Person:Elihu Yale (1)

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Governor Elihu Yale
b.5 Apr 1649 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.8 Jul 1721 London, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. bef 1644
  1. Elizabeth Yale1644 - 1644
  2. David Yale1645 - 1690
  3. Governor Elihu Yale1649 - 1721
  4. Theophilus Yale1651/52 -
  5. Elizabeth Yaleest 1654 - 1655
  6. Unknown Yalebef 1656 - 1656
  7. Unknown Yalebef 1656 - 1656
  8. Thomas Yaleest 1660 - 1697
  9. Valentine Yaleest 1666 - 1698
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Governor Elihu Yale1649 - 1721
  1. Anne Yale - 1734
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Governor Elihu Yale
Gender Male
Alt Birth[3] 5 Apr 1648 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Birth[1] 5 Apr 1649 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1] 8 Jul 1721 London, England
Burial[1][5] Wrexham, Denbighshire, WalesSt. Giles Cathedral


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Elihu Yale (April 5, 1649 – July 8, 1721) was an American merchant and philanthropist, governor of the East India Company settlement at Madras and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was named Yale College in his honor.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Elihu Yale, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2. ↑ Elihu Yale, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yale, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Helen D. Love Scranton. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974), 8:2031.

    Elihu (Yale), b 5 Apr 1648 (Boston Vital Records), d 8 July 1721; Gov. of Madras.

  4.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 4:666.
  5. ↑ Elihu Yale, in Find A Grave.
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