Person:Richard Ely (5)
Richard Ely
b.Bef 1622
d.24 Nov 1684 Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
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m. Bef 1647
  1. William Ely1647 - 1717/18
  2. Judith Ely1652 - 1655
  3. Richard Ely1657 - 1698
  4. Daniel Ely1658/59 - 1658/59
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Name[1][2][3][4] Richard Ely
Gender Male
Birth[1][7] Bef 1622 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1647 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Joane Unknown
Emigration[1] Bet 1660 and 1663
Marriage 1664 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Fenwick
Death[1][2][3][5] 24 Nov 1684 Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Burial[6] Ely Cemetery, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beach, Moses S. (Moses Sperry); Sumner Ariel Ely; George Burritt Vanderpoel; and William Ely. The Ely Ancestry: Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, Who Came to Boston, Mass., About 1655, & Settled at Lyme, Conn. in 1660. (New York: Calumet Press, 1902)
    32-37.

    "Richard Ely, of Plymouth, Devonshire Co., England, emigrated to America between 1660 and 1663, his son Richard accompanying him. He resided for a time at Boston, and later settled at Lyme, Conn., which in 1660 was a part of Saybrook. Mr. Ely was a widower when he came to America, … That Richard Ely was a shipping merchant in Plymouth is proven by a certain bond to Benjamin Stark dated Plymouth, Dec 30, 1658, for the due and faithful sailing the ship Judith, by Caleb Crane, Plymouth to Madeira, thence to Cape Verd Islands, thence to Barbadoes, thence to London. … Mr. Ely died in Lyme, Nov. 24, 1684; … One authority says the red sandstone monument of Mr. Ely is to be seen in a damaged condition in the old cemetery in Lyme, in the part of the town called 'Black Hall.' It seems that a more recent and legible monument has been erected by some pious descendant, information in regard to which has been kindly furnished …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sterling, Albert Mack. The Sterling Genealogy. (New York, New York: Grafton Press, 1909)
    1:306.

    ELY ANCESTRY
    Richard Ely of Plymouth, Devonshire, Eng., emigrated to America about 1662; settled at Lyme, Conn. His first wife, Joane, d. in Plymouth, Jan. 7, 1660; m. 2d, in Boston in 1664, Mrs. Elizabeth, wid. of Capt. John C. Cullick, who d. Nov. 12, 1683. Richard d. in Lyme, Nov. 24, 1684. His son Richard Ely, b. probably in Plymouth in 1656, bapt. there June 19, 1657; m. Mary Marvin (see Marvin Ancestry, No. 12), who m. 2d, Capt. Daniel Sterling. …

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 2 Richard Ely, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
    220.

    "2 RIchard (Ely), a Plymouth, Eng., merchant and real est. holder, who became a large propr. at Lyme, Conn., was first at Great Isl., where he bot house and land from James Leach 24 Apr. 1663, sold in 1669 aft. rem. to Conn. The registers of St. Andrews and Charles par., Plym., show bur. of his 1st w. Joan and bap. of their four ch. He m. 2d in Bost. ab. 1664 Elizabeth (Fenwick) Cullick, wid. of Capt. John and sis. of Col. Geo. Fenwick, a large landowner at Lyme, where she d. 12 Nov. 16S3, and he 24 Nov. 1684. Ch: William, bp. 15 Oct. 1647, m. May 1681 Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Simon, d. Lyme 2 Mar. 1717-8. 8 ch. Judith, bp. 6 Sep. 1652, buried 21 June 1655. Richard, bp. 19 June 1657, wit. will of John Sloper in Kit. 1692, taxed Bost. 1695, d. Lyme ab. 1698; widow Mary (Marvin), m. 2d 6 June 1699 Capt. Daniel Sterling of Lyme. 4 ch. Daniel, bp. 7 Jan., bur. 8 Mar. 1658-9."

  4. ↑ Richard Ely, in 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)
    2:116-117.

    "Richard (Ely), Saybrook, had been a merch. of Boston 1664, and there m. that yr. Eliz. wid. of John Cullick, and sis. of Col. Fenwick. But by a former w. he had, perhaps, not b. on our side of the water, William, and Richard. The est. of his w. had drawn him to S. and much trouble he had with it; d. 24 Nov. 1684; and his w. d. 12 Nov. 1683."

  5. ↑ Lyme Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    62.

    "Ely, … Richard, Sr., d. Nov. 24, 1684 [L-1:53]"

  6. ↑ Richard Ely, in Find A Grave.

    Probably a cenotaph only. It is likely that he was buried at Duck River Cemetery.

  7. ↑ Said, by his descendants, to have been born ca. 1610 in Hampshire, England. However, there appears to be no record evidence to support that claim.
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