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Thomas WELLS

Male 1647 - 1734  (87 years)


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  • Name Thomas WELLS  [1, 2] 
    Birth 1647  Amesbury, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Birth 11 Jan 1647  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Education 1669  Graduated Harvard College Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Religion 1672  Was Ordained and was the first minister of Amesbury, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Fact 1673/4  Admitted Commoner- man of much influence and usefulness in the new town. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 10 Jul 1734  [1] 
    Occupation 1st Minister of the First Church, Amesbury, Mass. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 11 Jul 1734  Amesbury, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Vol. II: Thomas was of Ipswich in 1667, when he bought land in Wells, but was living in the town of Wells in Dec., 1669, as a deed to his bro Nathl. expressly states. Sv. states that he preached at Kittery and Isle of Shoals in 1670. He was the first settled minister of the first church in Amesbury, having been settled in 1672 or '3; though preqaching had been enjoyed in the "new town" for ten or twenty years before that time. For the next half century he was the leading spirit of the town.

      Inscriptions upon the tombstones:

      Interred here the Body of
      the Rev. Mr. Thomas Wells
      first Pastor, of the first Church
      of Christ in Amesbury. who
      Departed this life. July ye 10th,
      1734. in the 87th year of his
      Age, & the 62d. of his Ministry,
      having served his Generation by
      the will of God, he fell on sleep, and
      (we trust) enjoys a Prophets reward.

      for tho' Israel should not
      be Gathered, yet would
      the faithfull ministers of
      the Gospel, be glorious
      in the Eyes of the Lord.
    Person ID I60322  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2020 

    Father Thomas WELLES,   b. 1605, Colchester, Essex County, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1666, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Abigail WARNER 
    Family ID F13658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary PERKINS,   b. 14 May 1658, Ipswich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1726/7, Amesbury, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1669  Ipwich, Mass. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Marriage 03 Mar 1671  Newbury, Massachsuetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. John WELLS,   b. 02 Feb 1672  [Birth]
     2. Luke WELLS,   b. 19 Mar 1674  [Natural]
     3. Titus WELLS,   b. 14 Mar 1675  [Natural]
     4. Son WELLS,   b. Abt 1677  [Natural]
     5. Son WELLS,   b. Abt 1680  [Natural]
     6. Abigail WELLS,   b. Abt 1682  [Natural]
     7. Mary WELLS,   b. Abt 1684  [Natural]
     8. Eliezer WELLS,   b. 10 Jun 1686  [Natural]
     9. Elizabeth WELLS,   b. 07 Dec 1688  [Natural]
     10. John WELLS,   b. 09 Oct 1692  [Natural]
    Family ID F04784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1647 - Amesbury, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Jan 1647 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Jan 1669 - Ipwich, Mass. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jul 1734 - Amesbury, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02872] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. II.

    2. [S02434] Albert Wells, History of the Welles Family in England and Normandy, (Name: Name: 1876;;).

    3. [S02433] History of the Town of Goshen, CT by Rev. A. G. Hibbard.


  

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