James Wells and Hannah Loomis

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Husband James Wells ¹

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           Born: 1732 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 1
     Christened: 1 Oct 1732 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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         Father: Jonathan Wells (1698-      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Newton (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 28 Mar 1754 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2

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Wife Hannah Loomis ²

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           Died: 1795 - Merryall, Bradford Co, PA
         Buried:  - Merryall, Bradford Co, PA

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Children

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1 M James Wells ²

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           Born: 1755 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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2 F Olive Wells ²

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           Born: 1756 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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3 F Hannah Wells ²

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           Born: 1757 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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4 F Betsey Wells ²

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           Born: 1760 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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5 F Olive Wells ²

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           Born: 1762 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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6 M Amasa Wells ²

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           Born: 1765 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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7 M Guy Wells ¹

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           Born: Aug 1766 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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           Died: 8 Nov 1828 - Merryall, Bradford Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Ross (      -      ) 2
           Marr: May 1790 2

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8 M Reuben Wells ²

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           Born: 1768 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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9 M Cyrus Wells ²

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           Born: 1770 - Colchester, New London Co, CT 2
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10 F Theodosia Wells ²

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           Born: 1772 - Wyoming, PA 2
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11 F Alice Wells ²

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           Born: 1774 - Wyoming, PA 2
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12 F Molly Wells ²

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           Born: 1776 - Wyoming, PA 2
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General Notes: Husband - James Wells

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It is said he was six feet, seven inches in height on attaining his majority.

In 1771, with his wife and nine children, he came to northern Pennsyl­vania, where he rendered valuable assistance as a surveyor in settling the boundaries of Kingston, Plymouth and Springfield town­ships [Bradford County?]. The location of their home was in Wyalus­ing. Danger from the natives drove them to Wyoming, which was more thickly settled, in 1776, and in this year he left home to join Washington's army, becoming a commissioned officer. While at home on leave of absence in 1778, he volun­teered to aid Colonel Butler, and was killed in the Wyoming massacre. His wife, with her large family, the youngest child only two years of age, made her way through the forests back to Connecticut. In 1787 she returned to Wyalusing, and in 1794 her son Guy, with whom she resided, moved to Merryall.

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General Notes: Wife - Hannah Loomis

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Her husband was killed in the Wyoming massacre and she, with her large family, the youngest child only two years of age, left Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and made her way through the forests back to Connecticut. In 1787 she returned to Wyalusing, and in 1794 her son Guy, with whom she resided, moved to Merryall. When she died, the trees were cut away in the forest for the first grave in the Merryall cemetery. For one hundred years the grave was marked only by a field-stone with the initials H. W., chiselled upon it, but in 1896 her descendants erected a handsome granite monument to her memory.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1137.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1138.