Hannah Wells
(1756–1821)
BIRTH
1756
PLACE
NAME
Hannah Adams
DEATH
May 28, 1821
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Samuel Adams
(1722-1803)
MOTHER
Elizabeth Checkley Adams
(1725-1757)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Hannah Adams Wells (1756–1821) was Samuel Adams and Elizabeth Checkley’s daughter and his only surviving child when he died in 1803. She married Thomas Wells in 1781 and had six children in Boston, three of whom died young. Her recollections helped shape later accounts of her father’s Revolutionary career, although some attributed stories remain uncorroborated. She also owned Copley’s portrait of him. Family publications agree on her death date but differ on her birth month.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Hannah Wells’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Hannah Wells is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Hannah Wells died on May 28, 1821. Hannah Adams Wells was Samuel Adams and Elizabeth Checkley’s daughter and his only surviving child when he died in 1803. She married Thomas Wells in 1781 and had six children in Boston, three of whom died young. Her recollections helped shape later accounts of her father’s Revolutionary career, although some attributed stories remain uncorroborated. She also owned Copley’s portrait of him. Family publications agree on her death date but differ on her birth month. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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