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Joseph H Wells 1701 – 1763 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Nov 1701

Birth Location: Laggan Valley, Raphoe, Donegal, Ireland

Death Date: 17 Jul 1763

Death Location: Augusta County, Virginia

Father: Joseph Wells

Mother: Elizabeth Clarke

Spouse(s): Hannah McClawhorn

Children(s): Esther Wells

Joseph H Wells was born in Laggan Valley, Raphoe, Donegal, Ireland in 1701, to Joseph Wells and Elizabeth Clarke. Later in life, Joseph H Wells married Hannah McClawhorn; among their children were Esther Wells. Joseph H Wells died in Augusta County, Virginia, 1763.

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Parents

Joseph Wells
1645 –
Birth Location: Somerton, Somerset, England
JW
Elizabeth Clarke
1674 – 1713
Birth Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Hannah McClawhorn
1726 – 1778
Birth Location: Raphoe, Donegal, Ireland
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Children(s)

Esther Wells
1750 – 1823
Birth Location: Augusta, Virginia, United States
EW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 30 November 1701
    Event Place: Laggan Valley, Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 30 Nov 1701
    Event Place: Laggan Valley, Raphoe, Donegal, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 30 Nov 1701
    Event Place: Sandy,Bedford,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 5 Oct 1740
    Event Place: Heyford Lower, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 17 Jan 1762
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 26 Feb 1764
    Event Place: Frindsbury, Kent, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 11 Jan 1801
    Event Place: Surrey, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1738
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 Jul 1763
    Event Place: Augusta County, Virginia, Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 Jul 1763
    Event Place: Augusta County, Virginia
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 2 Jun 1708
    Event Place: Hythe, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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