Justice Joshua Wells1,2

M, b. 1664, d. 1744
FatherWilliam Welles II b. b 10 Feb 1605/6, d. 13 Nov 1671
MotherMarie _____ b. c 1619, d. Apr 1709
     Joshua was born in 1664 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He married Hannah Tuthill in January 1684 at the Town of Southold. Joshua & Hannah had children: John (1/31/1689), Joshua (1691), Ann, Deliverance, Daniel [3/26/1702-3/29/1761] [m. 1722 Elizabeth Downs, 2nd 1724 Mary Goldsmith & 3rd 1742 Hannah Vail.], Deborah, Nathaniel, Abigail, William, Samuel, Mehitable, Solomn, & Freegift. They were all born at Southold. 1698, Joshua and Hannah and his wife, [ROF:Southold Town] werelisted on the Southold Town Census. Enumerated in this household were Joshua Wells, Hannah, William, John, Joshua, Deliverance, Abigail, Ann. Joshua departed this life in 1744 in the Town of Southold at age 80 years.

Family

Hannah Tuthill b. 7 Nov 1667, d. 27 Jul 1752

Citations

  1. [S187] Indexed by Rosanne Conway Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York: Excerpted from the Documentary History of the State of New York, page 50 - Southold Town Census.
  2. [S346] Albert Welles, History of the Welles family in England and Normandy : with the derivation from their progenitors of some of the descendants in the United States : illustrated with steel plate portraits and plates of coats armorial, and seals of the Bishops Hugo and Jocelyn de, page 159-160 - "Joshua Welles, Justice of the Peace, sixth child of William Wells, of Southold, L.I., was born in Southold, L.I., 1664, where he died in 1744. He married at Southold, L.I., Jan 1684, Hannah, Daughter of John Tuthill, of Southold. (She was born 1667 and died July 27, 1752, aged 85." Lists Children: John (31 Jan 1689), Joshua (1691), Ann, Deliverance, Daniel, Deborah, Nathaniel, Abigail, William, Samuel, Mehitable, Solomn, & Freegift; all born at Southold.