Lucinda Triplett

6 April 1810–17 February 1884 (Age 73)
Culpeper, Virginia, United States

The Life of Lucinda

When Lucinda Triplett was born on 6 April 1810, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, her father, Stephen Triplett, was 31 and her mother, Mary Polly Beaumont, was 27. She married William H Wells on 11 September 1832. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Indiantown Township, Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 17 February 1884, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

William H Wells
1801–1861
Lucinda Triplett
1810–1884
Marriage: 11 September 1832
Greenbury Wells
1836–1865
Lucy Wells
1845–
Eliza Jane Wells
1838–1872
Edson A Wells
1840–1924
Temperance C. Wells
1843–
Ledora E Wells
1845–1904
Lucius A. Wells
1847–1910
Louisa Wells
1848–

Spouse and Children

    William H Wells

    Male1801–1861Male

    Lucinda Triplett

    Female1810–1884Female

MARRIAGE
11 September 1832
children

(8)

    Greenbury Wells

    Male1836–1865Male

    Eliza Jane Wells

    Female1838–1872Female

    Edson A Wells

    Male1840–1924Male

    Temperance C. Wells

    Female1843–Female

    Ledora E Wells

    Female1845–1904Female

+3 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(14)

    William Triplett

    Male1799–1827Male

    James Enzy Triplett

    Male1801–1851Male

    Sarah Triplett

    Female1803–1860Female

    Rebecca Jane Triplett

    Female1805–1860Female

    Aquilla Triplett Sr

    Male1807–1878Male

+9 More Children

World Events (8)

1812

Age 2

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Monumental Church Built

Age 2

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 20

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.

Name Meaning

English: unexplained. In part it may be an Anglicized spelling of French Triplet, a reduced form of Tripelet, from a derivative of the Old French verb tripier ‘to hop’, ‘to skip’, hence a nickname for a dancer or acrobat.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Lucinda Wells in household of William Wells, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lucinda Wells in household of William H Wells, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lucinda Triplett, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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