Mary Wells

Birth: 1631

When only 4 years old, Mary sailed to America on the "Planter" with her parents and siblings. The ship was part of the Puritan expedition called the "Great Migration" just before the English Civil War.

Mary was born about 1631 (aged 4 on 2 Apr 1635); said to have been m. by 1651 Thomas Welles (eldest child of Thomas & Mary Welles b. Wethersfield 10 Jan 1652). (Secondary sources state this marriage, & claim a Wethersfield marriage record of "[blank] May 1651," but this record has not been found.)

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Parents:

 William Beardsley (1603 - 1661)

 Mary Harvey Beardsley (1605 - 1661)

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Apr 25, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51604708 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51604708

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Category: English Immigrants to America Category: Hatfield, Massachusetts

Biography ==Mary Beardsley daughter of William Beardsley and Mary Harvie, was born about 1631<ref name="FoOF">Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.</ref> at Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

She married, first, May 1651, Thomas Wells, who died at Hadley, Massachusetts, 1676, son of Hugh and Frances Wells of Wethersfield, Connecticut. The marriage was recorded in Wethersfield.<ref name="FoOF" /> After Mary and Thomas were married, they made their home at Wethersfield, where five of their fourteen children were born. He took the freeman’s oath at Hadley, 1660, having gone there in 1659, with others, to select the site for the new town, and also, for his home lot which was located on the road to the meadows and cemetery. He was one on the signers for the grant, and paid £ 150 for his share. In 1662, he was one of the teamsters contracted with, for the transportation of grain, to and from the mill at Hatfield, and certain days of the week werespecified for the work. Land records lead one to think he was a carpenter, and as a sort of real estate man, building a home and selling, sometimes living in it and sometimes not. He took an active part in many skirmishes with the Indians. (History of Deerfield.) [Holt] After Thomas Wells died, Mary married Samuel Belding/Belden of Hatfield on June 25,1678.<ref name="Savage" >Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.</ref><ref name="Pync" >"Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record: 1685 [sic]-1711," in NEHG Register, 123:260, citing p. 310 "Marriages"</ref><ref name="Hatfield" >D.W. Wells and R.F. Wells, A History of Hatfield, Massachusetts, F.C.H.: Gibbons, Springfield, Mass. 1910.</ref><ref name="Torrey" /> Stiles' History of Wethersfield mistakenly assigned her maiden name as Meakim, widow of Thomas Wells, and dau. of Thomas Meakim,<ref name="Stiles" >Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield,Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. 1904.</ref> Mary (Beardsley) Wells Belden died Sept 20, 1691, in Hatfield.<ref>Judd, Sylvester and Lucius Manlius Boltwood. History of Hadley: Includingthe Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts. Amherst (Mass.): Metcalf Company, 1863</ref>

Children ===Children were<ref>Mary Beardsley</ref>:

