At 10:52 PM 7/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
I am seeking information on Robert Wells born in Virginia.
Terry, I don't know if your post made it to the list since you apparently
are not a subscriber to this list. You can either subscribe to the list
(if even temporarily) or have me pass the message to the list.
I found your family in Maury County, TN in the 1850 census as:
Robert Wells 39 b: VA Farmer
Eliza Wells 33 b: VA
Elizabeth Wells 15 b: TN
Martha Wells 14 b: TN
James Wells 12 b: TN
Nancy Wells 11 b: TN
Wonder why there were no children after Nancy - at least in 1850?
If you have not looked at the Maury, TN census for 1850, there are a bunch
of other Wells there. But, most do not look (on the surface) like they
would be connected except possibly for:
David Wells 37 b: VA Farmer
Lucinda Wells 40 b: TN
Mary Wells 12 b: TN
Thomas Wells 10 b: TN
John F. Wells 08 b: TN
George Wells 03 b: TN
Samuel Wells 4/12 b: TN (b: Cir June 1850)
And
William G. Wells 33 b: VA Farmer
Sarah Wells 35 b: TN
Lucy Wells 12 b: TN
Nancy Wells 10 b: TN
Amanda Wells 06 b: TN
I would speculate that William, David and Robert "might" be brothers. Need
more research to prove it though.
Sandwiched in between Robert and David is a black family (not likely
related but possibly connected as a slave family - can't tell if they are
slaves in 1850 or not) and the following:
Elizabeth Wells 67 b: NC
Nancy P. Wells 39 b: NC
William Wells 10 b: TN
Speculation (again): Elizabeth "might" be the mother of the three Wells
men. Nancy P. is not likely to be a sister because she was born in NC
UNLESS, their parents actually migrated from North Carolina to Virginia
(possible). So, who is William? Another son of Robert? A son of Nancy?
If the latter, then I would expect to learn that she was a wife of a fourth
brother who may have died between 1840 and 1850. Look for some wills in
Maury County.
The other Wells families are in different districts and from other places
like TN, NC and NY
This probably gives you more questions than answers.
I do not see anything here that would lead me to suspect a connection to
the Zachariah Wells family, but please do try to post to the list. Someone
there might see something I don't. You might also post to the Wells-L list.
Orin R. Wells
Wells Family Research Association
P. O. Box 5427
Kent, Washington 98064-5427
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