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Joseph Wells Sr.

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
27 May 1758 (aged 60)
North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Joseph WELLS

Sep 30, 1697, Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George, MD 883
•Marriage (1): Rachel UNKNOWN
•Marriage (2): Margaret SWANSON on Apr 11, 1721 in All Hallows Episcopal, Anne Arundel, MD, USA 1117
•Marriage (3): Mary UNDERWOOD on May 27, 1758 in New Garden M.M., Surry, NC, USA
•Died: After Jul 20, 1804, , Orange, NC
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General Notes:
In the Quaker Meeting Records, the wife is listed as Mary Cook.
It says on the 29th day of the 4th mo: 1758.
Then it goes on to say Joseph Wells of Cane Creek and Mary Cook appear at this meeting and declared their intention of marriage with each other.
I can show a copy of the document if you need to see it.
Meri5 (50688434)
Joseph apparently had a twin sister named Sarah. Joseph Wells was living in Anne Arundel Co., MD. on Dec. 8, 1726. He paid taxes on the Mattapony Hundred of Prince George's Co. (now Frederick Co., MD). He had moved to the Monocacy Valley in west Prince George's Co. by 1742. His name is on a petition that sought the establishment of All Saints Parish from Prince George's Co in 1742. He bought land named "Boyling Springs", which was forty acres surveyed June 12, 1743. In November of that year, he was made constable of the Monocacy Hundred. He had 2 known wives and possibly 3. Rachel is the wife in question. She is only listed in one place as the mother of his daughter Rachel. There is a fairly strong theory out there that Rachel was simply a repetitive error on the person in the Quaker records later listing her as Rachel's mother in a Quaker record written after Joseph had become a Quaker. His wife Margaret was received in membership on 11/29/1745 and he on 2/29/1746.

They removed to North Carolina around 1750 after they sold "Boyling Spring", on Tuscorrah Creek near the mouth of the Monquescy. His certificate of removal to Carver's Creek MM, Bladen, NC was dated Jun 25, 1750. He and his wife were charter members of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting that was estabalished Oct. 7, 1751. Joseph gave his son Joseph 269 acres of land in Orange County, North Carolina on June 13, 1752. He sold another 137.5 acres of land to John Marshall in Sept. 1752. In that same year, Margaret stops appearing in Quaker Records when her husband Joseph and some children are in it. This could suggest that she had passed on in 1752 or earlier. (C-575)
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Will, Jul 20, 1804, , Orange, NC.

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Joseph married Rachel UNKNOWN. (Rachel UNKNOWN died in 1720-1721.)

•Levi WELLS
•Elizabeth WELLS
•Joseph WELLS
•Frances WELLS
•Margaret WELLS
•William WELLS
•James WELLS
•Isaac WELLS
•John WELLS
•Robert WELLS
•Charity WELLS+
Joseph WELLS

Sep 30, 1697, Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George, MD 883
•Marriage (1): Rachel UNKNOWN
•Marriage (2): Margaret SWANSON on Apr 11, 1721 in All Hallows Episcopal, Anne Arundel, MD, USA 1117
•Marriage (3): Mary UNDERWOOD on May 27, 1758 in New Garden M.M., Surry, NC, USA
•Died: After Jul 20, 1804, , Orange, NC
picture

General Notes:
In the Quaker Meeting Records, the wife is listed as Mary Cook.
It says on the 29th day of the 4th mo: 1758.
Then it goes on to say Joseph Wells of Cane Creek and Mary Cook appear at this meeting and declared their intention of marriage with each other.
I can show a copy of the document if you need to see it.
Meri5 (50688434)
Joseph apparently had a twin sister named Sarah. Joseph Wells was living in Anne Arundel Co., MD. on Dec. 8, 1726. He paid taxes on the Mattapony Hundred of Prince George's Co. (now Frederick Co., MD). He had moved to the Monocacy Valley in west Prince George's Co. by 1742. His name is on a petition that sought the establishment of All Saints Parish from Prince George's Co in 1742. He bought land named "Boyling Springs", which was forty acres surveyed June 12, 1743. In November of that year, he was made constable of the Monocacy Hundred. He had 2 known wives and possibly 3. Rachel is the wife in question. She is only listed in one place as the mother of his daughter Rachel. There is a fairly strong theory out there that Rachel was simply a repetitive error on the person in the Quaker records later listing her as Rachel's mother in a Quaker record written after Joseph had become a Quaker. His wife Margaret was received in membership on 11/29/1745 and he on 2/29/1746.

They removed to North Carolina around 1750 after they sold "Boyling Spring", on Tuscorrah Creek near the mouth of the Monquescy. His certificate of removal to Carver's Creek MM, Bladen, NC was dated Jun 25, 1750. He and his wife were charter members of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting that was estabalished Oct. 7, 1751. Joseph gave his son Joseph 269 acres of land in Orange County, North Carolina on June 13, 1752. He sold another 137.5 acres of land to John Marshall in Sept. 1752. In that same year, Margaret stops appearing in Quaker Records when her husband Joseph and some children are in it. This could suggest that she had passed on in 1752 or earlier. (C-575)
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Will, Jul 20, 1804, , Orange, NC.

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Joseph married Rachel UNKNOWN. (Rachel UNKNOWN died in 1720-1721.)

•Levi WELLS
•Elizabeth WELLS
•Joseph WELLS
•Frances WELLS
•Margaret WELLS
•William WELLS
•James WELLS
•Isaac WELLS
•John WELLS
•Robert WELLS
•Charity WELLS+


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