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Lieut. Thomas WELLS, III

Male 1652 - 1691  (39 years)


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  1. 1.  Lieut. Thomas WELLS, III was born on 10 Jan 1651/2 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 02 Dec 1691 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Representative from Deerfield in the "People's L
    • Military Service: 19 May 1676; Volunteer under Capt. Holyoke at the Falls Fight
    • Residence: 1682, Deerfield, Mass.
    • Military Service: Between 1686 and 1691; Military Commander in Deerfield
    • Military Service: Between 18 Feb 1686 and 1687; lieut. of the "Sanding Forces" by Gov. Andros
    • Military Service: 05 Jul 1686; Commissioned Ensign in the militia by Col. John Pynchon

    Notes:

    Thomas and Hepzibah had 8 children.

    Thomas married Hepzibah BUELL on 12 Jan 1672/3 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Hepzibah (daughter of William BUELL and Mary POST) was born on 11 Dec 1649 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Feb 1704 in On Way to Canada. [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.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eleazer WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1682; died in 1732 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

  2. 3.  John WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) 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.Thomas1) 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.Thomas1) was born about 1685 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

  5. 6.  Hepzibah WELLS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) 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.Thomas1) 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.Thomas1) 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.Thomas1) 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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