"Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZBZ-YS9 : accessed 12 June 2016), Charles Thompson Wells, 28 Jan 1859; citing Hopkinton, Rhode Island, reference 394; FHL microfilm 1,822,414.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4S8-KKP : accessed 12 June 2016), Charles Wells in household of Denison Wells, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district ED 154, sheet 323A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1210; FHL microfilm 1,255,210.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles: