John Wells

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From Carolyn Cosgriff The parish registe

From Carolyn Cosgriff The parish register of Butterwick (Holland), Lincolnshire, Englandrecords the marriage of one James Wells and May Pishye on 28 May 1615.A Mary Pishye (also found spelled as Pushee, Pushey, Pishy, etc) was christened Nov 1594 the dtrof John in the Freiston, Lincolnshire parish; and in that same parisha John Pushee md on 27 May 1588 to Elizabeth Clarcke. John & Elizmaybe had a son named John who md 18 Apr 1616 to Mary Ballard inBoston, Lincolnshire. And a Mary Ballard was chr Dec 1602 the dtr ofJohn Ballard also in Boston. John Ballard md 13 Jun 1596 in Freiston,Lincoln to Isabel Black and these may have been the parents of Mary.The reason these entries look promising to me is that the RobertHubard who imported James Wells had a granddaughter, CatherineHubbard, who was the wife of Thomas Ballard Jr of York Co., VA. Andboth the Hubards and Ballards were close associates (and relatives, Ibelieve) of the earliest Clarks in York Co, VA. Furthermore, there isa Johanna Pishie who md 9 Jun 1600, also in Butterwick (Holland),Lincoln to a John Gibson and their eldest son Thomas Gibson was chrFeb 1601 in St Marys, South Kelsey, Lincolnshire. I believe this wasthe same Thomas who was in York Co, VA by 1639 and had his will provedthere in 1652, he being another close associate of these early YorkCo, VA families.

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Year: 1654 Primary Immigrant: Wells, Jam

Year: 1654 Primary Immigrant: Wells, James (date of arrival in Va Source Code: 2772 Source Publication: GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 Year: 1668 Primary Immigrant: Wells, James (Date of death in Va) Source Code: 8510 Source Publication: SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland Year: 1654 Primary Immigrant: Wells, James Source (Land records Va.) Code: 6220 Source Publication: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Filby-Greer-Nugent Page 290 - 291"On 10 June 1654 John Walton & John Bagnall recieved 3900 acres of land in Westmoreland Co Va for transporting 78 persons to Va including James Welles " Filbt-Greer-Nugent Page 300 "On 12 Dec 1654 Robert Hubard recieved 1600 acres on S.side of Petomack Riv for transporting 32 persons including Mary Welles." From Carolyn Cosgriff " The parish register of Butterwick (Holland), Lincolnshire, England records the marriage of one James Wells and May Pishye on 28 May 1615. A Mary Pishye (also found spelled as Pushee, Pushey, Pishy, etc) was christened Nov 1594 the dtr of John in the Freiston, Lincolnshire parish; and in that same parish a John Pushee md on 27 May 1588 to Elizabeth Clarcke. John & Eliz maybe had a son named John who md 18 Apr 1616 to Mary Ballard in Boston, Lincolnshire. And a Mary Ballard was chr Dec 1602 the dtr of John Ballard also in Boston. John Ballard md 13 Jun 1596 in Freiston, Lincoln to Isabel Black and these may have been the parents of Mary. The reason these entries look promising to me is that the Robert Hubard who imported James Wells had a granddaughter, Catherine Hubbard, who was the wife of Thomas Ballard Jr of York Co., VA. And both the Hubards and Ballards were close associates (and relatives, I believe) of the earliest Clarks in York Co, VA. Furthermore, there is a Johanna Pishie who md 9 Jun 1600, also in Butterwick (Holland), Lincoln to a John Gibson and their eldest son Thomas Gibson was chr Feb 1601 in St Marys, South Kelsey, Lincolnshire. I believe this was the same Thomas who was in York Co, VA by 1639 and had his will proved there in 1652, he being another close associate of these early York Co, VA families. John Wells " St Olave in York is one of 25 parish churches there.There are lots of Wells in old York but I am far from convinced that the names all come from the one 'Well' village originally - a nice little place.The early York Wells who were members of 'the church' could be from anywhere, often being from titled families - but not the eldest - who got the estates and title.Members of the Licolnshire Wells family lived as far north as Northallerton (after marriage) and others had military ties as far north as Redesdale. I suspect that my Wells may be derived from 'Well'. Between my ancestors farm at Galphay and Well, old maps show 'Lady Wells Plantation'! The Fountains Abbey Lease Book, from which my earliest history comes (Robert Welles of Galphay, lease 1538), was at one time in the ownership of Margery Mistress of le Welles (Lincolshire) of Ripley, Yorkshire. Lionel Lord Welles married into a Yorkshire family at Methley which is not far from my place of Birth in Leeds. Juanita Louise Knapp" St Olave's is the name of a church in York [Yorkshire] and, to confuse you more, there was a family of Wells/Welles there in the Middle Ages! They took their name from Well in Yorkshire and were not related to the Lincolnshire family as I have found no original document which would help prove a connection. St Olive's must have been copied out incorrectly at some time or is a post-Reformation way of referring to St Mary Overie [St Mary over the Water, i.e. on the south bank of the Thames in London by London Bridge]. The original priory which was dissolved at the Reformation is now the site of St Saviour's Cathedral or what is commonly called Southwark Cathedral]. Only one St Olive's church is listed in London. It was in a dilapidated condition prior to the time John Stowe wrote his Survey and was never rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666.

