KENTUCKY
MARRIAGES - WELLS - Page 2
16 Mar 2001
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Kentucky
Owen County
Duvall, Marcia C. married Wells, John on 20 Sep 1824 in Owen County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Pendleton County
Boner, Sally married Wells, Benjamin on 29 Nov 1812 in Pendleton County, Kentucky
Lightfoot, Susannah married Wells, Thomas on 16 Feb 1815 in Pendleton County, Kentucky
McCally, James married Wells, Lucy on 25 Sep 1815 in Pendleton County, Kentucky
Groves, Disy married Wells, Samuel on 13 May 1819 in Pendleton County, Kentucky (Dicy?
Dicey?)
Smith, William married Wells, Fanny on 23 Nov 1825 in Pendleton County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Shelby County
Ford, Nancy married Wells, Harden on 05 Apr 1805 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Stone, Coleman married Wells, Sally on 24 Jan 1806 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Stone, James married Wells, Margaret on 24 Jan 1806 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Edrington, Mildred married Wells, William on 09 Jul 1807 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Bell, Hannah married Wells, Joshua on 09 Dec 1808 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Richey, Joseph married Wells, Lydia on 23 Aug 1809 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Shelburne, Benjamin married Wells, Fanny on 18 Nov 1813 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Hardisty, Henry married Wells, Polly on 22 Oct 1814 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Shelburn, Spencer married Wells, --- on 19 Dec 1814 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Clayton, Sarah married Wells, Jesse on 07 Aug 1816 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Wells, Elizabeth married Williams, Hezekiah on 26 Aug 1817 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Ashby, Fanny married Wells, Peter on 31 Dec 1817 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Weatherford, James married Wells, Nancy on 02 Feb 1819 in Shelby County, Kentucky
VanCleave, Sally married Wells, Isaac on 12 Nov 1822 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Drane, James married Wells, Nancy on 03 Nov 1825 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Spencer County
McCrocklin, Isabella married Wells, Peyton on 22 Nov 1825 in Spencer County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Warren County
Beckham, William married Wells, Susannah on 13 Jun 1811 in Warren County, Kentucky
Greathouse, Samuel married Wells, Dicey on 05 Aug 1812 in Warren County, Kentucky
Dillingham, Michael married Wells, Mary on 02 Aug 1820 in Warren County, Kentucky
Dickerson, Synthannah married Wells, William on 04 Jun 1821 in Warren County, Kentucky
Wells, John married West, Eliza[Mrs] on 06 Nov 1821 in Warren County, Kentucky
Long, James married Wells, Rachel on 04 Feb 1823 in Warren County, Kentucky
Bush, John W. married Wells, Sally on 25 Feb 1824 in Warren County, Kentucky
Clemmons, Robert married Wells, Annar on 28 Apr 1824 in Warren County, Kentucky
Clayton, Russell married Wells, Elizabeth on 22 Oct 1824 in Warren County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Washington County
Griffy, Elizabeth married Wells, William on 07 Aug 1798 in Washington County, Kentucky
Cooper, Austin married Wells, Margaret on 19 Apr 1809 in Washington County, Kentucky
Evans, Phebe married Wells, Jesse on 28 Dec 1809 in Washington County, Kentucky
Swiney, Shepherd married Wells, Susanna on 27 Jul 1813 in Washington County, Kentucky
Swiney, Lucy married Wells, Thomas on 29 Jul 1814 in Washington County, Kentucky
Bush, John married Wells, Nancy on 11 Dec 1817 in Washington County, Kentucky
Tharp, Elizabeth married Wells, Berry on 11 Apr 1818 in Washington County, Kentucky
Curtsinger, Sally married Wells, William on 13 Mar 1823 in Washington County, Kentucky
Hickerson, Silas married Wells, Suriah on 23 Oct 1824 in Washington County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Wayne County
Wells, David married Williams, Margaret on 07 Feb 1809 in Wayne County, Kentucky
--, --- married Wells, David on 04 Jun 1818 in Wayne County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Whitley County
Steele, Andrew married Wells, Dolia on 16 Apr 1821 in Whitley County, Kentucky
Stinson, Jacob married Wells, Elizabeth on 10 Aug 1823 in Whitley County, Kentucky
Star, Joel married Wells, Charlotta on 01 Oct 1823 in Whitley County, Kentucky
Bishop, Nancy married Wells, Martin on 17 Jun 1824 in Whitley County, Kentucky
Marriages of Campbell, Boone and Kenton Counties, Kentucky, 1795-1850 - Lengthy Text!
(Because I found it interesting and valuable!)
