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Annie Wells (Prescott)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Colonial America
Death: August 31, 1799 (75-84)
Gilmanton, NH
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joshua Prescott, Sr. and Sarah Prescott
Wife of John Wells
Mother of James Wells; Sarah Jewell (Wells); John Wells and Joshua Wells
Sister of Nathan Prescott; Joshua Prescott, Jr.; Mary Shaw; Edward Prescott; Reuben Prescott and 4 others

Managed by: Janet Mclarty-Schroeder
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About Annie Wells

  • The Prescott memorial : or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America, in two parts (1870)
  • http://archive.org/details/prescottmemorial00byupres
  • http://archive.org/stream/prescottmemorial00byupres#page/233/mode/1up
  • Pg.233
  • Issue of Joshua Prescott (2 — 1) and ___.
    • 11. 1. Nathan,(52) b. about 1710 or '11; m. March 30, 1736, Usley Ward of Marlboro', Mass., dau. of Samuel and Mary Ward, and b. Aug. 30, 1711. He res. in Kensington and East Kingston, N. H. We find him taxed in East Kingston, from 1757 to 1764. His name is on a petition to the Legislature, with sundry other inhabitants of Kingston, in 1732. He d. in 1764; his son, Stephen, was appointed administrator to his estate, Nov. 9, 1764. After the Revolution, his widow removed, with her son Stephen, to Deerfield, N. H., where she d. in 1807, a. 96 years.
    • 12. 2. Joshua,(53) b. about, 1713; m. 1st, Abigail Ambrose, and had four sons and four daughters. She d. and he m. for a second wife, Mary Moulton, about 1763. About this time he removed from East Kingston to Chester, N. H., where he d. July 12, 1785. By his second wife, Mary, he had five sons ; served six months in the expedition against Crown Point in 1758. He signed the Association Test at Chester in 1776.*
    • 13. 3. Mary, b. 1715 ; m. Moses Shaw, March 25, 1742. She d. at Kensington, Aug. 31, 1799, a. 84.
    • 14. 4. Edward,(65) b. 1717; m. Elizabeth Prescott, (70— 1) July 9, 1741. She was dau. of Jeremiah (22 — 1) and Hannah Philbrick, and baptized Aug. 20, 1721 ; he was baptized and admitted to the church, May 21, 1758 ; served in the war of the Revolution in 1776 and '7, and d. 1804, a. 87.*
    • 15. 5. Annie, b. about 1719 ; m. John Wells, Nov. 26, 1746.
    • 16. 6. Reuben, b. 1721; m. Alice Daniels of Salisbury, Mass., Nov. 15, 1749. Admitted to the church, July 31, 1748.
    • 17. 7. Patience, b. 1724; baptized Sept. 11, 1748; m. Daniel Beede, Jan. 26, 1750.
    • 18. 8. John, b. 1726, baptized at East Kingston, April 25, 1748, when a young man, and died soon after.
    • 19. 9. A daughter, b. about 1728, d. Aug. 19, 1735.
    • 20. 10. A daughter, b. 1730, d. Aug. 21, 1735. Both of these children died of the throat distemper which prevailed, and was very malignant and fatal at Kingston, at that time.
    • 21. 11. An infant, died a few days old, July 19, 1733.
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Annie Wells's Timeline

1719
1719
Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Colonial America
1747
April 14, 1747
East Kingston, Rockingham County, NH, United States
1755
May 16, 1755
Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1760
January 22, 1760
Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
1762
June 15, 1762
Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire
1799
August 31, 1799
Age 80
Gilmanton, NH