John Wessells

Abt 1766 - Bef 1834  (< 67 years)

• Name	John Wessells  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1766	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Will - Fathers	21 Dec 1773	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as son John (under age) in the will of Ephraim Wessells, wife Ann. He was given the land purchased of Robert Justice & Joseph Webb when he comes to age.
  Rev War Veteran	1775	Accomack Co, Virginia   [2, 3]
  	"It is ordered that John Wessells a soldier in the Continental Line in the Revolutionary War died intestate" (Acc Orders 1832-36, 24 Feb 1834, p. 250). "It is ordered to be certified that it appears to the Court by satisfactory proof that John Wessells Senr., William Wessells, Ephraim Wessells, James Wessells, Catherine Russell, Nancy Wessells, Ephraim Wessells (of N.), Elizabeth Ewell, Sarah Johnson, Catherine Wessells (of N.), Laura Wessells, Isaac Wessells, Nancy Hickman, George Russell (of George), Thomas Russell, James Russell, Lucretia Russell, Esther Russell, Elijah Russell, William Russell, Thomas Moore, Polly Moore, Isaac Sterling, Anna Young, Ephraim Wessells, Senr., Sarah Ann Russell, Nancy Wessells, Catherine Young, Betsey Summers, Arthur F. Wessells, John Wessells, Jr., Richard Wessells, Ephraim Wessells (of B.), Kessey Annis, Susan Annis, Margaret Young, Nancy Dix, Susan Wessells, Samuel Wessells, Delight Russell, Noah Russell, Mary Russell, Southy Russell, Ann Maria Onions, Susan Onions, Westley Onions, Levena Jane Onions and Raymond Melvin Parkes are the only heirs at law of John Wessells who was a soldier in the Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionay War" (Acc Orders 1832-1836, 29 July 1835, p. 503).
  Reference Identifer	RW
  Record ID	49699
  Death	Bef 1834
  Person ID	I49699	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Wessells,   b. 1714, Eastern Shore, Maryland d. Bef 25 Jan 1774, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 60 years)
  Family ID	F42138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 274 (will of Ephraim Wessells, wife Ann), 570. [S577] Walker & Turman, Acc Soldiers & Sailors in Rev, (Parksley, VA: A Project of the Eastern Shore Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1975 (Manuscript at the E.S.P.L.)), 577. [S253] Accomack Co, VA, Court Orders, 1832-1836, p. 250, 253.