Hmm. This is interesting. I thought I would harvest the information from the initial page of the site noted in the link in case someone recognizes this family from the posted information. It is rather interesting. I thought I may have seen this family as the Miles and Giles struck me as something I had seen before. Possibly in relation to the sinking of the Sutana at the end of the Civil war on April 21, 1865. - turns out I was correct. In fact I just followed the link for Miles on this site and he WAS the one killed as the site shows. I was not certain if we had anyone from this branch of the family test in the DNA study. I knew I corresponded with someone about it. After I checked my files, I found we DID test someone descended from Miles Wells. He is #344 and he matches the descendent of Henry Wells (the father of Isaac) including the several "mutations" that distinguish this branch from the Henry Wells family of Bucks county. See more in the next paragraph. To give credit, the site was posted by Gerry Grovenberg and I am sure that she wouldn't have posted the information if she didn't want it shared. This is only part of the page and larger collection of information on this family, so if you want to see it all go to the link in the original message. Pay particular attention to the Isaac Wells mentioned as the father of John I. Wells. If the information is correct, then Isaac was a son of Henry Wells and Nellie Van Vliet and we HAVE had a participant in the Wells DNA study tested from this family. This is participant #162 and all we know for now is that Henry appeared somehow to be connected to the Henry Wells family of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania b: Cir 1672 (an update from 1666 thanks to work by Marybelle Wells) I am suspecting that since we have several mutations that distinguish the branch from the Henry Wells family that this may actually be a parallel branch at best or a whole different Wells family altogether. Not to pick on Gerry, but the genealogy she has listed for the family above Henry is apparently incorrect since it tracks to the Long Island family of William Wells b: Cir 1608 England. The DNA proves this is not the right answer. I suspect she picked this up from someone else. I don't think we know at this point who the father of this Henry was. HOWEVER, Gerry also posts some VERY interesting information from the public records on this Henry Wells that may be well worth the effort for someone from this family to follow up on. It shows the father of Henry to have been a Zamuel Wells/Willis. The genealogy posted indicates this was Samuel Wells son of Joshua Wells of Long Island. I think if anything is wrong here it may be the association fo Zamuel Wells as being the same man as Samuel Wells. Like I said, they can not be from the same family according to the DNA. So Zamuel Wells has to have been someone else. Those interested in this family MUST see this page: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3206623&id=I01188 From the original link posted: "From: Kathy Wells - Nov 14, 2002 " A cousin of mine in Stark County, Ohio ran across this notice and sent it to me. Legal Notice. To Mary J. Dravenstott, wife of John Dravenstott, who resides in the county of Huntington, state of Indiana, Clarinthia Lamberson, wife of David Lamberson, of Fulton County, Pennsylvania; and Eddy and Mary Wells, (children of Miles Wells (deceased) of the state of Iowa, heirs at law of John I. Wells (deceased). You are hereby notified that S.R. Bonewitz Administrator of the estate of John I. Wells, deceased, on the 13th day February, 1866, filed his petition in the Probate Court, within and for the county of Wayne, and state of Ohio, allowing that the personal estate of said decedent is insufficient to pay his debts and the charges of administering his estate; that he died seized in fee simple of the following described real estate, situate in the county to-wit: "Lot number ninety-eight (98) on a plat of lots laid out by John Bechtel as an addition to the town of Wooster, Ohio". That Juliann Wells, as widow of said decendent is entitled to dower in said premises and that Mary J. Dravenstott, Giles Wells, Nelson Wells, Catherine Peake, Ameila Armstrong, Juliann Wells, W.H. Wells, Adrian F. Wells, Cynthia A. Wells, Clarinthia Lamberson, Eddy Wells and Mary Wells, as his heirs at law, hold the next estate of inheritance The prayer of said Petition is for the assignment of dower to said Julian n Wells in money, and for an order to sell said premises for the paymen t of the debts and charges aforesaid. Said petition will be for hearing on the 17th day of March 1866 at 10:00a .m. thereafter as counsel can be heard. Father: Isaac Wells b: 22 OCT 1775 in SCHAGHTICOKE, RENSSELAER, NEW YORK Mother: Catharina Gravenbergh b: ABT. 1780 in Schenestady,New York Marriage 1 Leana Jane Peek b: ABT. 1802 in New York Children * Nelson Wells b: 17 MAR 1829 in New York * Mary Jane Wellsb: ABT. 1831 in New York * Giles Wells b: 2 APR 1832 in Truxton, Cortland County, New York * Miles Wells b: 2 APR 1832 in Truxton, Cortland County, New York * Catherine Wells b: ABT. 1834 in New York * Clarinthia Wells b: ABT. 1835 in New York * Cyrenus Wells b: ABT. 1838 in New York * Nancy Amelia Wells b: ABT. 1841 in Ohio Marriage 2 Julia Roberts (this is the one the Jerry is seeking information on) * Married: 19 MAR 1854 Children * Adrian F. Wells b: ABT. 1855 * Cynthia Agnes Wells b: ABT. 1857 At 11:01 AM 6/18/2006, Dave Wells wrote: >Jerry, >I'm forwarding this to the Wells-L List, maybe somebody there can help you. > >List, Reply to Jerry directly, I don't know if he's a member or not >Dave > >From: "Jerry Stevens" <jmswrite@earthlink.net > >>Hello, >> >>I am trying to find out information about my great great >>grandmother (Julia Wells) >>who may have been the second wife of John I. Wells (see info. on >>link). Have you >>discovered any more information on John I Wells? >> >>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3206623&id=I01198 >> >> >>J.M. Stevens > > >==== WELLS Mailing List ==== >To search Archives of list go to: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and enter list name 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