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1647 - 1734 (87 years)
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Name |
Thomas WELLS [1, 2] |
Birth |
1647 |
Amesbury, Massachusetts [1] |
Birth |
11 Jan 1647 |
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [2] |
Gender |
Male |
Education |
1669 |
Graduated Harvard College [2] |
Religion |
1672 |
Was Ordained and was the first minister of Amesbury, Massachusetts [3] |
Fact |
1673/4 |
Admitted Commoner- man of much influence and usefulness in the new town. [2] |
Death |
10 Jul 1734 [1] |
Occupation |
1st Minister of the First Church, Amesbury, Mass. [1] |
Death |
11 Jul 1734 |
Amesbury, Massachusetts [2] |
Notes |
- Excerpt from "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Vol. II: Thomas was of Ipswich in 1667, when he bought land in Wells, but was living in the town of Wells in Dec., 1669, as a deed to his bro Nathl. expressly states. Sv. states that he preached at Kittery and Isle of Shoals in 1670. He was the first settled minister of the first church in Amesbury, having been settled in 1672 or '3; though preqaching had been enjoyed in the "new town" for ten or twenty years before that time. For the next half century he was the leading spirit of the town.
Inscriptions upon the tombstones:
Interred here the Body of
the Rev. Mr. Thomas Wells
first Pastor, of the first Church
of Christ in Amesbury. who
Departed this life. July ye 10th,
1734. in the 87th year of his
Age, & the 62d. of his Ministry,
having served his Generation by
the will of God, he fell on sleep, and
(we trust) enjoys a Prophets reward.
for tho' Israel should not
be Gathered, yet would
the faithfull ministers of
the Gospel, be glorious
in the Eyes of the Lord.
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Person ID |
I60322 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
19 Aug 2020 |
Family |
Mary PERKINS, b. 14 May 1658, Ipswich, Massachusetts d. 26 Jan 1726/7, Amesbury, Massachusetts (Age 68 years) |
Married |
10 Jan 1669 |
Ipwich, Mass. [1] |
Marriage |
03 Mar 1671 |
Newbury, Massachsuetts [2] |
Children |
| 1. John WELLS, b. 02 Feb 1672 [Birth] |
| 2. Luke WELLS, b. 19 Mar 1674 [Natural] |
| 3. Titus WELLS, b. 14 Mar 1675 [Natural] |
| 4. Son WELLS, b. Abt 1677 [Natural] |
| 5. Son WELLS, b. Abt 1680 [Natural] |
| 6. Abigail WELLS, b. Abt 1682 [Natural] |
| 7. Mary WELLS, b. Abt 1684 [Natural] |
| 8. Eliezer WELLS, b. 10 Jun 1686 [Natural] |
| 9. Elizabeth WELLS, b. 07 Dec 1688 [Natural] |
| 10. John WELLS, b. 09 Oct 1692 [Natural] |
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Family ID |
F04784 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
31 Mar 2018 |
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Sources |
- [S02872] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. II.
- [S02434] Albert Wells, History of the Welles Family in England and Normandy, (Name: Name: 1876;;).
- [S02433] History of the Town of Goshen, CT by Rev. A. G. Hibbard.
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