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This page collects genealogy for the Wells Family:

Wells Main Articles[]

  • Wells Family - Core family research page
  • Wells Notable People - People of distinction featured in Wikipedia, important migrants and others.
  • Wells Disambiguation List - Wells Family people with identical names sorted.
  • Wells Migrants - listings of notable Wells Migrants.
  • Wells Family Landmarks - Notable castles, cemeteries, monuments and much more.
  • Wells Baronets - Several lines of the Wells family featured in ThePeerage of Great Britain.
  • Wells Family Ancestry - Royal ancestors of the Wells Family - Including English, Norman, Irish, Scottish, French and more.


Overview[]

Wells is an English surname of Norman origin, but is possibly a Welsh surname, from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name (i.e. "Wellman") derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name (i.e. "Well") derives from the pre-7th century "wella" ("spring"). The topographical name (i.e. "Attewell") derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman.[1] At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire (3.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross-shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire.

Wells Family Ancestors[]

More details can be found at Wells Family Ancestry.


Other uses[]

Notable Census Records[]

See Also[]

Wells Genealogy by Region[]

  • Wells in Alabama
  • Wells in County Antrim
  • Wells in Wigtownshire
  • Wells in Greater London
  • Wells in South Carolina
  • Wells in Utah
  • Wells in Ireland
  • Wells in Scotland
  • Wells in England
  • Wells in Oklahoma
  • Wells in Arizona

Non-SMW Family Name Pages[]

The following list of Wells family person articles should be upgraded to SMW format.

Notes[]

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