John (Welles) Wells (abt. 1675 - 1735)

Born about 1675 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 17 Feb 1735 at about age 60 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

John was born about 1675, the son of John Welles and Mary Hollister.

John's Will is dated 13 February 1734/35 and proved on 4 March 1734/35 in Fairfield. His inventory was taken on 11 March 1734/35.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKP9 : 23 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 221-224, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 303-309.

1735 Will Fairfield, Connecticut

John Wells of Stratford, Fairfield, Colony of Connecticut

Executors: Wife and four sons

Witn: Abiel Birdseye; Nathaniel Curtis; Peter Foot

Will written: 13 February 1734/35

Will proven: March 4, 1734/35

• Wife, Mary. Children:
  • David Wells
  • Isaac Judson Wells
  • John Wells
  • William Wells
  • Mary, wife of Joshua Judson
  • Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Curtis
  • Sarah, wife of Jershom Edwards
  • Phebe, wife of Thomas Ulfoot?
  • Hannah Wells
  • Charity Wells

• Find a Grave
• Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayerre Wallace Case, MD 1886, page 35, #37 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Vol. 1, page 657