| PELL.
The family name of Pell is of Saxon
origin, meaning emote, and when compounded
with "ham," as Pelham (mansion),
signifies the mansion far away, and such
was the intent in selecting a name for
Pelham Manor. What the Mohegan tribe
of Indians, the Siwanoys, called
this particular tract on which the Pell
family settled is unknown. The arms
of the Pell family are: Ermine,
on a canton Azure a pelican or vulned
gules. This coat was granted October
19., 1594. The gold pelican and
azure field are also a portion of the
charges belonging to the coat.
(II) John
(2) Pell, B. A., at Cambridge, 1594, was
fifth son of John (1) Pell, of Dersingham
Norfolk, England, of the ancient family of
Pell of Water Willoughby, Lincolnshire.
John Pell Sr. was steward, or master of the
king's cup, and was living in 1597. His
wife was Margaret Overend, the only daughter
of William Overend, Esq., and they had six
sons and three daughters. John Pell, Jr.,
above mentioned, was in holy orders, rector
of Southwyck, in Sussex County, England,
died in 1616. John Pell married Mary
Holland, of Kent, and they had two
children: Thomas, born in 1608, a gentleman
of the bedchamber to King Charles I., and
John, born March 1, 1661
As it was the
elder son who acquired the grant of Pelham
Manor, much popular interest centers in
Thomas Pell, although having no issue the
line of descent continues through his
younger brother, John, whose son inherited
the property. It is believed that he was
born at Southwyck, in Sussex, about 1608,
and the exact date of his arrival in America
is not known; but it is certain that he was
one of the first to settle in new England,
for his name is associated with Roger
Ludlow, a member of Rev. John Warham's
company who first settled at Dorcester,
Massachusetts, in June, 1630, and removed to
Windsor, Connecticut, 1635. Following this,
Ludlow began a plantation at Unquowa, the
Indian name by which Fairfield, Connecticut,
was known, and Thomas Pell was with these
ten families in 1635 at that place. His name
also appears in the colonial records of New
Haven in 1639 as executor of Richard
Jewell. It is known of him that on March
10, 1646, at a general court held in New
Haven, in recording the name of persons
seated in the meeting house, the governor
and deputy occupied the first middle seat
and Mr. Pell the first seat in the cross
ones at the end.
On November 14, 1654, Thomas Pell, then
of Fairfield, Connecticut, obtained a
grant from the ancient Indian proprietors,
embracing all that territory bounded on
the east by a stream called Stoney Brook
or river, and so running northward as
the said brook or river runs, eight English
miles into the woods, thence west to Broncks'
River, the down the stream of Broncks'
river to a certain bend in the said river,
thence by marked trees south until it
reached the tide waters of the Sound.
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which lyeth between
Long Island and the Mainland, together with
all the island in the sound, &c, &c. this
grant was signed by the Sachem Ann-hoock and
five other Indians, A. Dyckman occurs as
witness. It was subsequently confirmed in
council. He stated before a court of
assize, in 1665, that he had obtained
license to make the purchase, from the
authorities of Connecticut, and that he had
paid large sums of money for the same.
In 1654, it
was resolved, at a meeting of the
director-general and council of new
Netherlands "that whereas a few English are
beginning a settlement at a great distance
from our outpost on lands long before bought
and paid for, near Vreedland, to send there,
interdict, and the attorney-general,
Cornelius van Tienhoven, and forbid them to
proceed no farther, but to abandon that
spot. Done at Fort Amstel on the 5th
of November, 1654, in New Netherland," on
land "purchased from the Indians by the Hon.
Thomas Pell of Fairfield, Connecticut.'
