Rachel Wells 1 2
- Born: 1818, Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
- Died: 2 Dec 1879, Tyler, West Virginia, United States at age 61
- Buried: Long Reach Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Research Notes:
From FindaGrave.com:
Dau of Nicholas Wells and Rachel Wittin.
No record of a marriage/children
From Jul 27 1858 will of Rachel's father, Nicholas:
"Fourthly: Having already made advancements to my other daughters to the amount of fourteen hundred dollars each, besides a horse and cow and some beds and bedding. I devise to my daughters Rachel and Delilah equally in fee simple the residue of said 100 acre tract and (after the death of my wife) all that part of my "home place" devised to her for life. I give them also as much beds and bedding as I have given to each of my other daughters on their marriages."
and from 1st codicil:
..."I Nicholas Wells, of the County of Tyler in the State of West Virginia do make and publish this codicil to my last will and testament dated the 27th day of July 1858 as follows, that is to say. First----For the purpose of dividing the land divised in and by the fourth item of my said Will, to my daughters Rachel and Delilah between them. I will and direct that a line recently run by C.P.Russell, commencing on the bank of the Ohio River at a stone set up thence running S 56 E to a stone corner on the back line of my farm shall be the division line between my said daughters and the land lying between the land divised in said Will to my son Philip and said division line I give and devise to my said daughter Rachel and the land lying between the land of Selman Wells, and said division line I give and devise to my said daughter Delilah."...
Information from Will from RootsWeb WorldConnect project; Gault and Collaterals, which has this and many of the Wells family Wills posted.
Family links:
Parents:
Nicholas Wells (1787 - 1877)
Rachel Wittin Wells (1780 - 1861)
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