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Wells family fonds
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Fonds
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1801-1898 (Creation)
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- Wells (family)
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0.35 m of textual records
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Biographical history
William Wells was born in 1768 at Sandown, New Hampshire and settled permanently in Augusta Township, Upper Canada in 1787. He was a lumber merchant and farmer, served as a Captain of Militia in the War of 1812-15, was taken prisoner by the Americans and released on parole. He was also a Justice of the Peace. In 1799 he married Sarah Clough and they had eight children: Ruth (b. 1800), Sally (1801-1835), Horace Clough (1802-1876), Maria (1804-1877), William Benjamin (b. 1809), Isaac Brock (b. 1812), Thomas Proctor (1816-1816), and Frances Adaline (b. 1817). Ruth Wells married George Longley in 1824. He was a Maitland lumber merchant and M.P.P. in 1827, as well as a Justice of the Peace.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence (some copies), wills, legal documents, subject files, receipts and an issue of Christian Advocate and Journal, 1835 July 3. The documents provide much detailed information about the family including various financial interests.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Miss Monica Jones - 1977
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- English
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Location of originals
2302
2999 (Wells)
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected