Orin,
As you know I have spent most of my time with Zachariah and just getting
my direct line in order. However, David is my direct line and I was thrown
for a loop for a little while because David Wells married Nancy Wells on
the document I found.
So I was trying to figure out if they two were unrelated since there are so
many Wells' or did cousins marry? Further research led me to find that he
married the widow of his brother. It is not uncommon to find more than one
member of one family marrying into the same family. Pickings were slim
because of the terrain. Each little valley housed "x" number of families
and you did not have much contact with the other valleys, especially if
female.
I was unaware that this Nancy Elkins was already a widow when she married
Jacob! Could you imagine the rumors swirling around her after being twice
widowed? I am not quite sure if David was brave or stupid to marry her at
this point. :-)
I'll get me records out and see what I have.
Greg