Benjamin Wells

1745 - Aft 1820  (> 76 years)

• Name	Benjamin Wells  [1, 2]
  Birth	24 Dec 1745	West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1820	Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York   [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 d. 6 Mar 1782, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Sweet,   b. 14 Nov 1713, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
  Marriage	11 Dec 1733	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island   [2, 3, 6]
  Family ID	F2054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Reynolds
  Marriage	1764	Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York
  Children	+ 1. Susannah Wells,   b. 23 Apr 1767, Hebron, Washington, New York
  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

  [S931] Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants by John Cortland Crandall. New Woodstock, NY, 1949. [S6061] Find a Grave page for Elizabeth Sweet Wells. [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. [S481] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: First Series, Births, Marriages, and Deaths by James N. Arnold. Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912. [S28] 1820 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [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.