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Generation: 1
1. | Abigail WARNER Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Daughter of William Warner, sister of Daniel and John Warner
Family/Spouse: Thomas WELLES. Thomas was born in 1605 in Colchester, Essex County, England; died on 26 Oct 1666 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Nathaniel WELLS
was born about 1636 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Sep 1681 in Essex, Massachusetts.
- 3. John WELLS
was born about 1638 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Apr 1667 in Wells, York County, Maine.
- 4. Sarah WELLS
was born about 1640 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- 5. Abigail WELLS
was born about 1642 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Jun 1677 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachsutts.
- 6. Elizabeth WELLS
was born about 1645 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- 7. Thomas WELLS
was born on 11 Jan 1647 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jul 1734 in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
- 8. Hannah WELLS
was born about 1649 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- 9. Lydia WELLS
was born about 1651 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- 10. Martha WELLS
was born about 1653 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
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Generation: 2
2. | Nathaniel WELLS (1.Abigail1) was born about 1636 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Sep 1681 in Essex, Massachusetts. Nathaniel married Lydia THORLEY on 29 Oct 1661 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of Richard THORLEY and Jane THURLOW) was born on 01 Feb 1640 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 14 Aug 1716 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Abigail WELLS (1.Abigail1) was born about 1642 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Jun 1677 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachsutts. Abigail married Nathaniel TREADWELL on 19 Jun 1661 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachsuetts. Nathaniel (son of Thomas TREADWELL and Mary TAYLOR) was born on 13 Mar 1637/8 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachsutts; died on 11 Jan 1726 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachsutts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Thomas WELLS (1.Abigail1) was born on 11 Jan 1647 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jul 1734 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 1st Minister of the First Church, Amesbury, Mass.
- Birth: 1647, Amesbury, Massachusetts
- Education: 1669, Graduated Harvard College
- Religion: 1672, Was Ordained and was the first minister of Amesbury, Massachusetts
- Fact: 1673/4, Admitted Commoner- man of much influence and usefulness in the new town.
- Death: 10 Jul 1734
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.
Thomas married Mary PERKINS on 03 Mar 1671 in Newbury, Massachsuetts. Mary (daughter of Sergt. Jacob PERKINS and Elizabeth LOVELL) was born on 14 May 1658 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jan 1726/7 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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