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Benjamin Wells

Male 1745 - Aft 1820  (> 76 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Wells  [1, 2
    Birth 24 Dec 1745  West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1820  Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I1675  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 

    Father Peter Wells,   b. 4 May 1713, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1782, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Sweet,   b. 14 Nov 1713, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 11 Dec 1733  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6
    Family ID F2054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Reynolds 
    Marriage 1764  Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Susannah Wells,   b. 23 Apr 1767, Hebron, Washington, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2015 

  • Notes 
    • According to the DAR, he was a sergeant in the New York militia in the Revolution, and also a private under Capt. Shaw Older and Colonel Van Rensselaer.

  • Sources 
    1. [S931] Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants by John Cortland Crandall. New Woodstock, NY, 1949.

    2. [S6061] Find a Grave page for Elizabeth Sweet Wells.

    3. [S480] The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner the Colonist, 1638 by Caroline E. Robinson. Providence, 1919., date only.

    4. [S481] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: First Series, Births, Marriages, and Deaths by James N. Arnold. Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912.

    5. [S28] 1820 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com.

    6. [S481] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: First Series, Births, Marriages, and Deaths by James N. Arnold. Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912., date only.