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Josiah Wells 1695–1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 AUG 1695

Birth Location: Hatfield, Massachusetts

Death Date: 21 APR 1768

Death Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Father: Ebenezer Wells

Mother: Mary Waite

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Smead

Children(s): Abner Wells, Asa Wells, Capt. Wells, Elisha Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Esther Wells, Joel Wells, Joel Wells, Josiah Wells, Martha Wells, Mary Wells, Simeon Wells, Thankful Wells

Josiah Wells was born in 1695 in Hatfield, Massachusetts, the child of Ebenezer Wells And Mary Waite. Josiah Wells married Elizabeth Smead, and had children including Abner Wells, Asa Wells, Capt Ebenezer Wells, Elisha Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Esther Wells, Joel Wells, Josiah Wells, Martha Wells, Mary Wells, Simeon Wells, Thankful Wells. Josiah Wells passed away in 1768 in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • Josiah Wells was born in 1695 in Hatfield, Massachusetts, the child of Ebenezer Wells And Mary Waite.
  • Josiah Wells married Elizabeth Smead, and had children including Abner Wells, Asa Wells, Capt Ebenezer Wells, Elisha Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Esther Wells, Joel Wells, Josiah Wells, Martha Wells, Mary Wells, Simeon Wells, Thankful Wells.
  • Josiah Wells passed away in 1768 in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ebenezer Wells
1669–1708
Birth Location: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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Mary Waite
1673–1703
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Smead
1698–1774
Birth Location: Hartford, Connecticut
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Children(s)

Abner Wells
1742–1835
Birth Location: –
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Asa Wells
1730–1761
Birth Location: Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Capt. Wells
1723–1787
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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Elisha Wells
1731–1792
Birth Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts
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Elizabeth Wells
1726–1737
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Wells
1737–1738
Birth Location: –
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Esther Wells
1736–1802
Birth Location: –
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Joel Wells
1735–1736
Birth Location: –
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Joel Wells
1739–1784
Birth Location: –
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Josiah Wells
1721–1790
Birth Location: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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Martha Wells
1725–1798
Birth Location: –
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Mary Wells
1733–1747
Birth Location: –
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Simeon Wells
1728–1755
Birth Location: –
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Thankful Wells
1741–1770
Birth Location: –
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Josiah Wells's Ancestors

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Josiah Wells
1695–1768
Birth Place: Hatfield, Massachusetts
Parents
Ebenezer Wells
1669–1708
Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Mary Waite
1673–1703
Grandparents
Benjamin Waite
1647–1704
Hadley, Ma. Desc. Thos. Waite
Martha Leonard
1649–1704
Springfield, Hampton Co, MA
Great-Grandparents
John Leonard
1615–1676
Sarah Heald
1623–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Leonard
1577–1638
Lydia White
1580–1622

