Are there areas of your tree where your research isn’t as thorough as other areas? As I’m going thru my 3rd great grandparents, I’m finding that some are ‘poorly’ researched. Green Wells and his wife, Abigail White Wells would be an example of my less than stellar research.
Green Wells
Green Wells [1] was born on 24 Sep 1761. [2]
After 1788, he was early settler of Northampton, Fulton County, New York. [3]
He appeared in the census in Jul 1800 in Northampton, Montgomery County, New York with 3 males under 10 and 1 male aged 10 to 15. [4]
Green lived in Broadalbin, Montgomery County, New York on 13 Jan 1806. [5]
He purchased on 13 Jan 1806 in Fulton, New York, United States. [6]
He lived in Broadalbin, Montgomery County, New York in 1810. [7]
Green lived in Sullivan, Madison County, New York in 1820. [8]
He lived in Sullivan, Madison County, New York in 1830. [9]
He died on 13 Dec 1845 at the age of 84 in Barre, Orleans County, New York. [2,10–11]
Green was buried after 13 Dec 1845 at Millville Cemetery in Millville, Orleans, New York, United States. [2]
Green Wells Endnotes:
1. Mary Hedges Reiner, compiler, Oregon State Roster of Ancestor DAR 1963 (Portland, Oregon: 1929), image 389; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2018.
2. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 28 October 2023), memorial for Green wells (1761-1845), Find a Grave Memorial no. 40998800, created by Joseph Koch, citing Millville Cemetry, Millville, Orleans County, New York; accompanying photograph by Marilyn Burch, Green Wells.
3. History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y. (New York: F. W. Beers & Co., 1878), page 232 (image 610); digital copy, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 28 October 2023.
4. 1800 U. S. Census, Montgomery County New York, Northampton, Montgomery county, New York, page 82, Image 1 of 7, Green Wells; digital images, (: viewed online 29 October 2023).
5. New York, Fulton County. Deeds, 1772-1908. Film #[FilmNumber]. [ItemofInterest], [RecordDate]; [Book]: [Page]; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : [AccessType] [AccessDate].
6. New York, Fulton County. Deeds, 1772-1908. Film #513931 DGS 7138101. Green Wells, 1806; Vol. 2: page 400-402; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 1 November 2023.
7. 1810 U.S. Census, Montgomer County, New York, population schedule, Broadalbin, Montgomery county, New York, Image 5 of 8, Green Wells; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 29 October 2023); NARA microfilm publication M252
8. 1820 U.S. Census, Madison County, New York, population schedule, Lenox, Madison County, New York, Image 1 of 13, Green Wells; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 29 October 2023); NARA microfilm publication M33
9. 1830 U.S. Census, Madison County, New York, population schedule, page 394, Image 13 of 52, Green Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 29 October 2023)
10. Valerie Radee, (Albion, Michigan) to Marcia Philbrick, letter, [RecordDate]; Wells Family Correspondence, privately held by Marcia Philbrick. , 2022. [Details].
11. Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Michigan (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1891), p. 278-279; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 22 June 2022.
Abigail White
Abigail White was born on 24 Sep 1770 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [1–6]
She lived an 81 year old male born New York and was listed as Abby Wells in Barre, Orleans County, New York on 27 Aug 1850. [7]
She died on 30 Jul 1852 at the age of 81 in Barre, Orleans County, New York. [3,8–9]
Abigail was buried after 30 Jul 1852 at Millville Cemetery in Millville, Orleans, New York, United States. [3]
Abigail White Endnotes:
1. Valerie Radee, (Albion, Michigan) to Marcia Philbrick, letter, [RecordDate]; Wells Family Correspondence, privately held by Marcia Philbrick. , 2022.
3. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online August 2017), memorial for Abigail White Wells (1769-1852), Find a Grave Memorial no. #40998880, created by Josey Koch, citing Millville Cemetery, Millville, Orleans County, New York; accompanying photograph by Marily Burch, Abigail White Wells.
4. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Abigail White, 24 September 1770; digital image of book, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : viewed online August 2017).
5. Boltwood Lucius M., Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the early settlers of the towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby (Northhampton: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1862), page 159; digital images, Archive.org, https://archive.org/details/genealogiesofhad00bolt/page/n5 viewed online November 2018.
6. Mary Hedges Reiner, compiler, Oregon State Roster of Ancestor DAR 1963 (Portland, Oregon: 1929), image 389; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2018.
7. 1850 U.S. Census, Orleans County New York, population schedule, Barre, Orleans County, New York, page 77, Image 24 of 105, household 1114, Abby Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017).
8. Valerie Radee to Marcia Philbrick, [RecordDate], Wells Family Correspondence.
9. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 28 October 2023), memorial for Green wells (1761-1845), Find a Grave Memorial no. 40998800, created by Joseph Koch, citing Millville Cemetery, Millville, Orleans County, New York; accompanying photograph by Marilyn Burch, Green Wells.