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Abigail Wells (Allis)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: November 16, 1731 (59)
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain John Allis and Mary Belding
Wife of Ephraim Wells and Ephraim Welles, Ensign
Mother of Abigail Hawks / Mariner; Lydia Rowley; Ephraim Mariner Wells, Jr.; Thomas Mariner; Abigail Wells and 1 other
Sister of Joseph Allis; Hannah Elizabeth Broughton / Butler; Ichabod Allis; Mehitable Moore; Eleazer Allis, I and 8 others
Half sister of Mary Hastings; Sarah Wells and Nathaniel Clark

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About Abigail Wells

Abigail Allis was the daughter of Capt. John Allis. She was taken hostage by Indians in 1677, when she was 6 years old. She lived in Hatfield, Massachusetts Colony, New England.

Abigail married Ephraim Wells in 1696, moved to Colchester, Connecticut, and had 10 children. She died in 1731, at age 59.

She was the mother of Abigail Wells, who married William Mariner.



That afternoon of Sept. 19th was a time of terrible excitement and overwhelming sorrow to the remaining inhabitants of the town . . . . Seventeen captives were taken, and their names are given as follows : … Abigail, six, daughter of Capt. John Allis ; and Abigail Bartholemew formerly of Deerfield.

From "212th Anniversary of the Indian Attack on Hatfield" (1889)(http://archive.org/stream/212thanniversary00bart/212thanniversary00...)


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Abigail Wells's Timeline

1672
February 25, 1672
Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1677
September 7, 1677
Age 5
1697
February 22, 1697
New London, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
February 22, 1697
New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
1699
January 28, 1699
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1711
January 18, 1711
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1731
November 16, 1731
Age 59
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, Colonial America
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