Despite this move and several other
protestations from the Dutch officials,
Thomas Pell continued to settle his tract up
to the time of the surrender of the Dutch in
1664. It is related as a curious fact that
the two leading sachems of Pelham, Ann-hoock
(Wampage) and Himham or Nimham, lived to a
great age. In 1675 the Indians must have
been residing on the neck of land in
considerable numbers, for at a general court
of assize held in that year it was
resolved: "that the Indyans at Mr. Pell's
or Anne Hook's neck be ordered to remove to
their usual winter quarters, within Hellgate,
upon this island; and further that all
canoes belonging to Christians or Indyans on
the north side of Long island to the east of
Hellgate shall be within three days from the
publication of this order, brought to the
next townes and delivered to the constables
to be secured neat the block-house. Any
canoes found upon the sound after that time
to be destroyed." It is conjectured that
this order was put forth in order to prevent
the Indians of Long Island joining in the
warfare made by King Philip against the New
England colonists.
One of the
favorite burying grounds of the river tribe
of Indians was located near the entrance of
Pelham neck, whither they brought their dead
from as far Horseneck, Connecticut, and a
great many mounds of this nature were even
recently to be seen on property of George
Rapelje bordering the water. Two of the
largest of the mounds were being pointed out
as those of the Siwanoys sachems, Ann-hoock
and Nimham, and when the former was opened
it was found to contain a skeleton of great
size, by the side of which lay the tenant's
stone axe and flint spearhead.
A charter for
Pelham Manor was granted by governor Richard
Nicolls on October 4, 1666, to Thomas Pell,
reading in part as follows:
"Richard Nicolls Esq., Governor,
Under his Royall Highness the Duke of
York, of all his territories in American.
To all to whom these presents shall come,
sendeth greeting. Whereas there
is a certain tract of land within this
government upon the main, situate, lying
and being to the eastward of Westchester
bounds, bounded to the westward with the
river called by the Indians, Aqueouncke,
commonly, known by the English by the
name of Hutchinson's river, which runneth
into the bay lying between Throckmorton's
neck and Ann Hooks neck, commonly called
Hutchinson's bay, bounded on the east
by a brook called Cedar Tree brook or
Gravelly brook, on the south b the sound,
which lyeth between Long Island and the
main land, with all the islands in the
sound, not already granted or otherwise
disposed of, lying before that tract of
land so bounded as is before expressed,
and northwards, to run into the woods
about eight English miles in breadth as
the bounds to the sound, which said tract
of land hath therefore been purchased
of the Indian proprietors, and due satisfaction
given for the same. Now know ye,
that by virtue of the commission and authority
unto me given, by his Royal Highness,
James, Duke of York, &c., upon whom
by lawful grant and pattent from his majesty,
the proprietory and government of that
part of the main land, as well as of Long
Island, as all the islands adjacent, among
other things is settled, I have thought
proper to give, grant, confirm and ratify
unto Thomas Pell of Onckway, alias Fairfield,
his majesty's colony of Connecticut, gentleman,
his heirs and assigns, all the said tract
of land bounded as aforesaid, together
with all the lands, islands, sea-bays,
woods, meadows, pastures, marches, lakes,
waters, creeks, fishing, hawking, hunting
and fowling and all other profits, commodities
emoluments and hereditaments, *
* * *
* * in fee and common socage
and by fealty only, yielding, rendering
and paying, yearly and every year, unto
his royal highness, the duty forever,
and his heirs, or to such governor as
shall from time to time be by him constituted
and appointed, as an acknowledgment, one
lamb upon the first day of May, if the
same shall be demanded. Given under
my hand and seal at Fort James, in New
York, on the island of Manhattan, the
sixth day of October, in the 18th
year of the reign of our sovereign, Lord
Charles the second, by the grace of God,
of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
Defender of the Faith, &c., &c.,
&c., and in the year of our Lord God
1666."
Sir Thomas Dongan, lieutenant-governor
of
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The Province of new
York, on October 20, 1687, confirmed by
letters patent, under the great seal, the
whole manor, employing much the same
description of the territory of the tract of
Pelham Manor as in the original charter; but
saying: "I would, in the behalfe of his
sacred Majesty, his heirs and suckcessors,
give and grant unto him, the said John Pell
[he having then inherited the Manor from
his uncle, Thomas Pell], a more full and
firme grant and confirmation of the above
lands and premises."
