Hi Thomas, On Orin's results page 13, I'm ID # 114, family W35, branch W53. I DNA match branches 159 and 291. We are orphans because we do not match any of the 24-28 baseline Wells families. Branch 159 descends from my William Wells/Nancy Sams in 1804 GA. and I converge with branch 291 with his Richard Wells/Elizabeth Dyer circa 1765 in Annapolis, MD. I have been researching in MD. for a couple of years, trying to find a Wells family that had sons named Richard and William, and also trying to keep away from the Little Wells/Big Wells, Thomas Wells, George Wells, Toby Wells, Benjamin Wells and others that have been DNA tested. Over a year ago I found the book "Across the Years in Prince George's County" by Effie Gwynn Bowie. Using pages 470-473 as a guide I sent to the MD. Archives for records, and did a lot of looking at their online records. Some things in the book were correct and some were not. Daniel Wells I did marry a Sarah on Dec.4, 1707 St. Ann's Parish, A.A. Co. MD. The A.A. Co Rent Rolls, Book 5, page 177 is dated Feb. 29, 1699, not 1679, the land surveyed is Bachelor's Delight, 298 acres, and is in Baltimore Co. "In 1707 he planned with Richard Clark of A.A. Co to take a group of Marylanders to Carolina, but the project was opposed by Lord Baltimore." And for good reason! Author Bowie omitted some facts in her book. Proceeding and Acts of the MD. General Assembly, May 19, 1705: Richard Clark was accused of treason, along with unnamed others, of trying to incite the Indians to attack Annapolis. Gleaned from the Proceedings and Acts of the MD. General Assembly, Mar. 1707 to Nov. 1710: Richard Clark, besides being Daniel Wells' brother-in-law (wife not named)and having a son named Neale, was a counterfeiter of Spanish pieces of eight. He had his wife and son try to pass the counterfeit coins, and when confronted, fled the country. Being declared an outlaw, he vowed to return and set Annapolis on fire, steal powder and shot from the Armory, steal a ship, sail it to Whorekill, NC. and become a privateer in the West Indies. Capt. Sylvester Welch, member of the Council, trusted with the County's powder and shot, was accused of selling Daniel Wells 3# of powder. He said his boat sank losing the powder, but was removed from his council seat for lying. Daniel Wells assisted Richard Clark and his companions out of the mouth of the South River on their way to NC. Witnesses then testified that "Daniel Wells was drinking at Christopher Smithers and Mrs. Jane Burrells in Annapolis and talked secretly about taking a shallop to Clark in NC. and taking 40 men with him." I found no records of Daniel Wells I actually going to NC. he must have come to his senses and became a good citizen. There are numerous other records before and after the above. MD. Court of Appeals, Vol. 77, pg. 107, Daniel Wells impaneled on Jury, Sept. 28, 1703 to May 16, 1704. Md. Gen Soc. Vol. 1-38, Vol. 3, # 3, pg. 392 Servants in A.A. Co. "Ann Cape, servant to Daniel Wells, came into court Aug. 10, 1703 and admitted she has run away." Calendar of Wills, liber 25.89 A.A. Co. Will of Gabriel Parrott dated Feb. 13, 1703, probated Oct. 1, 1705. Daniel Wells listed as debtor. Calendar of Wills, liber 19.5.140 A.A. Co. Will of William Brown. Daniel Wells listed as creditor, paid July 1699 from estate. Calendar of Wills, Prerogative Court liber 14.43 A.A. Co. Will of John Howard July 29, 1696, Daniel Wells in list of debtors. Calendar of Wills, Prerogative Court liber 32C.143 A.A. Co. Will of Eleanor Howard Aug. 13, 1711, Daniel Wells in list of debtors. Calendar of Wills, 1703-1715, Vol. 3. Prerogative Court 1708-1711. Will of Nicholas Shepard dated Oct. 29, 1707, probated April 29, 1708. Daniel Wells listed as witness and creditor. Liber 30.243 Oct. 25, 1709, debt paid by executrix Joyce Shepard to Daniel and Sarah Wells. Daniel Wells I must have died intestate, his estate was inventoried Mar. 25, 1715, by Josiah Sutton and Francis