Thanks ... do you know how Joshua and David WELLS of Westerly, RI are connected ?? as I do not have parents of Joshua Wells, father of Alexander and Perry. Orin found another Joshua Wells b: 1756 that I have been checking out but they definitely are not the same person. His descendants settled in Brattleboro, Orange Co., Vermont and several of his ancestors stayed there. One leg of the family ended up in Elko Co., NV near Reno. The two boys who stayed in NV were Charles A (sometimes O) and St. Clair "Clair" Wells. I found that Clair died in 1980. I need to look for an obit to see if there are any 'living Wells males'. Their sister, Emalinda, married a guy in San Luis Obispo Co., California named Edward Everett FORRESTER or FORESTER ... and had 10 children If anyone has access to pre-1940 California death records, I need a lookup for their mother who died in 1918 .. her maiden name was WHEAT or WHEET. Bonita -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of j.l.lott@juno.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 4:37 PM To: WELLS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WELLS-L] Re: RI 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/4204.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Joshua is a first cousin to my ancestor David Wells. He was born in Westerly, RI on 29 Oct 1733. He married Elizabeth Partelo. I don't have his descendants in my file. I got a lot of help from a genealogical librarian in Rhode Island. Good luck on your search. ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== Since list membership changes, Repost your query occasionally