The manor was famous for its location
near to the great seaport; its fishing
in the vicinity was unsurpassed the entire
length of the sound; bear, wolves, and
deer were aboundant, offering inducement
for the hunt in order to provide both
provision and pelf; Indian wigwams
occupied the site which first assumed
the civilization of manorial grounds and
later a place of residential activity,
and innumerable arrow-heads dug up by
those building there a century later prove
that it must have been a favorite hunting
ground for the Indians. The provincial
assembly was obliged to take steps to
destroy the wild animals roving in the
locality now laid out as the most modern
of towns, enacting:
"Forasmuch as divers
inhabitants of this colony have suffered
many grievous losses in their stock, both
of sheep and neat cattle, for the prevention
of which, and encouragement of those who
shall destroy wolves in the said colony,
and that the breed of wolves within this
colony may be wholly rooted out and extinguished,
be it enacted, &c., that in the county
of West Chester, twenty shillings for
a grown wolf killed by a Christian, and
ten shillings for such a wolf killed by
an Indian, and half that sum respectively
for a whelp."
The remains
of a wolf pit endured for more than a
century thereafter in Winter Hill burying
ground.
Thomas Pell
had hardly acquired the large tract before
he sought settlers to occupy a portion of
it, that he might acquire a substantial
revenue, like the lord of other manors on
American soil. He signed the following
grant in 1664, in favor of grantees who
removed from Fairfield, Connecticut:
"Know all men by these presents,
that I, Thomas Pell, have granted to James
Euestis and Philip Pinckney, for themselves
and their associates, to the number of
ten families, to settle down at Hutchinsons,
that is where the house stood at the meadow
and uplands, to Hutchinson's river, they
paying according to ye proportion of the
charges which was disburst for the purchase,
and other necessary charges, only liberty
to have the disposing of two lotts upon
the same terms with them, because
that I might provide them some tradesmen
for their comfort, as a smith, or weaver,
or what else with their approbation,
witness my hand, this 24th
of June, 1664.
THOMAS PELL"
This is the covenant made in 1665 for
their government at Pelham:
"Articles of agreement bettwixt us
whose names are underwritten, A. D., 1665.
Imprimis--that we, by the grace of God,
sett down on the tract of land lying the
Hutchinson's brook, where the house was,
, until it comes unto that river that
runneth in at the head of the meadow.
2. That we endeavor to keep and
maintain Christian love and sivill honesty.
3. That we faithfully counsel what
may be of infirmity in any one of us.
4. Plainly to deal one with another
in Christian love. 5. If any
trespass be done, the trespassed and the
trespasser shall chuse two of this company,
and they a third man if need be required,
to end the matter, without any further
truebell. 6. That all and
every one of us, or that shall be of us,
do pay unto the minister, according to
his meade. 7. That none
exceed the quantity of fifteen acres,
until all have that quantity.
8. That every man have that meadow
that is most convenient for him.
9. That every man build and inhabit
on his home lot before the next winter.
10. That no man maks sale of his
lot before he hath built and inhabited
one year, and then to render it to the
company, or to a man whom they approve.
11. That any man shall sell part
of his alotment to his neighbour.
12. That no man shall engrosse to
himself by buying his neighbor's lot for
his particular interest, but with respect
to sell it if an approved man come, and
that without much advantage, to be judged
for the company. 13. That
all public affairs, all bridges, highways,
or mill, be carried on jointly, according
to meadow ant estates. 14.
That provision be endeavored for education
of children, and then encouragement be
given unto any that shall take pains according
to our former way of rating. 15.
That no man shall give entertainment to
a foreigner who shall carry himself obnoxious
to the company except amendment be after
warning given. 16. That all
shall join in guarding of cattel when
the company see it convenient. 17.
