Display Patriot - P-153494 - Robert Lenthall EELLS
Robert Lenthall EELLS
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P-153494
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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
Author: Arthur G. Petruccelli
Robert Lenthal Eells, son of Samuel Eells and Hannah Witherell of Scituate, Mass., was born 17 February 1732 in Hanover, Mass. He married Ruth Copeland of Scituate, Mass. on 1 December 1757. He was an extensive landholder; one of the wealthiest citizens of his day; a man whose chief greatness consisted in the greatness of his soul; of unbounded hospitality; charitable; kind to the poor and the suffering; devoted to everything public spirited; eminently patriotic; an able officer in the war of the Revolution; who opened his doors cheerfully and widely to all who were engaged in that struggle; and whose daughters, evinced their zeal for Liberty, in ministering to the wants of the soldiers, and in manufacturing cartridges for the use of the companies enrolled in the town. He was a blacksmith by trade, but also a shipbuilder in connection with his cousin Thomas Barstow; the latter having the superintendence of the wood work, and Robert L. Eells furnishing the iron work.
He was Representative in 1776 and 1777; Commander of the Southern Company, Hanover, Mass. which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775 to Marshfield under direction of field officers of 2d Plymouth County Regiment, Member of the Committees of Safety and Correspondence in 1775, 1776, 1780, Selectman from 1790-93. He died 19 June 1800 in his 63rd year, and his widow on 21 May 1831 at age 93.
They had the following children: i. Ruth, Oct. 31, 1758, m. Jno. Young, Feb 2, 1797 ii. Betsey, Oct. 30, 1760, m. Col. J. B. Barstow, Feb 7, 1788, and d. in 1851 iii. Huldah C., Mar. 8, 1763, m. Wm. Wing, Hov 26, 1789, and d. in N. York iv. Anne Lenthal, Jul. 18, 1765, m. Capt. Albert Smith, Aug. 23, 1787 v. Robert, Nov. 29, 1767 vi. Nabby, Nov. 29, 1767, m. Josiah Smith, Jr., Pemb., Mar. 13, 1794. vii. John, May 20 1770, m. Lucy Thorndike, and went to Camden, Me., where he d. in 1848 viii. Nathl., Sep. 28, 1772, m. Mary Terry, moved to Belfast, Me., and there d. in 1840 ix. Joseph, June 5, 1774, m. Sarah Bass, Nov. 25, 1802, d. Nov. 6, 1836 x. Lucy, Aug. 12, 1776, m. Dea. Elijah Barstow, Nov. 8, 1798 xi. Edward, Feb. 26, 1779 xii. Sarah, Aug. 2, d. Aug. 17, 1781 xiii. Sam’l., Mar. 13, 1783
Ref: A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., with Family Genealogies, John S. Barry, Boston, 1853.
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