 Abt 1575 - 1653 (78 years)
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| Name |
John Eells [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
Abt 1575 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Nov 1653 |
| Person ID |
I6435 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2006 |
| Family |
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| Children |
| | 1. Samuel Eells, b. 1 May 1640, Dorchester, Mass.  d. 21 Apr 1709, Hingham, Mass. (Age 68 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3157 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Eells Arms
Argent, three eels azure on a chief gules a port between two towers argent. (from Ells, Eells, Eels, Rust and allied families ) |
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came from Barnstable, England and was made a freeman, in Dorchester, Mass, on May 14, 1634. Called a "beehive maker" in Newbury, Mass. in 1645. Believed to have lived in Hingham in 1640. Returned to England after 1641.
A John Eells, Jr was chosen cow keeper in Dorchester, Mass. in 1640. This could have been John or his Son.
| Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut |
John Eells , immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts , as early as 1633 . The first record of his name at Dorchester is under the date of January 6, 1633 . He was admitted a freeman, May 14, 1634 . He had a grant of a "great lot" between Dorchester and Roxbury , January 4, 1635 , twenty acres, and other grants soon afterward. According to tradition, he returned to England , and became an officer in the army of Cromwell . The last record of him in New England is an agreement, dated July 15, 1641 , with Thomas Allen , of Barnstable . Children: Samuel , mentioned below; John . Jr., who was chosen cowkeeper at Dorchester and of whom no further record is found. |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S827] Cynthia Houston, email from Cynthia Houston, (Mar 2004).
- [S891] Estelle Ells Rust, Ells, Eells, Eels, Rust and allied families, (The American Historical Company, Inc. New York, 1954).
- [S908] Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, (New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.).
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