That every man make and maintain
a good fence about all his arable land,
and in due time a man chosen to view if
somebody's be good. 18. That
every man sow his land when most of the
company sow or plant in their fields.
19. That we give new encouragement
to Mr. Brewster each other week, to give
us a word of exhortation, and that when
we are settled we meet together every
other weeke, to talk of the best things.
20. That one man either of himself,
or by consent, may give entertainment
to strangers for money. 21.
That one day, every spring, be improved
for the destroying of rattle snakes.
(N. B. 11 omitted in copy). 23.
That some, every Lord's day, stay at home,
for safety of our wives and children.
24. That every man get a keep a
good lock to his door as soon as he can.
25. That a convenient place be appointed
for oxen if need require it. 26.
If any man's meadow or upland be worse
in quality, that be considered in quantity.
27. That every man that hath
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taken
up lots shall pay to all public charges
equal with those that got none.
That all that hath or shall take up lots
within this tract of land mentioned in
the premises shall subscribe to these
articles. This is a true copy, according
unto the originall, transcribed by me,
Richard Shute, this 23rd day
of Nov. "68." This document
was signed" "Thomas Shute.
The mark of (X) Nathaniel White.
The mark of (O) Nathaniel Tompkins.
Philip Pinckney. The mark (X) of
Joseph Joans. John Hoitt.
James Eustis. The mark (X) of Daniel
Godwin.. The mark (X) of William
Squire. David Osburn.
John Goding. Samuel Drake,
John Jackson. The mark of John Drake
(ID). William Haidon's mark (H).
The mark of John Gay (IG). John
A. Pinckney. The mark of John Tompkins
(O). Richard Shute. The mark
of John Hollind (IH). Moses Hoitte.
Richard Hoadley. The mark
of Henry (X) Flowlir. John Emory.
Moses Jackson. John Clarke."
There was an old record bearing date about
1663, now said to be extant, which set
forth:
"The legislature of Connecticut determining
to secure as far as possible the lands
within the limits of their charter, authorized
one Thomas Pell to purchase of the Indian
proprietors all the tract between Westchester
and Hudson's river, an island, and resolved
that it should be added to Westchester."
Thomas Pell undoubtedly died some time
between the date he made his will, signed
September 21, 1669, and the date of the
order for taking the inventory of his
estate, which was October 13, 1669.
In that final document of the founder
of Pelham he states that the Lord had
"lately taken to himselfe my beloved
wife Lucy, it being ye good pleasure of
God to deny me natural issue of my owne
body," and in these words made provision
for the main portion of his estate
"This being my last will and testament--I
doe make my nephew, John pell, living
in ould England, the only sonne of my
only brother, John Pell, Doctor of Divinity,
which he had by his first wife, my whole
and sole heire of all my lands and houses
in any parte of New england, or in ye
territories of ye Duke of York.
I also give to my nephew John Pell (my
whole and sole heire) all my goods,
movable and immovable whatsoever--money,
plate, chattells and cattle of all kinds--except
such parcells and legacyes which I give
and bequeath to persons as followeth,
my just debts being first paid.
Thomas Pell
died leaving an honored memory. He had
served with Lion Gardiner at Fort Saybrook
and was a surgeon in the Peguot War. From
1664 to 1665 he was deputy to the general
court. He married Lucy Brewster, of new
Haven, Connecticut.
(III) the
Rev. John (3) Pell, D. D., F. R. S., son of
John (2) and Mary (Hollind) Pell, was born
March 1, 1611, at Southwick, in Sussex,
England, died at London, about December 12,
1685; buried in the Rector's vault at St.
Giles' Church, London. At the age of
thirteen he entered Trinity College,
Cambridge, and received the degree of A. B.
in 1630, afterwards D. D., he was also
admitted to an ad eundem degree at Oxford.
He was elected professor of mathematics at
Amsterdam and Breds, where he attained a
high reputation. From 1654 to 1658 he was
Cromwell's Minister Resident with Protestant
Cantons of Switzerland. After the
restoration of Charles II, he became rector
of Fobbing, Laindon, and Orset, in Essex.
He was appointed Domestic Chaplain to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and on May 20,
1663, was elected Fellow of the Royal
Society. A great many of his private papers
are preserved in the British Museum,
contained in over ten volumes of
manuscript. He married, in 1632, Ithamaria,
daughter of Henry Reginolles, and left one
son, John, see forward, and four daughters:
1. Mary, born April 14, 1634, married,
1656, Captain Ravee. 2. Elizabeth, born
1639, married, 1664, John Edwards. 3.
Bathsheba, married --------- Wessels. 4.
Judith, married, 1657, Thomas Kirke.
(IV) Hon.
John (4) Pell, son of Rev. John (3) and
Ithamaria (Reginolles) Pell, was born
February 3, 1643, in London, England, died
at Pelham Manor, Province of new York, in
1702. Upon inheriting the Westchester
property, known as Pelham Manor, from his
uncle, Thomas Pell, who had died without
issue, he came to America, arriving at
Boston, Massachusetts, in October, 1670,
with letters to governor Winthrop, which
established his heirship. He was thus the
second Lord of the Manor of Pelham, and was
commonly called Sir John Pell. He was
appointed captain of horse in 1684, and
major in the French and Indian Wars, 1692.
He was made first judge of court of common
pleas in Westchester County, 1688, and was
the first member for that county in the
provincial assembly, 1691-95. He married
Rachel, daughter of Philip Pinckney, of
Eastchester. Children: 1. Thomas, see
forward. 2. John, died unmarried in
Philadelphia. 3. Ada, married ----------
Honeywell. 4. Tamar, married James
Eustis. 5. Mary, married Samuel Rodman
(V) Thomas, son of Hon John (4)
and Rachel (Pinckney) Pell, was born circa
1676 and died circa 1739, the year
in which his
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will was dated, which
is numbered 18,154 in the surrogate's office
for New York. he was third Lord of the
Manor Pelham. He married Anna, who was by
tradition the daughter of Nimham or Wampage,
an Indian sachem. Children: 1. John, born
in 1702, died in 1773; married -------Totten,
leaving issue. 2. Thomas, born in 1704,
died in 1753; married Dorothy Ward, leaving
issue. 3. David, died (s. p.) circa 1735.
4. Joshua, see forward. 5. Caleb, born in
1712; married, in 1768, Mary Ferris, who
died in 1772, but with male line extinct
supposedly. 6. Philip, married, February
28, 1731, Phoebe Fitch, leaving issue. 7.
Joseph, born in 1715, died in 1752, buried
near site of Manor house; married Phoebe
Deane, leaving issue. 8. Ann, married
----------- Broadhurst. 9. Mary, married
Samuel Sands. 10. Sarah, married Benjamin
Palmer. 11. Bathsheba, married Theophilus
Bartow. 12. Phebe, married John Tredwell.
(VI) Joshua,
son of Thomas and Anna Pell, was born at
Pelham Manor, circa 1710, died in 1781. He
married, 1735-36, Phoebe, daughter of John
Palmer. Children: 1. Joshua, born in 1737,
died in 1821; married Abigail, died in 1815,
daughter of Jonathan Archer, leaving issue.
2. Edward, married Mary Devereaux, by whom
a son, Frederick. 3. Benjamin, see
forward. 4. Gilbert, married Mary
Honeywell, no issue. 5. Philip, died
unmarried, 6. Jonathan. 7. Phoebe. 8.
Mary, married S. Bennet. 9. Jerusha,
married --------- Pell. 10. Sarah, married
Benjamin Guion.
(VII) Benjamin, son of Joshua and
Phoebe (Palmer) Pell, was born at Pelham
Manor Westchester County, New York, in
March, 1828. Because of his Tory
sympathies he was forced to leave the
country during the Revolution, and went
to Canada to reside for a time.
He later engaged in business at Burlington,
Vermont. As his property was for
a long period directly in the storm center
of the conflict, he could not well have
remained and persisted in his adherence
to the crown. The British forces
landed at Pelham Neck on October 18, 1776,
ten days previous to the battle of White
Plains, and General Heath left on account
of the plan of attack, which he wrote
two days previous.
"The general officers of the American
army rode to reconnoitre the ground at
Pell's Neck, &c., and it was determined
that the position of the American army
should be immediately changed; the
left flank to be extended more northerly,
to prevent its being turned by the British,
who were at this time posted on Throgmorton's
Neck."
On the day of the landing, General
Heath wrote:
"On the 18th of October
the wind was now fresh at southwest, the
British crossed to the other side of Frogs
Neck, embarked on board their boats, crossed
over the cove, landed on Pell's Neck,
and moved briskly upwards. Three
or four of the American regiments advanced
towards them and took a good position
behind a stone fence. When the British
had advanced sufficiently near, they gave
them a pretty close fire, which checked
them, and even obliged them to fall back'
but being immediately supported, they
returned vigorously to the charge.
The action was sharp for a short time,
but the Americans were soon obliged to
give way to superior force. Shepard's,
Read's, Baldwin's, and Glover's regiments
had the principal share in this action.
The Americans had between thirty and forty
men killed and wounded; among the latter
Colonel Shepard, in the throat, not mortally,
although the ball came well night effecting
instant death. The loss of the British
was not known, but must have been considerable.
They advanced almost to New Rochelle,
and halted."
Benjamin Pell married (first),
November 25, 1778, Mary Anna Ferris,
daughter of John Ferris, of "the Grove
Farm," in Westchester County, New York. he
married (second) ------- Titus. He married
(third) ----------- Folger. Children, by
first wife, William Ferris, see forward.
2. Alfred S., born in 1786, died in 1831;
married Adelia, daughter of Colonel James
Dunn; by whom i. Robert L., died February
13, 1880, who married Maria L. Brinckerhoff;
ii. James Duane, died in 1881; married
Sophia Pell; iii. John Augustus, died 1894,
married Susan Field; iv. Richard M., died
s.p., April 22, 1882, married Fanny Jones;
v. George W., died in 1893, married mary
Bruen. 3. Ferris (Colonel) married Mariana
Channing, and died in 1850. Child by second
wife; 4. Gilbert, married Eliza, daughter
of Hon, Morris Birbeck and had Morris
Birbeck, a senior wrangler of Cambridge
University, afterwards moved to Australia.
(VIII) William Ferris, son of Benjamin
and mary Anna ((Ferris) Pell, was born
at the "Grove Farm," Westchester
County, New York, September, 1779, died
at New York City, October 28, 1840.
In 1802, when a man of about twenty-three
years of age, he journeyed with his father
from Canada by the Inland water route
via Lake Champlain, Lake George, and the
Hudson river, and when making the portage
between the two lakes he was much impressed
with the rare beauty and
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picturesqueness of the
neck of land on which the ancient ruins of
Fort Ticonderoga stood. He desired to
possess that region if possible; but in the
meantime, following his return, the property
had been deeded to Columbia and Union
Colleges by the state of New York. in 1818
Mr. Pell succeeded in purchasing the land.
Why he waited twelve years to make the
purchase is not known, but probably the
colleges would not sell. There he built a
house looking out upon Lake Champlain and
with the old fort in the immediate vicinity
as another attraction. In 1825 his house
was burned, and a great deal of furniture
was destroyed, as well as plate and
manuscripts which had been taken from the
Manor House at Pelham, during the
revolution, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, thence
to Ticonderoga. The next year he erected
the present house, known as "The Pavilion,"
which now stands near the lake front, under
the fort. It is unusually broad, containing
some eight rooms stretched along the front
of the first floor, the central one being
the reception or living room, and the next
northward, to the right, the dining room,
which is furnished completely in the style
of the period in which the house was built,
namely antiques of the revolutionary days,
so that it is a treat for visitors to view
it, and by its peculiar quaintness is
restful to the eye. This is as it should
be, for it is not the family summer retreat,
whither they repair for recreation from the
cares of city life. After Mr. Pell's death,
in 1840, although still remaining in
possession of his family, it was neglected
and the place fell into decay.
William
Ferris Pell married, November 11, 1802, at
Clinton Corners, New York, Mary, born in
London, England, December 22, 1783, died in
New York City, October 3, 1848, daughter of
Morris and Ann Shipley. Children: 1.
Archibald Morris, born October 9, 1803, died
April 19, 1839; married Catherine Rutgers,
by whom: a. Cornelia, married Henry
Morgan, and b. Clementine, married Edward A.
Le Roy. 2. Alfred, born April 27, 1805,
died May 21, 1869; married (first) Eliza
Cruger; married (second) Eliza wood, by
whom: a. William Cruger, born in 1830,
died s.p., in 1898, married Margaretta
Cress; b. Alfred, born in 1833, died in
1901, married (first) Gertrude Carey,
(second) Mary Tracy, (third) Mary
Huntington; c. Robert S., born in 1835,
died, unmarried, in 1868; d. Arthur, born
in 1841, died, unmarried, 1894; e. Edith,
born in 1851, died in 1890, married Martin
Archer Shee, of England. 3. Duncan
Campbell, born January 23, 1807, died
January 16, 1874; lieutenant-governor of
Rhode Island; married Anna Clarke, by whom:
a. Georgianna, born in 1835, died,
unmarried, 1851; b. Duncan Campbell, born
in 1842, died October 21, 1874, colonel of
United States Volunteers, married Caroline
Cheever. 4. Walden, born October 3, 1808,
died, s. p., April 14, 1863; married
Orleanna R. Ellery. 5. Morris Shipley, see
forward. 6. Ecroyde, born October 27,
1811, died, unmarried, August 6, 1832. 7.
Mary Shipley, born October 6, 1813, died
June 5, 1884; married Captain Francis S.
Haggerty, United States Navy. 8. Sophia,
born September 23, 1815, died August 20,
1885; married her cousin, James Duane Pell.
9. Emma, born October 21, 1817, died
October 24, 1875, unmarried. 10. James
Kent, born 1819, died November 25, 1874,
unmarried. 11. Clarence, born December 2,
1820, died June 8, 1865; married Annie
Claiborne.
(IX) Morris Shipley, son of Willian
Ferris and Mary (Shipley) Pell, was born
in New York City, February 24, 1810, died
in Flushing, Long Island, February 4,
1881. He married, March 12, 1830,
in New Jersey, Mary Rodman Howland, born
in New York City, November 26, 1816, died
in Flushing Long Island, July 29, 1892,
daughter of John and Sarah (Hazard) Howland,
Children: 1. John Howland,
see forward. 2. William Howland,
born September 3, 1833; married, September
30, 1852, Adelaide Ferris, born in New
York, died in New York City, June 6, 1904,
daughter of Benjamin and Anna Maria (Schieffelin)
Ferris; by whom: a. Howland,
born in Flushing, Long Island, March 19,
1856; married, New York City, April 12,
1887; Almy Goelet Gallatin, daughter of
Frederick and Almy Goelet (Gerry) Gallatin,
to whom were born: i. Gladys
Almy Howland, born in New York City, March
14, 1888, and, ii. Howland
Gallatin, born East Houghton, Long Island,
August 17, 1889. Mr. William Howland
was educated at the School of Mines, Columbia
College; is a veteran of Companies I and
K, Seventh Regiment, National Guard, New
York; adjutant of Veteran Corps of Artillery,
Southern New York and served as second
and first lieutenant and captain of Company
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A, Twelfth Regiment,
National Guard, New York, and is
governor-general of the Society of colonial
Wars; member of Union and Tuxedo Clubs.
