Richard Wells ^{1 2 3}

  Research Notes:

First husband of Sophia Ewen.

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I23156:

Richard Wells, b. VA; d. ca 1671 Md.; sic) Richard and Frances; m. Sophia Ewen; d. ca 1674; d/o Maj. Richard Ewen; she m/2 by 13 Nov 1671 Henry Beedle; d. ca 1674 (MCW 1.82); Richard inherited Wells, Little Wells and Wells' Hills from will of father in 1667; probate of his father's will was granted to him. Richard was granted Brewsley Hall of 800 acres on 29 Aug 1669 for transporting 16 persons. Sophia's will in Anne Arundel County, written 30 Dec 1674 mentions only one child, a daughter named Sophia Beedle, several other relatives; no mention of a Wells child (MCW t.86).


WILL of RICHARD WELLS, Anne Arundel Co.; written 11 May 1671; probate 9 Jun 1671
To wife Sophia, exex., and male hrs., 600 acres Wells; 100 acres Little Wells, 430 acres Well's Hills; if there be no males hrs., lands afsd. to pass in tum to male hrs. of brothers George or Benjamin Wells
To Samuel Lane and hrs., Breshy Hall [Brewsly Hall] on the ridge
Test: Richard Ewen, John Jeffreys (MCW 162; Wills, 1.439)
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The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume I

Stockett, Thomas, Anne Arundel County, 23rd Apr., 1671; 4th May, 1671.
To wife Mary, entire estate, real and personal, during life.
To son Thomas and unborn child, if son, all real estate at death of wife afsd. To daus. (unnamed) all personal property at death of said wife.
To cous. Henry White, personalty.
Exs.: Brothers Francis and Henry Stockett and Richard Wells.
Test: Thos. Beson, Jr., Thos. Hedge. 1. 430.

  Birth Notes:

May have been born about 1640.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Appointed: one of the commissioners, 22 Jul 1654, Patuxent Co. (Calvert), Maryland, (United States). "for the conservation of peace and public administration of justice within the province of Maryland"

• Probate, 9 Jun 1671, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States).

Richard married Sophia Ewen, daughter of Major Richard Ewen and Sophia Scarborough, on 22 Jun 1667 in Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States). (Sophia Ewen was born in 1649 in <Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)> and died in 1674.)