Joseph Wells (1725 - 1819)

Born 28 Aug 1725 in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Shaler) Wells — married 17 May 1750 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1819 at age 94 in Cambridge, Washington County, New York

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Biography

Major Joseph Wells served with Albany County, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Joseph Wells is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A122544.

Note: Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record
WELLS, JOSEPH
Ancestor #: A122544
Service:
NEW YORK Rank: MAJOR
Birth:
8-28-1726 HEBRON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death:
11-6-1817 CAMBRIDGE WASHINGTON CO NEW YORK
Service Source:
FERNOW, DOCS REL TO THE COL HIST OF STATE OF NY, “NY IN THE REV,” VOL 15, P 273
Service Description:
1) ALSO CAPT, COL VAN WOERT, ALBANY CO MILITIA.

Sources

• *1790 US Federal Census
• "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots"
• "Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
• "New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920"
• "U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006"
• "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• More Notes on the Ancestry of Vermont and New York Settlers, pg. 337 Online at Google Books. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 44. Contributors: Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Louis Effingham De Forest, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1913, New York)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #10756901

Research Notes

trees at other sites have the following children attached but could not find sufficient sources

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-8934