Samuel Elwell was born in New Jersey in about 1688 to parents Thomas and Sarah (Bassett) Elwell. He married Tamzen Paulin, with whom he had at least eleven children. He died in 1740 in Pilesgrove Twp., Salem Co., New Jersey.
An abstract of Samuel's will indicates that it was dated January 5, 1740. It mentions
Mentions a cedar swamp. Executors are his wife and son Jacob, who are empowered to sell the 50 acres purchased from William Pauitn. Witnesses: Matthew Brown, John Elwell, John Mulford, Jacob Richman. Affirmed Feb. 16, 1740.
Generation No. 2
2. SAMUEL2 ELWELL (ROBERT1) was born 28 Aug 1639 in Salem, Massachusetts, and died 24 Nov 1696 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He married ESTHER DUTCH 09 Jun 1658 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, daughter of ORMOND DUTCH and GRACE PRATTE. She was born 1639 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and died 06 Sep 1721 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Notes for ESTHER DUTCH: According to the "Salem Witchcraft Papers," Volume 1, on November 5, 1692, an arrest warrant was issued for Esther Elwell and two others, Abigail Roe and Rebecca Dike, for committing “wickedly and feloniously sundry acts of witchcraft upon the body of Mrs. Mary Fiche of Gloucester." Hester Dutch was taken to Ipswich on October 30, 1692 along with two others for examination on the charge of witchcraft. All were released on November 7, 1692. Hester, due to sickness and poverty was, like her mother, "a poor distressed widow for many years."
Children of SAMUEL ELWELL and ESTHER DUTCH are: 9. i. SAMUEL3 ELWELL, b. 14 Mar 1659/60, Gloucester, Massachusetts. ii. JACOB ELWELL, b. 10 Aug 1662, Gloucester, Massachusetts; d. 11 May 1710, Cape Sables, Sherburne, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. ABIGAIL VINCENT, 05 Jul 1686, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; b. 28 May 1668, Gloucester, Massachusetts; d. 17 Sep 1690, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 10. iii. ROBERT ELWELL, b. 13 Dec 1664, Gloucester, Massachusetts. iv. ESTHER ELWELL, b. 25 Aug 1667. v. SARAH ELWELL, b. 25 Mar 1670, Gloucester, Massachusetts; d. 1670, Gloucester, Massachusetts. vi. EBENEZER ELWELL, b. 29 Feb 1671/72, Gloucester, Massachusetts; d. 1720, Lost at Sea; m. DORCAS LOWE; b. Bef. 1682; d. 1762. vii. HANNAH ELWELL, b. 11 Aug 1674; m. JOSEPH GARDNER. viii. ELIZABETH ELWELL, b. 30 Jul 1678. 11. ix. THOMAS ELWELL, b. Abt. 1680; d. 1722, New Jersey.
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