Original spellings were used in the original transcription with a few explanations and comments added by Wesley Raymond Wells given in brackets. Other notes in italics were added by another unknown writer on the published article. Still other notes have been added by the transcriber (me) in curly braces {}.

The family information apparently begins on the tenth page following the last numbered page of the account book which was page 145.

I was born April the thirteenth Day old stile 1718
My wife was born January the twelth Day old stile 1715
{This was Abigail Dickinson}
Thomas was born December the seventh [?] Day old Stile 1742
Daniel was born may the twelth Day old stile 1744
Jonathan was born march the 4 Day old stile 1746
Hephsibah was born June the twelth Day old stile 1747
Abigail was born february the third Day Old stile 1749
mary was born september the tenth [or twelth] Day old stile 1750.
martha was born may the _____ old stile 1752
Asenath was born June the tenth Day 1754
John was born April the _____ Day 1756

Asenath Wells Died september the 11 1769. She was 13 [sic] years and 4 months old.
martha Wells Died October the 8 1764. She was 15 [sic] years and 4 months old.
mary Wells Died October the 19 Day 1764. She was 17 [sic] years and 17 days old.
April the 25 1733 mother Dickinson Died. She was ninty years old that month.
Hepzibah Wells - wife of John Dickinson, stepmother of ruth D., cousin of Samuel Wells.
Father Wells Died Aprial Ye 29 1780. He was 62 years & 6 day. TW
March 11, 1783. Hephzibah Fisk Died--Aged thyrty Five years and Nine months.

[The handwriting on the page from which the above records are copied is uniform except for the last two items. Jonathan Wells who wrote all but the last two items is the "Father Wells" whose death was recorded by the eldest son Thomas, who signed his initials "T.W.]
[From the eleventh page beyond the last numbered page (p. 145):
My son Thomas Children age:
Ruben was born January the 25 1762.
Israel was born november the 6 Day 1763.
Ezra was born march the 6 Day 1766.
Thomas was born January the 28 1769.
Asahel was born January the 8 Day 1772.
Sylvester was born march the 30 1775.
Ester was born September Ye 7 1778
Judah was born October 4, 1782.

[The handwriting of the list given above is uniform except for the last two lines. Jonathan Wells died in 1780 and could not have written the record of Judah's birth, and evidentaly did not write the record of Esther's birth. The deaths of Sylvester, April 1, 1785, and of Israel, March 18, 1819, are the next recorded; and then the birth, October 31, 1798, and death, January 24, 1814, of Honor Wells. Among the remaining items on the page, the following two are of interest, the first written by Jonathan and the second by Thomas.]

Olive Wells the mother of the above written names was born september the seventh Day 174 [sic.? 1714].
Mother Wells died March 1797. Aged 82 years old.

From pages 134 and 135:
Thomas Wells Died March 17, 1818. he was Seventy five years, & three months of Age.
Asahel Wells Died January thirtee day 1829 Age 57.
Olive Wells Died July 9, day, 1838. She was 87 years ten months of Age.

From page 142:
Judah Wells was born October 4, 1782. Frances Thrasher was born april the 20, 1786. Judah Wells and Frances Thrasher Was Mairred september the 19, 1808.
Eli Newton Wells was born December 20 1809.
Loren Clark Wells was Born October the fourth Day 1811.
Philena Maria Wells was born October 29 1812.
Asahel Clark Wells was Born August the 23 1822.
Betsey Wells Was Born July 10 1780
Loren Clark Died December the 29 1811. he was two months and twenty five days old.
Fanny Wells Died June the 7th 1825. She was thirty nine years and one month and Seventeen days old. Philena Maria (Wells) Gray Died March 30, 1846. aged 33 years 5 months & 5 days.

[Further notes and comments: The Betsey Wells, referred to on page 142 of the account book, was the second wife of Judah Wells. Judah's first wife, Frances Thrasher, died, as indicated above, June 7, 1825. Judah and Betsy Gleason were married in July 1827. They had no children. Betsey died Sept. 28, 1857, and is buried in Bakersfield, Vt. From information given in the account book together with the together with the Vital Records of Deerfield, Mass., town clerks records in Guilford and Athens, Vt., cemetery records in Bakersfield, Vt., etc. the account book, records as given above may be supplemented somewhat. The wife of Jonathan Wells, the first owner of the account book, was Abigail Dickinson.
{arrows pointing to Jonathan and Abigail} Jonathan, nephew of Samuel Wells, stepsister of Ruth D.

The wife of Thomas Wells, the second owner of the account book, was Olive Newton. Jonathan Wells apparently lived in Deerfield, Mass. in 1754, when he began to keep accounts in the book. As early as 1789 his son Thomas lived in Guilford, Vt. and a few years later in Athens, Vt. In 1827 Judah Wells with his children moved to Bakersfield, Vt.]

Syracuse, N. Y.                 Wesley Raymond Wells

Source: New England Genealogical and Historical Register Oct 1932, pgs. 454-455 by Wesley Raymond Wells
Provided by: Clayton H. Wells - Englewood, FL