Rev Edward EELLS, Sr.

1713 - 1776  (63 years)

• Name	Edward EELLS  [1, 2, 3]
  	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. Posted on Find A Grave Maintained by: Hollie Logsdon Perkins Originally Created by: Hollie Perkins [1] 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) [2]
  Prefix	Rev
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	3 Jan 1712/3	Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1776	Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Burial	Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I88347	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev Nathaniel EELLS,   b. 26 Nov 1677, Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut d. 25 Aug 1750, Norwell, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah NORTH,   b. 15 Aug 1677, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts d. 2 May 1754, Norwell, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F36405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha PITKIN,   b. 20 Sep 1715   d. 19 Jul 1771 (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1740	Middletown, Connecticut   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Maj Edward EELLS, Jr.,   b. 11 Aug 1741, Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut d. 8 Dec 1787, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut (Age 46 years)  [Birth] + 2. John EELLS,   b. 20 Jul 1753   d. 3 Nov 1840 (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F36403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 May 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Patience BULKELEY,   b. 21 Mar 1715, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut d. 8 Jul 1794, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	19 May 1772  [2]
  Family ID	F36404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 12 Oct 1776 - Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Rev Edward Eells, Sr. Headstone Rev. Edward Eells is the son of Nathaniel Eells and Hannah North. He is the husband of (1) Martha Pitkin and (2) Patience Bulkeley. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Maintained by: Hollie Logsdon Perkins Originally Created by: Hollie Perkins

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S12186] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., The Bulkeley Genealogy - Rev. Peter Bulkeley. [S02944] A.P. Pitkin, Pitkin Family of America - A Genealogy of the Des. of William Pitkin, (Name: Name: Hartford, Conn. 1887;;). [S03419] The Barbour Collection Of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Middletown.