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Elisha Wells 1731–1792 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 NOV 1731

Birth Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Death Date: 5 OCT 1792

Death Location: Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Josiah Wells

Mother: Elizabeth Smead

Spouse(s): Abigail Brooks, Rhoda Graves, Mehitable Mattoon

Children(s): Abigail Wells, Abigail Wells, Abner Wells, Amasa Wells, Elisha Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Esther Wells, Lydia Wells, Lydia Wells, Mary Wells, Mary Wells, Moses Wells

In 1731, Elisha Wells entered the world in Greenfield, Massachusetts, born to Josiah Wells And Elizabeth Smead. Elisha Wells married Abigail Brooks, Mehitable Mattoon, Rhoda Graves, and had children including Abigail Wells, Abner Wells, Amasa Wells, Elisha Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Esther Wells, Lydia Wells, Mary Wells, Moses Wells. Elisha Wells passed away in 1792 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1731, Elisha Wells entered the world in Greenfield, Massachusetts, born to Josiah Wells And Elizabeth Smead.
  • Elisha Wells married Abigail Brooks, Mehitable Mattoon, Rhoda Graves, and had children including Abigail Wells, Abner Wells, Amasa Wells, Elisha Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Esther Wells, Lydia Wells, Mary Wells, Moses Wells.
  • Elisha Wells passed away in 1792 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Josiah Wells
1695–1768
Birth Location: Hatfield, Massachusetts
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Elizabeth Smead
1698–1774
Birth Location: Hartford, Connecticut
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Spouses(s)

Abigail Brooks
1735–1772
Birth Location: Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
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Rhoda Graves
1733–1817
Birth Location: –
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Mehitable Mattoon
1738–1776
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Abigail Wells
1760–1807
Birth Location: Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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Abigail Wells
1754–1758
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
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Abner Wells
1772–1772
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
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Amasa Wells
1762–1816
Birth Location: Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
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Elisha Wells
1759–1836
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin County, MA
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Elizabeth Wells
1765–1838
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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Esther Wells
1769–1783
Birth Location: –
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Lydia Wells
1764–1806
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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Lydia Wells
1756–1758
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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Mary Wells
1767–1845
Birth Location: Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mary Wells
1757–1758
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
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Moses Wells
1771–1822
Birth Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts
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Elisha Wells's Ancestors

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Elisha Wells
1731–1792
Birth Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Parents
Josiah Wells
1695–1768
Hatfield, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Smead
1698–1774
Hartford, Connecticut
Grandparents
Ebenezer Wells
1669–1708
Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Mary Waite
1673–1703
Ebenezer Smead
1675–1753
Deerfield, MA; 0
Esther Catlin
1671–1733
Wethersfield, CT; 0
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Waite
1647–1704
Martha Leonard
1649–1704
William Smead
1635–1730
Elizabeth Lawrence
1635–1704
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Leonard
1615–1676
Sarah Heald
1623–1711
Thomas Lawrence
1593–1655
Elizabeth Bates
1600–1679

