This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells, Dwelley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SCWBAIB/4520.1.3.1 Message Board Post: The short answer is no. I enclose some of my speculations about his possible connection to my family of interest, Ebenezer Wells. The 1860 Census reveals the following about the Wells families in Mooers Wells, Julius 38,M farmer $1200 New York Trifina 42,F Canada Amrilla 16,F New York Armington 14,M New York Artimissie 12,F New York Amsilla 10,F New York Almary 8,F New York Amilia 6,F New York Artemas 4,M New York Almira 1,F New York Wells, Jabez 38,M carpenter $500 New York #433 Lydia 34,F New York Allice 13,F New York Willie (Willard) 10,M New York Francis 7,F New York Hannah 5,F New York Wells, Ebenezer 70M farmer NH #434 Mary Ann 41F VT Charles J. 4M NY James Nichols 26M laborer NY son of Paul Nichols, 2 houses away in 1850 Benjamin Hill 48M laborer VT Wells, Ephraim 46,M farm and jobber $800 New York Louisa 48,F Vermont Channy G. 19,M farm and jobber New York Levantha 12,F New York Ann E. 7,F New York Herbert 4,M New York Wells, Oliver 24 farm laborer living in Chazy with P.B. Doane family Ephraim Wells may also be a son of Ebenezer, even though he does not appear in the 1850 Mooers Census. He does, however, appear in the 1850 Chazy census: Wells, Ephraim 35 M Railroad Contractor NY dwelling 1641 Louisa 38 F VT Chauncy 9 M NY Harriet 5 F NY Ellen 3 F NY Levantha 1 F NY Lucy Roy 21 F parent? Charles Roy at 1646 If Ephraim is a son of Ebenezer, then Why was he living next to the following two families in Chazy: Smith, Alonzo 47 M Farmer NY Aurilla 44 F NY Matilda Wells 19 F NY Royal Wells 13 M NY Warren Wells 9 M NY Linus Wells 7 M NY Alonzo Wells 5 M NY Pliny Wells 20 M Laborer NY Smith, Ephraim 36 M Farmer NY and wife Phebe 33, and 5 children I have wondered if Ephraim is a son of Ebenezer, in which case he was born when Ebenezer was 24 years old. He was born in New York, although his wife was born in Vermont. The significance of the apparent connection to the Smith families is unknown. Here is Ephraim and family in the 1870 Mooers census: Wells, Ephraim 55,M pump peddler Louisa 57,F house $800 Chancey 28,M pump peddler Herbert 13,M school