When Eliza Wells was born about 1806, in Dullingham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Wells, was 44 and her mother, Ann Carter, was 32. She married George Harding on 5 November 1826, in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She died in February 1846, in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 41, and was buried in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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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