Asa Wells

Family

Sources

1. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

   Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 544, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "For his second wife he [Diodet L. Swan, b. about 1800] married Mary Eliza Wells, daughter of Asa Wells, an honored citizen, and they became the parents of nine children: (1) Diodet L., who lived in Springfield, Mass., where he died at the age of seventy years; ..." Matches mary-eliza-wells-swan: name Mary Eliza Wells; 2nd wife of Diodet L. Swan Sr.; mother of nine incl. Diodet L. of Springfield (Davis, The New England States 1897 p. 332 agrees: "by the last of whom, Mary Eliza Wells, of Middle Haddam, he had nine children"). Mother of Mary Eliza not named.

2. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

   Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 544, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "For his second wife he [Diodet L. Swan, b. about 1800] married Mary Eliza Wells, daughter of Asa Wells, an honored citizen, and they became the parents of nine children: (1) Diodet L., who lived in Springfield, Mass., where he died at the age of seventy years; ..." Matches mary-eliza-wells-swan: name Mary Eliza Wells; 2nd wife of Diodet L. Swan Sr.; mother of nine incl. Diodet L. of Springfield (Davis, The New England States 1897 p. 332 agrees: "by the last of whom, Mary Eliza Wells, of Middle Haddam, he had nine children"). Mother of Mary Eliza not named.