Simeon Ely (1723)

Born 1723 in Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Halsey) Ely — married 1749 in Southampton

Descendants

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Biography

Simon Ely, fourth son of Richard Ely and Ruhama Thompson, married, in 1749, Abigail Halsey of Southampton.

Simon was a graduate of Yale College, class of 1745. He studied theology and preached in New Jersey about 1754, and in Chester, Conn., in 1756.

"They had a family of ten children, whose record is very imperfect," writes Mr. Moses S. Beach, Nov. 10, 1885. Their children: —

1. Calvin, b. 1751; d. 1779.
2. Abigail, b. I753; d. 1755.
3. Gabriel, b. 1755; m. 1st, Elizabeth Stocking; m. 2nd, Abigail Fuller.
4. Isaac Halsey, b. 1757; m. ist, Hannah Reed; m. 2nd, Relief Stone.
5. Simon, b. 1760; d. 1780.
6. Sluman, b. 1762.
7. Villo, b. 1765.
8. Betsy, b. 1767.
9. Lucretia, b. 1771.
10. Mary, b. 1774.

Vol. XV., Colonial Records Conn., p. 458, 1775-1776. Calvin Ely was appointed by the Council of Safety Master of Galley and Elias Lay, Second Lieut. The Galley was an armed vessel, lying at Saybrook, in- tended for use against the British. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The Ely Ancestry, p.71

• The Ely ancestry : lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, & settled at Lyme, Conn. in 1660 http://archive.org/stream/elyancestrylinea00beac/elyancestrylinea00beac_djvu.txt
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1911) Vol. 2, Page 37-8.