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Colonel Richard Wells 1715–1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1715

Birth Location: , Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 1808

Death Location: , Ross, Ohio, USA

Father: James Wells

Mother: Ann Thornborough

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Children(s):

In 1715, Colonel Richard Wells entered the world in , Baltimore, Maryland, USA, born to James Wells And Ann Thornborough. Colonel Richard Wells passed away in 1808 in , Ross, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1715, Colonel Richard Wells entered the world in , Baltimore, Maryland, USA, born to James Wells And Ann Thornborough.
  • Colonel Richard Wells passed away in 1808 in , Ross, Ohio, USA.

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Colonel Wells's Ancestors

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Colonel Wells
1715–1808
Birth Place: , Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Parents
James Wells
1685–1771
Baltimore, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Ann Thornborough
1690–1762
Baltimore, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
James Wells
1648–1682
, Somerset, , England
Elizabeth Clark
1650–1712
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Anne
1660–
Roland Thornborough
1629–1696
, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Clark
1610–1681
Katherine Bunce
1610–1683
William Thornburgh
1450–1521
Audrey Carus
1566–1596
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Clark
1583–1674
Rose Kerrich
1572–1627
James Bunce
1585–1606
Elizabeth Raynor
1589–1612
Eleanor Musgrave
1421–1623
Thomas Carus
1527–1571
Katherine Preston
1524–1596

Colonel Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1715
1715
Birth of Colonel Richard Wells in , Baltimore, Maryland, USA
, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1808
1808
Age 93
Death of Colonel Richard Wells in , Ross, Ohio, USA
, Ross, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: , Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1808
    Event Place: , Ross, Ohio, USA

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