Campbell, Boone and Kenton counties are the northernmost counties of Kentucky. All are
situated along the Ohio river across from the Cincinnati, Ohio, metropolitan area. The
oldest is Campbell County, formed in 1794 not long after Kentucky was granted statehood in
1792. Boone Co. was formed from the western portion of Campbell Co. in 1799. Until 1840
when Kenton Co. was formed from Campbell Co. in between the two, the older pair comprised
the northernmost territory of the young commonwealth for four decades. Those decades also
happened to witness the tremendous westward migration in the United States, much of which
passed by the shores of these counties along the Ohio river, a major route to the new
west. The location of the counties along this migration trail thus gives them additional
importance as genealogical sources, since many of their settlers--and particularly their
offspring--moved further west during this period to Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and
beyond. Another feature of the marriage records is that some contain invaluable
information on family relationships not generally available elsewhere except in probate
and some court records (guardianships, orphans, suits, etc.). These statements of
relationship in the marriages records occur in the "consents" (below). Early
marriages took place in the framework of "An Act for Regulating the Solemnization of
Marriages," passed on February 3, 1798, by the General Assembly. Two provisions of
that Act are of particular interest to genealogists. The first is that marriage licenses
were to be issued by the clerk of court in the county where the female resided. That
requirement was almost always observed, but there are a few exceptions. The second is that
consent was required by the father or guardian if either party was under 21. Thus, a
strong presumptive case exists that a person listed in the records as giving consent -- of
the same name as the bride -- is her father. Unless that relationship is stated, however,
the case is only presumptive, not proven: the person could be a paternal uncle who served
as guardian, for example. Happily, many such relationships are stated; unfortunately, many
others are not. Where the person giving consent is not identified, the phrase in brackets
"[relationship not stated, or RNS]" follows the citation. In practice, the
records show that parental consent was often recorded even when one of the
parties--usually the bride--was over 21. With two witnesses, consent could be given in
writing. The last entry in the listings in this volume is of those witnesses (abbreviated
"w by") to the consent. The procedure was for the groom to obtain a license from
the county court and post bond. (Two bondsmen were required. Invariably, the groom was one
and thus is not listed separately as such in this book.) A Minister then performed the
ceremony and was supposed to return a certificate to the court clerk affirming that the
marriage actually took place. Thus, a marriage could produce four pieces of paper: a bond,
a license, a minister's "return" and a consent (above). The clerk was supposed
to list the licenses and returns in a marriage book. Not all the licenses made it into the
marriage books; transcribing returns was even more spotty, in part because the Ministers
often did not make their returns until much later, if ever. In the absence of a return
specifying the actual marriage date, the bond date ("BD") or license date
("LD") is listed as a substitute. Neither is the actual date of marriage, which
usually occurred a day or two later. In rare cases, a license would be returned
"without endorsement," presumably meaning the marriage never took place.
Theoretically, these three (or four) pieces of paper relating to each marriage should be
available. In practice, though, many were lost or never submitted (especially the
"returns"). The information in this volume is based on both the marriage books
and on those extant scraps of paper containing the individual documents. A caution on
spellings: many persons in those years were illiterate and did not know how to spell their
names. Thus, the court clerk in many instances wrote down the name as he saw fit, often
phonetically. Perversely, the clerk sometimes changed the spelling when he transcribed the
names from the papers to the marriage books. The last names are transcribed here exactly
as they were spelled in the original records. Vowels were often used interchangeably,
e.g., Kannady/ Kennaday/ Kennady/ Kennedy. A greater problem in searching occurs when a
different beginning consonant of a surname is used, e.g., Clore/Glore, or Crooger/Kruger.
Thus, every conceivable spelling should be searched for using your browser's
"Find" button. For Boone county only, the page numbers from the corresponding
original documents are found at the end of each entry--for example, Marriage Books
"A," "B," "C," etc., the originals of which are kept in a
vault in the clerk's office. In recent years, the scraps of paper were deacidified and
encapsulated in Mylar and bound in indexed books chronologically as follows: M. Bk. 1 2
July 1798 to 20 Dec. 1815
M. Bk. 2 6 Jan. 1816 to 20 May 1821
M. Bk. 3 2 June 1821 to 25 May 1825
M. Bk. 4 1 June 1825 to 5 Mar. 1830
M. Bk. 5 8 Mar. 1830 to 3 July 1833
M. Bk. 6 13 Jan. 1835 to 15 June 1839
M. Bk. 7 13 June 1839 to 21 June 1844
M. Bk. 8 2 July 1844 to 4 Jan. 1852
Campbell and Kenton county individual marriage papers have not yet (as of 1998) benefited
from the same treatment; Campbell county's are at the Alexandria courthouse; Kenton's are
at KDLA Frankfort.
List of Abbreviations
[?] = writing indistinct/illegible b = bondsman BD = bond date c by = consent by [fnu] =
first name unknown LD = license date m by = married by M. Bk. = Marriage Book RNS =
relationship not stated w by = witnessed by
Page 48
CLARK, Joseph & Nancey PARKER, 4 Jan. 1814, BD, b Levi Wells, c by
father Richard Parker, Campbell Co., KY
Page 60
CORNELIUS, John & Nelly WELLS, 19 Aug. 1821, m by MR, b John G. Ellis,
c by father Richard Wells, Campbell Co., KY
Page 5
LEMON, James C. & Julia Ann WELLS, 12 Apr. 1848, m by F, b E.S.
Offutt, c by Julia Ann's parent L.B. Wells, Kenton Co., KY
Page 67
REED, Jacob & Elenor WELLS, 26 Oct. 1816, m by MR, b John Wells,
Campbell Co., KY
Page 70
RICE, William & Patsey SPARKS, 7 Dec. 1815, m by CJT, b Richard Wells,
Page 6
SENOUR, Edward & Kisina[?] WELLS, 1 Sept. 1833, m by JA, b Richard
Wells, Campbell Co., KY
Page 17
SPARKS, James & Betsey WELLS, 30 May 1819, m by MR, b Richard Wells,
Campbell Co., KY
Page 55
WELLS, Abraham & Mary Frances SMITH, 7 Dec. 1846, m by WB, b Marcigin
Duvall, Kenton Co., KY
WELLS, John & Rachel WELLS, 25 Mar. 1818, m by MR, b John Wells,
Campbell Co., KY
WELLS, Joseph & Maria WORTMAN, 25 Dec. 1823 [LD is 28 Dec. 1823], m by
EG, b John N. Taliaferro, Campbell Co., KY
HUFMAN, Aaron & Jamima WELLS, 20 Sept. 1827, m by EG, b William F.
Wells, c by Richard Wells [relationship not stated], Campbell Co., KY
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