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about Samuel Eels

Name: Samuel Eels

Spouse: , Anna Lenthal

Birth Date: 1 May 1640

Birth City: Milford

Birth County: N-Haven

Birth State: Connecticut

Birth Country: USA

Death Date: 21 Apr 1709

Death City: Hingham

Death County: Plymouth

Death State: Massachusetts

Death Country: USA

Parents: John Eels

Children: Nathaniel Eells

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Samuel Eells was a militia officer in King Philip's war and after was at Fairfield, CT in 1687.

The Eells-Stow House is believed to be the oldest house in Milford, CT and takes part of its name from the Eells family, who arrived in Milford in the later 17th century from the Boston area. It was built by Samuel Eells about 1670. It was sold, in 1754, by his grandson, Nathaniel Eells to Captain Stephen Stowe.

Samuel Eells came to Milford with his bride in 1668. In Milford he was town clerk and on a commitee to revise town records. Custom master for New Haven County and deputy to General Court Assembly for 12 sessions.

After his wife's death, he moved to Hingham, Mass. Upon his death, the Wharf Lane property was inherited by his son, Col. Samuel Eells.

Settled at Hingham, of which he was representative in 1705. Purchased nine acres of land, meadow and orchard in Hingham in 1705.

He was an infant when he returned to England with his father in 1641. Just when he returned to America is unknown, however he was married there in 1763. He was a weaver in Milford in 1670.

According to his will, he was a shopkeeper when he died.

Source: http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/eells.htm#name1469

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Samuel Eells born 1 May 1640 Dorchester, Norfolk, MA bp. Dorchester 3 May 1640 "his father being member of the church of Windsor was by communion of churches baptized" died 21 Apr 1709 Hingham, Plymouth, MA married first on 4/5 Aug 1663 at Lynn, Essex, MA (Lynn VR 2:336 as Samuel Salls) to Anna Lenthal born 1649 Weymouth, MA died Feb 1687 Milford, North Haven, CT daughter of Rev. Robert Lenthal. Samuel married second 22 Aug 1689 at Milford, CT to widow Sarah Bateman North born 10 Jan 1645 Boston, Suffolk, MA died 9 Feb 1717 Scituate, Plymouth, MA daugther of John and Hannah Bateman and widow of Edward North who had died bef 26 July 1683 Boston, Suffolk, MA. After Samuel's death Sarah married 3rd to Joseph Peck who died 1711.

   Great Migration Begins shows that Samuel was in MA when he married Anna Lenthal.

   Samuel Eells came to Milford, CT with his bride in 1668. After his wife's death, Samuel settled at Hingham, MA of which he was representative in 1705. Purchased nine acres of land, meadow and orchard in Hingham in 1705. Upon his death, the Wharf Lane property was inherited by his son, Col. Samuel Eells.

   The Eells-Stow House believed to be the oldest house in Milford, CT, takes part of its name from the Eells family, who arrived in Milford in the later 17th century from the Boston area. It was built by Samuel Eells about 1670. It was sold, in 1754, by his grandson, Nathaniel Eells to Captain Stephen Stowe.

   Eells Family History In America 1633-1952 by Rev. Myron Eells

   Samuel Eells, and his father John Eells, returned to England at the time of the Cromwell War. He return to America in 1661.

   Ells-Eells-Eels, Rust and Allied Families, a genealogical study with biographical notes

   by Estelle Ells (Eells) Rust 1954

   Major Samuel Eells as he was called, son of John Eells, was baptized at Dorchester, MA, 3 May 1640 about two days old by Rev. Richard Matthew and died in Hingham, MA 21 Apr 1709. He was an infant when his father returned to England and apparently did not return to America until he was at least 21 years old. Next we find him in Milford, CT where his marriage took place. In 1662 he settled at Milford, New Haven, CT where county records show that he served on juries at various dates from Nov 1666 to April 1671. On 15 May 1670 he was admitted to the church and his wife was also admitted 10 July of the same year. He served on committee chosen by the town in 1677 to transcribe from "Old books what is necessary to ye New books as grants of land, etc," at Milford CT. Samuel Eells was a clerk of the County court, deputy, commissioner, town clerk, settler at Hingham, MA in 1689, weaver, owner of a fulling mill, selectman, justice of the peace, deputy to the General Court and soldier in King Philip's War. 

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~whosefamilyisit/eells.htm

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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV

He was an infant when his father returned to England , where Samuel is said to have remained until about twenty-one years of age. He settled at Milford, Connecticut , and in 1677 was on a committee to transcribe the old records there. He held many offices, was a juror often before 1671 . He was appointed to collect the customs at Milford on wines and liquors, June 10, 1668 , and was continued in office until after 1681 . In May, 1681 , he was appointed by the town on a committee to obtain from the Indians a deed of the lands purchased by the inhabitants at various dates, and in 1685 was one of the town's representatives on a committee to establish the line between Milford and Derby . In 1681 he was appointed clerk of the county court for one term.

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John Eells (Samuel's father), who migrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony from the West of England over three hundred years ago in 1632, settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was a freeman of the Colony and a prosperous farmer, but when the Long Parliament met in England in 1640 John Eells, that stern old Puritan, sniffed the coming battle from afar, sold all he owned for whatever price it would bring, and sailed back to England to take up arms for his religion, carrying with him his son Samuel, the "suckling child" a few weeks old. John never returned to America, but his son Samuel came back to his native Colony in 1661, and soon displayed marked ability and energy. He practiced "the notable profession of the law," and moreover was merchant, miller, selectman, Town Clerk, and often a Deputy in the General Court of Connecticut, as well as "a Major in the Regiment," fighting with distinction against the Indians in King Philip's War.

