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William Ely

Male Bef 1647 - 1717  (> 69 years)


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  • Name William Ely  [1
    Birth Bef 15 Oct 1647  [2, 3
    Baptism 15 Oct 1647  Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Feb 1717  [2, 4
    Alternate death 2 Mar 1718  Lyme, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Ely Cemetery, Lyme, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I18646  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2018 

    Father Richard Ely,   b. of Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1684, Lyme, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Joan   d. Bef 1664 
    Family ID F11318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Smith,   b. Abt 1662   d. 10 Aug 1750, Lyme, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Marriage 12 May 1681  [2, 5
    Children 
    +1. Maj. Daniel Ely,   b. 1693, Lyme, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1776, Lyme, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F11315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2018 

  • Notes 
    • He was in the West Indies when his father emigrated to America. He joined the family in New England two years later. He was for many years judge of the county court of New London.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2489] Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, 2nd Edition by Barbara Jean Matthews. Connecticut, 2013.

    2. [S2492] The Ely Ancestry: Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, Who Came to Boston, Mass., About 1655, & Settled at Lyme, Conn, in 1660 by Moses S. Beach and William Ely; ed. George B. Vanderpoel. New York: The Calumet Press, 1902.

    3. [S660] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939.

    4. [S2491] Find a Grave page for William Ely.

    5. [S660] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939., month and year only.