Levi Wells [SEP] date of birth
Levi Wells
Levi Wells (1734-1803) was an American officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, and a Connecticut politician.
Wells was born in 1734 in Colchester, Connecticut Colony. He served as an officer in the French and Indian War, and following the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, was commissioned as captain of Company 8 of Colonel Joseph Spencer's 2nd Connecticut Regiment. In that capacity, Wells saw action in the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston.
John of Giscala
John of Giscala or Gischala (, "Yohanan mi-Gush Halav" or "Yohanan ben Levi"), the son of Levi, (birth date unknown; death date after 70), was a leader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War.
History.
During the Jewish war with Rome, John vied with Josephus (Joseph Mattithiah) over the control of Galilee and amassed a large band of supporters from Gischala (Gush Halav) and Gabara,