1. Thomas Wells99 was born on 10 Jan 1652 in Wethersfield, Conn.. He died in 1691 in Deerfield, Mass.. Thomas Wells was a volunteer under Capt. Holyoke at the Falls Fight, May 19, 1676, settled in Deerfield,1682,was commissioned Ensign in the militia by Col. John Pynchon,July 5 1686,made Lieut.of the "Standing Forces" by Gov.Andros Feb 18 1686-7,and was representative from Deerfield in the "People's Legislature"in 1689Was military commander in Deerfield from 1686 until his death in 1691. Married Hepzibah Buel Jan 12 1673, had Mary,b.12 Nov.foll.; Sarah,1676; Thomas; Eleazer; John, k.1709 by the Ind.; Daniel; David; and Hepzibah;and rem.to Deerfield, a.1684,where one or two prob.were b.From"The First Settlers of New England" James Savage "Thomas Junior married at the age of 21. His bride was Hepzibah Buel, daughter of William Buelof Hartford. Two months after his marriage, Thomas Junior was in Court charged with wearing silk and long hair contrary to law. He and his bride were part of the Fine Birds of a Feather.
2. Mary Wells was born on 1 Oct 1653. She died. Died in childbirth.
3. Sarah Wells was born on 5 May 1655. She died before 1704.
4. John Wells was born on 4 Jan 1657. He died about 1658. #Jonathan Wells was born in 1659 in Wethersfield, Conn.. He died on 5 Jan 1739. Jonathan Wells at the age seventeen was known as the "Boy Hero" because of the Fall Fight (See "History of Northampton, Mass.From Its Settlement in 1645" by James Russell Trumbull, Page 333 - 336).Waswith his brother Thomas at the Falls Fight and came with him to Deerfield and succeeded him as chief military officer; was in command Feb.41704. He was the first Justice of the Peace and was the leading man in town for many years."In the middle of the war, the people of Hadley had frowned on the young who were flaunting silk ribbons far above their station and wearing their hair long and other such extravagancies. Hepzibah Wells was fined ten shillings for continuing to wear her wedding finery. Jonathan Wells, at 18, was wearing his hair to long. In all too short a time however, Jonathan would be hailed by one and all throughout New England as the "boy hero" and would be lying in a house far to the south fighting for his life." J.B.Wickman
5. John Wells was born in 1660. He died on 20 Jan 1679/80.
6. Samuel Wells was born in 1662. He died on 9 Aug 1690. #Mary Wells was born on 8 Sep 1664. She died on 15 Mar 1751 in Northfield, Hampshire Co Mass..
7. Noah Wells.
8. Hannah Wells was born on 4 Jul 1668. She died on 13 Dec 1733.
9. Ebenezer Wells was born on 20 Jul 1669. He died.
10. Ephraim Wells was born in Apr 1671/72.

Sources

<references />*Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie BeardsleyHolt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Mary Beardsley is Holt Record #2, Pg. 6.[https://archive.org/stream/BeardsleyGenealogyTheFamilyOfWilliamBear...]*D.W. Wells and R.F. Wells, A History of Hatfield, Massachusetts. F.C.H., Gibbons, Springfield, Mass. 1910.*Source: S291 Author: Orcutt Title: History of Stratford - Genealogies of the town of Stratford, CT *Source: S334 Author: James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ; *Source: S417 Title: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Conn V3 Publication: Name: Lewis Historical Publishing; Location: New York; Date: 1911; *"Frances Wells and Hugh Wells," in The American Genealogist, 28:229-230

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Biography

{{Migrating Ancestor | origin = England | destination = the American Colonies | origin-flag = Flags-2.gif | destination-flag =US_Flags-1.png }} Mary Beardsley daughter of William Beardsley and Mary Harvie, was born about 1631<ref name="FoOF">Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.</ref> at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. She married, first, May 1651, Thomas Wells, who died at Hadley, Massachusetts, 1676, son of Hugh and Frances Wells of Wethersfield, Connecticut. The marriage was recorded in Wethersfield.<ref name="FoOF" /> After Mary and Thomas were married, they made their home at Wethersfield, where five of their fourteen children were born. He took the freeman’s oath at Hadley, 1660, having gone there in 1659, with others, to select the site for the new town, and also, for his home lot which was located on the road to the meadows and cemetery. He was one on the signers for the grant, and paid £ 150 for his share. In 1662, he was one of the teamsters contracted with, for the transportation of grain, to and from the mill at Hatfield, and certain days of the week werespecified for the work. Land records lead one to think he was a carpenter, and as a sort of real estate man, building a home and selling, sometimes living in it and sometimes not. He took an active part in many skirmishes with the Indians. (History of Deerfield.) [Holt] After Thomas Wells died, Mary married Samuel Belding/Belden of Hatfield on June 25,1678.<ref name="Savage" >Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.</ref><ref name="Pync" >"Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record: 1685 [sic]-1711," in NEHG Register, 123:260, citing p. 310 "Marriages"</ref><ref name="Hatfield" >D.W. Wells and R.F. Wells, A History of Hatfield, Massachusetts, F.C.H.: Gibbons, Springfield, Mass. 1910.</ref>Stiles' History of Wethersfield mistakenly assigned her maiden name as Meakim, widow of Thomas Wells, and dau. of Thomas Meakim,<ref name="Stiles">Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of GlastonburyPrior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. 1904.</ref><ref>Parish Register https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRMS-TP?i=74&cc=20...</ref> Mary (Beardsley) Wells Belden died Sept 20, 1691, in Hatfield.<ref>Judd, Sylvester and Lucius Manlius Boltwood. History of Hadley: Includingthe Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts. Amherst (Mass.): Metcalf Company, 1863</ref>

