Charles Wells ^{2 3}

  Research Notes:

"Big Wells" family line.

FamilySearch.org AFN: QKNP-KS
and Compact Disc #99 Pin #236959
(Debbie Finelli) has b. 1703 in Baltimore Co., d. 16 Dec 1738

Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~digging/index.html has b. abt. 1702, d. 1741 in Baltimore Co.

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From Maryland Historical Magazine, vol. XVI, Baltimore, 1921, p. 238:

"Between various fords on the Main Falls of Patapsco River and fords on the lower reaches of Gwinn's Falls there existed in the eighteenth century three main roads, which, because their origin is mysterious and not explained by any known records, may possibly have been survivors of earlier military roads or even of Indian paths.

"In November 1733, the court appointed Charles Wells overseer of the road 'from the lower wadeing place of the main falls of Potapsco to the second wadeing place of Gwinns Falls' and of the road 'from the lower fording place of Gwinns Falls to Moales Point.' The lowest ford on the Main Falls of Patapsco River was situated in the immediate neighborhood of Relay or Avalon, near the site of the old Hockley Forge."

[The site of the Hockley Forge is on Levering Avenue in Halethorpe.]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Appointed: overseer of certain roads along the Patapsco River, Nov 1733, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. "In November 1733, the court appointed Charles Wells overseer of the road 'from the lower wadeing place of the main falls of Potapsco to the second wadeing place of Gwinns Falls' and of the road 'from the lower fording place of Gwinns Falls to Moales Point.' The lowest ford on the Main Falls of Patapsco River was situated in the immediate neighborhood of Relay or Avalon, near the site of the old Hockley Forge."

Charles married Sarah Wright, daughter of John Wright and Unknown, on 3 Jun 1726 in Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States).¹ (Sarah Wright was born about 1686 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, christened in 1706 in St. Anne's, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States) and died about 1792.)

  Marriage Notes:

Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~digging/index.html has m. 3 Jun 1726. This date does not make sense if Sarah Arnold was the mother of Benjamin and Charles Wells, as listed in the same source, unless they were born out of wedlock. When did Sarah's first husband, John Arnold, die?

Wells-L Archives (Orin R. Wells, 12 Nov 1998) has marriage year of 1722.