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WellsHist pg 8 " All authoritative records indicate that the first progenitors of the Welles family of the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Delaware were James and Mary Welles who arrived in Virginia in June 1654. (See Caviliers and Pioneers by Nell Marion Nugent, Vol 1, Page 290) Caroline Cosgrriff "I was in the LDS Library this week and I found this and I pass it on to you. James Wells, christening 10 Oct 1592, Butterwick (Holland),Lincoln, England, Father" William Wells. MWM " James Wells was born about 1590 in Lincolinshire or Esssex Co England. Died in 1669 in Marshton Parish near Williamsburg Va. Buried in Bruton Parish Cemetery York Co VA. He married Mary (.....) before 1620 in Lincolinshire or Essex Co England She died after 1684 in Bruton Parish York Co Va."

WellsHist Pg 8" James Welles died in the year 1669 and was buried in the Marshton Parish burial groung near Williamsburg.Virginia. (See Bruton Parish Records Pg 159) Deaths 1669 James Wells" It should be noted that the early death records in The Burton Parish Record (1660-1670) are thoes of persons living in the Marshton Parish (Va. Land Records) Bruton Parish Church Va. "The Marshton Parish church was located about four miles from Williamsburg near the Queens Creek in Macgruder Village. John Welles,son of James Welles,& Katherine his wife were in York Co.Va.in 1657 (see Greer's Early Virginia Immigrants). Thay had at least two children John & James. John's wife Katherine and his son John died in the year 1664 and were buried in Marshton Parish graveyard along with James who died in 1669 Nugent " James and Mary Welles arrived in Virginia in June 1654 from England James m. Mary ? ; James died 1669 in Marshton Parish , Virginia, Bruton Parish Records" (Cavaliers and Pioneers) Date of death James Wells Year: 1668 Primary Immigrant: Wells, James (Date of death in Va) Source Code: 8510 Source Publication: SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland MWM " James Well(e)s was born about 1590 in Lincolinshire or Esssex Co England. Died in 1669 in Marshton Parish near Williamsburt Va. Burried in Bruton Parish Cemetery York Co VA. He married Mary (.....) before 1620 in Lincolinshire or Essex Co England She died after 1684 in Bruton Parish York Co Va They had the folowing children John, William born about 1630, George born about 1640"

Caroline Cosgrriff "I was in the LDS Library this week and I found this and I pass it on to you. James Wells, christening 10 Oct 1592, Butterwick (Holland),Lincoln(shire), England, Father William Wells." Do not know if this is of any value to you but one never knows what piece it may play in the puzzle.

