Samuel Elwell Jr (1659 - 1726)

Born 14 Mar 1659 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wheeden) Elwell — married [date unknown] in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1726 at about age 66 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Samuel Elwell was born on 14 March 1660 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Elwell and Esther Dutch. ^[1] His mother's name appears as Hester Duck in Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. ^[2]

He sold to Samuel Bishop of Ipswich July 15, 1684, his house and land willed to him by his grandfather, Robert Elwell, Sr. and may be believed to have been living in 1695, when his father is called Senior in a deed. ^[3]

He married Sarah Wheeden of Connecticut. Her name is sometimes spelled Wheadon. ^[4] Their children include:

1. Samuel Elwell, b. 10 Jan 1696 in Branford, Conn.^[5]

He died in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. His will was in probate in 1736 in Hartford, Connecticut. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. (Birth year: 1659; Birth city: Gloucester; Birth state: MA).
3. ↑ Rev. Jacob Thomas Elwell, comp. and Rev. Charles Henry Pope, revisions. The Elwell Family in America. A Genealogy of Robert Elwell of Dorchester and Gloucester, Mass., And the Greater Part of his Descendants to the Fifth Generation. with a list of Revolutionary Soldiers of the name who enlisted from the State of Massachusetts. Charles H. Pope, Boston, MA: 1899. (Archive.org : accessed 8 Aug 2016).
4. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
5. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
6. ↑ Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut

See also:

• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. (Volume: 50; Page Number: 248; Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 6 Jun 1932, 3524).