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Benjamin Wells
(1723-1795)
Temperance Butler
(1726-1800)
Charles Prather
(1735-1810)
Ruth Tannehill
(1732-1807)
<Captain> Charles Wells
(1745-1815)
Elizabeth Prather
(1765-1845)

Perrigrine F. Wells
(1789-1878)

 

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Perrigrine F. Wells 1

  • Born: 18 Oct 1789, Ohio, (West) Virginia, United States
  • Died: 15 May 1878, Tyler, West Virginia, United States at age 88
  • Buried: Long Reach Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States

   Another name for Perrigrine was Peregrine Wells.

  Research Notes:

From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9985437 :

m1: Charlotte Miller Jul 22 1817

ch include:

WELLS

-Elizabeth

-Charles V. 1820-bef 1870/Tyler Co m: Susan Thistle RUssell 1851 ch: Joshua Russell, Cleona, William R., Evaline S.

-Charlotte


m2: Mary M.

ch:

-Samuel B 1825-1907/Long Reach Cem m: Isabelle R> Allen, ch Louisa V, Floyd, Infant, Mary S

From Will of Peregrine's father, Charles Wells, dated Dec 13 1814:
..."Item 4. To my son Peregrine Wells I bequeath the two Tracts of Land I purchased from John and Ezekiel Clemons lying on the Long Reach; one adjoining the lands of William Johnson and Thomas Cochran, and the other the Lands of William Johnson and others, said to contain in all Six Hundred and Twenty-eight acres; to the said Peregrine Wells and his heirs or his assigns forever."

From Will of Peregrine's mother, Elizabeth Wells, probated Spring of 1845:

..."4th. I will and bequeath unto my son Perrygrine Wells the sum of Five Hundred Dollars in addition to what he has already received. I also desire that my executors hereinafter named do collect all my just claims against the said Perrygrine Wells and after the payment of the above legacy do distribute the proceeds of said claims equally among my three grandchildren of the said Perrgrine Wells, namely Elizabeth, Charles V. and Charlotte Wells"

--{note, the grandson, Samuel B., son of Peregrine and Mary, was not included in her bequests.}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Inherited: from his father two tracts of land lying on the Long Reach, 1815, <Tyler>, (West) Virginia, United States. 2 "To my son Peregrine Wells I bequeath the two Tracts of Land I purchased from John and Ezekiel Clemons lying on the Long Reach; one adjoining the lands of William Johnson and Thomas Cochran, and the other the Lands of William John."


Sources


1 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9985437.

2 Web - Message Boards, Discussion Groups, Email, rootsweb.com - William Akin, 7/25/2006.


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