Maj Edward EELLS, Jr.

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Major Edward Eells was in the militia service, organized in 1774. He fought with Col. Samuel Wylly's and Col. Comfort Sage. He fought in the war from April 21, 1775 to June 1783 and fought from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. He was also one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. Who's first president was General George Washington.

Edward married Sarah EDWARDS on 27 Jan 1763. Sarah was born on 18 May 1740 in Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 4 Jul 1769 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Reuben EELLS was born on 1 Mar 1764 in Middletown, Connecticut; died on 8 Jun 1796.

Edward married Abigail DUNHAM on 26 Aug 1770 in Middletown, Connecticut. Abigail was born in 1737; died on 24 Jan 1825; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rev. Edward Eells was pastor at Upper Houses installed and ordain on Sept. 6, 1738. Graduated from Harvard in 1733. He was also fellow of Yale Corporation 1761, chaplain for 1 season in the French and Indian War, clerk of the Council in the noted Wallingford Church Council of "Old Lights" vs. "New Lights" and published his account of it. He owned the land west of the old cemetery. He built a home on the northeast corner across from the cemetery. All this information was taken from the Middletown Upper Houses by Charles Collard Adams.

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Rev. Edward Eells, A.M. (Harvard College 1733), was ordained and installed at Middletown Upper Houses, 6 Sep 1738; Fellow of Yale Corporation, 1761; Chaplain, one season, in the French and Indian War; Clerk of the council in the noted Wallingford Church Council of "Old Lights" vs. "New Lights." (Middletown Upper Houses, p. 543)

Edward married Martha PITKIN on 24 Jul 1740 in Middletown, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of Ozias PITKIN and Elizabeth GREEN) was born on 20 Sep 1715; died on 19 Jul 1771; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Minister/Justice: 14 Jun 1704, Ordained

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Here Lies the body of ye Rev'd Nathaniel Eells Pastor of the Second Church of Chris in Scituate who died August ye 25th 1750 in the 73rd year of his age and in ye 47th of his ministry blessed are the dead which die in the Lord etc.

Nathaniel married Hannah NORTH. Hannah was born on 15 Aug 1677 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 2 May 1754 in Norwell, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; was buried in First Parish Cemetery, Norwell, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Edward North and Sarah Bateman

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Excerpt from "Pitkin Genealogy":

Ozias Pitkin was appointed by the General Assembly, 1714, Captain of the militia company, Hartford, east side (Col. Rec., Vol. V, p. 453). He was repeatedly elected to the Colonial Assembly, and in1725 was appointed Associate Judge of Hartford County, and held the office till 1735, when he was chosen Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1727 he was chosen a member of the Colonial Council, and so remained till his death in 1746, a period of nineteen years (Col. Rec., Vol. VII, pp. 287, 439, 484, 510). He was chosen Commissioner of War in defense of New London in 1740, and again Commissioner of War in defense of frontier towns in 1743 (col. Rec., pp. 50, 52, 18, 119, 148). He "Owned his covenant" with the "First Church of Hartford" April 6, 1704, and his oldest child, George, was baptized that day. He joined with his wife in "full communion" in 1704.

Ozias married Elizabeth GREEN in 1702. Elizabeth was born in 1682; died on 08 Feb 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Anna LENTHAL on 5 Aug 1663 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Anna was born on 13 Aug 1637 in England; died in Feb 1687 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from "Pitkin Genealogy":

William Pitkin, the progenitor of the family in America, who came from England in 1659, was possessed of great ability and tenacity of purpose. Endowed with a discerning mind, coupled with an excellent English education, coming into the Colony after its early settlement, he soon gained the full confidence of the Connecticut colonists. He was admitted a freeman, October 9, 1662, and was appointed the same year by the General Assembly, Prosecutor for the Colony. His marked ability gave him, in1664, the appointment of Attorney-General, by the King. From 1675 to 1690, a period of fifteen years, he annually represented Hartford in the Colonial Assembly. In 1676 he was chosen Treasurer of the Colony. He was often appointed Commissioner by the Colony to the United Colonies. In 1676 he was appointed with Major Talcott to negotiate peace with the Narragansett and other Indian tribes. In 1690 he was elected a member of the Colonial Council, and so remained till is death. In 1693 he was sent by the Colony to Governor Fletcher of New York, to negotiate terms respecting the militia until Governor Winthrop's return from England, whither he had gone on the same business (see Hollister's "Connecticut", p. 340). In 1693 "Mr. William Pitkin, Mr. Sanuel Chester, and Captain William Whiting were appointed by the General Court to run the division line between the Connecticut and Massachusetts colonies" (see Trumbull's History, p. 410; also see Col. Rec., Vol. I, p. 363-413, Vol. II, p. 426, Vol. III, p. 19). Aside from his profession, he was also one of the principal planters of the town, having purchased a large tract of land on the east side of the river, on which his sons all settled. It embraced a portion of East Hartford Center. He owned one-third interest in a saw-mill and a grist-mill at "Pitkin Falls", so called from the number of dams and mills erected there, by the Pitkin family. He was also appointed with Mr. John Crow, to lay out the first Main and other streets on the east side of the river.

William married Hannah GOODWIN in 1661. Hannah (daughter of Ozias GOODWIN and Mary WOODWARD) was born in 1637; died on 12 Feb 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter Of Ozias and (Mary Woodward) Goodwin