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 Abt 1800 - 1866 (66 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Francis Flournoy Wells was born about 1800 in Virginia, USA (son of John Thomas Wells and Martha Caroline Flournoy); died in Nov 1866 in Jackson County, TX. Notes:
According to The Flournoy Family compiled by Flournoy Rivers, Esq. of Pulaski, Tennessee, after his parents death, "Frank" as he was known, was raised by an Uncle Mathews Flournoy, in Scott Co., Kentucky, and married Martha McNutt of Alexandria, Louisiana. Then about 1825 removed to Brazoria Co., Texas, then to Jackson Co., Texas about 1833, and died there in November 1866. He and Martha were the parents of five children.
"Frank" Flournoy was a descendant of the 'Blue Grass', Kentucky
Flournoys. His mother was the fifth child of Mathews Flournoy and his wife. This family were early settlers in Scott County, Kentucky, and many descendants migrated to Brazoria County and other counties throughout the state of Texas.
[Rowlettfile.FTW]
WELLS, FRANCIS F. (ca. 1800-1866).
Francis F. Wells, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists, was born in Virginia about 1800. He moved to Texas from Louisiana and on July 21, 1824, received title to a league and a labor of land in present Brazoria and Jackson counties. The Mexican census of March 1826 listed him as a doctor, a married man with a wife (née Martha McNutt), and between sixteen and twenty-five. On November 14, 1829, the ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin granted him a license to practice medicine in Texas. In July 1830 the ayuntamiento also appointed Wells a member of the new board of medical examiners. In 1832 Wells and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Pamelia (Parmelia) McNutt Porter, founded the town of Texana in Jackson County.
Wells laid off the townsite into residential and business lots. On July 17, 1835 , Wells was present at the Lavaca-Navidad Meeting. In 1838 he was a participant at a political meeting that nominated Peter W. Grayson for president of the republic. Wells had one son, who later fought in the Confederate army and served as county clerk and judge. In 1851 Wells deeded a lot in Texana to be used by the local Methodist church. He died in Jackson County, and his will was filed for probate on December 10, 1866.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lester G. Bugbee, "The Old Three Hundred: A List of Settlers in Austin's First Colony," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). Pat Ireland Nixon, The Medical Story of Early Texas, 1528-1853 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lupe Memorial Fund, 1946). Ira T. Taylor, The Cavalcade of Jackson County (S an Antonio: Naylor, 1938). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
"WELLS, FRANCIS F." The Handbook of Texas Online.
Family/Spouse: Martha McNutt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Robert Williamsom Wells was born on 3 Aug 1849.
- Lucky Francis Wells was born on 18 May 1846; died in 1915.
- Flora Adelia Wells was born on 31 Dec 1833; died on 25 Dec 1914 in Edna, Jackson County, TX.
- Elizabeth Casandra Wells was born in 1828.
- Laura Martha McNutt Wells was born on 13 Jul 1827.
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Generation: 3
| 6. | Mathews Flournoy was born on 21 Jun 1732 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA (son of Jean Jacques Flournoy and Mary Williams); died in 1785 in Cumberland Gap, Scott, Kentucky, USA. Notes:
BIOGRAPHY: Lived in Prince Edward Co. Early emigrated to N.E. Kentucky; was killed by Indians, and left a very numerous progeny. His name is spelled Mathews by his descendants.
Matthew's house is now used for a farm office, and been beautifully restored. Restoration had been started on a remaining outbuilding. It islocated on a country road off Hwy 460 east of Georgetown KY (Scott County).
Halifax Co. Orphans/bound children 1760-62 (part 1)
May Ct. 1760
Mathews FLOURNOY is appointed guardian of John Pryor SMITH, Lemuel SMITH and Peggy SMITH, orphans of Charles SMITH, dec'd.
Source: Found in RootsWeb Archive Files, submitted by Tony
Mathews married Elizabeth Ann Pryor about 1755 in Charlotte County, VA. Elizabeth was born in 1739; died in Jun 1798 in Scott County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
| 12. | Jean Jacques Flournoy was born on 17 Nov 1686 in Chêne-Bougeries, Geneva, Switzerland; was christened on 20 Nov 1686 in Church Madeleine, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (son of Jacques Jean Flournoy and Julia Eyrand); died on 23 Mar 1740 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Arrival: 1705, Virginia, USA
Jean married Mary Williams on 23 Jun 1720 in Williamsburg, York, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of James Williams and Elizabeth Buckner) was born on 25 Dec 1695 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Mar 1740 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 13. | Mary Williams was born on 25 Dec 1695 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA (daughter of James Williams and Elizabeth Buckner); died on 25 Mar 1740 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Notes:
Married:
She was the childless widow of Orlando Jones who was his second wife and Orlando only lived about a year after their marriage.
Children:
- Rachel Flournoy was born on 25 Sep 1730 in Virginia, USA; died on 28 Aug 1741 in Virginia, USA.
- David Flournoy was born on 3 Sep 1728 in Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1757 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.
- 6. Mathews Flournoy was born on 21 Jun 1732 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in Cumberland Gap, Scott, Kentucky, USA.
- John Flournoy was born on 9 Dec 1726 in Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jan 1825 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.
- Thomas Flournoy was born on 20 Nov 1738 in Amelia County, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Feb 1801 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.
- Elizabeth Julia Flournoy was born on 5 Dec 1721 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died in Jul 1793 in Charlotte, Virginia, USA.
- Flournoy was born on 25 Nov 1736 in Virginia, USA; died in Jan 1736/37 in Virginia, USA.
- Gédéon Flournoy was born on 19 Mar 1722 in Virginia, USA; died in 1754 in Genève, Genève, Switzerland.
- Mary Flournoy was born on 23 Feb 1735 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Sep 1798 in Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.
- Samuel Flournoy was born on 4 Oct 1724 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Dec 1780 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA.
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