Born in Colchester, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ephraim Welles Sr.
and Abigail (Allis) Wells
Sister of
Ephraim Wells Jr., Mary Welles, Sarah (Welles) Way, Joshua Welles, Thomas Welles, Hannah (Welles) Gunn, Elizabeth (Welles) Brown, Lydia (Welles) Rowley and Rebeckah (Wells) Edgerton
Wife of
William Mariner
— married
27 Jan 1722 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Ephraim Mariner
Died
at age 80
in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut
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Biography
Abigail Wells, daughter of Ephraim and Abigail (Allis) Wells, did NOT marry Eleazar Hawks.
Abigail Wells, daughter of Ephraim and Abigail (Allis) Wells, did marry William Mariner.
Below is a verbatim excerpt from “Corrections to Genealogies in Print” (NEXUS [New England Historical and Genealogical Society], Vol. XI, pages 109-110:
HAWKS - Imogene Hawks Lane [author of], John Hawks, a Founder of Hadley, Massachusetts (1989), p. 49, states [IN ERROR] that Abigail WELLS, w. [wife] of Eleazar-3 HAWKS (and mother of 13 children, b. 1715/6-1741), was the daughter of Ephraim & Abigail (ALLIS) WELLS of Deerfield, Mass. and Colchester, Conn. Deerfield VRs [vital records] contain a marr. [marriage] rec. [record] of Abigail WELS [sic, WELD?] to Eleazar Hawks 24 Nov. 1714. but she cannot be the WELLS-ALLIS dau. [daughter]. This Abigail, then ae. [age] 17, was. b. [born] Colchester, Conn. 20 Feb. 1697 (after her parents removed from Deerfield), m. Colchester 17 Jan. 1721 William MARINER, and had at least seven ch. [children] b. [born] there. She d. [died] before 1781, when her younger bro. [brother] Thomas WELLS wrote his will (see TAG [The American Genealogist] 37[1961]: 43-44), bequeathing to sister Hannah GUN and to heirs of siblings of Ephraim WELLS, Joshua WELL, Abigail MARINER, Mary DAY, Sarah WAY, Lydia ROWLEY, & Rebecca EDGERTON. I have found no Abigail WELLS of the correct age to have m. [married] Eleazar HAWKS in 1714. Compilers of the published Deerfield VRs may have misread the surname WELD for WELS. - Submitted 17 March 1993 by Barbara Jean Mathews, 18 Blossom Street, Lexington, MA 02173
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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~0.39%
Perry Streeter
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and unsourced Abigail (Wells) Mariner appear to have parents mixed up. The birth , baptism, and death VRs of Welles-403 show different birth and death dates from Welles-403 , but with parents Ephraim Welles Sr. and Abigail (Allis) Wells shown in VR of Welles-403 . There are VRs (not quoted) to support the different death location and date of Welles-403 . The death VR for Wells-17727 shows a birth date of 1699. If the comment about Welles-403 not being the spouse of Eleazer Hawks II is based her being just short of age 18, that would apply more so to Wells-17727.