Jeremiah Wells (1737 - 1814)

Born 26 Feb 1737 in Southold, Suffolk County, New York

Ancestors

Died 5 Mar 1814 at age 77 in Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, United States

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Biography

Jeremiah Wells performed Patriotic Service in New York in the American Revolution.

Jeremiah Wells is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A122518.

Jeremiah Wells was patriotic in the American Revolution. He signed the Association in Brookhaven, Suffolk County as per his DAR record A122518.

Nine of Daniel Wells' eleven children were with his second wife Mary, the two youngest with Hannah...

Jeremiah was the seventh, born 26 Feb 1737 at Southold ("which then included Aquebogue"), Long Island, New York. He died at Riverhead, 5 Mar 1714. Jeremiah married 22 Dec 1757, Hannah Cleaves daughter of Jedediah, who was born in 1739 and died at Riverhead in Mar 1825. Twelve children are listed, all born at Riverhead :

1. Caleb, born 12 Feb 1759.
2. Jeremiah, born 26 Mar 1761.
3. Nathaniel, born 8 Jul 1763.
4. Abigail, born 12 Nov 1765, d. 4 Feb 1824, unmarried.
5. Abel, born 12 Mar 1767.
6. Abiel, born in 1769, married a daughter of Joshua Wells,
7. Cleaves, born 16 Jan 1771, married a daughter of Joshua Wells,
8. Hannah, born 19 Mar 1773, d. 16 Oct 1776.
9. Israel, born 12 Apr 1775.
10. Elizabeth, born 22 Jun 1778, d. 6 Mar 1810
11. Phineas, born 4 Mar 1781, d 16 Mar 1782.
12. Seth Hallock, born 25 Nov 1783. ^[1]

Jeremiah Wells was born 26 Feb 1737 at Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York and died 5 Mar 1814 (aged 77) in Riverhead, Suffolk County. He was buried in the Aquebogue Cemetery in Aquebogue.

FAG States:

"Son of Daniel Wells and Mary Goldsmith, husband of Hannah Cleaves and father of Caleb, Jeremiah, Nathaniel, Abigail, Abel or Abiel, Cleaves, Hannah, Israel, Elizabeth, Phineas and Seth Hallock Wells"

and provides links to his wife:

Hannah Cleaves Wells 1739–1825

and one child:

Israel Wells 1775–1862 ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “William Wells of Southold and his Descendants, A.D. 1638 to 1878”; by The Rev. Charles Wells Hayes; Buffalo, N.Y. MDCCCLXXVII; pp 232-3, 234-5
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 January 2020), memorial page for Jeremiah Wells (26 Feb 1737–5 Mar 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #105039948, citing Aquebogue Cemetery, Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342) .