Ancestry of
Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Abner Wells

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Boris Johnson — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 510 
  • Father:
  • Henry Wells 
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy Osman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Nov 1737 
  • Birth Location:
  • Southold, Suffolk, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Sep 1795 
  • Death Location:
  • Wellsburg, Chemung, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Case
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Dec 1758 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Southold, Suffolk, New York 
  • Children:
  
  

  Henry Wells

  Mary Wells (Ahnentafel No:255 )

• Sources for Abner Wells

  • ¹ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1918, Vol. 49, p. 161, Marriage record for Abner Wells and Mary Case.
  • ² Jordan, John W., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania, Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1913), 866-867.
  • ³ Mather, Frederic Gregory, The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut, Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers (1913), 290.
  • ⁴ McLachlan, James, Princetonians: A Biographical Dictionary, 1748-1768, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press (1976), 217, incorrectly gives Abner's mother as Katherina Penny, his father's third wife.
  • ⁵ New-York Historical Society, Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1899, New York: Printed for the Society (1900), p. 228, Will of father-in-law Benjamin Case (dtd 06 NOV 1774, prvd 18 NOV 1774).

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