JAMES WELLS I
My Ninth Paternal Generation
The Emigrant Grandcestor

James Wells I, progenitor of the LITTLE WELLS branch, was transplanted to Maryland upon the "Nightingale of York", in the year 1669.

Maryland Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland, Libr. 11, Folio 581-582 contains "A Catalog of the Servants brought in by the "NIGHTINGALE OF YORK" who arrived in Maryland, the XXth of February MDCLXVIII (1668/9). Listed is JAMES WELLS.

These records show that David Poole brought over sixty passengers on two ships which entitled him to sixty rights of land. The papers show David Poole assigned all sixty rights to George Yate, and under date of May 25, 1669, George Yate sold 300 acres and thereon appears the name of JAMES WELLS as a witness to the deal.