The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . rom ThomasGorges a grant of land on which he had settled, and fora time he acted as agent of Gorges for the sale of landin that region claimed by Gorges under his grant. Wheelwright came from Exeter with a part of hisflock and settled at the same place. About the year1643 a church was established there which is to-day theFirst Congregational Church of Wells, of which was an active member during the rest of hislife. He was commissioner in Wells with Ezekiel Knightand Thomas Wheelwright in 1654-55. He w
The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . rom ThomasGorges a grant of land on which he had settled, and fora time he acted as agent of Gorges for the sale of landin that region claimed by Gorges under his grant. Wheelwright came from Exeter with a part of hisflock and settled at the same place. About the year1643 a church was established there which is to-day theFirst Congregational Church of Wells, of which was an active member during the rest of hislife. He was commissioner in Wells with Ezekiel Knightand Thomas Wheelwright in 1654-55. He was alsoone of a commission to fix the boundary between thetowns of Wells and Porpoise. He died at Wells,December 11, 1661, at the age of seventy-one years. His will and the inventory of his estate, which may beseen in the York county, Maine, records, shows that hehad prospered in business and was a wealthy man forthose times. In his will he very carefully provides forthe care and support of his wife. Bourne, the his-torian of Wells and Kennebec, says of him that he. yt^dmt/lCafjM^^ BIOGRAPHICAL 37 was a man upon whose character no spot or blemishcould be found. (II) Francis, Sr., reference to whom has already beenmade, was with his father in Exeter, New Hampshire,and in Wells. For a time he resided at Dover, NewHampshire. He represented that town in the legisla-ture of the province of New Hampshire in 1648. Helater returned to Wells and was very prominent in thecontention between Gorges and the Massachusetts Col-ony in which he and the other men of the family tookside against Gorges. He represented Wells in 1665and 1676, and York, in 1668, in the Massachusetts Gen-eral Court. According to the Colonial records theGeneral Court met occasionally at his house in appears to have been a man of great energy andpublic spirit. He acquired large tracts of land in Yorkcounty, and died in Wells in 1712, aged ninety-three. He married in 164^, Jane, daughter of Ralph Hill,of Plymouth
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