Deacon Richard Ely

Deacon Richard Ely

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Deacon Richard Ely Born 27 Oct 1697 in Lyme, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Son of Richard Ely and Mary (Marvin) Sterling
Brother of Samuel Ely, Mary (Ely) Niles, Sarah (Ely) Gillett, Elizabeth (Sterling) Pomeroy [half], Daniel Sterling [half], John Sterling [half], Joseph Sterling [half] and Abigail (Sterling) Kellogg [half] Husband of Elizabeth (Peck) Ely — married 23 Jan 1724 in Lyme, Connecticut
Husband of Phebe (Hubbard) Ely — married 26 Oct 1732 in Lyme, Connecticut
Father of Elizabeth (Ely) Selden, Esther Ely, Ezra Cullick Ely, Mary Ely, Richard Ely, Seth Ely, Elisha Ely, Elihu Ely, Josiah Griswold Ely, Robert Ely, Phebe (Ely) Colt, Hepzibah (Ely) Pratt and David Ely

Died 24 Feb 1777 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial Americamap

24. Richard Ely, youngest son of Richard Ely and Mary Marvin, was born Oct. 27, 1697, at Lyme, Conn., and died Feb. 24, 1777. Histombstone is to be seen in the Ely Burial Ground at Lyme. He married first Elizabeth (Phebe) Peck, and resided near the residence of Mr. Z. Stiles Ely. (See Ely Reunion pamphlet, page 56.) Mrs. Ely died Oct. 8, 1730, and Mr. Ely remarried Oct. 26, 1732. His second wife was Phebe Hubbard. [1]

Sources ↑ The Ely Ancestry, p. 62 "The Ely ancestry : lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, & settled at Lyme, Conn. in 1660" by Beach, Moses Sperry, 1822-1892; Ely, William; Vanderpoel, George Burritt; Ely, Sumner Adriel, Published 1902 The Calumet Press [1]

View burial information here:[2] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 23 1869
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Richard Ely, youngest son of Richard Ely and Mary Marvin, was born Oct 27, 1697, at Lyme, Connecticut, and died Feb. 24, 1777. His tombstone is to be seen in the Ely Burial Ground at Lyme. He married first Elizabeth (Phebe) Peck, and resided near the residence of Mr. Z. Stiles Ely.

Mrs. Ely died October 8, 1730, and Mr. Ely remarried October 26, 1732.

His second wife was Phebe Hubbard, of Middletown, Connecticut, in regard to whom it is interesting to know that she was fourth in descent from George Hubbard, one of the original settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, her ancestry being as follows:

Her great-grandparents were: George Hubbard, who married Elizabeth Watts,

Their son, Joseph Hubbard, married Mary Foster, and their son, Robert Hubbard, married Abigail Adams, of Middletown, Connecticut, the latter being the parents of Phebe, the second wife of Deacon Richard Ely.

Children of Richard Ely and Elizabeth Peck :—

1. Elizabeth, b. October 11, 1724; d. February 12, 1802; married Colonel Samuel Sheldon, captured at Battle of Long Island, 1776, and died a prisoner, N.Y., October 11, 1776.
2. Esther, b. March 22, 1726; d. December 2, 1736.
3. Ezra, b. January 22, 1728; d. 1793; m. 1st, Sarah Starling; m. 2nd, Anna Starling.
4. Mary, b. October 21, 1729; died in infancy.

Children of Richard Ely and Phebe Hubbard (second wife) : —

5. Richard (minister), b. September 10, 1733; d. August 23, 1814; m. November 23, 1757. Jerusha Sheldon, of Northampton, Massachusetts
6. Seth, b. December 11, 1734; d. January 3, 1821; m. Lydia Reynolds, of Norwich.
7. Elihu, b. November 10, 1736; died in infancy.
8. Elihu, b. November 15, 1737; d. June 25, 1815; m. May 30, I776 Anna Ely, second daughter of John Ely.
9. Josiah, b. July 20, 1739; d. April 26, 1826; m. Phebe Denison, of Lyme, and Elizabeth Lord, widow of Reuben Lord, daughter of Joseph Ely.
10. Robert, b. June 26, 1741; d. December 5, 1828; m. Jerusha Lay, of Saybrook.
11. Phebe, b. May 16, 1743; m. James D. Colt, of Pittsfield.
12. Hepzibah, b. June 6, 1745; d. 1815; m. May 13, 1771, John Pratt, of Colchester, b. December 14, 1740.
13. David (minister), b. June 7, 1749; d. 1816; m. 1777, Hepzibah Mills, of Huntington.

Richard Ely was a man of conspicuous piety and great Christian activity. He was generally known as Deacon Richard Ely, perhaps not only on account of his religious office, but also to distinguish Him from his cousin, Capt. Richard Ely, seven years his senior, the son of Judge William Ely.

I have been permitted,, thanks to the courtesy of Mr. Z. Stiles Ely, to see copies made from the family Bible of the worthy Deacon. This yellow and time stained copy gives evidence of the pious and methodical nature of Deacon Ely. Not only the year, month, and day of each advent into the family is recorded, but also the hour, and, when possible, the minutes are noted. A spirit of faith and Christian piety voices itself in many entries. Blessings are acknowledged with thanksgiving, deaths are recorded with resignation. One can reconstruct the man from these entries in the Family Bible.

"Richard Ely, of Lyme, Connecticut, bora i1687 died I777f married Elizabeth Peck. Who were his parents?" Signed E I. L.^Mail and Express Genealogical Column, Saturday Evening, November 26, 1896.

(The first wife of Richard Ely was Elizabeth Peck. Elizabeth Ely, their daughter, born 11 October 1724, at Lyme, married 23 May, 1745, Col. Samuel Selden, of the Revolutionary army, uncle of the Rev. Eliphalet Nott, D.D., President of Union College, and was the mother of Charles Selden and Joseph Dudley Selden, who settled at Troy, N.Y., and the grandmother of Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Governor Lewis Cass, of Michigan. This Richard Ely was the only brother of Samuel Ely, who married Jane Lord. His second wife was born in 1705, and was sister of Robert Hubbard, who married Elizabeth Sill.)

All the children of Deacon Ely and Phebe Hubbard lived to an advanced age; all met in 1813 at the house of the eldest brother, Rev. Richard Ely, and the younger brother, Rev. David Ely of Huntington,
Conn., preached a sermon on the occasion, he being then nearly three score years and ten.

SOURCE: The Ely Ancestry: lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England who came to Boston, Massachusetts, about 1655 and settled at Lyme, Connecticut in 1660