Rev. Thomas Wells

1647 - 1734  (87 years)

• Name	Thomas Wells
  Birth	11 Jan 1646/47	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  His birth date was recorded 11 (11) 1646.
  Graduation	1669 (21 years)	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He graduated from Harvard College.
  Married	10 Jun 1669 (22 years)	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  Mary Perkins, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Perkins. She was born about 1652 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 26 January 1726/27 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Mary's gravestone inscription in Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts, reads: INTERRED HERE THE BODY OF Mrs MARY WELLS DECd IANUARY THE 26th 1727 AGED 75 YEARS LATE WIFE OF Mr THOMAS WELLS DEATH IS NOT DUMB IT BIDS US ALL PREPARE BEFORE BY IT WE FALL WE KNOW NOT HOW NOR WHERE NOR W FIT NOW OR NEUR WE CANNOT THEN HEN Issue: 1. Thomas Wells (1670-____) 2. John Wells (1673-1673) 3. Luke Wells (1674-____) 4. Titus Wells (1675-c1746) 5. son Wells 6. Abigail Wells 7. Mary Wells 8. Eliezer Wells (1686-____) 9. Elizabeth Wells (1688-____) 10. John Wells (1692-____)
  Ordained	1672 (24 years)  [2]
  Religion	About 1673 (25 years)	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  He was the pastor of the First Church Amesbury.
  History	1703 (55 years)  [1]
  He was granted a honorary A.M. by Harvard College. This was the first honorary degree conferred by Harvard.
  Will	7 Aug 1728 (81 years)  [1]
  Death	10 Jul 1734	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  Norris (1942) gives his death date as 11 July 1734. I have used the date on his gravestone. [2]
  Probate/Proved	29 Jul 1734 (87 years)	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Burial	Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  Interred here the BoDY of the RevD. Mr. THOMAS WELLS first Pastor of the first Chruch of CHRIST in Amesbury, who Departed this life. July Ye 10th 1734. in the 87th year of his Age, & the 62D of his Miniftry having served his Generation by the will of GOD, he fell on sleep, and (we trust) enjoys a Prophets reward, be Gathered; yet would the faithfull minifters of the Gospell be glorious in the Eyes of the Lord
  Siblings	2 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Nathaniel Wells,   b. Abt 1636, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Dec 1681, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 45 years) + 2. John Wells,   b. About 1638   d. 11 Apr 1677, Wells, York County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 39 years) ▻ Sarah Littlefield,  m. 1664/65   3. Sarah Wells,   b. Abt 1640, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Abigail Wells,   b. Abt 1642, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Jun 1677, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 35 years)   5. Elizabeth Wells,   b. Abt 1645, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Rev. Thomas Wells,   b. 11 Jan 1646/47, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Jul 1734, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years)   7. Hannah Wells,   b. About 1649, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   8. Lydia Wells,   b. Abt 1651, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Wells,   b. 1566, Essex, England d. 26 May 1620, Colchester, Essex, England  (Age 54 years)  (Grandfather)  Abigail Baker,   c. Apr 1590, Epping, Essex, England Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Loughton, 5 miles (8 km) south of Harlow and 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Brentwood. Epinga", a small community of a few scattered farms and a chapel on the edge of the forest, is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. However, the settlement referred to is known today as Epping Upland. It is not known for certain when the present-day Epping was first settled. By the mid-12th century a settlement known as Epping Heath (later named Epping Street), had developed south of Epping Upland as a result of vigorous clearing of the forest for cultivation. In 1253 King Henry III conveyed the right to hold a weekly market in Epping Street which helped to establish the town as a centre of trade and has continued to the present day (the sale of cattle in the High Street continued until 1961).   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I18217
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Deacon Thomas Wells,   c. 11 Dec 1605, Colchester, Essex, England d. 26 Oct 1666, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Abigail Warner,   c. 2 Jun 1614, Boxted, Essex, England d. 22 Jul 1671, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Rev. Thomas Wells(11 Jan 1646/47 – 1734) 2Deacon Thomas Wells(1605 – 1666) 4Thomas Wells(1566 – 1620) 8 9 5 10 11 3Abigail Warner(1614 – 1671) 6William Warner(1585 – 1648) 12Samuel Warner(Abt 1570 – ) 13 7Abigail Baker(1590 – ) 14 15

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Jan 1646/47 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Graduation - 1669 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 10 Jun 1669 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - About 1673 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 10 Jul 1734 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 29 Jul 1734 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1289] Hoyt, David W. "A Brief Sketch of the Family of Rev. Thomas Wells, First Minister of Amesbury, Mass." , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XII, 1858). [S793] Norris, D. W. and H.A. Feldman. The Wells Family , (Milwaukee: Cramer-Krasselt Company, 1942). [S415] Anonymous, Amesbury Inscriptions, (The Essex Antiquarian, volume I, 1897).