John Wells (born September 28, 1772) was a merchant and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

. He represented King's County from 1806 to 1818 and the Cornwallis Township from 1820 to 1826 in the

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. He was the son of Judah Wells and Eleanor Simpson. Wells married Prudence Eaton in 1793. Wells was also a

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

References

Eaton, AWH ''The History of King's County'' (1910)
1772 births Year of death missing 19th-century deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub