Genealogy of the children of James Wells and Freelove Aylesworth of Rhode Island

These are the children of Werden Wells &Julia Baker

(7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.1a Russell Joshua Wells*
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1826
Birth Place: Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY
Death Date: Feb 1907
Death Place: Dowagiac, MI
Spouse 1: Charlotte Judd
Death Date: 21 Nov 1862
Note: of Conneaut, OH ---d. ae 32y/9m
Marriage Date: 1858
Marriage Place: Conneaut, OH
Children: Bertha A. Wells
Spouse 2: Lovisa D. Quimby
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1844
Death Date: Feb 1898
Note: d/o Anson Quimby
Marriage Date: 1864
Children:

  1. Herbert Wells
  2. Homer Wells
  3. Frank Wells

(7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.2 Julia Wells
Birth Place: Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY
Death Place: died young

(7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.3 Henry Baker Wells
Birth Date: 4 Feb 1829
Birth Place: Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY
Death Date: 19 Jan 1917
Death Place: Dowagiac, MI
Spouse: Phebe E. Carr
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1837
Birth Place: Milo, Cayuga Co, NY
Death Date: 13 Aug 1909
Death Place: Dowagiac, MI
Note: d/o Cary Carr & Eliza Heazlit of Dowagiac, MI
Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1854
Marriage Place: Dowagiac, MI

Children:

  1. Julia Wells
  2. Alice M. Wells
  3. Elbert C. Wells
  4. Grace B. Wells
  5. Mable C. Wells

(7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.4a Homer Wells*
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1830
Birth Place: Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY
Death Date: 1904
Spouse 1: Laura Ann Reed
Death Date: 31 Mar 1858
Note: d/o Argalus Reed of Wayne, Cass Co, MI
Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1855
Marriage Place: White Piegon, MI
Children:

  1. Leslie C. Wells
  2. Maria Wells

Spouse 2 Fanny Beverstock
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1829
Death Date: 3 Jun 1903
Note: d/o Daniel Beverstock
Marriage Date: 7 Dec 1858
Children:
  1. Alma L. Wells
  2. Fred B. Wells
  3. Clarence F/H/ Wells
  4. Daniel Wells
  5. Blanche Wells

(7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.5 Werden Wells
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1832
Birth Place: Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY
Death Date: 28 Aug 1897
Death Place: Glenwood, Cass Co, MI
Spouse: Catherine Spicer
Birth Date: 8 Jun 1832
Note: d/o William Spicer of Gerard, PA
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1849
Marriage Place: Kalamazoo Co, MI
Children:

  1. Miranda Wells
  2. Melvin Wells
  3. Medora Wells
  4. Minnie M. Wells

(7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.6 Martha Ann Wells
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1834
Birth Place: Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY
Death Date: 21 Nov 1872
Death Place: St. Catherine's, Ontario, CAN
Note: (2) birth date also shown as Jun 13 1834
Spouse: James Walton Jackson
Note: of Gravesend, Kent Co., England
Marriage Date: 10 Mar 1857
Marriage Place: Buffalo, NY
Children:

  1. Bertha Beatrice Jackson
  2. Corrina McPherson Jackson
  3. Ethelbert Jackson
  4. Alfred Leo Jackson
  5. Jessie Amelia Jackson
  6. Nettie Coraline Jackson
  7. James Ontario Jackson
  8. Flora Augusta Jackson
  9. Clarabel Maude Jackson
  10. Shakesphere Wells Jackson

(7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.7 Morrill Wells
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1836
Birth Place: Kalamazoo Co, MI
Death Date: 7 Apr 1902
Death Place: Kansas City, MO

Note: Morrill Wells was Lieutenant in the 3rd MI CAV, Co F. He enlisted in 1861 and was discharged in 1865. His widow and daus, Susie and Verna were residing at Oakland, Ca in 1914
Spouse: Hannah Ellen Cross
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1841
Note: d/o John Foster Cross of Dowagiac, Mi
Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1864
Marriage Place: Dowagiac, Mi
Children:

  • Susie Belle Wells
  • Verna Fay Wells
  • Lawrence Cross Wells

    (7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.8 Julia Wells
    Birth Date: 1838
    Birth Place: Kalamazoo Co, MI
    Death Place: died young-2nd Julia

    (7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.9 Susan Wells
    Birth Date: 1840
    Birth Place: Kalamazoo Co, MI
    Death Place: died young

    (7) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.10a Almond H. Wells*
    Birth Date: 4 Jan 1842
    Birth Place: Kalamazoo Co, MI
    Death Date: 4 Nov 1913
    Death Place: Detroit, MI
    Note: Co, G. 1st Reg. of Mechanical Eng. 1861-1864
    Almond H. Wells enlisted Sept. 12, 1861, in Co. G, 1st Reg. of Mechanical Eng., Machamer, MI served 8 years and was discharged Oct. 31, 1864.
    Spouse 1: Nancy Sirrine
    Birth Date: 22 Oct 1851
    Birth Place: Waverly, Van Buren Co, Mi
    Death Date: 20 Feb 1886
    Note: d/o Ezra Sirrine of Glenwood Cass Co, MI
    Marriage Date: 1868
    Marriage Place: Dowagiac, Mi
    Children: Ernest Wells
    Spouse 2 Carrie E. Leaver
    Birth Date: 11 Oct 1864
    Birth Place: CAN
    Note: d/o Hiram Leaver b. ENG and res of CAN
    Note:His second wife, Carrie Leaver, was a grandau of Countess Mary Bride, of England, who offened her parents by marrying William Ballance. The proud old English family never forgave her.
    Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1888
    Marriage Place: Bay City, MI
    Children:

    1. Worden Wells
    2. Marie Wells
    3. Loyd Wells
    4. Mildred Wells

    (8) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.10a.1 Ernest Wells
    Birth Date: 14 Apr 1870
    Death Date: May 1890

    (8) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.10b.1 Worden Wells
    Birth Date: 1895

    (8) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.10b.2 Marie Wells
    Birth Date: 17 Jul 1897
    Death Date: 18 Dec 1899

    (8) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.10b.3 Loyd Wells
    Birth Date: 17 Nov 1899

    (8) 1.5.2.2b.7a.9a.10b.4 Mildred Wells
    Birth Date: 7 Nov 1904

    Sources:"The Descendants of Peter Wells of the Line of Joshua Wells" by A.J. Wright. (Grandson of James Wells, Jr. of Hartford CT.) and Alice Wells Tuthill of Michigan City, Ind. Loaned to Janette Young Streeter, Marcellus MI by Jennie Wells File of Lake LaGrange, Cass Co. MI Published 1914.
    Peter Wells, of Jamestown and Kingstown, RI and some of his Descendants. by A.J. Wright of Hartford CT.
    Joshua Wells by Alice (Wells)Tuthill.

    Provided by Rita Wells - Delton, MI

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