Capt Edward PELHAM, Gent.

Male 1653 - 1730  (77 years)


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  • Name Edward PELHAM  [1, 2
    • He was a man of means, having inherited large properties from his father. Edward lived off his income. His frivolity and wantonness in his youth had become a matter of serious concern to his father. Edward succeeded in getting into much mischief at Harvard College, but graduated in 1673. he was a freeman in 1684 at Newport and later a Captain of the Militia. Austin, in his "Genealogical Dictionary of rhode Island", gives him a trade. Edward was Deputy in 1707 from Newport to the General Assembly. His alma mater (Harvard) held a mortgage of L341 3s in 1693 and interest amounting to L74 8s against Edward Pelham described as of Rhode Island. [1]
    Prefix Capt 
    Suffix Gent. 
    Birth 1652/3  Bures, co. Essex Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Sep 1730  Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I73976  Main Tree
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2020 

    Father Capt Herbert PELHAM, Esq.,   b. 1601, Boston, co. Lincs Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1674, Bures, co. Essex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Elizabeth BOSVILE,   b. 1617, Gunthwaite, co. West York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 25 Aug 1659, Bures, co. Essex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1639/40  [1, 2
    Family ID F29994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Freelove ARNOLD,   b. 20 Jul 1661   d. 8 Sep 1711 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 18 Apr 1682  [2
    Children 
     1. Thomas PELHAM,   b. 1686   d. 14 May 1724, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Birth]
     2. Penelope PELHAM,   b. 1683, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1732, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Birth]
     3. Edward PELHAM,   b. 1684, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1740/1 (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
     4. Elizabeth PELHAM,   b. 1691/2, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F29996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West.

    2. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.