When Nelson or Eson Wells was born on 4 September 1808, in Otego, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Caleb Wells Sr., was 41 and his mother, Rosanna More, was 41. He married Mary "Polly" Lee on 18 September 1834, in Chester Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Russell Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 July 1889, in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States.
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Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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