Children ===Children were<ref>Mary Beardsley</ref>:

1. Thomas Wells99 was born on 10 Jan 1652 in Wethersfield, Conn.. He died in 1691 in Deerfield, Mass.. Thomas Wells was a volunteer under Capt. Holyoke at the Falls Fight, May 19, 1676, settled in Deerfield,1682,was commissioned Ensign in the militia by Col. John Pynchon,July 5 1686,made Lieut.of the "Standing Forces" by Gov.Andros Feb 18 1686-7,and was representative from Deerfield in the "People's Legislature"in 1689Was military commander in Deerfield from 1686 until his death in 1691. Married Hepzibah Buel Jan 12 1673, had Mary,b.12 Nov.foll.; Sarah,1676; Thomas; Eleazer; John, k.1709 by the Ind.; Daniel; David; and Hepzibah;and rem.to Deerfield, a.1684,where one or two prob.were b.From"The First Settlers of New England" James Savage "Thomas Junior married at the age of 21. His bride was Hepzibah Buel, daughter of William Buelof Hartford. Two months after his marriage, Thomas Junior was in Court charged with wearing silk and long hair contrary to law. He and his bride were part of the Fine Birds of a Feather.
2. Mary Wells was born on 1 Oct 1653. She died. Died in childbirth.
3. Sarah Wells was born on 5 May 1655. She died before 1704.
4. John Wells was born on 4 Jan 1657. He died about 1658. #Jonathan Wells was born in 1659 in Wethersfield, Conn.. He died on 5 Jan 1739. Jonathan Wells at the age seventeen was known as the "Boy Hero" because of the Fall Fight (See "History of Northampton, Mass.From Its Settlement in 1645" by James Russell Trumbull, Page 333 - 336).Waswith his brother Thomas at the Falls Fight and came with him to Deerfield and succeeded him as chief military officer; was in command Feb.41704. He was the first Justice of the Peace and was the leading man in town for many years."In the middle of the war, the people of Hadley had frowned on the young who were flaunting silk ribbons far above their station and wearing their hair long and other such extravagances. Hepzibah Wells was fined ten shillings for continuing to wear her wedding finery. Jonathan Wells, at 18, was wearing his hair to long. In alltoo short a time however, Jonathan would be hailed by one and all throughout New England as the "boy hero" and would be lying in a house far to the south fighting for his life." J.B.Wickman
5. John Wells was born in 1660. He died on 20 Jan 1679/80.
6. Samuel Wells was born in 1662. He died on 9 Aug 1690. #Mary Wells was born on 8 Sep 1664. She died on 15 Mar 1751 in Northfield, Hampshire Co Mass..
7. Noah Wells.
8. Hannah Wells was born on 4 Jul 1668. She died on 13 Dec 1733.
9. Ebenezer Wells was born on 20 Jul 1669. He died.
10. Ephraim Wells was born in Apr 1671/72.

Sources

<references />*Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie BeardsleyHolt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Mary Beardsley is Holt Record #2, Pg. 6.[https://archive.org/stream/BeardsleyGenealogyTheFamilyOfWilliamBear...]*D.W. Wells and R.F. Wells, A History of Hatfield, Massachusetts. F.C.H., Gibbons, Springfield, Mass. 1910.*Source: S291 Author: Orcutt Title: History of Stratford - Genealogies of the town of Stratford, CT *Source: S334 Author: James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ; *Source: S417 Title: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Conn V3 Publication: Name: Lewis Historical Publishing; Location: New York; Date: 1911; *"Frances Wells and Hugh Wells," in The American Genealogist, 28:229-230

• Hatfield History, By Daniel wells