Thomas Pell II

Thomas Pell, 3rd Lord of Pelham Manor (c. 1686 – September 3, 1739), was an American landowner who owned Pelham, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County, New York.[1]

Sir Thomas Pell II
3rd Lord of Pelham Manor
In office
c. 1712–1739
Preceded byJohn Pell
Succeeded byJoshua Pell
Personal details
Bornc. 1686
Pelham Manor, Province of New York
DiedSeptember 3, 1739(1739-09-03) (aged 52–53)
Pelham Manor, Province of New York
Spouse
Anna Wampage
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(m. 1684; died 1694)​
RelationsJohn Pell (grandfather)
Parent(s)John Pell
Rachel Pinckney

Early life

Pell was born at Pelham Manor, in the Province of New York in 1686.[2] He was the son of John Pell and the Rachel (née Pinckney) Pell. Among his siblings were Hannah Ward (née Pell), John Pell, Elizabeth Huestis (née Pell), Mary Pugsley Hunter (née Pell), Phillip Pell, and Ada Pell.[3]

His father was the only son born to Ithamaria (née Reginald)[lower-alpha 1] Pell and the Rt. Rev. John Pell, D.D., a mathematician and political agent.[4] His grandfather's only brother was Thomas Pell, a physician who was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles I.[4] His mother was the daughter of Jane (née Phippen) Pinckney and Phillip Pinckney II, who first settled in Boston, then Fairfield before buying, with nine other men, a large tract of land called "Ten Farms" on the Hutchinson River.[5]

Career

Pell's grand-uncle had signed a treaty with Chief Wampage, and other Siwanoy Indian tribal members, that granted him 50,000 acres (20,000 ha) of tribal land, including part of the Bronx and land to the west along Long Island Sound in what is now Westchester County, extending west to the Hutchinson River and north to Mamaroneck.[4] In 1666, the land was created into an entire enfranchised township and manor. As his grand-uncle died in 1669 without male heir, his father inherited the entirety of the manor.[4]

Upon his father's death around 1712, Pell inherited the entirety of the manor which he managed and eventually divided amongst his children.[4]

Personal life

Pell was married to married Anna (or Ann), daughter of Ninham-Wampage and granddaughter of Wampage I, Sachem of the Siwanoys, and the former Susanna Cole (daughter of William and Anne Hutchinson, who was killed during Kieft's War).[5][6] Together, they were the parents of seven sons, issues include:[2][7]

  • Mary Pell (c. 1700–1741), who married Samuel Sands.[8]
  • John Pell (1702–1773), who married Mary Totten.[9]
  • Joshua Pell (1706–1781), who became the 4th Lord of Pelham Manor and who married Phoebe Palmer, a daughter of John Palmer.[10]
  • Ann Pell (b. 1716), who married silversmith Samuel Broadhurst.[11]
  • Bersheba Pell (1720–1779), who married Theophilus Bartow.[12]
  • Joseph Pell
  • Thomas Pell
  • Philip Pell
  • Caleb Pell

Pell died at the manor house on September 3, 1739.[13] Upon his death, each of his sons, Joseph, John, Thomas, Joshua, Philip, and Caleb Pell, received 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land.[14] Eldest son John had six sons, who all died without issue, the last being Richard Moore Pell, who died at the Manor in 1868.[15] The 4th Lords son, Thomas Pell (b. 1744), who married Margaret Bartow, was the last owner of the property, which later passed into the possession of the Bartow family.[5][16]

Descendants

Through his son Joshua, he was a grandfather of Benjamin Pell (c. 1750–1828), and a great-grandfather of horticulturist William Ferris Pell and merchant Alfred Sands Pell.[17]

See also

References
Notes
  1. Pell's grandmother's maiden name is sometimes spelled Reginald or Reginoilles.[2]
Sources
  1. "Bronx Chronology". Bronx County Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015.
  2. Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 298. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  3. Stufflebean, Debra Guioun (2011). A French Huguenot Legacy. Lulu.com. p. 89. ISBN 9781257830466. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. Pell, Howland (1917). The Pell Manor: Address Prepared for the New York Branch of the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America. Baltimore. Retrieved August 29, 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  6. Saunders, James B. (1991). The Pelham Manor Story, 1891-1991. pp. 28–29. Sir John's eldest son, Thomas II, married Anna, the daughter of Wampage II, who had grown up on Hunter's Island next to the manor house.
  7. County), New York (State) Surrogate's Court (New York (1896). Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office: City of New York. Society. p. 401. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  8. Long Island Genealogies: Families of Albertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall ... Willets, Williams, Willis, Wright, and Other Families. Being Kindred Descendants of Thomas Powell, of Bethpage, L. I., 1688. J. Munsell's Sons. 1895. p. 65. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  9. Foley, Janet Wethy (1937). Early Settlers of New York State: Their Ancestors and Descendants, Volu: Their Ancestors and Descendants, Volumes I-VI (PART II - iv-vi). Heritage Books. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-7884-3712-0. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
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  13. Mackenzie, George Norbury (1966). Colonial Families of the United States of America: In which is Given the History, Genealogy, and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 410, 692. ISBN 9780806314532. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  14. "Pell Family and Related Historical Events 1492 – 1826" (PDF). momath.org. The National Museum of Mathematics. September 18, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  15. Bolton, Robert (1881). The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time. C. F. Roper. p. 65. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  16. Stevens, J.A.; DeCosta, B.F.; Johnston, H.P.; Lamb, M.J.; Pond, N.G.; Abbatt, W. (1892). The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries. A. S. Barnes. p. 408. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
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