Wells, Robert

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Dates c.1775-1794
Location London
Vocation Printer & bookseller
Place of Birth Dumfries
Marriage Mary Rowand
Issue 5 children, including William & Helena
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Moved to Glasgow but emigrated to North Carolina in 1752. Wells was forced back to Britain, moving to London, in c.1775. Established business as a Baltic & West Indian Merchant in Fleet Street with relative success until 1787 when Wells declared bankruptcy.