Rev. Ebenezer Russell

Reverend Ebenezer Russell was the first ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in North Stonington, Conn., Feb. 22, 1727. He was born May 4, 1703, graduated at Yale College in 1722. He m. Content (No. 16), daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Fanning) Hewitt, June 14, 1728, and d. May 22, 1781. He was the son of Rev. Samuel and wife, Abigail (Whiting) Russell, and grandson of the Rev. John and wife, Rebecca (Newbury) Russell, and great-grandson. of Mr. John Russell, who came to this country from England in 1832.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 419, 561