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 > >

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.