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1713 - 1776 (63 years)
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Name |
Edward EELLS [1, 2, 3] |
- Rev. Edward Eells was pastor at Upper Houses installed and ordain on Sept. 6, 1738. Graduated from Harvard in 1733. He was also fellow of Yale Corporation 1761, chaplain for 1 season in the French and Indian War, clerk of the Council in the noted Wallingford Church Council of "Old Lights" vs. "New Lights" and published his account of it. He owned the land west of the old cemetery. He built a home on the northeast corner across from the cemetery. All this information was taken from the Middletown Upper Houses by Charles Collard Adams.
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Originally Created by: Hollie Perkins [1]
- Rev. Edward Eells, A.M. (Harvard College 1733), was ordained and installed at Middletown Upper Houses, 6 Sep 1738; Fellow of Yale Corporation, 1761; Chaplain, one season, in the French and Indian War; Clerk of the council in the noted Wallingford Church Council of "Old Lights" vs. "New Lights." (Middletown Upper Houses, p. 543) [2]
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Suffix |
Sr. |
Birth |
3 Jan 1712/3 |
Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
12 Oct 1776 |
Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut [1, 2] |
Burial |
Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut [1] |
Person ID |
I88347 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
15 Dec 2020 |
Father |
Rev Nathaniel EELLS, b. 26 Nov 1677, Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut d. 25 Aug 1750, Norwell, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 72 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Hannah NORTH, b. 15 Aug 1677, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts d. 2 May 1754, Norwell, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 76 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Family ID |
F36405 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Martha PITKIN, b. 20 Sep 1715 d. 19 Jul 1771 (Age 55 years) |
Marriage |
24 Jul 1740 |
Middletown, Connecticut [4] |
Children |
+ | 1. Maj Edward EELLS, Jr., b. 11 Aug 1741, Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut d. 8 Dec 1787, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut (Age 46 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. John EELLS, b. 20 Jul 1753 d. 3 Nov 1840 (Age 87 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F36403 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
21 May 2020 |
Family 2 |
Patience BULKELEY, b. 21 Mar 1715, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut d. 8 Jul 1794, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 79 years) |
Marriage |
19 May 1772 [2] |
Family ID |
F36404 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
15 Dec 2020 |
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Event Map |
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| Death - 12 Oct 1776 - Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut |
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Headstones |
| Rev Edward Eells, Sr. Headstone Rev. Edward Eells is the son of Nathaniel Eells and Hannah North. He is the husband of (1) Martha Pitkin and (2) Patience Bulkeley. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
Maintained by: Hollie Logsdon Perkins
Originally Created by: Hollie Perkins |
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Sources |
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S12186] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., The Bulkeley Genealogy - Rev. Peter Bulkeley.
- [S02944] A.P. Pitkin, Pitkin Family of America - A Genealogy of the Des. of William Pitkin, (Name: Name: Hartford, Conn. 1887;;).
- [S03419] The Barbour Collection Of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Middletown.
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