Mary Wells Benjamin was born 15 October 1774 in Cutchogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States to Timothy Wells (1743-1790) and Mary Wells (1755-) . She married Samuel Benjamin (1769-1800) 16 October 1792 in Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Samuel Wells Benjamin (1794-1828) | 14 January 1794 Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States | 1828 Suffolk County, New York, United States | Abigail Amanda Hallock (1789-1865) |
David Wells Benjamin (1797-1857) | |||
Joseph Benjamin (1799-) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Mary Wells (1774-) | 15 October 1774 Cutchogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States | Samuel Benjamin (1769-1800) | |
Martha Wells (1778-) | |||
John Wells (1781-1832) |
Residences
Notable Ancestors
Ludlow Family Ancestry
A direct descendant of the Ludlow Family (Rev Timothy Wells, JWells, MBrewster, TBrewster, SLudlow, ...) This family has connections to several notable lines of early European ancestry including the following:
- Nathaniel Brewster (1620-1690) - A member of the first graduating class of Harvard University (1642), he became a minister of the church in Ireland where he married Sarah Ludlow (1635-1695), a daughter of Roger Ludlow. They then sailed back to America where he served a long time as minister of the church in Setauket and Brookhaven on Long Island, New York
- Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) - Notable early English immigrant. co-founder of Colony of Connecticut, and author of its earliest legal codes.
- Edward I of England (1239-1307) - King of England, m. Eleanor of Castile (1202-1244) - See Plantagenet Family Line for a continuation of his ancestry.
- William I, King of England (1027-1087) - (aka: William the Conqueror) - In 1066 became first Norman king of England.
- Emporer Charlemagne (747-814) - King of the Franks and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.
Wells Family Ancestors
- See Also Joshua Wells Family Ancestry
- See Also Selah Wells Immigrant Ancestors
- William Wells of Southold and his Descendants, Archive.org, https://archive.org/details/williamwellsofso00haye, retrieved 08 Dec 2023 - written 1878; p. 233-34 in the "Full Text" version
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