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Mary Wells

Mary Wells

Female 1764 - 1819  (55 years)

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  • Name Mary Wells  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 4 Sep 1764  Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Nov 1819  Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I5658659481  Master Tree
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2006 

    Family Benjamin Wistar Morris,   b. 14 Aug 1762, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1825, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1785  Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Samuel Wells Morris,   b. 1 Sep 1786, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1847, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Sarah Morris,   b. 2 Sep 1788, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1862  (Age 73 years)
     3. Rebecca Morris,   b. 23 Dec 1789, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1871, Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Richard Morris,   b. 18 Feb 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F5259720084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Sep 1764 - Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Nov 1785 - Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Nov 1819 - Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 57-58.
      Issue of Captain Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris:
      Samuel, d.y.;
      Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1758, d. Jan. 7, 1831; m. March 14, 1782, Richard Wistar;
      Benjamin Wistar, b. Aug. 14, 1762, d. April 24, 1825; m. Nov. 24, 1785, Mary Wells;
      Caspar W., b. Sept. 12, 1764, d. Feb. 27, 1828, m. Nov. 24, 1795, Elizabeth Giles;
      Anthony, b. Feb. 10, 1766, d. Nov. 3, 1860, m. May 13, 1790, Mary Smith Pemberton;
      Luke W., b. June 25, 1768, d. June 4, 1830, m. March 24, 1791, Elizabeth Morris Buckley, (second) April 4, 1800, Ann Pancoast;
      Isaac W., b. July 19, 1770, d. May 8, 1831, m. 12 mo. 17, 1795, Sarah Paschall;
      Catharine W., b. April 22, 1772, d. Dec. 10, 1859, unm.;
      Samuel, b. March 4, 1775, d. Sept. 17, 1793, of yellow fever;
      Israel Wistar, b. Feb. 27, 1778, d. Aug. 17, 1870, m. 6mo. 12, 1799, Mary Hollingsworth.

    2. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 44.
      Issue of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Wells:
      Richard Wells, b. June 10, 1760, d. June 20, 1760;
      Samuel Preston Wells, b. July 7, 1763, d. Aug. 26, 1763;
      Mary Wells, b. Burlington, Sept. 4, 1764, m. Benjamin Wistar Morris, son of Captain Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris, and their son Samuel Wells Morris, was Judge of District Court, of Tioga county, Pa.;
      Gideon Hill Wells, of Wellsborough, Pa., b. Sept. 20, 1765; m. Hannah Waln;
      Hannah Wells, b. Nov. 10, 1769, d. Philadelphia, June 29, 1790;
      William Hill Wells, d. 1829, m. Elizabeth Dagworthy, U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1804 and 1813-1817.

    3. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 58.
      Benjamin Wistar Morris, eldest son of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris, born at Philadelphia, August 14, 1762, married at Market Street Meeting, Philadelphia, November 24, 1785, Mary, born at Burlington, New Jersey, September 4, 1764, daughter of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Wells, and about 1800 removed with his family from Philadelphia to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where the town of Wellsborough was named for Mrs. Morris, and her brother Gideon H. Wells, and where they were among the earliest settlers.. Benjamin Wistar Norris died at Wellsborough, April 24, 1825, and his wife, November 6, 1819. They had issue:
      Samuel Wells, b. Sept. 1, 1786, d. May 25, 1847;
      Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1788, d. May 18, 1862, m. Aug. 5, 1804, Jacob Shoemaker Waln;
      Rebecca, b. Dec. 23, 1789, d. Dec. 8, 1871, m. July 11, 1810, William Cox Ellis;
      Richard Wells, b. Feb. 18, 1791; d. Oct. 4, 1791.

    4. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 58.
      Richard Wells, son of Dr. Gideon Wells, born July 22, 1734, at Cutthorp, England, came to America, 1750, and settled in Philadelphia; married April 17, 1759, Rachel Hill, born April 2, 1735, died Philadelphia, May 17, 1796, daughter of Dr. Richard and Deborah (Moore) Hill, a descendant of Alfred the Great, through her great-grandfather, Thomas Lloyd, President of Provincial Council, 1691-3. Children of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Wells were:
      Richard, b. June 10, 1760, d. June 29, 1760;
      Samuel Preston, b. July 7, 1763, d. Aug. 29, 1763;
      Mary, b. Burlington, N.J., Sept. 4, 1764, married Benjamin W. Morris;
      Gideon Hill, b. Sept. 20, 1765, m. May 11, 1790, Hannah Waln;
      Henry, b. 1766, d. 1767;
      Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1767, died Philadelphia, June 29, 1796;
      William Hill, b. Jan. 7, 1769, m. Oct. 9, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Gen. John Dagworthy, of New Jersey, later Delaware.