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Peter Wells

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