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Jacob A Wells 1724–1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1724

Birth Location: Roxbury

Death Date: 4 Sep 1808

Death Location: Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

Father: Jacob Wells

Mother: Mary Bowser

Spouse(s): Mary Wright

Children(s): Jacob III, Nancy Wells, Mary Wells, Barbara Wells, Elizabeth Wells

The story of Jacob A Wells began in 1724 in Roxbury. Jacob A Wells married Mary Wright, and had children including Barbara Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Jacob Henry Wells Iii, Jean Wells, Mary Wells, Nancy Ann Wells, William Wells. Jacob A Wells passed away in 1808 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Jacob A Wells began in 1724 in Roxbury.
  • Jacob A Wells married Mary Wright, and had children including Barbara Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Jacob Henry Wells Iii, Jean Wells, Mary Wells, Nancy Ann Wells, William Wells.
  • Jacob A Wells passed away in 1808 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Wells
1690–1756
Birth Location: Basil, Switzerland
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Mary Bowser
1702–1756
Birth Location: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Wright
1735–1805
Birth Location: Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Jacob III
1763–1826
Birth Location: Rockfish Creek, Duplin, North Carolina, United States
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Nancy Wells
1756–1810
Birth Location: Duplin, North Carolina, USA
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Mary Wells
1766–1843
Birth Location: Bladen, Duplin, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States
MW
Barbara Wells
1772–1844
Birth Location: Rockfish Creek, Duplin, North Carolina, USA
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Elizabeth Wells
1756–1843
Birth Location: Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
EW

Jacob Wells's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Wells
1724–1808
Birth Place: Roxbury
Parents
Jacob Wells
1690–1756
Basil, Switzerland
Mary (Wright) Bowser
1702–1756
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Wells's Descendants

