Mary WELLS

Female Abt 1626 - 1700  (74 years)


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  • Name Mary WELLS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth Abt 1626  Evesham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Christening 15 Jul 1630  St. Lawrence Parish, Evesham, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Gender Female 
    Death 03 Jul 1700  Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Burial Hartford 1st Church Burying Gounds Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • First Church of Christ on Main Street, Hartford, Conn.

      Gravesite of Mary Wells Gilbert located approx. 10 feet back of wrought iron fence and to the right of the foot path approx. 40 feet. Mary buried beside her husband Jonathan Gilbert.
      Inscription reads:

      Mary Gilbert age 74 years died July 3, 1700 wife of Jonathan Gilbertt.
      Jonathan Gilbertt's gravestone inscription reads:
      Here lieth of Jonathan 1682 (blank) December."
      Other words on marker too obliterated to read.

      Mary and Jonathan had 8 children. They were the grandparents of Jonathan Belcher, Governor of Massachusetts and later of New Hampshire, and ancestors of Noah Webster, noted American author and lexicographer.
    Person ID I60278  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2022 

    Father Thomas WELLS,   b. Abt 1600, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1636/7, Evesham, Worcester Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Frances ALBRIGHT,   b. Abt 1600, Prob. Welford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, England Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1678, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1625  All Saints, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F04817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonathan GILBERT,   b. Abt 1618   d. 10 Dec 1682, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 1650  Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Children 
    +1. Sarah GILBERT,   b. 25 Jul 1651   d. 26 Jan 1688/9 (Age 37 years)  [Birth]
     2. Lydia GILBERT,   b. 03 Oct 1654  [Birth]
     3. Thomas GILBERT,   b. 1655   d. 09 Feb 1719, Granary Ground, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     4. Nathaniel GILBERT   d. Bef Jul 1700  [Birth]
     5. Samuel GILBERT,   b. Abt 1663   d. 05 Aug 1733, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Birth]
     6. Ebenezer GILBERT   d. 11 Aug 1736  [Birth]
     7. Esther GILBERT,   b. 27 Apr 1662, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     8. Rachel GILBERT,   b. Abt 1667   d. 13 Nov 1754, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F04832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1626 - Evesham, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1650 - Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 03 Jul 1700 - Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hartford 1st Church Burying Gounds Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02472] Import Wells File by Mary James on October 4, 2000.

    2. [S02470] Import file R. Dietz on October 4, 2000.

    3. [S02773] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1992, Vol. CXLVI January, pg 34.

    4. [S02774] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1992, Vol. CXLVI July.

    5. [S02730] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1850, Vol. 4 No. 4 October.

    6. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    7. [S3167] Clayton H. and Margaret D. Wells, Descendants of Thomas & Frances Albright Wells 1595 to 2000.

    8. [S01670] Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington by Rosell L. Richardson.