Stoall as per Prerogative Court Records 1712-1716, liber 36C folio 187. Estate worth 18: 4: 6. The author, Bowie, skipped Daniel Wells II and went to Daniel Wells III. I did find some records on Daniel Wells II, of his being witness , creditor or debtor to various wills from 1740's to 1760's. Other things of interest I found on Daniel Wells II: Printed in the Maryland Gazette Thursday, April 11, 1754, # 466. "Sale of household goods at late dwelling house of Daniel Wells, near Mrs. McLeods in Annapolis, for the benefit of creditors." Thursday, April 10, 1755. "Daniel Wells, prisoner in Ann Arundel Co. Prison for debt, will petition the Assembly for relief." July 10, 1755, "Daniel Wells, of Ann Arundel Co. jail petitions the Assembly for "Acts of Relief for Languishing Prisoners." July 24, 1755, # 533, "Daniel Wells, butcher, is now discharged from Ann Arundel Co. Prison, and will carry on his business near the Town Gate." To comply with the "Acts of Relief of Languishing Prisoners" Daniel Wells, before discharge had to give up all real and personal property except clothes, bedding and work tools of self, wife and children. He still owed his creditors and was not allowed to have more than 5 pounds money at any time. If convicted of failure to obey, escape, or more debts, he would be sentenced to stand 2 hours in the pillory and have his left ear cut off. Dec. 13, 1759 # 766, "John Poole reports a strayed horse, please deliver to Daniel Wells of Annapolis." Jan. 21, 1762. "Tipper, James, butcher, came to this place (Annapolis) about 13 or 14 years ago and served his time here with Daniel Wells; if he be living and will apply to the printing office he will hear of something worth inquiring about; after he left Annapolis, he lived some time in Upper Marlboro from whence he removed over to VA. and is supposed to live now not far from Alexandria." Daniel Wells II, born unknown, died before Sept. 28, 1763, the date his estate was inventoried by Charles Wallace and Thomas Campbell. I found no will, but Liber 82.67 A.A. Co. is the estate inventory administered by his wife, Rachel Wells, who appeared in court Oct. 31, 1763 Daniel Wells III: "Daniel Wells III lived in Annapolis; was a large land owner and held a pew in St. Ann's Church." I haven't had time to look for St. Ann's Church records. "In 1778 he took the Oath of Allegiance, and Support to the State of Maryland, in Ann Arundel Co.(D.A.R. Mag. Vol. 5)" According to Maryland Hall of Records, Calendar of Md. State Papers, the Red Book, # 4 Part 3, he took the Oath before the Honorable Thomas Dorsey on Mar. 2nd, 1778. "On Sept. 6, 1780, the Treasurer of the Western Shore was ordered to pay Daniel Wells 9,812 pounds 8s.9d.(MD. Archives, Vol. 43, page 278)" This is found in The Journal and Correspondence of the Council of MD. 1779-1780. Vol. 43, page 278, liber CB.23. Another record: 1781-1784 Vol. 48, page 164, liber CB.78. "Ordered that the Western Shore Treasurer pay to Daniel Wells 11 pounds, 18 shillings, and 6 pence specie due him for rum and beef furnished the French ships of war." I think the 2 above articles are the wrong Daniel Wells, there was a Daniel Wells, shipbuilder, from a different Wells family. From the Md. Archives, Vol. 18, Muster Roll of Md. Troops in the Revolutionary War, ref: I-144, Daniel Wells was a private in Capt. Gilbert Middleton's Independent Company of Militia of Annapolis on Mar. 20, 1779. Way too much money for a private. "The wife named in his will as Susannah was, according to tradition among his descendants, of Dutch or German extraction." Her name was Susannah Mareman, born circa 1746, died Nov. 21, 1821. Obit. printed in the MD. Gazette Nov. 22, 1821. "Died---In this city yesterday morning, Mrs Susannah Wells in the 75th year of her age." Daughter of John and Ann Mareman, of St. Mary's Co. MD. Will of John Mareman, liber 35.143, Oct.2, 1764--Aug. 26, 1765. Will of Ann Mareman, liber 40.1, Oct. 8, 1774--Nov. 12, 