1.
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Jacob (A) Wells (1724–4 Sep 1808) m. Mary Wright (26 August 1735–30 January 1805)
  1. 1. Jacob (Henry Wells) III 1763–1826 m. Ann (Nancy) Boney 1767–1833
    1. 1. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Wells 1791–1848 m. Timothy (Richard) Pigford 1780–1823
      1. 1. Timothy (Samuel) Pigford 1824–1899 m. Olive (R) Pearce 1823–1904
        1. 1. Elizabeth Pigford 1850–1889
        2. 2. Jefferson (Davis) Pigford 1853–1910
        3. 3. Mary (J) Pigford 1855–1856
        4. 4. Erastus (T) Pigford 1857–1915
        5. 5. Olive (R) Pigford 1859–1896
        6. 6. Onie Pigford 1861–1861
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Ann) Pigford 1863–1873
        8. 8. Anna (L) Pigford 1864–1899
        9. 9. Ella (Adelaide "Addie") Pigford 1865–1873
        10. 10. William (J) Pigford 1851–1852
        11. 11. John (Timothy) Pigford 1848–1928 m. Martha (Julia "Mattie") Shannon 1850–1926
      2. 2. Wright Pigford 1812–1881
      3. 3. William (Wells) Pigford 1818–1863
      4. 4. Sarah (Anne) Pigford 1811–1853
      5. 5. Martha (Patsy) Pigford 1814–1861
      6. 6. Alfred (D) Pigford 1822–1863
      7. 7. Elizabeth Pigford 1820–1851
      8. 8. Jerusha (Jane) Pigford 1816–1883 m. Joseph (Blan) Page 1808–1889
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Page 1839–1890 m. James (R) Boswell 1831–1884
        2. 2. Alfred (Joseph) Page 1855–1922
        3. 3. John (William) Page 1843–1881
        4. 4. Emma ("Emily") Page 1854–1883
        5. 5. Owen (Pigford) Page 1860–1900
        6. 6. Charles (Wesley) Page 1846–1914 m. Caroline (Virginia) Gibbons 1855–1931
        7. 7. Timothy (Wright) Page 1850–1910
        8. 8. Martha (A) Page 1843–1863
        9. 9. Clementine (Thankful Tiny) Page 1845–1892
        10. 10. Ella (Jane) Page 1840–1927 m. Joseph (Y.) Pierce 1824–1862
      9. 9. Enoch Pigford 1810–1863
    2. 2. Boney Wells 1789–1861 m. Nancy (Adella) Stokes 1796–1861
      1. 1. Annie Wells 1859–1946
      2. 2. Boney (Jr) Wells 1820–1890
      3. 3. Ellen Wells 1829–1863
      4. 4. Jacob (V) Wells 1814–1865
      5. 5. James (Ellis) Wells 1825–1903
      6. 6. Lucinda (Catherine) Wells 1835–1903
      7. 7. Mary (Priscilla) Wells 1825–1895
      8. 8. Nancy Wells 1819–1891
      9. 9. Stokes Wells 1812–1887
    3. 3. William (Wimberk) Wells 1793–1866 m. Sara James 1803–1855
      1. 1. Jacob Wells 1828–1899
      2. 2. Nancy (E) Wells 1830–1863
      3. 3. William (Wimbrick "Dock") Wells 1843–1906
      4. 4. Michael (Teachey) Wells 1846–1912
      5. 5. John (James) Wells 1829–1894
      6. 6. Mary (Ann) Wells 1826–1897
      7. 7. Joseph (T) Wells 1840–1876
      8. 8. David (Boney) Wells 1838–1905
      9. 9. Catherine (Elizabeth Kate) Wells 1834–1877
      10. 10. Martha (Deborah) Wells 1848–1871
      11. 11. Sarah (Jane) Wells 1832–1882
    4. 4. Jacob (Wells) IV 1797–1872 m. Elizabeth (D.) Stokes 1800–1865
      1. 1. Daniel (Dulaney) Wells 1836–1909
      2. 2. Helen (Catherine) Wells 1825–
      3. 3. James (Andrew William) Wells 1823–1896
      4. 4. Julius (J) Wells 1844–1892
      5. 5. Mary (Ann) Wells 1830–1912
      6. 6. Robert (H.) Wells 1842–1923
    5. 5. David Wells 1798–1863 m. Mary (Mosley) Newton 1809–1883
      1. 1. Alice (Rebecca) Wells 1852–1920
      2. 2. Ann (Jane) Wells 1831–1893
      3. 3. Daniel (White) Wells 1842–1915
      4. 4. David (James) Wells 1833–1911
      5. 5. Ellen (Frances) Wells 1850–1929
      6. 6. Enoch Wells 1827–1854
      7. 7. George Wells 1839–
      8. 8. Jacob Wells 1829–1903
      9. 9. John (William) Wells 1837–1855
      10. 10. Margaret (Eliza) Wells 1835–1905
      11. 11. Martha (Priscilla) Wells 1846–1919
      12. 12. Mary (Caroline) Wells 1841–1904
      13. 13. Samuel (Franklin) Wells 1848–1855
      14. 14. Sarah (Catherine) Wells 1839–1895
      15. 15. Susan (Amanda) Wells 1844–1896
    6. 6. Catherine ("Katey") Wells 1786–1853 m. Jeremiah Southerland 1782–1845
      1. 1. James (J) Southerland 1831–1850
      2. 2. Penelope Southerland 1816–1895
      3. 3. Newkirk Southerland 1821–1898
      4. 4. Boney Southerland 1818–
      5. 5. Daniel Southerland 1814–1879
      6. 6. Mary (Catherine) Southerland 1826–1873
      7. 7. Nancy Southerland 1823–
      8. 8. Wells Southerland 1811–1880
      9. 9. William Southerland 1821–1826
    7. 7. Mary (Polly) Wells 1787–1825
    8. 8. Martha (Catherine) Wells 1793–1866 m. G. (F. Byrd) Williams 1796–
      1. 1. Ann Williams 1822–
      2. 2. Boney (Usher) Williams 1834–1891
      3. 3. Catherine Williams 1824–
      4. 4. John (Wesley) Williams 1820–1870
    9. 9. Jane (Ann) Wells 1803–
    10. 10. Nancy (Jane) Wells 1808–1883 m. Benjamin (Fussell) Blanton 1805–1891
      1. 1. Jacob (Jake Davidson) Blanton 1833–1917
      2. 2. Margaret (Catherine) Blanton 1828–1905
      3. 3. Nancy Blanton 1829–1898
      4. 4. Howell Blanton 1863–1939
    11. 11. Teachey Wells 1801–1872 m. Winifred (Ann) Stallings 1802–1862
      1. 1. Joseph (B) Wells 1843–
      2. 2. Linda (Ann) Wells 1830–1914
      3. 3. Margaret (Catherine) Wells 1832–1906
      4. 4. Marshall (Teachey) Wells 1836–1916
      5. 5. Martha (Emily) Wells 1845–1930
      6. 6. Mary (Susan) Wells 1841–1920
      7. 7. Rhoda (J) Wells 1834–1892
      8. 8. Shadrick (W) Wells 1838–
    12. 12. Michael Wells 1806–1870 m. Nancy Fussel 1804–1880
      1. 1. Benjamin Wells 1838–1910
      2. 2. David Wells 1834–
      3. 3. Emma (P) Wells 1853–
      4. 4. Jacob Wells 1831–1897
      5. 5. John (Anderson) Wells 1833–1897
      6. 6. Lillian Wells 1836–
      7. 7. Michael (B) Wells 1839–
      8. 8. Nancy (S) Wells 1842–
      9. 9. Susan (F) Wells 1843–
      10. 10. William Wells 1836–
  2. 2. Nancy (Ann) Wells 1756–1810
  3. 3. Mary Wells 1766–1843 m. John Boney 1766–1831
    1. 1. Wright Boney 1792–1856
  4. 4. Barbara Wells 1772–1844 m. John Linton 1769–1842
    1. 1. Betsy Linton 1806–
    2. 2. Catherine ((Kitty) Pope) Linton 1795–1894
    3. 3. George Linton 1805–
    4. 4. Mary Linton 1804–
    5. 5. Sarah Linton 1800–
    6. 6. Wells Linton 1798–
  5. 5. Elizabeth Wells 1756–1843 m. Murphy 1755–1804
    1. 1. Anna Murphy 1783–1866
    2. 2. Elizabeth Murphy 1792–1895
    3. 3. Esther Murphy 1786–

Jacob Wells's Timeline

4 Records

1724
1724
Birth of Jacob A Wells in Switzerland, Basil
Switzerland, Basil
1785
10 March 1785
Age 61
Jacob A Wells was married
None
1808
4 Sep 1808
Age 84
Death of Jacob A Wells in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
1808
1808
Age 84
Jacob A Wells - Probate in Duplin, North Carolina, USA
Duplin, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1724
    Event Place: Switzerland, Basil

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Roxbury
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 March 1785
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Duplin County, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1808
    Event Place: Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 1808
    Event Place: Duplin, North Carolina, USA
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