hi. how would you contact these people. thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: <templar53@yahoo.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 1:50 PM Subject: [WELLS-L] Re: Parents of Mary Youngs, wife of William Wells > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SCWBAIB/4313.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Alex, > The only information I can provide at this time comes from "William Wells > of Southold and His Descendants > A. D. 1638 to 1878" by Charles Wells Hayes and published in 1878. > > On pages 27- 28; > " He (William) married second, probably about 1654, Mary, or "Marie," as > she herself wrote it, whose family name is said to be Youngs. The date of > the marriage I infer from the fact that his oldest daughter, Bethia, must > have been born about 1655, and was, in all probability, the child of this > second wife; and also from the order of the General Court quoted above > (1654), which seems likely to have some connection with the second > marriage as well as the decease of the first wife. It is much more > difficult to ascertain the value of the tradition which calls the second > wife Mary "Youngs." Thus far I have found nothing to throw any light on > the question of her family." > > Then a footnote which reads: > "She can hardly have been Mary, the sister of the Rev. John Youngs, (who > according to Savage (I. 277) is said to have married Wm. Brown, of Salem, > and died 1636,) or his daughter Mary, who was born 1631, and probably > married Edward Petty, of Southold. The tradition may have arisen from the > fact that William Wells' daughter mary became Youngs by marriage. It comes > to me from the family of Capt. Benj. Wells of Southold, a source entitled > to much respect,-but how ancient and well founded it is I do not know." > > Hayes also writes that she remarried after William Wells' death a "Goodman > Mapes." > > While I can't (yet) tell you who her parents were I can tell you who they > weren't. Perhaps a study of the Mapes line would help. I'm curious to know > how you came across her date of death if you'd share. > > Hopefully within a month I'll finish and submit what I've gathered (mostly > from Hayes fine book, written 127 years closer to the story). I have over > 3,000 names already. What I'm recommending to everyone is to get involved > with the numerous DNA studies being conducted. Sorenson Molecular > Genealogy Foundation is a good place to try. They are free and, from what > I can see, have the greatest number of participants. The more folks who > contribute DNA (a harmless mouthwash is all it takes) the more truth we > can all uncover. They have a website. > > Good luck. > > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > To contact Listowner, > Send email to: > dwells@zekes.com >