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Lt. Winthrop Wells (1726 - 1797)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
Death: 1797 (70-71)
Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Lieutenant Thomas Wells and Sarah Wells
Husband of Dorothy Wells
Father of Benjamin Wells; LT Paul Wells, Sr.; Hannah Greenough; Sally Merrill; Winthrop Wells, Jr. and 7 others
Brother of Philip Wells; Benjamin Wells; Phebe Wells; Peter Wells, Sr.; John Wells and 13 others

DAR: Ancestor #: A122751
Marriage: 1745/46
Managed by: Geoffrey David Trowbridge
Last Updated:

About Lt. Winthrop Wells

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW HAMPSHIRE. Ancestor #: A122751



Citation
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVN-PGZ : 5 January 2021), Winthrope Wells, 1726.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVN-PG8 : 5 January 2021), Thomas Wells in entry for Winthrope Wells, 1726.

Citation
Year: 1810; Census Place: Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: 24; Page: 456; Image: 00314; Family History Library Film: 0218685

https://search.ancestry.com/collections/8996/records/28401
Citation
New Hampshire, Grafton County, Probate Estate Files; Author: New Hampshire. Court of Probate (Grafton County); Probate Place: Grafton, New Hampshire

some sources say death at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire




https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-3805

Winthrop Wells (1726 - bef. 1797)
Born 21 Aug 1726 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died before 16 Oct 1797 before age 71 in Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Family Tree of Winthrop Wells

WINTHROP

Lt Winthrop Wells

Son of Thomas Wells and Sarah (Hadley) Wells

Brother of Philip Wells, Benjamin Wells, Thomas Wells [half] and Henry Wells [half]

Husband of Dorothy (Healey) Wells — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Paul Wells

PARENTS

Thomas Wells
04 Mar 1700 - abt Mar 1769
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Sarah Hadley
abt 1690 - 23 Jun 1728
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
GRANDPARENTS

Titus Wells

14 Mar 1675 - 1729
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Joanna Rowell

30 Jul 1675 - abt 18 Dec 1718
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Samuel Hadley
abt 1652 - aft 1734
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Jane Martin
02 Nov 1656 - aft 24 Feb 1704
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

Thomas Wells
11 Jan 1647 - 10 Jul 1734
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mary Perkins
abt 1647 - 26 Jan 1727
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Thomas Rowell
07 Sep 1644 - 30 Sep 1684
Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Sarah Barnes
abt 07 Apr 1651 - 17 Apr 1720
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
George Hadley

abt 1615 - 29 Sep 1686
England
Mary Proctor

bef 17 Oct 1633 - bef 29 Jun 1668
Assington, Suffolk, England
George Martin

1618 - bef 23 Nov 1686
England
Susannah North

abt 30 Sep 1621 - 19 Jul 1692
Olney, Buckinghamshire, England
2ND-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

Thomas Wells
abt 1605 - 26 Oct 1666
Abigail Warner
bef 02 Jun 1614 - 22 Jul 1671
[Perkins g-g-grandfather?]
[Perkins g-g-grandmother?]
Valentine Rowell
22 Jun 1622 - 17 May 1662
Joanna Pinder
abt 1621 - Oct 1690
William Barnes
abt 1610 - 14 Mar 1698
Rachel Unknown
abt 1620 - 09 Feb 1686
George Hadley
1599 - 09 Nov 1653
Elizabeth Spooner
22 Mar 1588 - 19 Dec 1647
John Proctor Sr.
abt 1594 - bef 11 Oct 1672
Martha Harper
abt 1607 - 1672
[Martin g-g-grandfather?]
[Martin g-g-grandmother?]
Richard North
1590 - 01 Mar 1667
Johane Bartram
abt 1590 - bef 1630
Biography

Winthrop Wells was born 21 August 1726 in Amesbury.[1]

16 October 1797, Dorothy Wells, widow of the deceased, Benjamin Wells, eldest son, and Paul Wells, second son, refused administration and requested that Winthrop Wells, son of the deceased, be appointed.[2]

Winthrop Wells - Revolutionary Service, [3]

Sources

↑ Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913. Page 256.
↑ "New Hampshire Naturalization and Probate Records, 1643-1948," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9CY-CW3P?cc=2138472&w... : 22 May 2014), Grafton > Probate records > Probate estate files Lovejoy-Williams, Barron-Young 1796-1797 > image 890 of 975; New Hampshire State Archives, Concord.
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=a0fbd9da-c26c-4bd7-b6e...
Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=28068576&pid...
"History of Barnet, Vermont" http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9d4d2540-aa54-4390-9eb...
Wells, Paul - History of Plymouth, NH by Stearns http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=6bafe27a-ef86-4386-8874-9...

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Lt. Winthrop Wells's Timeline

1649
1649
1726
August 21, 1726
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
1747
1747
Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
1747
Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States
1750
1750
Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States
1750
Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States
1750
New Hampshire, British Colonial America
1753
March 6, 1753
Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
1759
1759
New Hampshire, United States
1766
1766
Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States