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Jacob Wells 1787–1853 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1787

Birth Location: Big Stone Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1853

Death Location: Andrew, Missouri, United States

Father: Zachariah Wells

Mother: Elizabeth Osborne

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Jacob Wells was born in 1787 in Big Stone Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States, the child of Zachariah Wells And Elizabeth Abigail Osborne. Jacob Wells passed away in 1853 in Andrew, Missouri, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Wells was born in 1787 in Big Stone Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States, the child of Zachariah Wells And Elizabeth Abigail Osborne.
  • Jacob Wells passed away in 1853 in Andrew, Missouri, United States.

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Jacob Wells's Ancestors

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Jacob Wells
1787–1853
Birth Place: Big Stone Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States
Parents
Zachariah Wells
1745–1825
Eastern, Giles, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (Abigail) Osborne
1757–1844
Big Stone Gap Lee Virginia or Russell Virginia
Grandparents
Richard Wells
1715–1808
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nancy Brown
1752–1762
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Caleb Osborne
1725–1781
Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, United States
Hannah Howard
1735–1782
Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Wells
1685–1771
Ann Thornborough
1690–1773
George Brown
1714–1770
Nancy Stevenson
1716–1804
Jonathan Osborne
1697–1760
Gretta Holman
1701–1796
John Howard
1698–1805
Elizabeth Gassaway
1702–1760
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Wells
1648–1682
Elizabeth Clark
1650–1712
Rowland Thornberry
1634–1696
Anne
1633–
Edward Stevenson
1686–1750
Mary King
1690–1739
James Osborne
1674–1716
Ann Carter
1675–1775
Robert Denton
1695–1778
Jane Moon
1714–1787
Cornelius Howard
1665–1717
Mary Hammond
1670–1714
Thomas Gassaway
1684–1739
Susanna Hanslap
1682–1741

Jacob Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1787
1787
Birth of Jacob Wells in Big Stone Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States
Big Stone Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States
1853
1853
Age 66
Death of Jacob Wells in Andrew, Missouri, United States
Andrew, Missouri, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1787
    Event Place: Big Stone Gap, Russell, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1853
    Event Place: Andrew, Missouri, United States

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