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February 7, 2007

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In 1846, R. R. Hinman released a multivolume work entitled "A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut; with the Time of Their Arrival in the Colony, and Their Standing in Society, Together with Their Place of Residence as Far as Can be Discovered by the Records". The book contained a very brief reference to Thomas Pell, often discribed as the "First Lord of the Manor of Pelham". The reference is quoted in its entirety immediately below, followed by a citation to the source.

"Pell, Thomas, New London county, was made free, 1662. It was ordered, that those who wished to be freemen should present themselves in person, with a certificate under the hands of a majority of the townsmen where they resided, that they were persons of civil, peaceable and honest conversation and the age of 21 years, and had £20 estate, exclusive of the poll, in the list. With such certificate and the approbation of the General Court, they could be made free. A Doctor Pell, supposed to be Thomas or his father, who resided at the fort as physician under Lieut. Gardner, went with Major Mason as surgeon for the little army to meet the Pequotts in the battle in 1637 -- but proved himself cowardly by remaining on board the vessel, instead of going up to the battle to the relief of the wounded. Probably the same Thomas Pell who came to Massachusetts in the Hopewell."

Source: Hinman, Royal Ralph, A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut; with the Time of Their Arrival in the Colony, and Their Standing in Society, Together with Their Place of Residence as Far as Can be Discovered by the Records, Vol. I, p. 62 (Hartford, CT: E. Gleason 1846).

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