Family:Samuel Eells and Martha Whiting (1)

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Facts and Events
Marriage[1] Bet 6 Dec 1700 and 14 Jan 1700/01 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)
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References
  1. Eells, Rev. Myron; Rev. William W. Eells; Rev. Edward Eells; Rev. Earnest Edward Eells; and Walter Gibbs Eells. Eells Family History in America, 1633-1952. (Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1966)
    19.

    "After the death of his first wife, Col. Samuel Eells married Martha Bryan, widow of Samuel Bryan, and the daughter of Reverend John Whiting, pastor of the Second Church of Hartford. The date of this marriage is not known, but it must have been between December 6, 1700 and January 14, 1701."

  2.   3. Samuel Eells, in Starr, Frank Farnsworth, and James J. (James Junius) Goodwin. The Eells family of Dorchester, Massachusetts, in the line of Nathaniel Eells of Middletown, Connecticut, 1633-1821: with notes on the Lenthall family. (New Haven [Connecticut]: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, c1903)
    129.

    "On page 47 of volume 2 of the Records of the New Haven County Court under date of 'Decenbr ye. 6th: 1700,' is this entry: 'Mrs Martha Bryan Widdow ye : relict of Capt. Samll Bryan late of Milford deceased and Administratrix to his Estate appeared & presented an accompt of Debt and Creditt upon sd Estate'

    In volume 3, page 234 of the Land Records of Milford is a conveyance, dated January 14, 1700-01 from Gidion Allin to John Camp and recorded one week later. The witnesses to this deed were Samuel Eells and Martha Eells.

    These facts prove that the marriage of Samuel Eells and Martha Bryan, widow of Samuel Bryan, took place between December 6, 1700 and January 14, 1700-01."