John Wells

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• Deed: 1657, Wells, York County, Maine; He was deeded 350 acres of his father's land in Wells in 1657.
• Moved To: About 1664/65, Wells, York County, Maine; About 1664/65 he moved to Wells, Maine.
• Probate/Proved: 6 Nov 1677, Wells, York County, Maine; Natha¹¹ Wells of Ipswich, ad Tho: Wells of Amesbury, a^d Saraih Sayer, late wife of John Wells, deceased, are hereby appoynted joint administrators to y^e estate of the afores^d John Wells/
• Legal: 19 Nov 1734; On 19 November 1734 his sons, John and Thomas, made a deposition giving their father's age age as 64 years if still alive.
• Last Full Review: 2 Feb 2021

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Died:
He was killed by Indians.

John married Sarah Littlefield in 1664/65 in Wells, York County, Maine. Sarah (daughter of Francis Littlefield and Rebecca) was born on 15 Nov 1649 in Wells, York County, Maine; died in Jan 1734/35 in Wells, York County, Maine; was buried in Ocean View Cemetery, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Wells was born on 27 Aug 1669; died on 27 Mar 1756 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
2. John Wells was born in 1670 in Wells, York County, Maine; died in 1748 in Wells, York County, Maine.
3. Deacon Thomas Wells was born in 1672 in Wells, York County, Maine; was christened on 27 May 1699 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Aug 1737 in Wells, York County, Maine.
4. Patience Wells was born in 1674 in Wells, York County, Maine; died after 1703 in York County, Maine.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1635; He came over on board the Susan and Ellen from London when he was 30 years of age. The ship sailed in 1635 with Edward PAYNE, master. The same ship also carried Richard Saltonstall.
• Land/House: 1635, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; He had a house lot granted to him on the south side of the river. In 1636, he was granted planting lands near Heartbreak hill.
• Freeman: 7 May 1637, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1657, Wells, York County, Maine
• Will: 3 Jul 1666, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; He bequeathed to his youngest son, Thomas, £250 to be paid "when he comes of age 22 years, 4 months and 10 days."
• Probate/Proved: 15 Nov 1666

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His baptism is one of the earliest recorded in Colchester.

Thomas married Abigail Warner on 23 Jul 1630 in Colchester, Essex, England. Abigail (daughter of William Warner and Abigail Baker) was christened on 2 Jun 1614 in Boxted, Essex, England; died on 22 Jul 1671 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: say 1637; She was listed as "Ann" on the manifest of the Susan and Ellen.
• Will: 22 Jul 1671; She bequeathed to her eldest son, Nathaniel "flax now growing."
• Probate/Proved: 26 Sep 1671

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• Proprietor: 1635, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Immigration: 1637; He came over in 1637 and settled in Ipswich, Mass. The family came from Boxted, Essex, England.
• Land/House: 1637, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; The town of Ipswich granted William Warner "a house lot, one acre more or less, on the Mill St."
• Freeman: 2 May 1638
• Proprietor: 1639, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts

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William married Abigail Baker in 1611 in Boxted, Essex, England. Abigail was christened in Apr 1590 in Epping, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]