patton was born in Londonderry, Ireland, May 8, 1794. He edited the first paper in Somerset, Co. Pa. "The Somerset Patriot". They had eight children. One son, John Wells Patton, seven daughters. At 10:56 PM 7/31/2009, [email protected] wrote: >As I'm sure most of you already know, Amelia Earhart, the famous >pioneer aviatrix of the 1930's who went missing in her attempted >flight to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, was a Wells ancestor. >Although she's never been far from the news headlines since her >earliest days as an aviatrix pioneer, she's most recently in the >headlines again now due to an expedition aimed at matching DNA from >a living relative of Amelia's to some objects found on a tiny island >not far from Howland Island, which is the area most experts believe >Amelia disappeared in. > >One of Amelia's grandmothers was Mary Wells Patton , born in >Somerset, PA on 28 Sept 1821, died 19 May 1893. Mary was the >daughter of John Patton (1793-1836) and his wife, Harriet Wells (1800-1890). > >Harriet WELLS was born bet 9 Apr 1800 and 8 Apr 1801 in Somerset, >Somerset County, PA. She died on 9 Apr 1890 in Somerset, Somerset >County, PA and is buried in Ankeny Square Burial Ground, Somerset, >Somerset County, Pennsylvania. > >John PATTON was born bet 22 July 1793 and 21 July 1794. He died on >21 Jul 1836 in Somerset, Somerset County, PA and is buried in Ankeny >Square Burial Ground, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. John >PATTON and Harriet WELLS were married. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Orin or Bonita, do either of you know if Amelia's Wells ancestry has >been linked to one of the Wells family groups? Just curious. > >Thanks :) > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Orin R. Wells Wells Family Research Association P. O. 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