Robert "Old Wells" WELLS^[1]

1785 - 1864  (78 years)

• Name	Robert "Old Wells" WELLS  [2, 3]
  Birth	27 Mar 1785	England
  Baptism	27 Mar 1785	St. Peter’s, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
  	St. Peter’s - Roman Catholic
  Gender	Male
  Census	1861	Whitby, ON, Canada
  Death	6 Jan 1864	Greenbank, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada
  Burial	Bethel Cemetery, Greenbank, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada
  Notes	Birth date and parentage needs proving - 1785 as per his tombstone, and a christening date of 1780. The 1780 christening data gives parents as Robert Wells and Ann Wood. New data with coinciding years, ages and marriage, shows his parents as Joannis (John) Wells and Elizabethae Baldwin.
  Person ID	I3240	Ancestors
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Joannis “John” WELLS   d. ?
  Mother	Elizabethae BALDWIN   d. ?
  Marriage	11 Dec 1783	Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	St. Mary’s church
  Family ID	F27654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann WILSON,   b. 16 Jun 1791, Burton, Kendal, Westmorland, England d. 29 May 1867, Greenbank, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1812	Burton, Kendal, Westmorland, England   [4]
  Children	1. Margaret WELLS,   b. 3 Jan 1814, Bolton, Lancashire, England d. 28 Mar 1857, Greenbank, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada (Age 43 years)   2. James WELLS,   b. 24 Jan 1815, Yorkshire, England d. 20 Nov 1889, Fremont Twp., Sanilac Co., MI, USA (Age 74 years)   3. Robert WELLS,   b. Jun 1819, England d. 9 Dec 1821, England (Age 2 years)   4. John WELLS,   b. 20 Sep 1823, England d. 1 Jun 1896, Cass City, Tuscola Co., MI, USA (Age 72 years)   5. William WELLS,   b. 14 Sep 1826, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England d. 13 Jul 1860, Greenbank, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada (Age 33 years)   6. Richard WELLS,   b. 28 Jun 1831, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England d. 11 Oct 1895 (Age 64 years)   7. Isaac WELLS,   b. 20 Jun 1833, York, ON, Canada d. 10 Jan 1905, Scugog Island, Scugog Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F1121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 10 Aug 1812 - Burton, Kendal, Westmorland, England Census - 1861 - Whitby, ON, Canada Death - 6 Jan 1864 - Greenbank, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada Burial - - Bethel Cemetery, Greenbank, Reach Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of Robert (Old Wells) Wells Brenda's fifth great grandfather

  
  

  Histories

  A narrative on Wressle written by Dr. Percy

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Information from Stan Johnson & Merl Bartley. [S2] Latter-day Saints Microfilm, Batch #: C106922, Sheet #: , Source Call #: 0919447, Page: Batch #: C106922, Sheet #: , Source Call #: 0919447. [S4] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000). [S7] Information from Stan Johnson & Merl Bartley, IGI # M055351.