- Pastor of Church in Southold, New York
Rev. Timothy Wells was born 1719 in Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States to Joshua Wells (1690-1761) and Mary Brewster (1695-1761) and died 16 January 1782 Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States of unspecified causes. He married Martha Terry (1722-1796) 1739 in Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Timothy Wells (1743-1790) | 1743 Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States | 8 June 1790 Cutchogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States | Mary Wells (1755-) |
| Martha Wells (1744-1761) | |||
| Richard Wells (1746-1748) | |||
| Mary Wells (1750-1752) | |||
| Baby Boy Wells (1752-1752) | |||
| Baby Girl Wells (1753-1753) | |||
| Deborah Wells (1755-1840) | 1755 Suffolk County, New York, United States | 11 December 1840 Cutchogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States | Samuel Tuthill (1760-1832) |
| Martha Wells (1762-1831) | |||
| Elijah Wells (1763-1842) | |||
Siblings
Residences
Vital Records
Last Will of Rev Timothy Wells
Page 454.--In the name of God, Amen. I, TIMOTHY WELLS, of Southold in the County of Suffolk, yeoman, being of sound mind and memory. All my lands, meadows, and buildings that I bought of Micah Wells and Jeremiah Wells shall be sold by my executors and my eldest son Timothy shall give a title for them when he is twenty-one years. My just debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of the price of the said lands; my son Timothy to have the remainder. I leave to my second son, Richard, the worth or value of ?200 on attaining his majority. To my two sons, Richard and Elijah, my desk cabinet, concordance, and Great Bible, equally between them, on coming to majority. Should both die in non-age then my daughter, Deborah Wells, shall have ?50 and the rest to my son Timothy. My two youngest sons, Richard and Elijah, shall be brought up to trades, and that what necessary charge there shall be to bring them to trades and learn them to write and cipher to ye Rule of Three, shall be paid out of the use of my lands and meadows. Anna Moor shall have the same privilege in my house and estate, as she has now, so long as she lives. I leave my daughter Deborah the use of my weaving shop so long as she shall live single; and also the use of back room and bed room; a privilege in kitchen and cellar so long as she shall live single after her mother's death. To my daughter Deborah, my loom, working bars, with all the implements belonging to them; moreover, an equal half part of all my whole moveable estate, not yet given away, (excepting my clothes, which I give to my well-beloved wife Martha and one ox called Bell, my yearling colt, and out-doors husbandry implements which I give to my son Timothy). To my wife Martha, all my weaving clothes and the other half of my moveable estate. To my eldest son Timothy all that shall remain of my estate.
Cutchogue Gravestone
- Location : Old Burying Ground (Cutchogue), Suffolk County, New York
- Rev Timothy Wells at Find A Grave
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
See Also
- Timothy Wells
- Wells Family
- Wells in Suffolk County, New York
- Rev Timothy Wells, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Timothy-Wells/6000000003077520702, retrieved 08 Dec 2023