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Thomas Wells (Rhode Island judge)

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Thomas Wells (April 5, 1723 – c. 1795) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from August 1776 to May 1780.[1]

Born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, Wells also served at various times in the Rhode Island General Assembly and the Rhode Island Senate, and as a member of the Council of War and Justice.[2]

Wells married Sarah Thompson, with whom he had nine children. He died in Hopkinton.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
  2. ^ a b Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Volume 56 (1921), p. 211.