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    ELTON, JOHN, Middletown, by w. Jane had Mary, b. 26 July 1672;
Richard, 11 Feb. 1674, d. at 4 yrs.; John, 16 Nov. 1676; Richard, again, 20
Apr. 1679; Ann, 9 Sept. 1681; and Ebenezer, 11 May 1686. A Mr. Elton of
Southold, L. I. 1662, was adm. to be freem. of Conn. that yr. and may have
been f. of the preced.

    ELWELL, ISAAC, Gloucester, s. of Robert, by w. Mehitable, d. of Thomas
Millet
, had Isaac, b. 15 Jan. 1667; Joan, 21 Nov. 1668; Jonathan, 21 Oct. 1670; Eleazer,
16 July 1673; Abigail, 13 Apr. 1676; Daniel, 10 Jan. 1679; and Bethia, 5 Apr. 1682;
beside Joshua, and ano. d. He took sec. w. 2 Dec. 1702, wid. Mary Rowe, and d. 14
Dec. 1715. JACOB, Gloucester, prob. br. of the preced. m. 5 July 1686, Abigail, d.
perhaps, of William Vincent. JOHN, Gloucester, br. of the preced. m. 1
Oct. 1667, Jane Durin had John, b. 14 Oct. 1668; Jane, 23 Jan. 1672;
Samuel, b. 26 Apr. 1678; and Mary, 2 Feb. 1681; beside John, and three more
ds. and d. 1710. JOSEPH, Gloucester, br. of the preced. m. 22 June 1669, Mary,
d. of Osmond Dutch, had Hezekiah, b. 2 June 1670; Joseph, 19 Aug. 1672;
Samuel, 8 June 1675; and Benjamin, 30 Sept. 1678. JOSIAH, Gloucester,
br. of the preced. m. 15 June 1665, Mary, d. of John Collins, had Dorcas,
b. 18 June 1666; Elias, 16 Oct. 1668; Nehemiah, 21 Dec. 1671; William, 5
July 1674; and Josiah, 21 Dec. 1676. He went to sea, and d. abroad 1679. ROBERT,
Dorchester 1635, rem. 1638 to Salem, there had bapt. besides two ch. on
28 Aug. 1639, whose names the ch. rec. does not give, John, 23 Feb. 1640;
and Isaac, 27 Feb. 1642; freem. 13 May 1640, rem. to Gloucester, was a
selectman 1648, and often after; had w. Jane, wh. d. 31 Mar. 1675, and he d.
18 May 1683, but may have m. 29 May 1676, Alice Leach. He had Samuel,
prob. eldest s.; Josiah; Joseph; Sarah, b. 1651, d. soon; Thomas, bapt. at
Salem, 22 Apr. 1655; Jacob, by Gloucester rec. b. 10 June 1657, d. next May;
Richard, bapt. at Salem, 11 Apr. 1658; and perhaps one or two others at S.
or at G. SAMUEL, Gloucester, prob. eldest s. of the preced. m. 7 June 1658,
Esther, d. of Osmond 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; and d. 24 Nov. 1696. His wid. d. 6 Sept. 1721, aged 82. THOMAS,
Gloucester, br. of the preced. m. 23 Nov. 1675, Sarah Bassett, had Sarah, b.
24 Aug. 1676; Thomas, 25 Apr. 1678; Mary, 13 Jan. 1680; and William, 8 Apr.
1682; beside Elisha, wh. with William, rem. from G. Mary, whose d. was 25
Mar. 1680, may have been the d. of this last; but the rec. does not indicate. She
may be w. of Joseph or of Josiah.

    ELY, * NATHANIEL, Cambridge 1632, freem. 6 May 1635, rem. prob. next
yr. to Hartford, was an orig. propr. constable 1639, one of the first set.
at Norwalk 1651, and rep. 1657, but rem. three yrs. later to Springfield,
there d. 25 Dec. 1675. His wid. Martha d. 23 Oct. 1688. No rec. of his fam.
is kn. he left no will, and the only ch. we hear of are Samuel, and Ruth;
yet there may have been other ds. RICHARD, Saybrook,