1774. Daughter Susannah Wells is named in both wills. Daniel Wells III, b: abt. 1742, d: May 28, 1817. Obit. printed in the MD. Gazette May 29, 1817. "Died---On Friday morning in the 75th year of his age, Daniel Wells." His will was made April 19, 1817 in A.A. Co. Codicil made May 5th 1817, and probated July 1st 1817. This is in Md. Chancery Records, liber 120, folio 141. Children named in his will: "William, Frederick, Anne (m: John Monroe), Daniel (m: Mary Trego or Trigger, Nov. 7th, 1790), Mary (m: Jacob Carter), Sarah (m: John Hyde, Feb. 22, 1789), Richard, Elizabeth (m: Waters), John (m: Elizabeth Hilleary)" Research on the named children: William Wells m: Susannah Garston Jan. 11, 1794, widow of Thomas. Frederick Wells, no information. Anne Wells, m: John Monroe May 14, 1789, in A.A. Co. Daniel Wells, m: Mary Traigger Nov. 27, 1790 in A.A. Co. Daniel and Mary were the parents of Daniel Wells, b: 1794, d: Sept. 12, 1814, during the War of 1812. A hero of the Battle of North Point near Baltimore, he and another teenager, Henry G. McComas, both of Capt. Edward Aisquith's Company of Sharp Shooters, infiltrated enemy lines, fired upon and killed General Ross, commander in Chief if the British forces. Privates Wells and McComas were instantly killed and buried in a common grave in a church yard on Broadway where Johns Hopkins Hospital now stands. Later their bodies were placed in a vault in Greenland Cemetery. On Sept. 13, 1858 the bodies of the two riflemen were disinterred from the vault, laid in state at the old Maryland Institute, and reburied in Ashland Square at Monument and Gay St. In 1873 a 21 foot high obelisk of Baltimore County Marble was built over their grave as a monument to the memory of the two gallant young heroes. Mary Wells m: Jacob Carter Oct. 31, 1801, in A.A. Co. Sarah Jane Wells, b: Feb. 7, 1768, d: Feb. 16, 1841, m: John Hyde Feb. 22, 1789, St. Ann's Parish, buried in Annapolis City Cemetery. Richard Wells, no information. Elizabeth Wells, m: Jacob Waters Sept. 29, 1798 in A.A. Co. John Wells m: 1st, Elizabeth Hilleary, and had issue. Elizabeth died in April 1824, and he m: 2nd, Verlinda Hilleary, Elizabeth's 1st cousin. Children by 2nd wife Verlinda Hilleary: Rebecca Wells, m: Dr. Charles O. Lewis of Bladensburg, MD. Children by 1st wife Elizabeth Hilleary: Elizabeth Wells, d: unmarried Alfred Hilleary Wells, b: 1806, m: Jan. 2, 1836 Sarah Elizabeth Adamson, b: 1816, daughter of Lloyd Adamson and Jane Smith. Children of Alfred Hilleary Wells and Sarah Elizabeth Adamson: Benjamin Franklin Wells b: Oct. 5, 1836 d: Jan. 5, 1865 unmarried Albert Herschel Wells b: Feb. 9, 1838 m: Sarah Ross. Charles Augustine Wells, b: Nov. 3, 1840 P.G. Co. MD. d: Mar. 5, 1924 Miami, FL. m: May 11, 1863 Mary Lucretia Hyatt. Children: Dr. Alfred Hyatt Wells, b: Jan. 26, 1865, m: Georgia Netre Elizabeth Lucretia Wells, b: Oct. 5, 1866, m: Rexford M. Smith. Charles Hyatt Wells, b: Dec. 28, 1867. Dr. Walter A. Wells, b: Mar. 6, 1870, m: Frances Gibson. Charles Archibald Magruder Wells, b: July 10, 1879 m: Alma F. Pyle Mary Lloyd Wells, b: Sept. 3, 1873 m: Edward A. Fuller B.O. Lowndes Wells, b: Mar. 5, 1878 m: Bertha Ross. Dr. Walter Hilleary Wells, b: Sept. 10, 1842 Bladensburg, P.G. Co. MD. d: Jan. 31, 1928, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co. KS. Robert Lloyd Wells, b: Feb. 12, 1846 P.G. Co. MD. m: Laura A. Wann. Daniel Wells, b: May 14, 1848 P.G. Co. MD. m: Jennie G. Ide. On pages 472-3 there is a tribute to Charles Augustine Wells in the "Tercentenary History of Maryland" by Mathew Page Andrews, with more information on him. I traced Dr. Walter Hilleary Wells, his brothers Robert Lloyd Wells and Daniel Wells to Parker and Coffeyville, Montgomery Co. KS. They are there in the 1880-1920 census reports. Robert Lloyd and Daniel have no children listed, Walter Hilleary had one son and one grandson, but I have not been able to find any of their descendants. Bailey Wells Tempe, AZ.