This set of pages is alphabetical.
We will eventually connect the ancestors to the DNA results for that family as well as the family tree for each entry. Not all families have had descendents tested. Some may not be properly connected yet.
Please feel free to contact us if you see any errors in these families.
The famililes currently involved in the study include the following. (Page 15)
| Family | Ancestor Names | Location(s) | DNA Results |
| W100 | Walter Wells/Mary McGillivrey | Minden, Haliberton County, Ontario, Canada b: 11 Dec 1884 | W100 |
| W012 | William Wells | Lincolnshire, England b: Cir 1552 to Virginia with links to the Eastern Shore of Delaware Wells |
W012 |
| W019 | William Wells | England b: Cir 1608 to Southold, Long Island, New York |
W019 |
| W501 | William Wells/Elizabeth Furnace | Dronfield, Derbyshire, England b: Cir 1650 |
W501 |
| W272 | William Wells/Elizabeth Tuttle | Southold, Long Island, Suffolk Co., New York b: 05 May 1660 | W019 |
| W210 | William Wells/Frances Barker | Prince George Co., Virginia b: Cir 1702 | W023 |
| W152 | William Wells/_____ | Farnham, Yorkshire, England b: Cir 1712 | W029 |
| W456 | William Wells/Jane Cliff(e) | England b: Cir 1713 | |
| W014 | William Wells | Fayette Co., Pennsylvania b: Cir 1730 | W014 |
This family is proven by DNA to connect to family W013. Likely William was a grandson of Henry |
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| W167 | William Wells/Sarah Westmoreland | Prince George Co., Virginia b: Dec 1753 to Giles Co., Tennessee |
W167 |
This family has not been clearly matched to a baseline family |
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| W286 | William Wells/Ann Clark | Metzekers, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania b: 10 Feb 1765 to Columbiana Co., Ohio |
< W008 |
| W221 | William Wells/Martha _____ | Orange Co., North Carolina b: 07 Oct 1766 | W036 |
| W074 | William Wells | Oulton, Norfolk, England b: Cir 1770 | W074 |
| W321 | William Wells/Sarah Cotton | New York b: Cir 1770 to Yates Co., New York |
W019 |
| W055 | William Wells/Nancy Sams | Orange County, Virginia b: Cir 1775 | W035 |
| W412 | William Wells/Jane Nichols | Hall Co., Georgia b: 16 Aug 1797 | W011 |
| W199 | William Wells/Elizabeth Livingston | Chester County, Pennsylvania b: 04 Oct 1782 to McClellan Twp., Jefferson County, Illinois |
W032 |
| W467 | William Wells/Julie Ann Wilson | South Carolina b: 29 Jan 1788 |
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| W134 | William Wells/Mary _____ | Marion County, Georgia b: Cir 1794 | W018 |
| W351 | William Wells/Hannah | New York b: Cir 1796 to Augusta, Oneida County, New York |
W019 |
| W130 | William Wells/Susannah _____ | Mecklenburg Co., Virginia b: 1798 to Newton County, Georgia |
W023 |
| W513 | William Wells/Susannah Gwaltney | Wightman's Mecklenburg Co., Virginia b: Cir 1798 to Broken Arrow, Walton Co., Georgia |
W023 |
| W053 | William Wells | Stonehurst, West Virginia b: Cir 1800 | |
| W349 | William Wells/Rebecca House | Ohio b: Cir 1800 to Ross Twp., Jefferson County, Ohio |
W3499 |
| W339 | William Wells/Sarah Swingler | Tur Langton, Leicestershire, England b: Cir 1801 | W040 |
| W088 | William Wells/Elizabeth McPike | Henry County, Kentucky b: Cir 1804 to Bartholomew County, Indiana |
W005 |
| W159 | William Aaron Wells/Louisa Barron | Meriweather Co., Georgia b: Cir 1804 | W035 |
| W497 | William Wells/Jane Russ | London, Middlesex, England Cir 1806 | |
| W149 | William Wells/Aurora Proctor | Hartwick, Otsego Co., New York b: Cir 1811 to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan |
W018 |
| W454 | William Wells/Mary A. | Rutherford County, North Carolina b: 11 Nov 1811 to Buncombe County, North Carolina |
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| W213 | William Wells/_____ | Kentucky b: Cir 1816 to Iowa |
W006 |
| W333 | William Wells/Jane Nash | Kentucky b: Cir 1816 to Boone County, Missouri |
W333 |
| W188 | William Wells/Harriet E. _____ | South Carolina b: 19 Jan 1819 to Macon and Lee Counties, Georgia |
W188 |
| W436 | William Wells/Maria Neale | Warwickshire, England b: Cir 1821 to New Zealand |
W041 |
| W128 | William Wells/Mary _____ | Chalton, Hampshire, England b: Cir 1829 | |
| W435 | William Wells/Eliza Rutledge | North Carolina m: Cir 1830 to Perry County, Alabama |
W022 |
| W158 | William Wells/Tennessee Wheeler | Tennessee b: 10 Apr 1837 to Erin Springs, Garvin Co., Oklahoma |
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| W067 | William Wells | Canada b: Cir 1841 to New York |
W031 |
| W165 | William Wells/Julia Jane Hatchett | Meriwether Co., Georgia b: Cir 22 Sep 1872 | W029 |
| W185 | William Wells/Florence | Newark, New Jersey b: 1882 to Belleville, New Jersey |
W019 |
Last Updated: 05/26/2026