Thomas Wells, Jr. was born 11 December 1605 in Colchester, Essex, England to Thomas Wells (1566-1620) and Elizabeth Kimball (1568-1640) and died 26 October 1666 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Abigail Warner (1614-1671) 23 July 1630 in St. Botolph's Church, Colchester, Essex, England.
Note: He came on the "Susan and Ellen" in 1635 from London, with young Richard Saltonstall and received a house lot that year. (Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, p. 348).Event: Freeman 1637 Immigration: 1635 On the Susan and Ellen Occupation: Husbandman, yeoman Note: He came on the "Susan and Ellen" in 1635 from London, with young Richard Saltonstall and received a house lot that year. (Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, p. 3
A baptismal date for "Thomas Wells, the son of Thomas Wells, the 11th of December 1605" was reported as being at St. Botolphs in Colchester in the 1903 Genealogy of the Wells Family, but more recent research of those records finds NO baptism and no 1630 marriage to Abigail Warner.
Children
- Abigail Wells b: 1642 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachucetts
- Rev. Thomas Wells b: 11 JAN 1645/46 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachucetts- Thomas was one of the earliest inhabitants of Ipswich He took the Freeman's oath at Boston, May 7, 1637. He had a house lot granted to him in 1635, on the south side of the river, near where the Stone bridge now is, and afterwards, in 1638,
'planting lands' near "heart-break Hill".
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Wells (1638-1677) | |||
| Nathaniel Wells (1638-1681) | 16 November 1638 Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | 15 September 1681 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts | Lydia Thurley (1640-1716) |
| Sarah Vera Wells (1640-1702) | |||
| Abigail Wells (1642-1677) | |||
| Elizabeth Wells (1646-1717) | |||
| Thomas Wells (1647-1734) | 11 January 1647 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts | 10 July 1734 Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | Mary Perkins (1652-1727) |
| Hannah Wells (1649-1682) | |||
| Lydia Wells (1651-1721) | |||
| Elizabeth Wells (1653-1674) | |||
Siblings
Residences
See Also
- Thomas Wells
- Wells in Essex
- Wells in Essex County, Massachusetts