Does anyone know how Elizabeth Jackson b: Cir 1795 was related to the
Wells family of Wise/Lee County Virginia?
She appears in 1850 in this census record:
Gabriel Jackson 59
Elizabeth Jackson 55
Gabriel Jackson 21
Squire Wills 20
Squire Wills is Squire R. Wells who was by some accounts born in
1828. He married Juliann Henegar (also shown as Julia Ann and July).
Seven doors from the Jackson farm is this:
Eli Wells 24
Lavina Wells 20
Elizabeth Wells 3
George Wells 2
I can't believe this is a coincidence given that Squire Wells named
his first child Eli.
Squire died in 1858. In 1860 in Jonesville, Lee Co., VA (about 30
miles from Gig Stone Gap) is this
July A. Wells 29 Wythe Co., VA (looks more like a Withe -spelling was
not the enumerator's strong suit)
Eli F. Wells 6 b: Lee Co., VA
Charles H. Wells 4 b: Lee Co., VA
Sopheah E. Wells 3 b: Lee Co., VA
Sqire Wells 1 b: Lee Co., VA
Elisabeth Jackson 64 b: Giles Co., VA
There is some indication that the parents of Squire were J. M. and
Mary Wells. I suspect from the death certificate, but I have never seen this.
There is a suspected link to Jacob Wells, son of Zachariah. But
about this time Jacob was off in Andrew Co., MO.
Does anyone have any information on these folks?
Orin R. Wells
Wells Family Research Association
P. O. Box 5427
Kent, Washington 98064-5427
<OrinWells(a)wells.org>
http://www.wells.org
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