Wells Family
Special acknowledgement and thanks to Christine Beek of Pickering, Ontario for all the information supplied on the Wells family branch in Canada.
The earliest record I have of the WELLS family is William Wells born 1788 who married Isabella Coultas on the 2nd January 1813, in the Parish of Harpham in Yorkshire, England.
William and Isabella had 13 children:
Ellen Wells born 07 November 1813, Thwing
Robert Coultas Wells born 03 April 1815, Wold Newton
Jane Wells born 08 June 1817, Scampston
Arabella Wells born 20 January 1820, Scampston
William Wells born 23 April 1822, Scampston
Mary Wells born 20 September 1824, Scampston
Joseph Wells born 18 December 1826, Scampston
James Coultas Wells born 1829, Scampston
Jabez Wells born 29 June 1831, Scampston
Jubiah Wells born circa 1832, Scampston
Samuel Swithin Wells born 24 July 1833, Scampston
Vickerman Wells born 25 September 1837, Scampston
Zabia Wells born 21 July 1840, Scampston
William Wells born 1788 died on 19 February 1846 at Scampston, Yorkshire. Isabella Wells nee Coultas died in 1879 at Scampston, Yorkshire.
Ellen Wells born 1813 married George Harper (bn circa 1811, North Burton) on the 2nd January 1836 at Bridlington, Yorkshire. They had seven known children:
Sarah Jane Harper bn 1836
Isabella Harper bn 1838
William Harper bn 1840
Ellen Harper cir 1841
Robert Harper cir 1843
George Harper cir 1846
Henry Harper cir 1853
Arabella Wells born 1820 married William Baldwin (bn circa 1822, York) on the 7th October 1843 at Thorpe Bassett, Yorkshire. They had three known children:
Mary Baldwin bn 1844 - died 1848
Mary Baldwin bn 1851
Betsy Baldwin bn 1856
William Wells born 1822 married Ann Outhett (bn 6 January 1821, Scampston) on 24th September 1848 at St Leonard's, New Malton, Yorkshire. They had four known children:
William Wells bn cir 1853
Frances M Wells bn cir 1860
Vickerman Wells bn 1863
Annie Wells bn cir 1866
Mary Wells born 1824 married George Knowsley (bn 29 April 1823, Nafferton) on the 16th June 1846 in the Parish of Harpham, Yorkshire. They had 13 children. Refer to the Knowsley Family page for more information.
Joseph Wells born 1826 married Mercy Sanderson (bn circa 1827, Driffield) in 1849 at Driffield, Yorkshire. They had six known children:
James Sanderson Wells bn 1851 Gt Driffield, Yorkshire - died 1890 Bertie, Wellard, Ontario, Canada
Jane Wells bn 1854 Gt Driffield, Yorkshire - died 1933 Canada
Samuel Inkerman Wells bn 1856 Malton, Yorkshire - died 1890 Pennsylvania, USA
Henry Wells bn 1858 Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Sarah Ann Wells bn 1860 Hull, Yorkshire - died 1946 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Joseph Wells bn 1866 Hull, Yorkshire
Jabez Wells born 1831 married Sarah Shepherdson (bn circa 1830, Beverley) on 28th November 1857 at Bridlington, Yorkshire. They had two known children:
William Wells bn 1861 Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire
Samuel Wells bn cir 1864 Scarborough, Yorkshire
Zabiah Wells born 1840 married William Buttry (bn circa 1826, Rinaulx) in 1870 at York, Yorkshire. They had four known children:
Ann Buttry bn 1868 Rillington, Yorkshire
Thomas Buttry bn 1872 Rillington, Yorkshire
Mary Buttry bn 1874 Rillington, Yorkshire
Arabella Buttry bn 1876 Rillington, Yorkshire
William Buttry died in 1879, and Zabiah married a man named WHITE, and had two children to him:
Edith White bn 1881 Hull, Yorkshire
William White bn cir 1885 Hull, Yorkshire
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