Jean (Wells) Stallings (abt. 1759)

Born about 1759 in Duplin County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Shadrach Stallings — married about 1776 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Duplin, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Jean (Wells) Stallings was born in North Carolina.

Jean Wells, who went by the pet name of Jane, was born about 1759 (based on birth date of first child) in Duplin County, North Carolina to Jacob Wells and Mary Wright.^[1] She had six siblings, namely: Elizabeth, Jacob III, William, Barbara, Mary, and Anne. She died at an unknown date in either Duplin or Franklin, North Carolina.

Marriage and children

She married Shadrack Stallings, son of Elias Stallings IV and Ann Reddick, about 1776 in North Carolina, USA. The Stallings were extensive land owners in several North Carolina counties, as well as Virginia, so determining an exact date has been impossible.

Shadrack Stallings and Jane Wells had the following children:

1. Martha Stallings was born in 1777 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA. She died in May 1850 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA.^[2][3] She married Joseph Brice about 1799 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA.
2. John Stallings was born about 1783 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States. He died in 1815 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA (mentions wife Ann, sisters Elizabeth and Jane (Brice) and three children. Joseph Brice (brother-in law) and Thomas Wells Executors. ).
3. Elizabeth Stallings was born on 16 Aug 1785 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA. She died on 29 Oct 1857 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA.
4. Jane Stallings was born about 1794 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA. She married Joseph Gillespie on 09 May 1829 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA.^[4]
5. Mary (Stallings) Wells. She married Thomas Wells in 1796 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA.^[5]
6. William.

Sources

1. ↑ Wells, James W. "Descendants of Jacob Wells of Duplin County, North Carolina." 1973. page 25
2. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : 13 March 2018), Martha Brice, 1849; citing Duplin, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,955,210.
3. ↑ "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : 4 August 2017), Martha Brice, Duplin county, Duplin, North Carolina, United States; citing line 34, NARA microfilm publication T655 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,155,598.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch [3] : 10 February 2018), Joseph Gillespie and Jane Stallings, 09 May 1829; citing Duplin,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,299.
5. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch [4] : 28 November 2018), Thomas Wells and Mary Stallings, 27 Feb 1796; citing Duplin, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .