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Richard Ely

Male 1610 - 1684  (74 years)


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  • Name Richard Ely 
    Birth 1610  Hampshire, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Nov 1684  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Ely Cemetery, Lyme, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2826  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2011 

    Family 1 Joane Phipps   d. 7 Jan 1800, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. William Ely,   b. 15 Oct 1647, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1717, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2. Judith Ely,   b. 1652, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1655, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     3. Richard Ely,   b. 1657, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Daniel Ely,   b. 7 Jan 1659, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1659, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F845  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Cullick   d. 12 Nov 1683, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1664  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Samuel l Ely
    Family ID F846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Richard and Joane Ely Gravestone - End View
    Richard and Joane Ely Gravestone - End View
    The Descendants of / Mr Richard Ely / and his wife Joane / of the seventh and eighth generations / have erected this monument / A.D. 1901
    Ricard and Joane Ely Gravestone - side view
    Ricard and Joane Ely Gravestone - side view
    In Memory of / M. Richard Ely / born about 1810 in Hampshire England / Came from Plymouth England to Boston Massachusetts 1661 / with his sons / William and Richard / Afterwards settled in Lyme Connecticut and there / died November the 24th 1684. / Children's children are the crown of old men / and the glory of children are their fathers

  • Notes 
    • The Honorable Richard Ely, Dep. Gov. of the Colony of Conn., married first Joane Phipps in about 1646 in England, and second he married Elizabeth Fenwick, widow of Capt. John Cullick, in 1664 in Boston, Mass.
      He was a merchant, involved in shipping, active in civil affairs, and the largest land owner in Lyme, Conn.
      -courtesy of Nareen Lake

  • Sources 
    1. [S86] Vanderpoel, George B, The Ely ancestry : lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, (Calumet Press, New York, 1902).