Person:Samuel Elwell (1)
Samuel Elwell
b.Est 1635 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
d.24 Nov 1696 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1634
  1. Mary ElwellEst 1634 - 1708
  2. Samuel ElwellEst 1635 - 1696
  3. Josiah ElwellEst 1638 - Bef 1679
  4. John Elwell1639/40 - 1710
  5. Isaac Elwell1641/42 - 1715
  6. Joseph ElwellCal 1648 - 1701
  7. Sarah Elwell1651 - 1651
  8. Sarah Elwell1652 - 1655
  9. Thomas Elwell1654 - Aft 1706
  10. Jacob Elwell1657 - 1658
  11. Richard Elwell1658 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel ElwellEst 1635 - 1696
  • W.  Esther DutchEst 1642 - 1721
m. 7 Jun 1658
  1. Samuel Elwell1659/60 - 1726
  2. Jacob Elwell1662 - 1710
  3. Robert Elwell1664 - 1748
  4. Esther Elwell1667 -
  5. Ebenezer Elwell1670 -
  6. Hannah Elwell1674/75 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Samuel Elwell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1635 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
Baptism[1][4] 28 Aug 1639 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 7 Jun 1658 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Esther Dutch
Death[2][5] 24 Nov 1696 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Estate Inventory[1] 15 Feb 1696/97 Inventory of £19:12:0 filed on that date; estate insolvent.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robert Elwell, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    2:429.

    "Samuel (Elwell), b. about 1635 (deposed 25 June 1672 'aged about sixty-three' [sic; perhaps this deposition was actually by Robert Elwell, as the age would be about right] [EQC 5:67]), bp. Salem 28 August 1639 [SChR 17]."

  2. ↑ Elwell, of Gloucester, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
    1:509-12.

    2. Samuel2 Elwell (Robert1) was probably one of the two children of his parents baptized in Salem on August 28, 1639. … He died in Gloucester on November 24, 1696, … Samuel Elwell took the Freeman's Oath in June, 1664. … The inventory of Samuel Elwell's small estate of only £19:12:0 was filed by his widow and administratrix on February 15, 1696/7. The estate was found to be insolvent and one-third given to the widow was to revert to the creditors upon her death. A quietus against the creditors was given her on May 1, 1699. She sold an island of upland and a neck of land, about two acres, to John Smith in 1698."

  3.   Samuel Elwell, 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.

    "Samuel (Elwell), Gloucester, prob. eldest s. of the preced. m. 7 June 1658, Esther, d. of Ormond Dutch, had Samuel, b. 14 Mar. 1660; Jacob, 10 Aug. 1662; Robert, 13 Dec. 1664; Esther, 25 Aug. 1667; Sarah, 25 Jan. 1670, d. in ten wks.; Ebenezer, 29 Feb. 1672; Hannah, 11 Aug. 1674; and Eliz. 30 July 1678.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage, 3:618] [Vol. 2] P. 116, l. 12 from bot. aft 1678; add, and d. 24 Nov. 1696. His wid. d. 6 Sept. 1721, aged 82."

  4. ↑ Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
    1:277.

    "Elwell, … _____, two chn. Rob[er]t, bp. 28 : 6 : 1639 [August 28, 1639]. (church record, First Church.)"

  5. ↑ Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917)
    3:128.

    "Elwell, … Samuell, [died] Nov. 24, 1696."

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