Josiah Wells's Descendants

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Josiah Wells (31 AUG 1695–21 APR 1768) m. Elizabeth Smead (24 DEC 1698–1 MAY 1774)
  1. 1. Abner Wells 1742–1835 m. Elizabeth Allen 1749–1835
    1. 1. Abner Wells 1780–1840
    2. 2. Elizabeth Wells 1778–1806 m. Solomon Henderson 1770–1805
    3. 3. Jemima Wells 1776–1820 m. Oliver Cooley 1772–1883
    4. 4. Lucinda Wells 1790–1796
    5. 5. Quartus Wells 1783–1819
    6. 6. Solomon Wells 1788–1814 m. Chloe Atherton 1783–1813
  2. 2. Asa Wells 1730–1761
  3. 3. Capt. (Ebenezer) Wells 1723–1787 m. Mary Whipple 1725–1789 m. Elizabeth Field 1723–1784
    1. 1. Consider Wells 1765–1765
    2. 2. Ebenezer Wells 1750–1782 m. Mercy Arms 1748–1782
      1. 1. Diantha Wells 1771–1771
      2. 2. Diantha Wells 1779–1780
      3. 3. Ebenezer Wells 1772–1777
      4. 4. Mercy Wells 1777–1778
      5. 5. Penelatha Wells 1768–1769
    3. 3. Elizabeth Wells 1748–1758
    4. 4. Elizabeth Wells 1766–1788 m. Joseph Symonds 1757–1787
    5. 5. Levi Wells 1758–1814 m. Mehitable Wells 1762–1815
      1. 1. Agrippa Wells 1806–1807
      2. 2. Betsey Wells 1781–1825 m. Justin Bull 1787–1845
        1. 1. Charles Bull 1815–1816
        2. 2. George Bull 1823–1825
        3. 3. James Bull 1818–1819
        4. 4. Lewis Bull 1810–1811
        5. 5. Mary Bull 1820–1839
      3. 3. Ebenezer Wells 1785–1786
      4. 4. George Wells 1787–1788
      5. 5. Herod Wells 1804–1805
      6. 6. Levi Wells 1789–1790
      7. 7. Lovinca Wells 1783–1784
      8. 8. Lucy Wells 1797–1802
      9. 9. Lucy Wells 1809–1810
      10. 10. Marcia Wells 1803–1796 m. Samuel Hemingway 1798–1861
      11. 11. Mehitable Wells 1791–1792
      12. 12. Morris Wells 1811–1812
      13. 13. Polly Wells 1794–1794
      14. 14. Polly Wells 1795–1815
    6. 6. Obed Wells 1746–1758
    7. 7. Obed Wells 1760–1809 m. Caroline Grinnell 1759–1823
      1. 1. Elizabeth Wells 1799–1802
      2. 2. Harriet Wells 1788–1834 m. Dalton Newcomb 1783–1813
      3. 3. Hart Wells 1792–1802
      4. 4. Caroline ("Lina") Wells 1783–1858
      5. 5. Lydia Wells 1790–1802
      6. 6. Obed Wells 1786–1802
      7. 7. Obed (Hart) Wells 1805–1857
      8. 8. Patrick Wells 1779–1807 m. Amanda Willard 1770–1813
      9. 9. Russell Wells 1794–1842 m. Rebecca Saxton 1796–1812
      10. 10. Warren (Field) Wells 1802–1810
      11. 11. Weston (Wise) Wells 1802–1802
      12. 12. Willis (West) Wells 1797–1802
    8. 8. Reuben Wells 1753–1785 m. Experience Severance 1751–1784
      1. 1. Alemena Wells 1782–1783
      2. 2. Caroline (Matilda) Wells 1774–1815 m. Jonathan Root 1790–1816
      3. 3. Chester Wells 1780–1781
      4. 4. Dorothy Wells 1773–1799 m. Reuben Hastings 1772–1798
      5. 5. Experience Wells 1775–1776
      6. 6. Henrietta (M.) Wells 1778–1779
    9. 9. Seth Wells 1768–1802 m. Polly Smith 1775–1802
    10. 10. Simeon Wells 1762–1827 m. Abigail Stebbins 1754–1795
    11. 11. Simeon Wells 1756–1758
  4. 4. Elisha Wells 1731–1792 m. Abigail Brooks 1735–1772 m. Rhoda Graves 1733–1817 m. Mehitable Mattoon 1738–1776
    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
        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
      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
        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
  5. 5. Elizabeth Wells 1726–1737
  6. 6. Elizabeth Wells 1737–1738 m. Thomas Nichols 1732–
  7. 7. Esther Wells 1736–1802 m. Seth Hawks 1729–1808
    1. 1. William Hawks 1774–1817 m. Abigail Marsh 1772–1842
      1. 1. Abigail Hawks 1805–1837 m. Roland Anderson 1801–1853
        1. 1. Eliza (June) Anderson 1836–1912 m. Everett Taft 1839–1906
      2. 2. Avis Hawks 1802–1806
      3. 3. Esther Hawks 1797–1797
      4. 4. Esther Hawks 1801–1874 m. Reuben Wright 1800–1862
        1. 1. Sophia (Theresa) Wright 1830–1882
      5. 5. Joseph (Wells) Hawks 1813–1814 m. Sarah (W) Smith 1820–
      6. 6. Lyman Hawks 1810–1839
      7. 7. William Hawks 1807–1824 m. Almira Smith 1803–1824
  8. 8. Joel Wells 1735–1736
  9. 9. Joel Wells 1739–1784 m. Hannah Bascom 1739–1779
    1. 1. Catherine Wells 1766–1789 m. Beriah Willard 1757–1788
      1. 1. David Willard 1790– m. Sarah Dickman 1795–
    2. 2. Ephraim Wells 1768–1769
    3. 3. Ephraim Wells 1772–1818 m. Sally Lyman 1771–1862
    4. 4. Hannah Wells 1770–1796 m. Elijah Lamb 1765–1795
    5. 5. Joel Wells 1764–1794 m. Abigail Hawks 1767–1794
    6. 6. Naomi Wells 1777–1808 m. Phineas Goodman 1780–1822
    7. 7. Olivia Wells 1775–1800 m. Warham Hitchcock 1771–1799
  10. 10. Josiah Wells 1721–1790 m. Experience Dickinson 1736–1773
    1. 1. Amos Wells 1749–1749
    2. 2. Asa Wells 1756–1787 m. Susanna WHIPPLE 1754–1822
    3. 3. Aseneth Wells 1754–1755
    4. 4. Emma Wells 1781–1781 m. Daniel Taylor 1735–1786
    5. 5. John Wells 1756–1757
    6. 6. Martha Wells 1750–1751
    7. 7. Ner Wells 1752–1753
  11. 11. Martha Wells 1725–1798 m. Daniel Nash 1720–1790
    1. 1. Joseph Nash 1758–1762
    2. 2. Joseph Nash 1763–1789 m. Rebecca Bascom 1765–1789
    3. 3. Martha Nash 1764–1764
    4. 4. Onessimus Nash 1753–1752
    5. 5. Onessimus Nash 1753–1776
    6. 6. Quartus Nash 1761–1762
    7. 7. Simeon Nash 1756–1757
    8. 8. Tubal Nash 1754–1816 m. Mary Corse 1756–1784
    9. 9. Zenas Nash 1760–1762
  12. 12. Mary Wells 1733–1747
  13. 13. Simeon Wells 1728–1755
  14. 14. Thankful Wells 1741–1770 m. Abisha Holland 1730–1769

Josiah Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1695
31 AUG 1695
Birth of Josiah Wells in Hatfield, Massachusetts
Hatfield, Massachusetts
1768
21 APR 1768
Age 73
Death of Josiah Wells in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Greenfield, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 AUG 1695
    Event Place: Hatfield, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 APR 1768
    Event Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index
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