Elizabeth Strong
[unknown name] Budgell
John Burge Wells

                                                              +-William STRONG
                                                              |    (Was he George?)
                                                              |
                               +-Elizabeth STRONG-------------+
                               | b. 22 Apr 1818               |
                               | d. 20 Aug 1904               +-[unknown name] (1)
  Harriett BUDGELL-------------+
  b. 30 Aug 1833               |
                               |
+-William BUDGELL--------------+
| b. 17 Sep 1837               |
| d. 1 Oct 1926                |
|                              |
+-[unknown name] (1)           |
                               |
|                              |
+-Susannah SIMS (2)            |
                               |
|                              |
+-Susannah ROUSELL (3)         |
  m. 10 Nov 1869               |
                               |
|                              |
+-Emily [unknown surname] (4)  |
                               |
                               +-[unknown name] BUDGELL (1)

                               |
  Mary WELLS-------------------+
  b. 30 Aug 1839               |
                               |
+-Henry Wallace WELLS----------+
| b. 22 Oct 1841               |
| d. 20 Mar 1917               |
| m. 22 Nov 1865               |
|                              |
+-Charlotte Caroline LANGDOWN  |
  b. 6 Jun 1847                |
  d. 23 Jul 1912               |
                               |
+-Jane WELLS-------------------+
| b. 30 Mar 1844               |
| d. 17 Mar 1922               |
| m. 20 Jun 1862               |
|                              |
+-Henry BICLSMAN               |
                               |
  Martha WELLS-----------------+
  b. 22 Sep 1847               |
                               |
+-Elizabeth Marion WELLS-------+
| b. 8 Jun 1849                |
| d. 21 Apr 1925               |
|                              |
+-John Charles BATSTONE        |
  b. 6 Jan 1846                |
  d. 25 Apr 1925               |
                               |
  Caroline Virginia WELLS------+
  b. 7 Aug 1851                |
                               |
+-Julia Gusielia WELLS---------+
| b. 13 Apr 1854               |
| m. 2 Sep 1879                |
|                              |
+-Charles STEPHENS             |
                               |
+-Fanny Augusta WELLS----------+
| b. 14 Oct 1857               |
| m. 1 Jun 1876                |
|                              |
+-Robert Lush WEBBER           |
                               |
  Frederick Orestus WELLS------+
  b. 19 Jun 1860               |
                               |
  Catherine Susan WELLS--------+                              +-William WELLS
  b. 15 Apr 1863               |                              |
                               +-John Burge WELLS (2)---------+
                                 b. 18 Mar 1811               |
                                 d. 23 Mar 1896               |
                                 m. 2 Sep 1838                |
                                                              +-[unknown name]
Lovell's 1871 Directory for Joe Batt's Arm lists a John Wells, fisherman.

The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Three Arms at http://enl.cuff.com/entry/82/8217.htm, "In 1838 John and William Wells of Back Harbour, Twillingate built a fishing room on Three Arms Island for the summer fishery. Then, in 1841, John Wells moved his household to Three Arms. In short order others followed, including Solomon Strong (who subsequently married Wells' sister), the family of William Vincent of Twillingate and James Norris, an Irishman. ... Wells had built up his premises to a small mercantile establishment, which employed a small schooner to trade with fishermen in western Notre Dame Bay and built fishing boats under the direction of Strong. ... In the earliest days of Three Arms John Wells is said to have conducted a night school for the children ...".

Queen Milley reported Elizabeth and John were married on July 20, 1838.

Pearce Wells: "John Burge Wells of Twillingate married Elizabeth Budgel (nee Strong) of Exploits on September 2nd 1838. Married by Rev J Chapman."

John Wells was part owner of the schooner Lamentation.

Burials, Mission of Tilt Cove, 1872-1901 (from Anglican Church Records, Botwood)
John B. WELLS, Three Arms, age 85, died March 23, buried March 25, 1896 by Arthur Pittman.

Burials, Parish of Tilt Cove, 1901-1944 (from Anglican Church Records, Botwood)
WELLS, Elizabeth, Three Arms, age 87, died August 20, buried August 22, 1904 by Arthur Pittman.

[Unproven - Was she the sister-in-law of Elizabeth Strong?]
Register of Burials, Parish of Exploits, 1878- 1947 (from Anglican Church Records, Botwood)
Harriett BUDGELL, Exploits, Burnt Island, buried December 2, 1883, age 64 years [born about 1819], George Crane, Deacon.

John H. Strong, Wells Family Anecdotes:

The Wells family, like the Strongs, are said to have come from Ringwood, Hampshire, England in 1793 (John Burge Wells' notebook). The first Wells we have record of was John Burge Wells. He married Elizabeth Budgell (nee Strong) a sister of Solomon, on September 2, 1838 at Twillingate. John Burge Wells was the brother of Jane Wells. Jane married Solomon, Elizabeth's brother.
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