Thomas Duckett Wells, *

1653 - 1718  (65 years)

• Name	Thomas Duckett Wells  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	5 Sep 1653	Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Abt 1718	Prince George, Maryland   [7]
  Probate	26 Sep 1718	Maryland, USA   [7]
  Death	26 Sep 1718	Queen Anne Knolls, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America   [6, 7]
  Burial	Baden, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America   [6]
  Person ID	I11627	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Governor Thomas Wells, *,   b. Abt 1620, England d. Abt 1682, , , Maryland, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Duckett, *,   b. 25 Apr 1620   bur. Friendship, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F1284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Smith,   b. 1657, Queen Anne Knolls, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America d. 31 Oct 1733, Queen Anne Knolls, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1678	Maryland, USA
  Children	1. Frances Wells,   b. Abt 1687   d. Aft 1718 (Age > 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Wells,   b. Abt 1689, Maryland, USA d. Aft 1718 (Age > 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Wells,   b. 1690   d. Bef 1717 (Age < 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Wells,   b. 11 May 1699, , Prince George, MD, USA d. Aft 1718 (Age > 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Thomas Wells, Jr.,   b. 1680, Queenstown, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America d. 25 Jun 1751, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Wells,   b. 5 Aug 1693, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland d. 1771, , Frederick, MD (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. George Wells,   b. 1 Jan 1684, , Prince George, MD, USA d. 31 Dec 1764, , Prince George, MD, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Nathan Wells,   b. Abt 1695, , Prince George, MD, USA d. Abt 1770 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Sarah Wells,   b. 30 Sep 1697, , Prince George, MD, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Joseph Wells, *,   b. 30 Sep 1697, Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's, MD d. 27 May 1758, Cane Creek, Orange, North Carolina, United States (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  This Thomas could be the son of widow Elizabeth Mellows of St. Olaves, Southwark, Surry. Her will dated Jan. 15, 1682/83 names Thomas Wells, "my son who went into parts beyound the seas to Maryland or other parts in America or elsewheree shall come and arrive in England." Her daughter Mary Parker (wife of John Parker) was executor. (C-575) Thomas Wells was transported by Robert Conant of Anne Arundel Co., MD. sometime before 20 Apr. 1679 to the province of Maryland. For this deed, Robert Conant was owed 50 acres of land which Thomas agreed to inhabit for 16 years. These rights were afterwords assigned to Nocholas Laintes of St. Mary's City. Thomas was one of several that agreed to these same terms for their passage. On Jan. 26, 1696, Thomas Wells, planter, purchased 200 acres called "Strife" in Calvert Co., MD. on the west side of the Patuxent River. The land was surrounded by the following owners: Francis Swantstone, Edward Isaak, and Henry Darnell, Esq. He later acquired an adjoining property called "Something" that was in the Patuxent Hundred of Prince George's Co. He is in the Prince George Co. records often. In July 1696, he was found guilty of assaulting Thomas Swareingen. He was sentenced to pay a fine and post a bond to guarantee good behavior. In Nov. 1697, "he was paid a bounty for one wolves head." He was a Grand Jury member. He was subpoenaed in March 1698 to testify that Elizabeth Plummer (mother of Margaret Swanson) sent a servant to steal onions, cabbage and bacon from him. On March 28, 1698 he became drunk and was caught fighting, again noted in the courts. By Sep. 29, 1699, all was forgiven as he was again served on a jury. In Sep. 29, 1699, he and Thomas Pelle were appointed overseer of the Patuxent Hundred. In Queen Anne's Vestry minutes of April 7, 1707, Thomas Wells, Sr. was appointed vestryman. In 1714 he witnessed the boundary lines of an adjoining tract of land where the records state "Thomas Wells, Senr. aged about sixty one years." (Maryland, Chancery Record, Liber 3, folio 27) In his will probated Jan. 5, 1718/19, he gives his land for life to his wife, France. He then divided it amongst 4 sons; Thomas, Nathan, Robert, and Joseph. He gave slaves to his four daughters. Lastly he gave his eldest son George five shillings. (C-575) The low amount of money he gave to his son George could be explained by his son's cohabiting with his married neighbor, Susannah Swanson Ward according to Queen Anne's Vestry Minutes, Apr. 12, 1719. George and Susannah were married at several years later according to Queen Annes Vestry minutes on June 16, 1725. (C-575, p. 52) DNA evidence is supporting the lineage of descent that I come from as being from this Thomas Wells to his son Joseph as listed in the will and as I have stated in this genealogy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2991] Giles, Maxine to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Mar. 19, 1996 at DelMax@roster.nut-n-but.net In L. Dudick files (C-716). [S711] Lawson, Roderick and Betty, Lawson Family Tree (http://www.afn.org/~lawson/). [S123] CD 102 (Automated Archives). [S116] J.F. Bron to Dudick Letter dated Feb. 1999 at 711 E. Osceola Ave., Lake Wales, FL 33853 (C-1991). [S124] Richard M. Kelly, The Maryland Ancestors of Rachel Wells THE SOUTHERN FRIEND: JOURNAL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FRIENDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY; Vol. XVI Spring-Autumn 1994, Numbers 1-2 p. 35-63. [S170] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S117] Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777