Bruton Parish Church Va. "The Marshton Parish church was located about four miles from Williamsburg near the Queens Creed in Macgruder Village. John Welles,son of James Welles, & Katherine his wife were in York Co.Va.in 1657 (see Greer's Early Virginia Immigrants). Thay had at least two children John & James. John's wife Katherine and his son John died in the year 1664 and were buried in Marshton Parish graveyard along with John's father James who died in 1669 (see Bruton Parish Records Pg 159" MWM " James Well(e)s was born about 1590 in Lincolinshire or Esssex Co England. Died in 1669 in Marshton Parish near Williamsburt Va. Burried in Bruton Parish Cemetery York Co VA. He married Mary (.....) before 1620 in Lincolinshire or Essex Co England She died after 1684 in Bruton Parish York Co Va They had the folowing children John, William born about 1630, George born about 1640" WellsHilst Wells History "John Wells' wife Katherine Wells and his son John died in the year 1664 and were buried in the Marston Parish Graveyard."

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Line 1727 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME John /WELLS/ GIVN John Line 1728 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME John /WELLS/ SURN WELLS From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.

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Line 1886 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME John /WELLS/ GIVN John Line 1887 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME John /WELLS/ SURN WELLS From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.

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!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat

!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

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All authoritative records indicate that the first progenitors of the Welles family of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware were James & Mary Welles who arrived in Virginia prior to 1654 [Nugent, Filby].. Page 290 - 291 "On 10 June 1654 John Walton & John Bagnall recieved 3900 acres of land in Westmoreland Co Va for transporting 78 persons to Va including James Welles; Page 300 "On 12 Dec 1654 Robert Hubard recieved 1600 acres on S.side of Petomack River for transporting 32 persons including Mary Welles.". James Welles born abt 1590 in England. Several possibilities for the origin of James have been suggested. Either that he was from Somerset Co., England, or that he may have been the son of Thomas Welles of St.Olaves Church, City of York (son of James Welles baptized 16 July 1629). Both are unsubstantiated and there are certainly many more locations in England where men named James born at the same time period can be found. James Welles died in the year 1669 and was buried in the Marshton Parish burial ground near Williamsburg, Virginia [ChBruton:159, WellsHist:8] It should be noted that the early death records in the Bruton Parish Records are those of persons living in the Marshton Parish [ChBurton 159] The Marshton Parish church was located about four miles from Williamsburg near the Queens Creek in Macgruder Village. An elderly gentleman living in Williamsburg told George Harlan Wells [WellsHist:8] that he lived as a boy on a farm near the location of the Marshton Church and remembers ploughing around some of the old tombstones. Little more is known about this James Welles. There probably were other children but no trace of them have been found. In the early Delaware records the family name is spelled both "Wells" and "Welles" Mary Pyshie married James Welles abt 1615 in England and she died aft 1684 and is buried in the Marshton Parish burial grounds, Bruton Parish York Co.,Va.[ChBruton:159] Children of James and Mary Welles [GreersVa:11 & 159] John Welle s b abt 1620 in England William Welles b abt 1630 George Welles b abt 1640 The parish register of Butterwick (Holland), Lincolnshire, England records the marriage of one James Wells and May Pishye on 28 May 1615. A Mary Pishye (also found spelled as Pushee, Pushey, Pishy, etc) was christened Nov 1594 the dtr of John in the Freiston, Lincolnshire parish; and in that same parish a John Pushee md on 27 May 1588 to Elizabeth Clarcke. Nugent " James and Mary Welles arrived in Virginia in June 1654 from England James m. James died 1669 in Marshton Parish ,Virginia, Bruton Parish Records" (Cavaliers and Pioneers) Filby-Greer-Nugent Page 290 - 291"On 10 June 1654 John Walton & John Bagnall recieved 3900 acres of land in Westmoreland Co Va for transporting 78 persons to Va including James Welles " Filbt-Greer-Nugent Page 300 "On 12 Dec 1654 Robert Hubard recieved 1600 acres on S.side of Petomack Riv for transporting 32 persons including Mary Welles."

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!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA