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

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 > >

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 > >

hi. i have a william wells born 1892. he married my aunt lettie lucretia durham in march 11, 1914 in emeryville, saint lawerence county, new york. i have no more information. is this any in your line. thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lady Bonita (USA)" <ladybonita@usa.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [WELLS-L] lost family > 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 >> >> > > > ==== 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 >

At 05:22 PM 9/16/2005, Shirley Niemi wrote: >after all these years, thinking (we) were related to Joseph and >Charity. Are we connected to Joseph and Margaret Swanson? We have no solid reason to believe that Joseph Wells and Margaret Swanson were not the parents of the Joseph Wells who married Charity Carrington. However, if they were then this Joseph Wells could not be a son of Thomas and Frances Wells. An alternative, as raised yesterday, is that Joseph, Jr.'s father was ANOTHER Joseph Wells who appears to have ALSO married someone named Margaret. In which case we do not know what became of Joseph Wells and Margaret Swanson. Let's see if we can find descendents of Isaac Wells. >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 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