Anna was born in Rhode Island 23 Sep 1736, the daughter of Peter Wells and Elizabeth Arnold.[1] Anna Wells married Stukely Westcott 25 Mar 1753 in Cranston, Rhode Island.[2] She passed away in 1819.
Burial in Cheshire, Mass. Cemetery - headstone reads: Anna, wife of Stukely Westcott, 1819.
Note: The name on her birth record is Ann Wells. The name on her marriage record is Anne Wells.
Marriage by Wm Burton, Justice: Stuteley Westcott Jr Marriage Date: 25 Mar 1753 Marriage Place: Cranston, Rhode Island, Spouse Name: Anna Wells Father in Law: Peter Wells [3]
↑ Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-FBX : 10 February 2018), Ann Wells, 23 Sep 1736; citing Rhode Island, USA, reference b 2 p 44; FHL microfilm 925,490.
↑ Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KK-YTR : 11 February 2018), Stukly Westcot and Anne Wells, 25 Mar 1753; citing Cranston,Providence,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 931,513.
↑ Page number: 27 in Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 6, 2016), "Record of Stukely Westcott", Ancestor # A123374.
Family note of Esther Wood Dobrowolski, given to Marie Cashin
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