Susannah Wells

Identity

Susannah has been mistakenly identified as the daughter of John Peckham in several sources, which has been disproven. Her maiden name was Saunders, and she was the daughter of Tobias Saunders and Mary Peckham.

Family

Extracted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barker-864 & https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Saunders-696

Peter Barker, son of James Barker and Barbara Dungan, married first, in about 1692, Freelove Bliss. She was born on Nov. 16, 1672, daughter of John and Damaris (Arnold) Bliss. Freelove died between 1708 and 1712.

He married second in about 1712, Susanna Saunders,the daughter of Tobias and Mary (Peckham) Saunders.

Children of Susanna Saunders and Peter Barker:

• 6. Joseph born ___. [9] [2]
• 7. John born ___; died in 1738. [9] [2]
• 8. Mary born ___ [9]; married her step-brother James Wells on April 21, 1731. [2]
• 9. Sarah. [9] [2]
• 10. Barbara. [9] [2]
• 11. Susanna. [9] [2]
• 12. Patience. [9] [2]

After his death his widow Susanna married Peter Wells of South Kington, Rhode Island, as his second wife. [2] [9]

From Charles Phelps Noyes, "Noyes-Gilman ancestry, being a series of sketches, with a chart of the ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, his wife", pub. 1907. (has errors)

Peter Barker’s widow Susanna married second about 1729 or 1730, as his second wife, Peter Wells of South Kingston, R. I. Peter's first wife had been dead about two years, and he had eight children, the eldest about twenty-four, and the youngest two or three years old. Mary, Susanna's eldest daughter, married in 1731, James Wells, Peter Wells' eldest son. [step siblings]. Susanna's second husband only lived a year or so after her marriage, dying in 1732. In the settlement of his estate, Susanna gave a receipt to her step-son, James Wells, dated February 1, 1733, for which he had paid as executor to her own daughter Sarah Barker. In this receipt she calls James her "son-in-law." From other receipts given by Susanna, we obtain the names of her other children by Peter Barker, as given below.

PETER WELLS, son of Peter and Wells, was born in Kingston, R. I., in 1681. He was made a freeman there in 1712. Before this time and probably about 1705, he married (i) Ann Watson, daughter of John and Dorcas (Gardiner) Watson, by whom he had eight children. She died before 1728, as appears from her father's will of that date, and soon after he married second Susanna (Peckham) [sic: Saunders] Barker, widow of Peter Barker, and [daughter of John and Eleanor Peckham - NO] by whom he had no children. Susanna must, however, have brought with her four of her own children under sixteen, and possibly several of her first husband's by his first wife. The date of his widow Susanna's death is not known, but she gave a receipt "to son-in-law James Wells", on February i, 1733.

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References

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/a/u/Ronald-S-Saunders/GENE2-0002.html
• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via husband Peter Barker by SmartCopy: Dec 1 2015, 19:30:59 UTC
• : S00178 Title: Genealogy of RI Families, Vol 2, Saunders-Peckham NOTEGenealogy of Ri Families, Vol 2, Saunders-Peckham, Genealogy of Ri Families, Vol 2, Saunders-Peckham.
• Robinson, Caroline E. The Gardiners of Narragansett (Providence, Rhode Island, 1919). Page 217, Note #68. < GoogleBooks >
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barker-864 Cites

1. Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1887 p. 14: 23
2. Noyes, Charles. Noyes-Gilman Ancestry: Being a Series of Sketches, with a Chart of the Ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, His Wife, published by the author. Gillis Press, New York, 1907. p. 84-5
3. The Seventh-day Baptist Memorial, Volumes 1-3, Seventh-day Baptist Publishing Society, 1852. pp. 27: 28: 121: 174
4. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. XI, Church Records. Newport Sabbatarian Church. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1900 p. 298
5. Torrey's New England Marriages, Volume 1, page 87 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. This reference (behind a paywall) provides the following sources: Austin GDRI page 14; Ludington-Saltus page 88; Clark #10, page 112; Barker 13; Rhode Island Vital Records Volume 6, page 24; Noyes-Gilman page 83-84; Peckham page 217; Weaver page 62; Westcott (1932) page 136; NEHGS Register 63:198
6. Bates, Louise M. Saunders-Peckham notes: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 63. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1909, p. 198
7. Denison, Frederick. Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island Westerly (Rhode Island) and Its Witnesses: For Two Hundred and Fifty Years, 1626-1876 : Including Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond Until Their Separate Organization, with the Principal Points of Their Subsequent History. J.A. & R.A. Reid, Charlestown, Rhode Island, 1878. p. 277
8. Find A Grave Memorial# 104273508
9. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 57. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 32
10. See also: S00178 Title: Genealogy of RI Families, Vol 2, Saunders-Peckham