Brief Life History of Willys
When Willys Wells was born on 14 January 1804, in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jonathan Wells, was 40 and his mother, Bethankful Andrews, was 32. He died on 12 September 1879, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Wyllys Wells, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Wyllys Wells, "Find A Grave Index"
- Willys Wells, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
Parents and Siblings
1763–1821 Male
1771–1848 Female
Siblings (5)
1790–1885 Female
1794–1822 Female
1797–1809 Male
1802–1889 Female
1804–1879 Male
World Events (8)
1808
Age 4
1812
Age 8
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 21
Name Meaning
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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