Mercy EELLS

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• Fact: Daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Eels, of Stonington

Mercy married Joshua LATHROP on 5 Nov 1761. Joshua (son of Thomas LATHROP and Lydia ABEL) was born on 8 May 1723 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 29 Oct 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas LATHROP was born on 11 Sep 1762; died on 28 Dec 1817.

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Was the third ordained minister of Stonington, a graduate of Harvard College in 1728. After he was ordained in 1733, he pursued his labors with unremitting zeal and success. He lived on Hinckley Hill, and preached in the Center Meeting house until 1762, when Mr. Rossiter d. in 1762. Then, upon the request of the east and west parishes in Stonington, he preached at the Centre and Agreement Hill or Road meeting house for a year or two, after which he preached at the Road in the morning, and in the old Academy at Stonington Point, in the afternoon, until the Centre meeting house was taken down, and re-ercted in the village of Stonington. When the war of the Revolution broke out, and the news of the battle of Lexington set the patriotism of the country on fire, Putnam left his plough and Mr. Eells his pulpit, and rushed to Boston to defend with their lives if need be, the liberties of their country. Mr. Eells was a great favorite, especially among the young people, and an able devoted preacher of the Gospel.

Nathaniel married Mary CUSHING on 18 Oct 1733. Mary (daughter of John CUSHING and Sarah THAXTER) was born on 24 Oct 1716 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; was christened on 19 May 1717. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]