Peter Wells

1713 - 1782  (68 years)

• Name	Peter Wells
  Born	4 May 1713	South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	4 May 1715  [5]
  Died	6 Mar 1782	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island   [4]
  Person ID	I3987	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Peter Wells,   b. 1681, Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island ,   d. Between 13 Nov 1732 and 11 Dec 1732  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Ann Watson,   d. Bef 1728
  Married	Abt 1705  [1]
  Family ID	F5271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Sweet,   b. 14 Nov 1713, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
  Married	11 Dec 1733	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island   [6, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin Wells,   b. 24 Dec 1745, West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F2054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Gardiners of Narragansett has Peter Wells and his wife Elizabeth Sweet dying, respectively, 16 Sep 1757 and 13 Sep 1757, but a correction on page 249 says that these are the death dates of a different Peter Wells and Elizabeth Sweet, who m. 2 Jul 1746. This other Peter was the son of Jonathan Wells of East Greenwich and the other Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Sweet of West Greenwich. We are a little dubious about Roscoe L. Whitman's claim (citation details below) that this Peter Wells lived to be 98 years old.

  
  

• Sources

  [S480] The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner the Colonist, 1638 by Caroline E. Robinson. Providence, 1919. [S481] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: First Series, Births, Marriages, and Deaths by James N. Arnold. Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912. [S544] Noyes-Gilman Ancestry: Being a Series of Sketches, with a Chart of the Ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, His Wife by Charles Phelps Noyes. St. Paul, Minnesota, 1907. [S6060] Find a Grave page for Peter Wells III. [S3508] History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott: One of the Thirteen Original Proprietors of Providence Plantation and the Colony of Rhode Island by Roscoe L. Whitman. Oneonta, New York: Otesgo Publishing Co., 1932-39. [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. [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. [S6061] Find a Grave page for Elizabeth Sweet Wells.