En campo de oro, un león rampante de sable con doble cola, armado, linguado y pingado de gules.
El lema latino atribuido a este escudo es "Semper Paratus" o 'Siempre preparado'.
Origen: Inglés.
Variantes escritas de este apellido son: Wells, Welles y Well.
El escudo es originario de Lincolnshire, siendo probablemente descendientes de Gilberto de Gante, el fundador de la villa y del "molino de Well", del obispado de Bayeaux, durante la conquista normanda de Inglaterra en el año 1066.
Entre los primeros colonos americanos de este apellido o sus variantes están: Gregorio Wells, que llegó a Virginia en 1635; Tomás Wells, de Rothwell, Northampton, quien se instaló en Connecticut en 1636, de donde llegó a ser Gobernador.
Blasón, "blazon"...
Or, a lion rampant sable, double-queued, armed, langued and sexed gules. (The tongue, nails and sex of the lion is depicted as being red.)
A gold shield with a black lion rampant double queued, armed, langued and sexed in red.
The latin motto most often attributed to this coat of arms is "Semper Paratus" or 'Always prepared'.
Origin: English
Spelling variations of this family name include: Wells, Welles and Well.
First found in Lincolnshire where they are conjecturally descended from Gilbert de Ghent who held the village and mill of Well from the Bishop of Bayeaux at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Gregory Wells, who arrived in Virginia in 1635; Thomas Wells of Rothwell, Northampton, who settled in Connecticut in 1636, where he later became the Governor.
