At 11:16 PM 9/26/99 -0400, Claude Wells wrote:
Orin,
The following is a message I received in reference to a lookup
request.
Some of the items I had seen before. The last item was a new one for me.
It
references a Zachariah Wells b. 1770 m. 1793 Mary Abigail Osborne b. 1778
VA. Have you ever seen this reference before? I find the dates puzzling.<<
I find them apparently wrong. Please be aware that just because
Broederbund (aka Family Tree Maker, then The Learning Center and most
recently Mattel Toys) puts information on a CD does not make it so. They
are soliciting information from anyone they can find who will send them
GEDCOM files, then they package it up and sell it to other genealogists.
Just because someone sent it in and got it "published" does not mean they
did a very good job of research.
It would be interesting to chase this entry down and see what the origin
was and whether there was any souce documentation behind it. Want to place
any bets? <g>
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: ASHE CO. LOOKUP
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:09:48 -0400
From: Robert Lenderman <rel1(a)bellsouth.net>
To: cewells9(a)bellatlantic.net
References: <37EB7E91.F6800891(a)lmco.com>
Hi Claude,
I don't know if any of this will help you, but this is all I have found.
FTM CD # 4
Wells, Zadock married Wells, Eleanor 13 Nov 1794 Prince Georges MD
Wells, Zenas married Flanagan, Elizabeth 5 Sept 1799 MC Historical
Society
Wells, Zorobabel m. Hollinsworth, Mary 16 Feb 1728 Queen Anns MD
[Orin writes as an aside: John B. Wells III -> do you know which Zorobabel
Wells this was?
Wells, Zachariah m. Freeman, Elizabeth 17 July 1799 Orange NC
FTM CD #229
Wells, Zachariah m. Goodman, Polly 12 Apr 1838 Knox KY
Wells, Zachariah m. Culbertson, Agness 7 Aug 1819 Scott VA
Walls, Zechariah m. Osburn, Thompy 5 Jan 1825 Montgomery KY (This was
Walls with an a)
- --------------------------- For other readers, the following is
the one
in question
FTM CD # 403 (This info is also online from Yates Publishing. To get
more
info, there is a charge for each page. I have not ordered anything, so I
don't know what kind of information they offer. The only info that I have
is what I'm sending you.)
Zachariah Wells born 1770 married in 1793 to Mary Abigail Osborne born 1778 VA
Orin R. Wells
Wells Family Research Association
P. O. Box 5427
Kent, Washington 98064-5427
<ORWells(a)bigfoot.com>
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