Hepzibah BUELL

Female 1649 - 1704  (54 years)


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  • Name Hepzibah BUELL  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 11 Dec 1649  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Feb 1704  On Way to Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5
    Notes 
    • Hepzabah was the widow of Thomas Wells of Hatfield, whose 3 daughters had been knocked on the head by the Indians on June 6, 1693. One recovered. On February 29, 1704, Hepzabah with the widow daughter of William Buell, at the onslaught upon Deerfield, was taken by the Indians and carried a short distance on the way to Canada, when her strength failed, she was killed. On June 6, 1693, wid. Wells and two children were tomahawked by Indians and the family was broken up. Was taken prisoner when the town was sacked in 1704, and was killed on the march to Canada.

      Excerpt from "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" by Ellwood Count Curtis:
      On 30 September 1673 this poor woman was "presented" at the County Court for wearing silk, probably her wedding clothes. On 29 May 1676 she was fined 10 shillings for the same offense. She was very seriously injured by the savage Indians when they attacked Hatfield in 1673. She suffered for many years because of these wounds. On 29 February 1704 she was captured by Indians. She was forced to march toward Canada with them. When she was unable to move as fast as they ordered, she was brutally killed.
    Person ID I08801  Main Tree
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2022 

    Father William BUELL,   b. 17 Feb 1604/5, Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1681, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary POST,   c. 17 Jul 1608, Hollingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Sep 1684, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 18 Nov 1640  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F08546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lieut. Thomas WELLS, III,   b. 10 Jan 1651/2, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Dec 1691, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jan 1672/3  Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Eleazer WELLS,   b. Abt 1682   d. 1732, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Natural]
     2. John WELLS,   b. Abt 1680, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1709, On Way to Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Birth]
     3. Sarah WELLS,   b. 27 Jan 1675/6, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Jun 1693, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Birth]
     4. David WELLS,   b. Abt 1685, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     5. Hepzibah WELLS,   b. 1686, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1773, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
     6. Daniel WELLS,   b. Abt 1675, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     7. Thomas WELLS, IV,   b. Abt 1678, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1750 (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
     8. Mary WELLS,   b. 12 Nov 1673, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1703 (Age 29 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F04433  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Daniel BELDEN,   b. 20 Nov 1648, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1732, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 17 Feb 1699  [2, 7
    Family ID F04432  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S02753] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1890, Vol. CLXXIV April.

    2. [S00086] "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" Complied by Ellwood Count Curtis.

    3. [S02364] Lucius M. Boltwood, Genealogies of Hadley Families.

    4. [S02706] New England Ancestors: Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collection.

    5. [S3060] Keith G. Harrison, The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis HARRISON Revisited Nineteen Years Later.

    6. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

    7. [S01698] Ancestry of Bob & Mary Beth Wheeler@ gendex.com.