Display Patriot - P-316214 - Israel WELLS

Israel WELLS

SAR Patriot #: P-316214

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A122421

Birth: 03 Jul 1757 Lebanon / Windham / CT
Death: 03 Apr 1831 bur Granville / Licking / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt, Capt Abel Pettibone, Col Samuel Wyllys, CT


Additional References:

Pension Number *S40664


Spouse: Chloe Wilcox
Children: Truman; Chester; Israel; Joel; Ezekiel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
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Burial:
Old Colony (aka Old) Burying Ground (C-0371266)
Location:
Granville / Licking / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1964655
Grave Plot #:
261
Grave GPS Coordinates:
40.065777 / -82.519395
Find A Grave Memorial #:
10845827
Marker Type:
Old VA stone; SAR Granite
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
04 Sep 2021

Comments:

Photo displayed courtesy of Compatriot Thomas Hankins, (OH) National NSSAR Number 170360



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Thomas Delbert Hankins Jr.

Israel Wells was born in 1758.  He was a private in Colonel Wylly's Third Connecticut Regiment.  He enlisted between January 1 and April 1777, when the Regiment was organized.  The regiment participated in the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Harlem Heights, Trenton, and Princeton.  The regiment overwintered at Morristown, New Jersey.  This was one of the coldest winters during the Revolutionary War.  Wells was discharged in 1781, when the regiment disbanded.

He died in 1831.

 

 


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Additional Information:
  • Additional family information provided by Compatriot Thomas Hankins (OH) National NSSAR Number 170360
  • Children:
    • Truman Wells, 05 Jul 1796 - 01 Feb 1865
    • Chester Wells, 07 Jan 1801 - 13 Apr 1831
    • Israel Wells, 15 Nov 1820 - 1881


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