[MSS1] shows Annie C... Wells married to Joshua Polley (of Bozra) [Lisbon Newent CC] admitted to the church 2 July 1843; baptized as an adult. [Lisbon VR 1:15] died ... aged 70; death notices in the Hartford Times 11 January 1845 pg 442 and Christian Secretary 7 January 1845 pg 257.

[43] Azuba (Fenbor) Fitch

	b. 7 April 1742	Lebanon Conn	[Mason1]
	d. August 1814		[OWBR]

[OWBR] Family records list OW and FF and their 11 children (ACW is the 10th in the list) but no dates. OW Sr died at age 79; FF died at age 71. Children: Oliver Wells Jr was a Baptist minister, married, died age 40; Wm Wells married Eunice Clark, afterwards Betsy Meyer; Elias Wells married Mehitibel Sweeney; Roswell Wells married Content Lamb; Jedial Wells married Rhoda Chelsea; Jessee Wells married Esther Witter; Nathan Wells married Desiah Knowls; George Wells married Mary Babcox; Abbie Wells, unmarried; Hannah Wells married Jason Coleman; Annie C.?. Wells married Joshua Polley [born in Bozra Ct 1765 - in a later hand]; Eunice Wells died aged 4 years.

Several DAR lineages are given for Ensign Oliver Wells: 137:68, 148:271, and 152:261. OW an Ensign in the 7th Regiment in 1780.

[85] Elisabeth Howland

[Wells 145]

[Boston Transcript: 8 Apr 1907 9169] OW was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wells of Groton Conn. Beyond this proof is lacking. Thomas(4) is given as being the son of Joseph(3) and Hannah (Reynolds) Wells of Groton Conn and Westerly RI; son of Thomas(2); son of Nathaniel(1) of RI. The maiden name of wife of Thomas(4) is said by a descendent to have been Howland. Thomas(4) died at Cobb Place, or Cobbstown, near Mystic Ct. His will was dated 13 June 1767 and mentions wife Elizabeth and sons Walt and Oliver, daughters Elizabeth, Locretia, Lois, Phebe, Eustice, and Amy.

[169] Hannah Reynolds

	b. 1653		[Reynolds 135]
	d. after 1711		[Reynolds 135]

[Wells 145] Moved to Westerly RI 1677, then Groton where he lived and died 26 Oct 1711. Bought a tract of land 1696 in Groton (then New London) on the eastern slope of Cow Hill. In 1706 purchased another tract of 10 acres, 1708 another 50 ... just below Mystic on the west side of the river. Has date of birth for JW as 1658.

[Savage 4: 474-480] In his will are mentioned his wife and children Joseph, John, Thomas and Ann.

[Reynolds 137] JW was a noted shipbuilder of Pawcatuck River and Groton, having a farm and residence near the head of Mystic on the Groton side of the river. Will dated 26 October 1711.

[Wells3 254] The first Joseph Wells was born 7 June 1656 and died young. The second Joseph was born c1658. [Salisbury 352] records the date of the first JW.

[337] Naomi Marshall

	bp. 24 January 1637	Salem Mass	[Salisbury 352] [NEHGN 9:2, p 78]
	d. 1700		[1 Feb 1909 180]

[Wells 142-3] Aged 42 in 1668. TW was one of the early band of settlers at Pequot Harbor in 1648-9. A carpenter, he worked with Elderkin on mills and meeting houses. Last notice of him is in 1661, when Wells and Elderkin were enjoined to repair the turret of the meeting house [Caulkins, History of New London, pp 74, 355-6]. In 1677 he bought a farm in Westerly RI and that year engaged in constructing vessels at a shipyard in the Pawkatuck River - styled `of Ipswich, shipwright'. In 1680, a lawsuit with Amos Richardson about a vessel of 48 tons which TW had contracted to build for AR. Witnesses to this were two sons: Joseph 22, and Thomas 17 {check court records at Hartford}. Lived in the Hopkinton partion. Died 12 February 1700 age 74. Took oath of fidelity to the colony of Westerly, 17 Sept 1679. Married in Boston, c 1655, Naomi --.

[RIGR 4:354 - Westerly Town Council and Probrate, vol 2 (1) 1699-1719] Thomas Wells. Will dated 27 December 1699 presented for probate 1 April 1700. pg 7 mentions wife Naomi Wells, sons Joseph Wells eldest, Thomas Wells, John Wells and Nathaniel Wells. Daughters Mary Wells eldest, Ruth Wells and Sarah Wells. Winesses: Joseph Maxson, Stphen Randall.

[Savage 4: 474-480] {same as above}

[Reynolds 137] TW and NW of Ipswich Mass and late of Stonington Conn.

[Salisbury 352] TW was a shipbuilder and married NM, daughter of Edmund Marshall, EM's son Benjamin was in Ipswich in 1677 and was called ``bro'' of TW.

[Wells3 254] Sometime after 1651, he removed to Ipswich where his uncle Thomas Lived and commenced the business of shipbuilding there which he continued until 1677. In 1677, TW bought a farm of 180 acres in Westerly RI and moved there with his sons Joseph and Thomas. The farm was on the east side of the Pawkatuck River, now Westerly and Welles agreed to build a vessel of 48 tons andfurnish all the wood and iron but not the rigging to pay for the land. The land was claimed by both Connecticut and RI and as TW felt he was in danger of loosing his land, refused to build the vessel. RI got Westerly and TW got his farm by paying something to RI. TW and NM had Joseph 1656, Joseph 1658, Thomas 1661, Mary 1665, Ruth 1667, Sarah 1668, Nathaniel 1676.

[673] ?

[TorreyCD] WELLS, Nathaniel (-1681, 1682) & Lydia THURLEY/THURLO, m/2 Nathaniel EMERSON; 29 Oct 1661; Ipswich {Reg. 4:12; Wells (#2) 1; Wells (#4) 48; Wells (#5) 9; Wells (#10) 154; Wells (#12) 9; Hammatt: Ipswich 403; Dodge Anc. (1896) 24; Snow-Estes 1:131}

[Wells 142] Brother of Deacon Thomas Welles of Ipswich and Richard Wells of Salisbury. Emigrated to America in 1629 and landed at either Salem or Boston. Freemans oath, Boston, 2 November 1637

[NEGRH 3:95] Moved to Rhode Island c 1640: settlement in the wilderness of a track of over 400 acres purchased of the Narragnasett Indians (near Wickford) and called the place Wellstown. Tradition has it that NW was the owner and proprietor of extensive shipyards in Colchester and which he stated to have been more valuable than the whole of Westerly, Newport, and Charlestown.

[Wells3 253] NW had Thomas 1626, John 1629 who married Mary Greenleaf on 5 March 1669, Naomi 1631 in Naumkeag (Salem), Nathaniel 1632, and Edward 1635.

[1345] ?

[Wells3 253] TW had 7 sons who came to America settling in various parts of New England: Hugh 1590, Joseph c1595, William c1598, Nathaniel 1600, Thomas 1605, Richard 1609, and George 1611.