Monday, October 8, 2018

Jedediah French Wells 1752-1827 and Hannah Odell 1754-1838

Jedediah served in American
Revolution




Jedediah French Wells
Parents Jedediah Wells and Lucy French
Birth 20 October 1752 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Marriage about 1772 Connecticut
Death 9 March 1827 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Burial March 1827 Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Jedediah's headstone

Sources
Connecticut Church Abstracts
1790 US Census
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists
Connecticut Deaths and Burials

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13951095/jedediah-wells
Hannah Odell
Parents Samuel Odell (widower of Judith Wheeler) and Sarah Osborn (widow of Thomas Banks)
Birth about 1754 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death 5 June 1838 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Burial Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com


CHILDREN

Jedediah Wells
Birth about 1773 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Note:  THIS MAY NOT BE ONE OF THEIRS.
There was a Jedediah listed among the children on ancestry.com, but at 1784 and his sister, Ellen, was born that year.  I suppose it is possible, but when I found the death date for a Jedediah and in Connecticut, I decided that since there is no source for the parents' marriage, this is possible and doesn't conflict with the other kids.  So, he may or may not be a child.  The name is unusual enough that it caught my attention.  So, if you know for sure, please share with us.
Married?
Children?
Death 23 Oct 1827 Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Burial
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Lucy's headstone
Lucy Wells
Birth 1776 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Married Abraham Parrot about 1797
Children: Bryant, Mary, Henry, Frederick
Death 8 September 1856 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Sources

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

1850 US Census Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Connecticut Church Abstracts
Connecticut Deaths and Burials
Family Search
ancestry.com
Charity's headstone
Charity Wells
Birth About 1780 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Never Married
No known Children
Death 2 October 1841 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Burial Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Sources

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Connecticut Church Abstracts
Connecticut Deaths and Burials

U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930

Family Search
ancestry.com
Frederick Wells
Birth 1782 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Note:  I never found this person other than listed on ancestry - no death or birth notices so far
Death
Burial
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Ellen Wells Manning headstone - what's left of it
Ellen Wells
Birth 20 March 1784  Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Married Henry Manning
Children
Death 20 September 1867 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Buried: Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

Connecticut Deaths and Burials

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934


Family Search

ancestry.com