 Abt 1615 - 1667 (~ 52 years)
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| Name |
Richard Wells |
| Suffix |
MD |
| Birth |
Abt 1615 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
1652 |
England To Maryland |
| Death |
1667 |
Maryland |
| Age |
~ 52 years |
| Person ID |
I24493 |
Base Tree |
| Last Modified |
25 Oct 2024 |
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| Notes |
- WELLS, RICHARD (?-1667). IMMIGRATED: ca. 1652 as a free adult with his wife and eleven children from Charles City County, Virginia. RESIDED: in Herring Creek Hundred, Anne Arundel County. MARRIED Frances White, daughter of Richard White and possibly Lady Katharine Weston.
Frances was possibly the granddaughter of Sir Richard Weston, Earl of Portland. Her brother was Jerome White (?-by 1677).
CHILDREN. SONS: Richard, who married Sophia (?-1671), daughter of Richard Ewen (?-1660); Benjamin, who married Frances Hanslap; George Wells (?-1696); John; Robert; and William. DAUGHTERS: Anne, who married John Stansby (?-ca. 1682/83);
Mary, who married first, Thomas Stockett (?-1671), and second, George Yates;
Martha, who married first, ca. 1652, William Ayres, and second, by 1658, Anthony Selway (Salloway); Frances; and Eliz- abeth.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: held provincial office within two years of arrival in Maryland.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: physician, planter, merchant; held one-sixteenth share of the ship Baltimore. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, Providence (Anne Arundel County), 1654; Parliamentary Commission, 1654-1657/58. OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICE justice, Provincial Court, 1654-1657/58.
LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Anne Arundel County, 1658-1665 (quorum, 1661-1665). OUT OF COLONY SERVICE: burgess, Virginia, 1645. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between June 22 and August 31, 1667, in Anne Arundel County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £1,735.6.4 sterling, 205,112 pounds of tobacco (including 4 black servants, 5 white servants, and 31 oz. plate). LAND: 4,025 acres in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Talbot counties.
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