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Village:Watervliet, NY Source:bios:310Search: Full Last First Name difference from: Well, Freegift
id 310 firstname Freegift lastname Wells birthyr 1785 deathyr 1871 bio Wells, Freegift (1785-1871), the last of eleven children and the seventh of seven sons, came to the Watervliet, NY,
Shakers in May 1803 (his family first joined the Mt. Lebanon Shakers). He went to live in the 1st order of the Church
F. in December, 1810, signed the covenant in 1814, and was appointed elder in place of Nathan Spier in May 1817.
He later became Ministry Elder. (His oldest brother was Seth Youngs Wells, a schoolteacher, and his mother, born
Abigail Youngs, was the sister of Isaac Newton Youngs, another prominent Shaker-cabinetmaker, clockmaker and scribe). Br. Freegift was a school teacher, mechanic, woodturner, and cabinetmaker. In the spring of 1836 he was sent to Union Village, OH, to become 1st Minister there, and stayed until 1843. He then returned to WateNliet, to be an elder, until 1857. During that time he helped to design the 1848 Meeting House. He ran the silver pen business for many years, continued making furniture, and repaired wooden items.
Village:Watervliet, NY Source:census:2932Search: Full Last First Name difference from: Well, Freegift
id 2932 firstname Freegift lastname Wells fullname Freegift Wells eventdate NY-Census 1855-549: birthdate 1785 cenurl https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K634-6PQ
Village: Source:sqtrlyobits:669Search: Full Last First Name difference from: Well, Freegift
ID 669 FULLNAME Wells, Freegift ISSUE pm0106 DETAILS
Freegift Wells , a worthy member of our
Community, deceased on Saturday, the 15th of April (1871): aged SS years 10 months and
25 days. He was the youngest of a family of 11 children—all now dead, save one, whose
present age is over 93 years. The remarkable longevity of this family is worthy of
notice. Thomas and Abigail Wells, the parents of said family of children, were each,
respectively, 80 and 85 years of age at death. The names and ages of the ten children,
who lived to mature years, were as follows, viz. : Set!) Y. Wells, deceased, ased 80 v.
2n .11 Thomas " Jr., 1 74 9 16 Benjamin i K ( ' 81 2 19 Calvin I it i ' 81 1 8 Luther (
it ( ' 86 5 4 Stephen 1 88 10 5 Hannah ' 86 1 11 Jesse ' now living, ' 1 93 and over
Abigail ' Jr., deceased, ' ' 49 2 3 Freegift ' " ' ' 85 10 25 The mother and 10 children
have been firm believers in the testimony of Christ's Second Appearing, all but one
having died in the faith of Mother Ann Lee. I). A. B.AGE SS years 10 months and 25 days. DEATHDATE 1871-04-15 FirstNAME Freegift LastNAME Wells
Village:Watervliet, NY Source:shakerdic:76Search: Full Last First Name difference from: Well, Freegift
id 76 firstname Freegift lastname Wells birthyr 1785 deathyr 1871 sourceid 231 sourceurl https://books.google.com/books?id=oQhY03JJvTAC&hl=en&pg=PA231
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