Thomas Wells (Rhode Island judge)
Thomas Wells (April 5, 1723 – c. 1795) was a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from August 1776 to May 1780.[1]
Born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, Wells also served at various times in the Rhode Island General Assembly and the Rhode Island Senate, and as a member of the Council of War and Justice.[2]
Wells married Sarah Thompson, with whom he had nine children. He died in Hopkinton.[2]
References[]
- ^ Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
- ^ a b Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Volume 56 (1921), p. 211.
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