Henry Wells (1690 - 1760)

Born 7 Feb 1690 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1760 at age 69 in Cutchogue, Suffolk County, Province of New York

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Biography

He is the son of Willliam Wells and Elizabeth Tuttle. ^[1]

Henry was born in 1690. Henry Wells ...

Will of Henry wells 29 December 1755

• Son Henry- All my rate of Lands n Little neck, And a piece of Thatch Meadow On the east side of Pools neck
• Son Obediah - Oh my lands where in my buildings now stand containing 50 acres also my right of Creek thatch Ground lying on the crooked flats lying between Booth’s Neck and Pools Neck

• my four grandchildren, children of my daughter Hannah, 30 shillings each
• My daughters Patience and Dorothy 4 pounds each
• wife Katherine One room of my house which she shall choose during the time she continues my widow. And 1/2 of all my movable or personal estate after the above legacies have been paid. All which is given to my sideways for and in Lieu of her dower.
• Son Abner the other half of my said personal estate.

Hennery Wells (seal) Witnesses Thomas Paine ,Thomas Goldsmith , and Joseph Peck. Entered pr Robert Hempstead town clerk, 19 March 1760

Burial

Old Cutchogue Burying Ground, Cutchogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States

AFN's

KW31-0V and 50FJ-H2P

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Arik Russell, Jun 1, 2012

• Southold town records, volume 2, pp. 119, 120. (Will)

• Arik Russell, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Arik and others.
• Henry B. Hoff, editor, Genealogies of Long Island Families, 2 Vol. (Baltimore, Maryland: Geneological Publishing Company, Inc., 1987), II: 483.
• Long Island Genealogy, "Long Island Surnames," database and images, Long Island Genealogy (http://longislandgenealogy.com/ : accessed 25 Aug 2011); Henry Wells family; http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/; Birth 7 Feb 1690 Southold, Suffolk Co., LI, NY Gender Male Died 18 Jan 1760 Cutchogue, Suffolk Co., LI, NY [2] Buried Old Cutchogue Burying Groun Person ID I01684 Tuttle Last Modified 20 Aug 2011
• Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital images (www.findagrave.com  : accessed 25 Aug 2011), Henry Wells; Created by: Fred SaarRecord added: Jul 26, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15050692
• Charles W, Hayes Reverend, William Wells of Southold and His Descendants, A. D. 1638 to 1878 (1878; reprint, Buffalo, New York: Baker, Jones & Co, n.d.), page 61.
• William Robbins, editor, A Private register of the marriages and deaths of the residents of the town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. (1684-1759), 78; digital images, Registers of births, etc. -- Southold, N.Y. (http://archive.org/details/salmonrecordspri00salm); 172(0) 11 [He]ry Welse & Dority osman,
• William Robbins, editor, A Private register of the marriages and deaths of the residents of the town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. (1684-1759), 83; digital images, Registers of births, etc. -- Southold, N.Y. (http://archive.org/details/salmonrecordspri00salm).