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Hepzibah BUELL

Female 1649 - 1704  (54 years)


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  1. 1.  Hepzibah BUELL was born on 11 Dec 1649 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Feb 1704 in On Way to Canada.

    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.

    Hepzibah married Lieut. Thomas WELLS, III on 12 Jan 1672/3 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Thomas WELLS, II and Mary BEARDSLEY) was born on 10 Jan 1651/2 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 02 Dec 1691 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Eleazer WELLS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1682; died in 1732 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 3. John WELLS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1680 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died in May 1709 in On Way to Canada.
    3. 4. Sarah WELLS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jan 1675/6 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 06 Jun 1693 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
    4. 5. David WELLS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1685 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
    5. 6. Hepzibah WELLS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 25 Apr 1773 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
    6. 7. Daniel WELLS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1675 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
    7. 8. Thomas WELLS, IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1678 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died about 1750.
    8. 9. Mary WELLS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1673 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1703.

    Hepzibah married Daniel BELDEN on 17 Feb 1699. Daniel (son of William BELDEN and Thomasine (Tamsen) SHERWOOD) was born on 20 Nov 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Aug 1732 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eleazer WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born about 1682; died in 1732 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

  2. 3.  John WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born about 1680 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died in May 1709 in On Way to Canada.

  3. 4.  Sarah WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born on 27 Jan 1675/6 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 06 Jun 1693 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey": She died from being hit with a tomahoaw and sclped on 6 June 1693 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, at age 17.


  4. 5.  David WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born about 1685 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

  5. 6.  Hepzibah WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born in 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 25 Apr 1773 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Was seriously wounded in the Deerfield Massacre of 1693.

    Hepzibah married John DICKINSON in 1717. John (son of Nathaniel DICKINSON and Hannah BEARDSLEY) was born on 01 Nov 1667 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Dec 1761 in Hatfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Dorothy DICKINSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Massachusetts.
    2. 11. Abigail DICKINSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jan 1715 in Massachusetts; died in Mar 1797 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.
    3. 12. Mary DICKINSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jun 1722 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Dec 1726.
    4. 13. Thomas DICKINSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 06 Apr 1718 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 03 Jul 1794; was buried in Yard on General John Nixon Farm, Weybridge, Addison Co., Vermont.
    5. 14. Salmon DICKINSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1724 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; died on 20 Aug 1781 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
    6. 15. David DICKINSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 Oct 1720 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1720.

  6. 7.  Daniel WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born about 1675 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

    Daniel married Mary WHITE about 1710. Mary was born about 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Thomas WELLS, IV Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born about 1678 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died about 1750.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" by Ellwood Count Curtis:
    Captain Thomas was a gragoon in the Pomroy pursuit in 1698. In 1725 he led a large scouting party to the frontiers of Canada with Joseph Clesson for his Lieutenant. He was a prominent participant in the settlement of Fall Town.
    He was a trader. Among his public services he was a surveyor and a selectmand for twelve years. He left a lot of real estate to his nephew Captain Thomas Dickinson. He raised Susannah Wells, his niece, and also willed her a lot of land. He gae a silver tankard to the church. His estate ws probated on 3 April 1750.

    Thomas married Sarah BARNARD on 29 Mar 1700. Sarah (daughter of Joseph BARNARD and Sarah STRONG) was born on 30 Dec 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  Mary WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hepzibah1) was born on 12 Nov 1673 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1703.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey": She was a young woman at the time of the famous Deerfield attck in 1693. She was hit with a tomahawk and sclped. She survived the vicious attack. However, eleven years later she was murdered by another band of Indians."



  

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