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 6)
| Family | Ancestor Names | Location(s) | DNA Results |
| W024 | Jacob Wells | Duplin Co., North Carolina b: Cir 1680 | W024 |
| W298 | Jacob Wells/Ruth Sargent | Sandown, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire b: 28 Aug 1710 | W004 |
| W187 | Jacob Wells/Elizabeth Sedgwick | Prince George's County, Maryland b: 21 Sep 1735 to Bullitt County, Kentucky |
W006 |
| W109 | Jacob Wells/___ | Pasco County, Florida b: Cir 1850 | |
| W334 | Jacob H. Wells/Rebecca Lee | Georgia b: Cir 1825 to Hamilton County, Florida |
W024 |
| W262 | Jacob P. Wells/Sarah "Sallie" F. Sanders | Duplin Co., North Carolina b: 02 May 1828 to Van Zandt Co., Texas |
W024 |
| W295 | James Wells/Mary Roades | York Co., Virginia b: Cir 1637 to Little Creek Hundred, Kent Co., Delaware |
W037 |
| W037 | James Wells/Mary Rhodes | England b: Cir 1640 to Kent County, Delaware |
W037 |
| W008 | James Wells/Anne ---- | Baltimore, Maryland b: Cir 1648 (Little Wells) |
W008 |
| W385 | James Wells/Elizabeth | Pennsylvania? b: 27 Jan 1715/6 to Cross Creek, Brooke Co., Virginia |
W008 |
| W184 | James Wells/Bethiah Stout | New York b: Cir 1724 to Sholoha, Pike Co., Pennsylvania |
W019 |
This family has been linked via DNA to W019 |
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| W387 | James Wells/Prudence Wright | Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut b: 13 Aug 1736 | |
| W225 | James Wells/Annaetje _____ | New York b: Cir 1749 to Mayfield, Fulton Co., New York |
W009 |
| W139 | James Wells/ _____ | North Carolina b: Cir 1751 to Greene County, Illinois |
W037 |
| W430 | James Wells/Sarah Hawk | Breckenridge County, Kentucky b: Cir 1760 to Bullitt County, Kentucky |
W023 |
| W300 | James Wells/Mary "Polly" Margaret Scarborough | Washington Twp., Fayette Co., Pennsylvania b: Cir 1787 to Jefferson Twp., Richland Co., Ohio |
W005 |
| W371 | James Wells/Mary Imhoff | Somerset Co., Pennsylvania b: 01 May 1798 to Ashland County, Ohio |
W008 |
| W471 | James Wells/Rebecca Reed | Darenth, Kent, England b: 03 Mar 1798 | |
| W380 | James Wells/Sarah Godsell | Middlesex, England b: Cir 1791 to Hendon, Middlesex, England |
W033 |
| W406 | James Wells/Sarah | England b: Cir 1791 to Hertsfordshire, England |
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| W348 | James Wells/Persis Earle | New Hampshire b: 13 Mar 1792 to Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio |
W015 |
| W205 | James Wells/Nancy Caroline Simmons | Pennsylvania b: Cir 1800 to Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa |
W019 |
| W507 | James Wells | Ohio b: Cir 1828 | W507 |
| W103 | James Wells/Lusetta Hipple | Chester County, Pennsylvania b: Cir 1835 | W103 |
| W428 | James Alexander Wells/Eliza Jane | Gray's Woods Hill, Long Island, Bahamas b: Cir 1817 | W428 |
| W274 | James Alexander Wells/Lydia Catherine Logsdon | Monroe Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio b: 8 Apr 1838 to West Liberty, Muscataine Co., Iowa |
W274 |
| W090 | James Elisha Wells/Malinda Ann Summers | Rutherford County, Tennessee b: 09 Nov 1837 to Austin, Texas |
W023 |
| W320 | James Grant Wells/Alma Salina Humphrey | New York b: 19 Dec 1815 to Jackson County, Kansas |
W019 |
| W358 | James Henry Wells/Frances Lena Stanley | South Carolina b: Cir 1805 to Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia |
W039 |
| W359 | James Hillary Wells/Malinda Conner | Kentucky b: Cir 1825 to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana |
W359 |
| W243 | James Jefferson Wells/Mary "Polly" Lamb | Scituate, Kent Co., Rhode Island b: Cir 1766 to L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada |
W243 |
| W335 | James Thadeus Wells/Rachel Hewitt | Lowndes County, Georgia b: Cir 1852 | W029 |
| W319 | James Theodore Wells/Sophie Mary Sweat | Beaufort District, South Carolina b: 15 Apr 1829 | W039 |
| W208 | James William Wells/ _____ | Brooklyn, Kings County, New York b: Cir 1875 | W208 |
| W131 | Jasper Wells/Jane Brooks | Arkansas b: Cir 1842 to Montecello, Arkansas |
W015 |
| W174 | Jay S. Wells/___ | Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois to Cleveland, Ohio |
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| W307 | Jeremiah Wells/Elizabeth Culbertson | Scott Co., Virginia b: Cir 1792 to Wise Co., Virginia |
W006 |
| W338 | Jeremiah Wells/Malinda Elizabeth "Betsy" Dyar | Georgia b: Cir 1801 to Clayton County, Georgia |
W338 |
| W309 | Jeremiah Wells/Mary "Polly" Day | Lee Co., Virginia b: Cir 1814 to Letcher Co., Kentucky |
W006 |
| W375 | Jesse Wells/Elizabeth | Amelia County, Virginia b: 01 Oct 1749 to Knox County, Tennessee |
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Last Updated: 05/10/2026