 1732 - 1815 (82 years)
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| Name |
Jeremiah Beard Eells [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Birth |
21 Dec 1732 |
New Canaan, Fairfield, CT.  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
12 Nov 1815 |
New Canaan, Fairfield, CT. |
| Burial |
Carter St. Cemetary |
| Person ID |
I58418 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
5 Jan 2006 |
| Father |
John Eells, b. 11 Apr 1703, Milford, New Haven, CT d. 15 Oct 1785, New Canaan, Fairfield, CT. (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
Anna Beard, b. 30 Jun 1701 d. 8 May 1736, New Canann, Conn (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage |
11 Jan 1728 |
| Family ID |
F24623 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Lois Benedict, b. 1735, New Amsterdam, NY d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
28 Nov 1754 |
Stamford, New Canaan |
| Children |
| | 1. John Eells, b. 17 Nov 1755, New Canaan, Fairfield, CT. d. 17 Nov 1850 (Age 95 years) |
| | 2. Jeremiah Beard Eells, Jr, b. 22 Nov 1757, New Canaan, Connecticut d. 19 Feb 1810 (Age 52 years) |
| | 3. Martha Eells, b. 14 Apr 1763, New Canaan, Connecticut d. 14 Feb 1845, Walton, NY (Age 81 years) |
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| Family ID |
F24625 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
was a seaman and captain. Ensign and later Captain of the 9th Conn. Militia.
He was an ardent patiot, who took up arms for his country at the beginning of the revolution and contunied in active serrvice during most of the conflict. He was soon promoted to a lieutenant of the Coast Gard, and while serving in this capacity he was captured by the Tories, March 14, 1777, and taken to New Lots, Long Island, a part of the present city of Brooklyn; where record of his is found under the date of Augst 11, 1778. His release took place Jan 31, 1779.
In spite of this harrowing experience he rejoined the army and in 1781 was at West Point, NY, serving as lieutenant under Col. Samuel Canfield.
Jeremiah Eells was a charter member of the Somerset Lodge, No 34, of the Free and Accepted Masons of Norwich, Conn. in 1795
| from Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut: Historical Records, 1847 | | Jeremiah B. Eells married to Lois Benedict , Nov. 28 1754 . | | John , born Nov. 16, 1755 . | | Jeremiah , born Nov. 22, 1757 . | | Anna Eells, born Nov. 12, 1759 . | | Lois Eells, born July 12, 1761 . | | Martha Eells , born April 14, 1763 . | | Sarah Eells, born Jan. 18, 1765 . | | Dinah Eells, born Feb. 7, 1767 . | | Samuel Eells, born Oct. 3, 1768 . | | Samuel 2d Eells , born Apr. 13, 1770 . |
A roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution lists additinal children:
Thankful Eells,
Nathaniel Eells, b, 10 Jan 1772
Beard Eells, b 7 Nov 1773;
James Trobridge Eells b 6 Nov 1775
Berrey Eells b 13 May 1778
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| Sources |
- [S803] LoDemie Lindquist, See/Eells, (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1823578&id=I86741614).
- [S891] Estelle Ells Rust, Ells, Eells, Eels, Rust and allied families, (The American Historical Company, Inc. New York, 1954).
- [S1098] Bailey, Frederic W, Connecticut Marriages to 1800, (New Haven, CT: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896-1906.).
- [S1099] Edit: Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, A Modern History of New London County Connecticut, (New York City, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922.).
- [S1101] A roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, (Evansville, Ind.. Unigraphic. 1976.).
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