Mary Elizabeth WELLS^[1]

1806 - 1896  (90 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth WELLS  [2]
  Birth	22 Aug 1806	South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  _UID	924F94B1256F4553A1573C4172E7C22F113A
  Death	16 Sep 1896	Sumter South Carolina, buried in the Wells Cemetery at the end of Vining Road
  Person ID	I29462	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2003

  
  

  Father	Edward WELLS,   b. 26 Feb 1770, United States d. 12 Nov 1842 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Esther PERDRIAU,   b. 4 Oct 1780   d. 21 Nov 1840, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1799  [3]
  _UID	2AC068F96B904A9CB998AFB8ABA463871D50
  _UID	2AC068F96B904A9CB998AFB8ABA463871D50
  Family ID	F3936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charles /LYNAM LINAM,   b. BET. 1785 - 1792, Camden District South Carolina d. Abt 1840 (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1827
  _UID	ED813136CA9140A78B16BF461E3009F206B3
  _UID	ED813136CA9140A78B16BF461E3009F206B3
  Children	1. Charles Wells /LINAM LYMAN,   b. 3 Dec 1829, South Carolina d. Jan 1867, South Carolina (Age 37 years)   2. Edward Samuel/Samuel Edward LINAM,   b. 25 Feb 1830   d. 1857 (Age 26 years)   3. Henry James LINAM,   b. 7 Aug 1832   d. 17 Sep 1862 (Age 30 years)   4. E/Hester Elizabeth Ann LINAM,   b. 12 Oct 1833   d. BET. May 1856 - Feb 1857, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 23 years)   5. Mary Amanda/Ann LINAM,   b. 8 Nov 1836   d. 1860 (Age 23 years)   6. Martha Kiziah LINAM,   b. 19 Jun 1837   d. BET. 1855 - 1857 (Age 19 years)   7. Lydia Susan (Sue) Sarah /LYNAM LINAM,   b. 2 Feb 1839/40, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 12 Dec 1915, Privateer Township, Sumter County South Carolina, buried in the churchyard at Providence Baptist Church (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F20431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	John Boyd TINDALL,   b. 1823, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 22 Dec 1886, at his home in Privateer, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1852
  _UID	304CA45EEEA740A1B2CC93C3D742F9492372
  _UID	304CA45EEEA740A1B2CC93C3D742F9492372
  Family ID	F20548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  According to the 1850 Sumter County census Mary (Wells) Linam owned 350 acres of land (150 improved and 200 unimproved). The land was valued at $1,400.00. In addition, she owned livestock valued at $510.00 and farm implements valued at $100.00. She also owned 18 slaves. Her husband Charles had died in 1840. Notes John Tindal

  
  

• Sources

  [S213] Linam Family.GED. [S11] Hugh Charles Haynsworth, (Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, SC), page 262. [S408] Descendants of Henry Stuckey Jennings, Page 4.