Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Wells was born on 3 November 1800, in Merryall, Wyalusing Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Guy Wells, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Ross, was 30. She married Asahel Graves about 1820, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 29 July 1878, in Little Meadows, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Little Meadows Cemetery, Apolacon Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Hannah Graves in household of Asahel Graves, "United States Census, 1860"
- Hannah Wells Graves, "Find A Grave Index"
- Hannah Graves in entry for George R. Graves and Amanda Pennypacker, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (7)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1810
Historical Boundaries: 1810: Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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