Source: http://www.adpcolumbia.com/eells.php

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1st Eells born in America. His father John returned to England. After father's death, Samuel returned to America in 1662 (prob.) and settled in Milford, CT. EHE writes (in notes to portrait folder: "Maj. Sam'l was commissioner for purchasing lands and settling boundary lines, town clerk, capt. of training-band, frequently a member of the General Court (of CT). In King Philip's War he commanded a garrison at Dartmouth MA and served with Capt. Church under Robert Treat. [He performed notable service in his protest against the mistreatment of Indian captives by the Plymouth Colony.] He built the historic Eells-Stowe House in Milford about1670 where we presume their their seven (6?) sons and one (4?) daughter were born. His wife Anna died in Feb., 1687. He is believed to have supported regicide judges Goffe and Whalley. In 1689, he removed to Hingham MA where he was J.P., deputy to General Court 1705 and representative in 1706. He married again-- this time Sarah North (nee Bateman).... His very interesting will is on file at the Suffolk Country Registry of Wills."

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Great Migration Begins says:

"SAMUEL, bp. Dorchester 3 May 1640 "his father being member of the church of Windsor was by communion of churches baptized" [ DChR 149, 152]; m. (1) Lynn 4 or 5 August 1663 Anna Lenthal [Lynn VR 2:336 (groom's name read as "Samuel Salls"); Milford CT VR 1:18], daughter of Rev. Robert Lenthal; m. (2) Milford 22 August 1689 Sarah (Bateman) North, daughter of John Bateman, and widow of Edward North [ TAG 35:207-10 (she did not marry first Joseph Peck as some sources state)]."

Source: http://home.earthlink.net/~ellsfam/maine/sgt_wm_01/Records/INDIs/II598.html

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"Our ancestor, Major Samuel Eells, of Hingham, Mass., spelled his name Eells. It was he who immortalized his name in denouncing the action of the Trustees of Plymouth Colony in selling the 160 Indians as slaves to the West Indies, an act only eqaal in its infamy and cruelty to that of Judas, who betrayed our Saviour for a price.

" His son, Col. Samuel Eells, of Mil- ford, was for more than forty years in employ of Connecticut provinces in various public offices; at one time secretary of Governor Leete. Nathaniel Eells, of Scituate, a son of Major Samuel, married his wife, Hannah North, an aunt of Lord North, Prime Minister of George III, during the Revolutionary War, but her children were all loyal to the Colonies. Another Nathaniel Eells, of Stonington, an ancestor of Rev. Gushing Eells, the founder of Whitman College; Samuel Eells, of North Branford, a captain in the Revolutionary War, whose father, at the time of the Lexington massacre, preached a strong sermon in favor of the Colonies, dismissed his congregation, came out of his pulpit, opened a recruiting office in the church and raised a company. They chose him as their captain. On account of ill health he declined, and they chose his son for their captain. He went through the Revolutionary War. Rev.. Edward Eells, who married Martha Pitkin, 1740, and whose son Ozias was for 29 years pastor at Barkhamsted, all spelled their name Eells. Harvey Eells, born 1801, on account of a foolish quarrel among school children, who made fun of the name and said it was squirmy, foolishly dropped one 1, and called himself Eels. Most of his descendants moved to Georgia and sided with the Rebellion, and fought against us in the Civil war. There was one notable exception, Major W. B. Eels, of Milford, of the i9th Connecticut Volunteers and id Connecticut Artillery, who was wounded and disabled at the battle of Cold Harbor, made Lieutenant Colonel, but his wounds not allowing him to return to active service, soon after the war he died from the effect of those wounds at Terryville.

" In Stonington there is a Hannah Eells Society, a branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution."

Source: The Connecticut Quarterly

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Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890

about Samuel Eells

Name: Samuel Eells

State: MA

County: Plymouth County

Township: Hingham

Year: 1708

Page: 263

Database: MA Early Census Index

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American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

about Samuel Eells

Name: Samuel Eells

Birth Date: 1640

Birthplace: Millinois.

Volume: 49

Page Number: 177

Reference: Records of Will. Spooner, of Plymouth, Ms., and his des. By Thom. Spooner, Cincinnati. 1883. V.1. (694p.):432

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Samuel Eells - was born on 1 May 1640 in Dorchester, Mass. and died on 21 Apr 1709 in Hingham, Mass. . He was the son of John Eells.

Samuel married Anna Lenthall on 1 Aug 1663 in Milford, Conn.. Anna was born about 1644 in Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Robert Lenthall. She died Feb 1687 in Milford, Conn. .

Anna - in Nans fathers will he mentioned a infirmity in Nans sight. (Sources: - 4)

 Then Samuel married Sarah Bateman on 22 Aug 1689 in Hingham, Mass.. Sarah was born about 1668. She was the daughter of John Bateman. She died on 2 Nov 1738 . 

Samuel - was a militia officer in Phillip's was and after was at Fairfield in 1687.

The Eells-Stow House is believed to be the oldest house in Milford, CT and takes part of its name from the Eells family, who arrived in Milford in the later 17th century from the Boston area. It was built by Samuel Eells about 1670. It was sold, in 1754, by his grandson, Nathaniel Eells to Captain Stephen Stowe.

Samuel Eells came to Milford with his bride in 1668. In Milford he was town cleark and on commitee to revise town records. Custom master for New Haven COunty and deputy to General Court Assembly for 12 sessions.

After his wife's death, he moved to Hingham, Mass. Upon his death, the Wharf Lane property was inherited by his son, Col. Samuel Eells.

Settled at Hingham, of which he was representative in 1705. Purchased nine acres of land, meadow and orchard in Hingham in 1705.

He was an infant when he returned to England with his father in 1641. Just when he returned to America is unknown, however he was married there in 1763. He was a weaver in Milford in 1670.

According to his will, he was a shopkeeper when he died.