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William Wells, III

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York
Death: February 07, 1762 (79)
Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York
Immediate Family:

Son of William Wells and Elizabeth Goldsmith
Husband of Esther Wells
Father of Elizabeth Case; William Wells; Esther Wells; Cravit Wells; David Wells and 5 others
Brother of John Wells; Henry Wells and Mary Reeve
Half brother of Henry Wells; Prudence Tuthill; Nathaniel Goldsmith; Daniel Goldsmith; Elizabeth Horton and 1 other

Managed by: Jacomina Pieternella de Regt
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About William Wells, III

  • Tuthill family of Tharston, Norfolk County, England and Southold, Suffolk County, New York; also written Totyl, Totehill, Tothill, Tuttle, etc (1898)
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/tuthillfamilyoft00aker#page/5/mode/2up
  • 3. John Tuthill, Jr., or 2nd (Henry, Henry), of Southold, N. Y., b. 16 July, 1635 (in England?), d. at Southold, 12 Oct., 1717; m. there, 1st on 17 Feb., 1657, Deliverance, daughter of William and Dorothy (Hayne?) Kinge, "bapt. at Salem, Mass., 1641: 31 : 8." She d. at Southold, "25 Jan. 1688/89, aged 49 years." John, m., 2nd, on 28 May 1690 Sarah, probably widow of Thomas Young, and daughter of John Frost. She d. 8 Nov., 1727. John was a large landowner at Southold. The dates of the birth of his children are recorded in his Bible, and in Liber E., MSS. Town Records. Issue, by 1st wife:
  • ii. Elizabeth, b. 19 April, 1661; m. 1 June, 1681, William Wells (Wm.), b. 5 May, 1660; d. 17 Oct., 1696. Issue: 1. WILLIAM WELLS; 2. John Wells; 3. Henry Wells; 4. Mary Wells, the 2nd wife of Lieut. Thos. Reeve. These four children were b. in Southold, between 1683-1691/2. Elizabeth according to Pelletrean's Early L. I. Wills, survived her husband and m. 2nd, John Goldsmith about 1698.
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William Wells, III's Timeline

1682
March 23, 1682
Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York
1704
April 18, 1704
Southold, Suffolk County (Long Island), Province of New York, (Present USA)
1706
1706
Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York
1708
November 9, 1708
Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York
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1711
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1713
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1715
1717
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1718
Cutchogue, Suffolk, Province of New York, British America, Kingdom of Great Britain