John Wells Sr. (1789 - 1815)

Born 1789 in England

Husband of Josephte (Grant) Wells — married 1809 in Northwest Territories, Canada

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1815 at about age 26 in Fort Gibraltar, Manitoba

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Biography

• Marriage 1 Josephte Grant b: 1785

• Children
• Edouard "Neddy" Wills dit Welsh dit Wells Sr b: 1806 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Emelie Wells or Welsh b: 1810 in Northwest Territories
• John Wells Sr b: ABT 1820

• John Senior WILLS b: 1789 d: Unknown m: Abt. 1809 in North West Territories, where they were married according to the custom of the Country,
• 2nd Husband of Josephte (Josette) GRANT

• He became a partner of the XY Company shortly after 1798. He was one of the six wintering partners of the Company who became partners of the North West Company in 1804. Shortly after 1804 he built Fort Gibraltar at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, and remained in charge of Red River District until 1806 when he was transferred to Rat Portage. In 1807 he was elected to the Beaver Club of Montreal. He returned to Red River in 1809 and remained in charge of this department until he was relieved because of ill health in 1814.

• Wills died at Fort Gibraltar,either in late 1814 or early 1815.

• During the winter of 1813-14, John PRITCHARD, under orders of John WILLS (1775-1815), both in the employ of the NWC, bought up most of the provisions available at the Forks and sent them off to their fort at La Souris (SE of Brandon House). This of course created a shortage for the Settlers. The NWC would later claim they needed pemmican as food supply for their voyageurs. ** John WILLS was Cuthbert’s brother-in-law, married to his sister, Josephte GRANT.

Sources

• https://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/extras/sinclair/m-8736-307.pdf
• http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/wills_j.shtml
• http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/w/wills_john.pdf
• http://www.redriverancestry.ca/GRANT-CUTHBERT-1796.php

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Doni Steele for creating WikiTree profile Wills-690 through the import of Entire Family Tree - 28092012.ged on Feb 3, 2013.
• Thank you to Darrell Parker for creating WikiTree profile Wills-948 through the import of Parker Family Tree 12.ged on Jul 25, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Darrell and others.