Dwight Wells

first name

Dwight

last name

Wells

gender

male

birth, death year

1822 , 1824

first, last year in records

1821, 1824

confidence level

confirmed identity

freed status (year freed)

unknown

enslaver(s)

location(s)

Deerfield, MA

place of origin

Bio

In Deerfield, Massachusetts resident John Wilson's diary, is a chart titled "Poor house Callendar" that lists "Pauper Names", their ages, when they entered the poorhouse, and when they died. An entry for "Dwight Wills (Negro)" shows he entered on October 23, 1822, and died on March 22, 1824, at the age of two. In the "Remarks" column is noted "State poor." In Wilson's "Account of Money Held for the support of States Poor" Dwight Wills [Wells] appears in a list of names in entries for January 1, 1823 and January 1, 1824.

Entry	Source	Vol Name	Date	entry id
• March 29, 1821 Removed from Town Street to Great River [J.W. returned to The Street at a later date:] Poor House CalendarPaupers Names Age When entered P. House Discharged or Died RemarksDwight Wills (Negro)	John Wilson's Diary	1815-1854	1821	1082
• "March 29, 1821 Removed from Town Street to Great River [J.W. returned to The Street at a later date:] Poor House Calendar Paupers Names Age When entered P. House Discharged or Died Remarks Dwight Wills (Negro	John Wilson's Diary	1815-1854	1821	1688
• March 29, 1821 Removed from Town Street to Great River [J.W. returned to The Street at a later date:] Poor House CalendarPaupers Names Age When entered P. House Discharged or Died RemarksDwight Wills (Negro)	John Wilson's Diary	1815-1854	1821	1083
• March 29, 1821 Removed from Town Street to Great River [J.W. returned to The Street at a later date:] Poor House CalendarPaupers Names Age When entered P. House Discharged or Died RemarksDwight Wills (Negro)	John Wilson's Diary	1815-1854	1821	1081
• March 29, 1821 Removed from Town Street to Great River [J.W. returned to The Street at a later date:] Poor House CalendarPaupers Names Age When entered P. House Discharged or Died RemarksDwight Wills (Negro)	John Wilson's Diary	1815-1854	1821	1080
• Wells, Dwight, Mar. 22, 1824. Negro.	Deerfield Vital Records to 1850	Deaths	1824 Mar 22	1493

Entry

Source

Vol Name

Date

entry id

• March 29, 1821 Removed from Town Street to Great River [J.W. returned to The Street at a later date:] Poor House CalendarPaupers Names Age When entered P. House Discharged or Died RemarksDwight Wills (Negro)

John Wilson's Diary

1815-1854

1821

1082

• "March 29, 1821 Removed from Town Street to Great River [J.W. returned to The Street at a later date:] Poor House Calendar Paupers Names Age When entered P. House Discharged or Died Remarks Dwight Wills (Negro

John Wilson's Diary