When Joshua Wells was born on 17 August 1773, in Rhode Island, United States, his father, Nathaniel Wells, was 36 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Thurston, was 35. He had at least 1 son with Katherine Katie Conant.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
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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