Ireland XO
Back to ancestor search
William Wells

William Wells

Born
1753-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1820-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in UK

According to his army record William Wells was born in Carrick on Suir in 1753, He was probably a bootmaker, and joined the army, 19the Regt, in his late 20s. I assume Protestant - William, son George, grandson William. He was promoted to sergeant - could be because he was Protestant and literate. Can't find when he was married, but his son George was born in St Lucia in 1783 when the 19th Regt were in the West Indies. William's wife must have been a "camp follower". The son, George, enlisted in the 19th Regt at age 12, going on to be promoted to sergeant. Either William or George musthave married a Boyd - the family name continued on when George's dau migrated to Australia.

Associated communities

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00