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From: "Sheila Anderson-Lewis" <>
Subject: Fw: Orin WELLS/WARD info
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:22:31 -0400


Here is what my cousin sent me on my ancestor WELLS WARD...

Sheila Anderson-Lewis
BLEVINS, WARD, EDMONDSON, HART, SIZEMORE, STAMPER, JOINES, ANDERSON, etc



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom & Carolyn Ward" <>
To: "Sheila Anderson-Lewis" <>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: Orin WELLS/WARD info


> Hi,
>
> Here's the info.
>
> How this came about was that I had posted an inquiry on a possible
> WELLS and WARD connection back in `97.
>
> Orin's info looks reasonable.
>
> At 10:20 PM -0400 7/6/97, Orin R. Wells wrote:
> >Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 22:20:21 -0400
> >From: "Orin R. Wells" <>
> >Subject: WELLS / WARD??
> >To: BlindCopyReceiver:;<>
> >
> >You got lucky.
> >
> >Wells Ward b: 30 Jun 1738 was the son of Nathan Ward and Margaret, his
> >wife. {Queen Anne Parish Records, Prince George's Co., Maryland}
> >
> >Nathan Ward, son of James and Susanna Ward, was born 12 Feb 1713 {Queen
> >Anne Parish}
> >
> >10 Dec 1714 James Ward of Prince George's County "planter" and Susannah
> >his wife lately called Susannah Swanson of the one part and George Wells
of
> >the afsd county "planter" of the other part - land (probably a sale to
> >George) called "Swanson Lot" in Prince George's county, {Deed book E - pp
> >331-332 Maryland Hall of Records}
> >
> >But it gets a bit sticky from here:
> >
> >30 Mar 1719 Ordered that the clerk summon George Wells and Susanna Ward
> >to attend the vestry on Sunday the 12th April after the sermon touching
> >their living lewdly and uncontinently together. {page 60, Queen Anne
Vestry
> >Minutes}
> >
> >12 April 1719 Then appeared George Wells and Susanna Ward and were
> >admonished by the vestry not to cohabit together nor frequent each others
> >company {p. 61 Queen Anne Vestry Minutes}
> >
> >16 Jun 1725 George Wells and Susanna Ward were married by the Rev
> >Jacob Henderson - {Queen Anne Parish Register}
> >
> > >From the above records and some other tid bits not related to the
> >pair directly it would appear that James Ward died between 17 Jan 1716
> >(when Frances, dau of James and Susannah Ward was born) and 1718 when the
> >will of Thomas Wells Sr. was written where in he leaves his plantation
> >property to all his children EXCEPT George who was given 5 shillings {Lib
> >14/Fol 724} implying to many that George was in disfavor with his father
at
> >that time. Certainly James Ward was deceased by the time of the parish
> >actions against the two in 1719. From this it would appear that George
> >served as the step-father to the children of James Ward and Susannah
> >Swanson. They must have held him in high regard because in addition to
> >Nathan naming his son Wells Ward:
> >
> >08 Dec 1726 Thomas Ward of Pr. George's County "planter" for natural love
> >and affection I bear unto my well beloved father in law (term used for
step
> >father in the early days) George Wells for his great care and trouble of
me
> >in my affliction of sickness - all my Indian corn and tobacco now in Annn
> >Arundel Co. on the plantation that Joseph Wells dwells on (probably a son
> >of George Wells) {Lib M/Fol. Maryland Hall of Records}.
> >
> >31 July 173- (date was not transcribed completely) James Sweany and
> >Frances his wife (probably Frances Ward) named a son George Wells Sweany.
> >
> >As a final note, Joseph Wells married Margaret Swanson in Ann Arundel Co.
> >{All Hallows Parish Register} and this family relocated to North
Carolina.
> >
> >To further confirm that this is the correct family:
> >
> >Grayson County, VA Records for "Over the Mountain Men" their early
> >Court Records in Southwest Virginia - Virginia DAR-
> >
> >Nathan Ward will probated march 1803 names wife and children: William,
> >Wells, Nathan and Enoch.
> >
> >Hope this gives you something more to work with.
> >
> >Since you are not a Wells descendant, I will not urge you to join the
> >Wells Family Research Association and you probably don't really want to
be
> >in our Wells Researcher's database. Just point anyone with Wells
problems
> >my way.
> >
> > >From the Grayson County records of Wells inhabitants (I don't have
much)
> >it would appear that most of them were not related.
> >
> >
> > [E-mail from: <> / Orin R. Wells, 06-Jul-1997,
> >13:27:03 PST]
> > [Wells Family Research Association]
> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wellsfam/wfrahome.html
> > [Kent, Washington]
>
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Tom



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