When Nancy Wells was born about 1794, in Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Caleb Wells, was 27 and her mother, Rosannah (not Peterson) Wells - More, was 24. She married Henry Johnson in 1817, in Otsego, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 18 September 1881, in Paris, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Clayville, Paris, Oneida, New York, United States.