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Origin: English Coat of Arms: Gold with a red lion rampant. Crest: A black lion. Motto: Semper paratus. Motto Translated: Always prepared Spelling variations include: Wells, Welles, Well and others.
First found in Lincolnshire where they are conjecturally descended from Gilbert de Ghent who held the village and mill of Well from the Bishop of Bayeaux at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas Wells settled in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, in 1769; James and William Wells settled in Port de Grave, Newfoundland, in 1776; Gregory Wells settled in Virginia in 1635.	Spelling variations include: Wells, Welles, Well and others. First found in Lincolnshire where they are conjecturally descended from Gilbert de Ghent who held the village and mill of Well from the Bishop of Bayeaux at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas Wells settled in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, in 1769; James and William Wells settled in Port de Grave, Newfoundland, in 1776; Gregory Wells settled in Virginia in 1635.
Early Well Ancestor: THOMAS WELLS was born about 1600 probably in Worcestershire, and died about 1637 in Evesham, Co., Worcester, England (Source: *Parish Records and Bishop's Transcripts of All Saints, Evesham.) He married FRANCES ALBRIGHT October 13, 1625 in Evesham, Worchestershire, England (Source: Constance Wells citing: All Saints Parish, Evesham, Worcester, ENG), daughter of RICHARD ALBRIGHT and UNKNOWN. From Volume CXLVI: January 1992, Whole Number 581, The New England	Historical and Genealogical Register: The Widow Frances (Albright) Wells, wife of Thomas Coleman of Wethersfield and Hadley, by Douglas Richardson: "...will probated 1637 (Edward Alexander Fry, ed., Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester, 1660-1642 [London, British Record Society, 1910],164. Original will filmed and available from LDS on FHL microfilem 98,054. Will dated 9 Feb. 1637, Thomas Welles referred to his wife, but not by name, and to his three minor children, Thomas, Mary and John. To his eldest son, Thomas, he bequeathed his house, after the death of his mother."
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WELLS

Origin: English

Coat of Arms: Gold with a red lion rampant.
Crest: A black lion.

Motto: Semper paratus.
Motto Translated: Always prepared

Spelling variations include: Wells, Welles, Well and others.

First found in Lincolnshire where they are conjecturally descended from Gilbert de Ghent who held the village and mill of Well from the Bishop of Bayeaux at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas Wells settled in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, in 1769; James and William Wells settled in Port de Grave, Newfoundland, in 1776; Gregory Wells settled in Virginia in 1635.

Spelling variations include: Wells, Welles, Well and others.

First found in Lincolnshire where they are conjecturally descended from Gilbert de Ghent who held the village and mill of Well from the Bishop of Bayeaux at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas Wells settled in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, in 1769; James and William Wells settled in Port de Grave, Newfoundland, in 1776; Gregory Wells settled in Virginia in 1635.

Early Well Ancestor:

THOMAS WELLS was born about 1600 probably in Worcestershire, and died about 1637 in Evesham, Co., Worcester, England (Source: *Parish Records and Bishop's Transcripts of All Saints, Evesham.) He married FRANCES ALBRIGHT October 13, 1625 in Evesham, Worchestershire, England (Source: Constance Wells citing: All Saints Parish, Evesham, Worcester, ENG), daughter of RICHARD ALBRIGHT and UNKNOWN. From Volume CXLVI: January 1992, Whole Number 581, The New England

Historical and Genealogical Register: The Widow Frances (Albright) Wells, wife of Thomas Coleman of Wethersfield and Hadley, by Douglas Richardson: "...will probated 1637 (Edward Alexander Fry, ed., Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester, 1660-1642 [London, British Record Society, 1910],164. Original will filmed and available from LDS on FHL microfilem 98,054. Will dated 9 Feb. 1637, Thomas Welles referred to his wife, but not by name, and to his three minor children, Thomas, Mary and John. To his eldest son, Thomas, he bequeathed his house, after the death of his mother."

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