Thomas Wells

Lieut. Thomas Wells

BIRTH 10 Jan 1652, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 2 Dec 1691 (aged 39), Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 39584258

Thomas Wells was the son of Thomas and Mary Wells and the husband of Hepsibah Buell. He served in King Philip's War and participated in Falls Fight under Capt. William Turner. Later in life he was promoted to a lieutenant.

Parents Thomas Wells, 1620–1676 Mary Beardsley Belding, 1631–1691

Spouse Hepzibah Buell Wells Belding, 1649–1704

Siblings Jonathan Wells, 1659–1739 Noah Wells, 1666–1712 Hannah Wells White, 1668–1733

Half Siblings Sarah Wells Hoyt, 1655–1676 John Wells, 1656–1657 John Wells, 1660–1680 Samuel Wells, 1662–1690 Mary Wells Belding Field, 1664–1751 Ebenezer Wells, 1669 – unknown Ephraim Wells, 1671–1748

Children Hepzibah Wells Dickinson, 1688–1773

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In Deerfield on 6 June 1693, Thomas's widow Hepzibah and three of her daughters were knocked on the head with a tomahawk by Indians and scalped. Two of the daughters died, but the mother and one daughter survived their injuries.

In 1704 Hepzibah was abducted by Indians during Indian Massacre of 1704 and she was killed on the way to Canada.

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