1647 - 1734 (87 years)
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Name |
Thomas Wells |
Relationship![Expand](img/tng_sort_desc.gif) | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
11 Jan 1646/47 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [1, 2] |
- His birth date was recorded 11 (11) 1646.
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Graduation |
1669 (Age 22) |
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [2] |
He graduated from Harvard College. |
Married |
10 Jun 1669 (Age 22) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2, 3] |
Mary Perkins, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Perkins. She was born about 1652 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 26 January 1726/27 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Mary's gravestone inscription in Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts, reads:
INTERRED HERE THE BODY
OF Mrs MARY WELLS
DECd IANUARY THE 26th
1727 AGED 75 YEARS
LATE WIFE OF Mr THOMAS
WELLS
DEATH IS NOT DUMB IT BIDS US ALL
PREPARE BEFORE BY IT WE FALL
WE KNOW NOT HOW NOR WHERE NOR W
FIT NOW OR NEUR WE CANNOT THEN HEN
Issue:
1. Thomas Wells (1670-____)
2. John Wells (1673-1673)
3. Luke Wells (1674-____)
4. Titus Wells (1675-c1746)
5. son Wells
6. Abigail Wells
7. Mary Wells
8. Eliezer Wells (1686-____)
9. Elizabeth Wells (1688-____)
10. John Wells (1692-____) |
Ordained |
1672 (Age 25) [2] |
Religion |
About 1673 (Age 26) |
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts [1] |
He was the pastor of the First Church Amesbury. |
History |
1703 [1] |
He was granted a honorary A.M. by Harvard College. This was the first honorary degree conferred by Harvard. |
Will |
7 Aug 1728 (Age 81) [1] |
Death |
10 Jul 1734 |
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts [2, 3] |
- Norris (1942) gives his death date as 11 July 1734. I have used the date on his gravestone. [2]
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Probate/Proved |
29 Jul 1734 |
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts [1] |
Burial |
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [3] |
- Interred here the BoDY of
the RevD. Mr. THOMAS WELLS
first Pastor of the first Chruch
of CHRIST in Amesbury, who
Departed this life. July Ye 10th
1734. in the 87th year of his
Age, & the 62D of his Miniftry
having served his Generation by
the will of GOD, he fell on sleep, and
(we trust) enjoys a Prophets reward,
be Gathered; yet would
the faithfull minifters of
the Gospell be glorious
in the Eyes of the Lord
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Siblings |
7 Siblings |
| 1. Nathaniel Wells, b. Abt 1636, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 15 Dec 1681, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 45 years) | + | 2. John Wells, b. About 1638 d. 11 Apr 1677, Wells, York County, Maine (Age 39 years) ▻ Sarah Littlefield, m. 1664/65 | | 3. Sarah Wells, b. Abt 1640, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) | | 4. Abigail Wells, b. Abt 1642, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 16 Jun 1677, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 35 years) | | 5. Elizabeth Wells, b. Abt 1645, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) | | 6. Rev. Thomas Wells, b. 11 Jan 1646/47, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 10 Jul 1734, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years) | | 7. Hannah Wells, b. About 1649, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) | | 8. Lydia Wells, b. Abt 1651, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts ![Find all individuals with events at this location](img/tng_search_small.gif) | |
Person ID |
I18217 |
Last Modified |
26 Apr 2019 |
Father |
Deacon Thomas Wells, c. 11 Dec 1605, Colchester, Essex, England d. 26 Oct 1666, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 60 years) |
Mother |
Abigail Warner, c. 2 Jun 1614, Boxted, Essex, England d. 22 Jul 1671, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 57 years) |
Marriage |
23 Jul 1630 |
Colchester, Essex, England |
Age at Marriage |
He : 24 years and 7 months - She : 16 years and 1 month. |
Family ID |
F619 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=038.png&text=1) | Birth - 11 Jan 1646/47 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=038.png&text=2) | Graduation - 1669 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=038.png&text=1) | Married - 10 Jun 1669 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=038.png&text=3) | Religion - About 1673 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=038.png&text=3) | Death - 10 Jul 1734 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=038.png&text=4) | Probate/Proved - 29 Jul 1734 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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![Link to Google Maps](google_marker.php?image=006.png&text=5) | Burial - - Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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Sources |
- [S1289] Hoyt, David W. "A Brief Sketch of the Family of Rev. Thomas Wells, First Minister of Amesbury, Mass." , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XII, 1858).
- [S793] Norris, D. W. and H.A. Feldman. The Wells Family , (Milwaukee: Cramer-Krasselt Company, 1942).
- [S415] anonymous. Amesbury Inscriptions, (The Essex Antiquarian, volume I, 1897).
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