Benjamin Wells 1 2
- Born: 7 May 1723, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, (United States)
- Marriage (1): Temperance Butler in May 1743 in St. Paul's Church, Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States)
- Died: 16 Feb 1795, Ohio, (West) Virginia, United States at age 71
Another name for Benjamin was Benjamen Wells.
Research Notes:
"Big Wells" family line
From Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763-1774, pp. 1-2:
"A List of Taxables in St. Thomas Parish in the Year 1763
The Tax List of 1763 for St. Thomas Parish was found by William N. Wilkins in 1959 in the Harford County Historical records on loan at the Maryland Historical Society. (Harford County was part of Baltimore County until 1773.) ... This 1763 tax ledger shows the names of the various parties against whom charges were made for apparent church and county support and other sundry charges... The notation 'run' meant that the person named had left before paying his full charges.
Soldiers Delight Hundred, 1763
[Among those listed are:]
Owings, Thomas
Owings, Joshua
Owings, Joshua Jr.
Owings, Stephen
Owings, Henry
Stinchcomb, John
Stinchcomb, Nathaniel
Wells, Thomas
Wells, John
Wells, Benjamin
Wells, Charles
Ibid., pp. 16-23:
"INDEX TO AQUILA HALL'S ASSESSMENT LEDGER, 1762-1765
Aquila Hall was High Sheriff of Baltimore County and after Harford County separated from Baltimore County in 1773 he was appointed Colonel of Militia and one of the Lord Justices of the new county of Harford from 1774 to 1779. While serving as Sheriff of Baltimore County he compiled a tax assessment ledger of 145 pages which named 1,380 persons, their land tracts, and their assessments... Its index contains the following names...
"…John Barnes, William Barnes, Joseph Barnes,… Adam Barnes…
"William Cockey,... Joshua Cockey,... Edward Cockey,...
"…John Hammond Dorsey,... John Hammond Dorsey,… Vincent Dorsey heirs,… Charles Dorsey,… Andrew Dorsey,… Joshual Dorsey,… Caleb Dorsey, Bazil Dorsey, Edward Dorsey,... Caleb Dorsey,... Richard Dorsey,... Vachell Dorsey,… John Dorsey,...
"…Samuel Owings,... John Owings, Joshua Owings,... Sarah Owings,... Stephen Owings,... Samuel Owings,... Elijah Owings,... Henry Owings,...
"…Christopher Randell,... John Ridgley,... Charles Ridgley, Jr.,...
"…Capt. John Stinchcombe,... Nathan Stinchcombe,...
"…Edmund Talbott, Thomas Talbott,... William Talbott's heirs, …Philip Thomas,... John Talbott, …Edward Talbott,...
"…Samuel Underwood,...
"…Benjamin Wells,... James Wells,... William Wells, James Wells, Jr.,... Charles Wells,... Elex Wells..."
Ibid., pp. 27-41:
"JOPPA COURTHOUSE PETITION OF 1768
"The petitions for and against the removal of the county seat of Baltimore County from Joppa to Baltimore Town in 1768 are discussed at length in the Archives of Maryland, Vol. 61 (Appendix). Notices were posted in January, 1768 at the door of the courthouse in Joppa, at the church door of St. Paul's Parish, at the church door of St. Thomas' Parish, at the church door of St. John's Parish, at the church door of St. George's Parish, at the door of the chapel of St. George's Parish, at the door of the chapel of St. John's Parish, and at the house called St. Thomas' Chapel in St. Thomas' Parish, by Absalom Butler and sworn to before the Honorable Benjamin Rogers. Notices were printed in English and German. Tabulations indicate that 2,271 voted for the removal of the courthouse, and 901 voted against it. (It should be noted that some signatures are missing due to the disintegration of the paper, and there also appears to be some who signed more than once.) Five years later, Harford County separated from Baltimore County and set up its court house at Bush (Harford Town) in 1774 and at Bel Air in 1782.
"SIGNERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT TO BALTIMORE TOWN (1768)...
"...Thomas Cockey...Joshua Owings...Charles Ridgely... Samuel Owings... John Cockey... Benjamin Wells, Charles Wells... George Wells... Caleb Warfield, Nathaniel Stinchcomb... William Coale...Christopher Randall, Jr.... J. Cockey Owings... William Wells, Jr.... William Wells...Edward Talbott... Edward Cockey... Benjamin Talbott... Charles Ridgely (son William)... Elisha Dorsey... Alexander Wells, Nathaniel Owings...Nathaniel Stinchcomb, Sr....Lott Owings... Anthony Arnold... Richard Owings... William Cockey... John Talbott (son Edward)... Richard Owings... William Slade... Edward Talbot... Vachel Dorsey... Christopher Owings, Richard Owings... Edward Dorsey (son John)... Lancelott Dorsey, Charles Dorsey (son Nathan), Ely Dorsey... Henry Dorsey...Samuel Dorsey, Jr.... Joshua Owings, Jr.... Samuel Owings... John Wells... Thomas Owings... Henry Butler... George Dorsey...
"SIGNERS AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT TO BALTIMORE TOWN (1768)...
Greenbury Dorsey, Jr....William Wells..."
Ibid., pp. 80-81:
"A LIST OF TAXABLES FOR PATAPSCO UPPER HUNDRE, IN BALTIMORE COUNTY TAKEN BY ABRAHAM WALKER, CONSTABLE, 1773"
[Among those listed:]
Dorsey's Forge: Elam Bailey; James Crow; Ezekiel Wilson; Philip Neau; Thomas Wood; Robert Buckel; William Nailer; John jenkins; Era Evans; James Atwood; John Goodard; William Nailer; Eoelin Smith, Thomas Ellis, and 9 negroes.
Ridgeley, Charles, son of William, exer. to Samuel Norwood, decd.; Richard Wilmott; John Braddon; 10 Negroes
Wells, Benjamin; Negro Alexander
Birth Notes:
Source http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Sharon-J-Stevenson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0982.html has born 7 May 1724.
Death Notes:
Death date 16 Feb 1795 from Wm. Wlls/Historical Record Survey Ohio County, West Virginia (23884, pt1) Book 1, p.28. This date & place are also published in Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~digging/index.html.
Source http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Sharon-J-Stevenson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0105.html has d. 16 Feb 1795 in Independence, Pennsylvania.
FamilySearch.org AFN: 99JT-77 and Compact Disc #99 Pin #236798
(Debbie Finelli) has d. 26 Nov 1794 in Independence, Pennsylvania.
Noted events in his life were:
• Inventoried: the estate of Henry Owings with Thomas Gist, 22 Oct 1764, Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States).
• Will, 1794.
Benjamin married Temperance Butler, daughter of Henry Butler and Susannah White, in May 1743 in St. Paul's Church, Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States). (Temperance Butler was born on 17 Jun 1726 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, christened in St. Thomas Church, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, died on 19 Feb 1800 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States and was buried in St. Paul's Church, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland, United States.)
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