Elisha Wells's Descendants

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Elisha Wells (12 NOV 1731–5 OCT 1792) m. Abigail Brooks (6 APR 1735–20 DEC 1772) m. Rhoda Graves (ABT 1733–7 DEC 1817) m. Mehitable Mattoon (ABT 1738–29 JUN 1776)
  1. 1. Abigail Wells 1760–1807 m. Job Graves 1756–1808
    1. 1. Abigail Graves 1795–1796
    2. 2. Electa Graves 1807–1881
    3. 3. Elisha Graves 1793–1794
    4. 4. Horace Graves 1784–1836 m. Mary (M.) Pickett 1795–1869 m. Martha Sage 1785–1825
    5. 5. Job (Graves) Jr. 1798–1888 m. Laura Witherell 1809–1892
    6. 6. Obed Graves 1787–1788
    7. 7. Otis Graves 1791–1796
    8. 8. Otis Graves 1803–1808
    9. 9. Rhoda Graves 1785–1786
    10. 10. Solomon Graves 1784–1809
    11. 11. Thankful Graves 1797–1811 m. George (Rodney) Sage 1793–1841
  2. 2. Abigail Wells 1754–1758
  3. 3. Abner Wells 1772–1772
  4. 4. Amasa Wells 1762–1816 m. Eunice White 1761–1824
  5. 5. Elisha Wells 1759–1836 m. Tirza Severance 1764–1827
    1. 1. Abigail Wells 1784–1785
    2. 2. Clarissa Wells 1782–1783
    3. 3. Elisha Wells 1797–1873 m. Mary Allis 1799–1832 m. Achsah Eudy 1796–1838
      1. 1. Arthur Wells 1834–1818
      2. 2. Elisha Wells 1821–1895 m. Lois (H.) Hare 1830–1882
        1. 1. Charles (A.) Wells 1849–1878 m. Sarah (Jane) Perry 1850–1877
        2. 2. Frank (Bacon) Wells 1854–1886 m. Helen (T.) Sheldon 1851–1886
        3. 3. Mary (W.) Wells 1864–1878 m. Warren Childs 1847–1881
        4. 4. Theron (B.) Wells 1861–1890 m. Lillie Naumyer 1844–1889
      3. 3. Henry Wells 1827–1828
      4. 4. Mark Wells 1828–1829
      5. 5. Mary Wells 1825–1904 m. David Billings 1808–1887
      6. 6. Sophia (W.) Wells 1823–1837 m. Alpheus Cowles 1820–1909
      7. 7. William (Allis) Wells 1832–1881 m. Lucinda Crosier 1834–1912
        1. 1. Alfred (D.) Wells 1865–1866
        2. 2. Archie (L.) Wells 1872–1872
        3. 3. Arthur (F.) Wells 1869–1870
        4. 4. Charles (S.) Wells 1874–1923
        5. 5. Della (M.) Wells 1877–1882
        6. 6. Elisha (L.) Wells 1859–1861
        7. 7. Sarah (Elizabeth) Wells 1867–1873
        8. 8. Frank (H.) Wells 1877–1878
        9. 9. Henry (C.) Wells 1862–1957
        10. 10. Mary Wells 1858–1865
        11. 11. William (I.) Wells 1856–1857
    4. 4. Henry Wells 1790–1791
    5. 5. Isaac Wells 1788–1867 m. Filany Smith 1786–1821
      1. 1. Clara Wells 1820–1811
      2. 2. Eliza (Butler) Wells 1814–1815
      3. 3. Nancy (Smith) Wells 1816–1817
      4. 4. Pamelia (Redfield) Wells 1818–1819
    6. 6. Pamelia Wells 1786–1814 m. John Redfield 1762–1813
    7. 7. Tirza Wells 1794–1795
    8. 8. Tirza Wells 1796–1867 m. Ezra Chase 1796–1823
  6. 6. Elizabeth Wells 1765–1838 m. Elisha Sheldon 1761–1798
  7. 7. Esther Wells 1769–1783
  8. 8. Lydia Wells 1764–1806 m. Rufus Graves 1770–1841
    1. 1. Fanny Graves 1796–1797
    2. 2. Harriet Graves 1791–1792
    3. 3. Leonard Graves 1793–1810 m. Nancy Harris 1789–1810
    4. 4. Rodney Graves 1794–1795
    5. 5. Rufus Graves 1798–1836 m. Mercy (Maria) Parker 1798–1879
      1. 1. Chester (E.) Graves 1826–1827
      2. 2. Horace (W.) Graves 1822–1823
      3. 3. Lydia (G.) Graves 1830–1844 m. E. (F.) Orcutt 1813–1847
      4. 4. Mercy (M.) Graves 1835–1849 m. George Proman 1818–1852
      5. 5. Minerva (D.) Graves 1833–1853 m. G. (W.) Boyden 1830–1858
      6. 6. Rufus (B.) Graves 1828–1829
      7. 7. Sylvanus (P.) Graves 1824–1908
  9. 9. Lydia Wells 1756–1758
  10. 10. Mary Wells 1767–1845 m. Mathew Severance 1765–1834
    1. 1. Cephas (Clesson) Severance 1812–1813 m. Harriet Miner 1810–
    2. 2. Chester Severance 1799–1884 m. Elvira Nelson 1816–1816 m. Martha (L.) Smith 1793–1864
      1. 1. Adeliza Severance 1823–1824 m. John (M) Thayer 1827–
      2. 2. Charles (Earle) Severance 1833–1834 m. Mary (Evelyn) Sawyer 1852–
      3. 3. Chester (Wells) Severance 1831–1927 m. Catherine (Matilda) Wilkins 1840–1921
        1. 1. Chester (Gilbert) Severance 1869–1942
        2. 2. Etta (May) Severance 1865–1866
        3. 3. George (Henry) Severance 1873–1876
        4. 4. Kate (Florabel) Severance 1858–1878
        5. 5. Lillian (Louise) Severance 1860–1861
        6. 6. Ulysses (Grant) Severance 1867–1868
        7. 7. Willard (Wilkins) Severance 1862–1863
      4. 4. Martha Severance 1826–1828
      5. 5. Martha (Helen) Severance 1840–1865
      6. 6. May (M.) Severance 1824–1871
      7. 7. William (Sidney) Severance 1829–1859 m. Martha (E.) Lyman 1831–1920
    3. 3. Cyrus Severance 1796–1797 m. Sarah Moore 1800–
    4. 4. Emerancy Severance 1804–1871 m. Jonathan Bliss 1801–1861
    5. 5. Mary Severance 1790–1791
    6. 6. Mathew Severance 1793–1805
    7. 7. Mathew Severance 1807–1808
    8. 8. Mehitable Severance 1787–1805
    9. 9. Miranda Severance 1802–1805
    10. 10. Ross Severance 1810–1811
  11. 11. Mary Wells 1757–1758
  12. 12. Moses Wells 1771–1822

Elisha Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1731
12 NOV 1731
Birth of Elisha Wells in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Greenfield, Massachusetts
1792
5 OCT 1792
Age 61
Death of Elisha Wells in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 NOV 1731
    Event Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hill Cemetery, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 OCT 1792
    Event Place: Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
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