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Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells 1659–1739 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1659

Birth Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 3 Jan 1739

Death Location: Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Thomas Jr

Mother: Mary Beardsley

Spouse(s): Sarah Sweet

Children(s): James Sr.

Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells was born in 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, the child of Thomas Wells Jr And Mary Beardsley. Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells married Sarah Sweet, and had children including David Wells, James Wells Sr. Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells passed away in 1739 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells was born in 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, the child of Thomas Wells Jr And Mary Beardsley.
  • Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells married Sarah Sweet, and had children including David Wells, James Wells Sr.
  • Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells passed away in 1739 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Jr
1620–1676
Birth Location: Colchester, England
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Mary Beardsley
1631–1691
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Sweet
1686–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

James Sr.
1721–1793
Birth Location: Coxsackie, Greene, New York, USA
JS

Jonathan Wells's Ancestors

Self
Jonathan Wells
1659–1739
Birth Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Thomas Wells Jr
1620–1676
Colchester, England
Mary Beardsley
1631–1691
Grandparents
Mary Harvey
1605–1661
Ilkeston, Erewash Borough, Derbyshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jonathan Wells's Descendants

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Jonathan ((Capt Cmdr)) Wells (Apr 1659–3 Jan 1739) m. Sarah Sweet (1686–)
  1. 1. James (Wells) Sr. 1721–1793 m. Bathia Stout 1721–1776
    1. 1. James ((Pvt) Wells) Jr 1750–1839 m. Jane Westbrook 1752–1787 m. Katherine ("Kate" Van) Auken 1762–1831
      1. 1. James ((Capt) Wells) III 1783–1848 m. Polly (Mary) Oakley 1782–1864
        1. 1. Mary (Asenath) Wells 1819–1883 m. Charles (Nicholson) Miller 1817–1881
        2. 2. William Wells 1809–1851 m. Francis (J) Baker 1815–
        3. 3. Sophia Wells 1807–1868 m. Holloway Lowry 1801–1875
        4. 4. Wright Wells 1817–1891 m. Minerva (Ann) Baker 1819–1907
        5. 5. Jerusha Wells 1811–1849
        6. 6. Amy Wells 1815–1839
        7. 7. Mary (Ann) Wells 1824–
      2. 2. Abraham Wells 1774–1842
        1. 1. Wiltha Wells 1805–1887
        2. 2. Rosalinda (Wells) (Carner) 1809–1878
      3. 3. Phoebe Wells 1797–1880 m. D'alanson ((Maj)) Hallstead 1791–1871
        1. 1. Nathaniel Hallstead 1823–1906 m. Sally (Ann Thacher) (Hallstead) 1824–1907
        2. 2. David (Wells) Hallstead 1815–1886 m. Lavicy Baker 1817–1895
        3. 3. Rachel Hallstead 1820–1860 m. Seril Peek 1814–1882
        4. 4. John Hallstead 1821–1899 m. Susan Baker 1822–1884
      4. 4. John Wells 1788–1843 m. Anna (Marie) Miller 1796–1875
        1. 1. Adam Wells 1815–1864 m. Lydia Foster 1811–1888
        2. 2. Eleanor Wells 1817–1900
        3. 3. Mary Wells 1819–1900
        4. 4. Charles Wells 1821–
        5. 5. Elvira Wells 1823–
        6. 6. Eliphalet Wells 1825–
        7. 7. Jeremiah Wells 1827–1900
      5. 5. Isaac Wells 1779–1849
        1. 1. Eunice Wells 1826–1881 m. Welcome McNames 1817–1881
      6. 6. Sarah ("Sally") Wells 1777–1850 m. Hugh Hartsough 1780–1827
        1. 1. Elizabeth Hartsough 1805–1835
        2. 2. Henry (Lewis) Hartsough 1812–1860
        3. 3. Lydia Hartsough 1804–
        4. 4. Wells Hartsough 1807–1884
        5. 5. Harriet Hartsough 1810–
        6. 6. Hugh (Hartsough) Jr 1815–
        7. 7. Lewis Hartsough 1806–
        8. 8. Sally (Elizabeth) Hartsough 1802–1859
      7. 7. Lydia Wells 1781– m. William Earles 1780–
        1. 1. Guy (Wells) Earles 1799–1863
      8. 8. Mary ("Polly") Wells 1789–1865 m. James Finn 1783–1864
        1. 1. Clarissa Finn 1807–1810
        2. 2. Amy Finn 1809–1812
        3. 3. Silas (Munger) Finn 1811–1895
        4. 4. William (S) Finn 1814–
        5. 5. Urial Finn 1815–
        6. 6. Mary Finn 1818–1905
        7. 7. Clark Finn 1820–
        8. 8. James (W) Finn 1824–1909
        9. 9. Truman Finn 1825–1878
        10. 10. Ezra Finn 1826–1888
        11. 11. Catherine (E) Finn 1830–1919 m. Stephen (Howard) Capwell 1822–1857 m. William Perigo 1824–1900
      9. 9. William Wells 1793–
      10. 10. Eliza (Jane) Wells 1795–1886 m. Holloway Stephens 1789–1829
        1. 1. Holloway (Lord) Stephens 1828–1907
        2. 2. James Stephens 1814–1900 m. Jane Benjamin 1822–1903 m. Zilpha (Ann) Tingley 1814–1838
        3. 3. Ebenezer (Holloway) Stephens 1812–1870
        4. 4. Mary Stephens 1816–1905
        5. 5. Rachel Stephens 1818–1821
        6. 6. Emeline Stephens 1820–1889
        7. 7. William Stephens 1822–1865
        8. 8. Rachel Stephens 1824–1905
        9. 9. Holloway Stephens 1826–1827
      11. 11. Betsey Wells 1800– m. Button 1795–
      12. 12. Nathaniel Wells 1802–
      13. 13. Eliphlet Wells 1806– m. Emily Baker 1807–
        1. 1. Julia (Ann) Wells 1840–
        2. 2. Harriet (Emma) Wells 1835–1909
        3. 3. Mary (M) Wells 1832–
      14. 14. Wells 1804–
      15. 15. Wells 1805–
    2. 2. Benjamin Wells 1748–
    3. 3. Phineas ((Reverend)) Wells 1742–1825
      1. 1. Jesse Wells –1844
        1. 1. James (Briton) Wells 1775–

Jonathan Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1659
Apr 1659
Birth of Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1739
3 Jan 1739
Age 80
Death of Jonathan (Capt Cmdr) Wells in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1659
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1739
    Event Place: Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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