(X) John
Howland, son of Morris Shipley and mary
Rodman (Howland) Pell, was born in New York,
December 23, 1830, died in Yonkers, New
York, October 6, 1882. He served in the
rebellion. Enlisted in 1861, in Duryea's
Zouaves, and later transferred to the Fourth
New York, and rose to the rank of a captain
of Company K, in that regiment. he was in
the battle of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and
all the battles of the Army of the Potomac.
He was a senior captain. He made his home
in New York City and Flushing and later for
a while in Yonkers, New York. He was a
member of the firm of Pell & Company,
merchants and importers of woods from South
and Central America. He was a Republican
and an Episcopalian. As a young man he
lived in Europe at Paris.
John Howland
Pell married (first) in new York, in 1860,
Cornelia Corse, born at Flushing, 1836, died
at Flushing, May 13, 1864, daughter of
Israel (?) Corse. He married (second) in
New York, April 20, 1870, Caroline Elizabeth
Hyatt, born in New York City, April 18,
1841, died at Catskill, New York, January
11, 1911, daughter of Stephen and Dorinda
(Townsend) Hyatt, the latter a daughter of
Judge John Townsend, of West Chester, New
York. Children: 1. Rodman Corse, born
March 31, 1861; enlisted in Company I,
Seventh Regiment, National Guard, New York,
1883; married Antoinette G. Pell, by whom
Rodman Corse Pell, born July 19, 1893. 2.
Florence Cornelia, married (first) Nathan E.
Brown, of Portland, Maine; by whom: Cornelia
C. Brown; married (second) Pierre C. Waring.
3. Clarence, born January 10, 1871, died
July 20, 1874. 4. Howland Haggerty, see
forward. 5. Stephen Hyatt Pelham, see
forward. 6. Samuel Osgood, born July 3,
1875; married (first) Isabel Audry Townsend;
by whom Isabel Townsend, born September 28,
1900; married (second) Elizabeth Wardin.
7. Mary Howland, born December 12, 1876;
married, August 21, 1897, Samuel Cornell
Hopkins, of Catskill, New York, born in New
York City, February 19, 1858, son of Henry
and Mary Elizabeth (Cornell) Hopkins; by
whom: Samuel Cornell Jr., born October 11,
1906. 8. Theodore Roosevelt, see forward.
9. Horace Porter, born August 30, 1879,
died, unmarried, June 9, 1901.
(XI) Howland
Haggerty, son of John Howland and Caroline
Townsend (Hyatt) Pell, was born in New York
City, May 30, 1872; educated at the Flushing
Institute and became a banker and broker,
with membership in the New York Stock
Exchange; served in the Second Division,
First Battalion, Naval Militia, State of New
York, as ordinary seaman from November 14,
1893, to April 30, 1896; commissioner
paymaster with rank of lieutenant on October
3, 1912; Republican; Episcopalian;
residence at Westbury, Long Island; member
of Union Club, New York, Yacht Club, New
York, Athletic club, Rockaway Hunt Club,
Turf and Field Club, Automobile Club, of
America, Society of Colonial Wars, Garden
City Golf club, Piping Rock Club, Colonial
Order, Sons of Veterans, New York Historical
Society, New York Genealogical and
Biographical Society, the National
Geographic Society, and the St. Nicholas
Society. He married, November 27, 1895,
mary Willets, born at Westbury, Long Island,
October 17, 1874, daughter of Frederick and
Anna (Whitson) Willets; by whom: i.
Howland Haggerty, Jr., was born in Paris,
France, September 4, 1897, ii. Orlie Anna
Haggerty, born in Paris, France, December
13, 1900, iii. Stephen Hyatt Haggerty,
born in New York City, April 6, 1903, died
there, November 4, 1903; iv. Mary Willets,
born in New York City, September 20, 1911. |
