Some of you may receive multiple copies of this message because it is being
posted to all the Rootsweb Wells lists.
I am keeping a running update on the WFRA Website on the DNA study. It
will expand in nature as we start to see some of the results. You may want
to check that from time to time at
http://rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/dnaproje/danproje/html
We are making progress, but not as fast as I would like to see. I am now
ready to ask for volunteers in the target families no matter where you may
live. We will have BYU send you a collection kit so you can participate.
What you will have to do is have your physician or a clinic draw the blood
- you want a licensed person to do it. You will then need to send the kit
back to BYU via FedEx overnight. Cost of the FedEx is $15. It is pretty
cheap considering the potential payback. I am told the doctors will not
normally charge you to draw the blood, but you may have one who will. You
may want to have it done on a regular visit if you are doing regular visits.
Again, we are ONLY looking for males who still carry the Wells surname at
this time. So if you have a brother, father, uncle, cousin etc. who fits
this description and think you can convince them to participate, please
give it a try. We WILL come back around for the rest of you in time.
Here is the status of the families we are looking for. I am open to adding
other families with long histories to the 1700s at least including
Canadian, UK and other families IF you are sure we can find at least 4 male
Wells representatives for these families.
Family Ancestor Names Location(s) Volunteers (/n = collected)
W001 Thomas Wells/Frances Albright Evesham, Worcestershire/Wethersfield, CT 4/0
W002 Thomas Wells/Naomi Marshall Westerly, RI 5/0
W003 Zorobabel Wells/Catharine Talbot Co., MD 2/0
W004 Thomas Wells/Abigail Warner Ipswich, MA 3/1
W005 Richard Wells/Tunis Wells Frederick Co., VA 1/0
W006 Thomas /Frances ____ Wells Prince George Co., Maryland 3/0
W007 Richard Wells Tattershall, Lincolnshire 1/0
W008 James Wells/Anne ---- Baltimore, Maryland<br>(Little Wells) 4/0
W009 John Wells Baltimore Maryland<br>(Big Wells) 2/1
W010 Peter Wells Kingston, Rhode Island 3/2
W011 Samuel Wells 1680 Stafford Co., Virginia 0/0
W012 William Wells b: 1552 Lincolnshire<br>Virginia 1/0
W013 Henry Wells b: Cir 1666 Pennsylvania 0/0
W014 William Wells b: Cir 1798 Fayette Co., Pennsylvania 0/0
W015 Thomas Welles b: cir 1515 Stourton, Warwickshire<br>Wethersfield, CT 1/0
W016 Aaron Wells b: Cir 1765 Mason Co., Kentucky 0/0
W017 Richard Wells/ Frances ____ Philadelphia 0/0
W018 Thomas Welles/Edmond Wells Dudley, Worcestershire/Saybrook, CT 0/0
W019 William Wells Southold, Long Island, New York 3/0
W020 Zachariah Wells Lee/Wise Co, Virginia 3/0
W021 Samuel /John Wells Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 0/0
W022 Barnaby Old Rappahanock Co., Virgina 0/0
W023 David Wells Mechlenburg Co., Virginia 2/0
W024 Jacob Wells Duplin Co., North Carolina 1/0
(This one may be omitted because I have NOT been able to obtain a good
Gedcom for the study. It appears this Wells line may actually have come
from a Wels line out of Germany)
Current Collection locations and dates follow. We will also encourage any
males who carry the Wells surnames even if they are not known to be from
the aat these collections and ANYONE else who happens to live close enough
to the collection location to be able to get there. YOU MUST COORDINATE
WITH ME ON THIS.
12 May Wintersville, OH
11-12 May Sacramento, CA
16-19 May Portland, OR
19 May Salt Lake City, UT
8-9 June Sacramento, CA
?? June Tacoma, WA (date not set)
?? June Shawnee, OK (date not set)
15-16 June Gadsen & Birmingham, AL
15-16 June Chicago, IL
30 June Lexington, KY
07 Jul St. Louis, Missouri
13 Jul Dayton, OH
14 Jul Cincinnati, OH
14 Jul Albuquerque, NM
31 Jul Provo, UT
1-3 Aug Provo, UT
18 Aug Newbury, MA
7-8 Sep Bozeman, MT
12-15 Sep Davenport, IA
22 Sep Phoenix, AZ
03 Nov Ft. Worth, TX
Also trying to set up something in Houston, TX. We need a doctor, nurse or
Plebotomist
there who would be willing to do the blood draw.
Orin R. Wells
Wells Family Research Association
P. O. Box 5427
Kent, Washington 98064-5427
<OrinWells(a)wells.org>
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/wfrahome.html
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