James was born on April 2nd, 1715 and his baptism took place on April 18th, 1715 in North Creak.1
Birth Notes
James Wells son of James Wells and Jan.' his wife was born the second & baptized the eighteenth day of April 1715
James' father was James Welles and his mother was Jane. He had a brother and a sister, named Thomas and Elizabeth. He was the second oldest of the three children.