Joseph Wells, *

1697 - 1758  (60 years)

• Name	Joseph Wells  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	30 Sep 1697	Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's, MD   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 May 1758	Cane Creek, Orange, North Carolina, United States
  Person ID	I14559	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Duckett Wells, *,   b. 5 Sep 1653, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America d. 26 Sep 1718, Queen Anne Knolls, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	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)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1678	Maryland, USA
  Family ID	F3517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Swanson,   b. Abt 1705, , Prince George, MD, USA d. 29 Jun 1758, North Carolina, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1721	All Hallows Episcopal, Anne Arundel, MD, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Levi Wells,   b. Abt 1722, Maryland, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Wells,   b. Abt 1728   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Frances Wells,   b. Abt 1730   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Isaac Wells,   b. Abt 1739   d. 1792 (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. James Wells,   b. Abt 1737   d. 1826 (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Wells,   b. Abt 1742   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. William Wells,   b. 1735   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John Wells,   b. Abt 1740, , , Maryland d. 4 Mar 1819, , Lincoln, NC (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Margaret Wells,   b. 1733   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Charity Wells,   b. 1744, Bush River, Newberry, SC d. 26 Feb 1818, Indiana, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Joseph Wells,   b. 20 Jul 1729, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, MD, USA d. 30 Sep 1804, Cane Creek, Orange, NC, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Rachel Holls Hoy Marsh, *,   b. Aft 1699, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. Aft 1721, Westminster Parish, Ann Arundel, MD, USA (Age > 22 years)
  Marriage	1719	MarylandD USA
  Children	1. Rachel Wells, * Minister,   b. 27 Mar 1720, Prince Georges County, Maryland d. 23 Dec 1771, Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Ann Underwood, *,   b. 1712, New Castle, British Colonial America, Delaware, USA d. 1794, Union County, South Carolina, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1758	New Garden M.M., Surry, NC, USA
  Family ID	F5079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph apparently had a twin sister named Sarah. Joseph Wells was living in Anne Arundel Co., MD. on Dec. 8, 1726. He paid taxes on the Mattapony Hundred of Prince George's Co. (now Frederick Co., MD). He had moved to the Monocacy Valleyst Prince George's Co. by 1742. His name is on a petition that sought the establishment of All Saints Parish from Prince George's Co in 1742. He bought land named "Boyling Springs", which was forty acres surveyed June 12, 1743. In November of that year, he was made constable of the Monocacy Hundred. He had 2 known wives and possibly 3. Rachel is the wife in question. She is only listed in one place as the mother of his daughter Rachel. There is a fairly strong theory out there that Rachel was simply a repetitive error on the person in the Quaker records later listing her as Rachel's mother in a Quaker record written after Joseph had become a Quaker. His wife Margaret was received in membership on 11/29/1745 and he on 2/29/1746. They removed to North Carolina around 1750 after they sold "Boyling Spring", on Tuscorrah Creek near the mouth of the Monquescy. His certificate of removal to Carver's Creek MM, Bladen, NC was dated Jun 25, 1750. He and his wife were charter members of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting that was estabalished Oct. 7, 1751. Joseph gave his son Joseph 269 acres of land in Orange County, North Carolina on June 13, 1752. He sold another 137.5 acres of land to John Marshall in Sept. 1752. In that same year, Margaret stops appearing in Quaker Records when her husband Joseph and some children are in it. This could suggest that she had passed on in 1752 or earlier. (C-575)

  
  

• Sources

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