My fourth great grandparents |
Benjamin Willis
Born Nov. 16, 1791
Died July 28, 1870
His Wife
Elizabeth Sewall
Born Dec 6, 1798
Died Mar 5, 1822
Thomas G. Wells
Died Aug. 26, 1873
Aged 68 Yrs.
Elizabeth Sewall
Wife of
Thomas G. Wells
Died Aug. 8, 1900
Aged 79 Yrs. 11 Mos.
Ruth L. Wells
Died Oct. 7, 1943
Aged 81 Yrs. 3 Mos.
Benjamin Willis Wells
1856-1923
Lena Lyman
Wife of
Benjamin Willis Wells
1858-1930
William C. Wendte
1846-1898
His Wife
Louisa Wells
1846-1927
Henry Willis Wells, U.S.N.
Born July 4, 1841
In command of the
U.S. Schooner Annie
He was lost with all on board
off Cape Romaine Florida
Dec. 31, 1864.
William Wendte
1877-1904
Killed by hostile natives in
British East Africa
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My third great grandparents, and one of their daughters |
Died Aug. 26, 1873
Aged 68 Yrs.
Elizabeth Sewall
Wife of
Thomas G. Wells
Died Aug. 8, 1900
Aged 79 Yrs. 11 Mos.
Ruth L. Wells
Died Oct. 7, 1943
Aged 81 Yrs. 3 Mos.
Second great grand uncle, his wife; second great grand aunt, her husband |
1856-1923
Lena Lyman
Wife of
Benjamin Willis Wells
1858-1930
William C. Wendte
1846-1898
His Wife
Louisa Wells
1846-1927
Second great grand uncle and a first cousin 3x removed |
Born July 4, 1841
In command of the
U.S. Schooner Annie
He was lost with all on board
off Cape Romaine Florida
Dec. 31, 1864.
William Wendte
1877-1904
Killed by hostile natives in
British East Africa
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A family tree to show how I descend from this family:
Benjamin Willis and Elizabeth Sewall May
(1791-1870) (1798-1822)
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Thomas G. Wells and Elizabeth Sewall Willis
(1804-1873) (1820-1900)
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Eliza May Wells (eldest of five siblings, four of whom buried here)
(1839-1880)
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Ethel May Greeley
(1875-1931)
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Lowell Townsend Copeland
(1900-1974)
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My mother
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Me
Of the five known children of Thomas G. Wells and Elizabeth Sewall Willis, my second great grandmother, Eliza May (Wells) Greeley is not buried here. She died in London, England, and is buried there.
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