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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Charles F. Wells: Birth: 12 NOV 1831. Death: 20 MAR 1904 in Philadelphia, Pennsyvlania

  2. Mordecai H. Wells: Birth: ABT 1832. Death: 26 OCT 1884 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania


Sources
1. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Chester, Burlington, New Jersey; Roll: M593_853; Page: 228B; Image: 463; Family History Library Film: 552352
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
2. Title:   U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
Page:   National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Non-population Census Schedules for New Jersey, 1850-1880: Mortality; Archive Collection: M1810; Archive Roll Number: 3; Census Year: 1879; Census Place: Chester, Burlington, New Jerse
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
3. Title:   1850 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1850; Census Place: Chester, Burlington, New Jersey; Roll: M432_443; Page: 105B; Image: 218
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
4. Title:   1860 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1860; Census Place: Chester, Burlington, New Jersey; Roll: M653_685; Page: 1040; Image: 423; Family History Library Film: 803685
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
5. Title:   New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
6. Title:   Ancestry Family Trees
Page:   Ancestry Family Tree
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;

Notes
a. Note:   Listed on the 1850 New Jersey Federal Census for Burlington County, Township of Chester (now Maple Shade), dwelling house #313, family #332 in order of visitation, line #14, age 45, occupation carpenter. wife Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) age 45, son Charles age 19 occupation carpenter, son Mordecai age 18 no occupation listed, Jane Fowler age 14 (unknown relationship to family), and mother Keziah Murfin Wells age 60. ---------- Listed on the 1860 New Jersey Federal Census for Burlington County, Township of Chester (now Maple Shade), page #94, dwelling house #725, family #704 in order of visitation, line #7, age 53, occupation farmer, with wife Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) age 56, and Jane Fowler age (?)63, possibly the Jane Fowler living with them in the 1850 census age 14 who 10 years later is 24 as the 2 could be mistaken for 6 on the census form. ---------- Listed on the 1870 New Jersey Federal Census for Burlington County, Township of Chester (now Maple Shade), page #34, dwelling house #213, family #214 in order of visitation, line 19, age 64, occupation farmer, with wife Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), age 65, and Annie Dobbins age 16, attending school. Unknown as to the relationship of Annie Dobbins to William and Elizabeth Wells. Death certificate for William Wells states age as 73 years 1 1/2 months old, occupation retired, father's name as Thomas Wells, mother's name as Keziah "Mirphin". Cause of death was paralysis. His calculated birth date corresponds to the birth date on the headstone of his sister Eliza Ann Wells for a probability they are twins.


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