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Elias Isbell

Birth
Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
6 Feb 1834 (aged 86)
Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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No readable stone found but thought to be buried at Old Killingworth Cemetery which his parents and children were buried.

He was a great-great-grandson of Robert Isbell who came from Cornwall, England to Salem, Mass., c1634, and later to Nutfield, Mass., and died at New Haven, Connecticut in 1655.

Lineage:
Robert Isbell
+Ann Kingman
Eleazer Isbell
+Elizabeth French
Robert Isbell III
+Miriam Carter
Eleazer Isbell 1705-1777
+Elizabeth Bishop
Elias Isbell
+Temperance Ward

Descendants of Robert Isbell in America (1944) by Edna Warren Mason, p. 15: "Elias Isbell and his son, John, were among the first organizers and builders of Emmanuel Episcopal Church at North Killingworth, then North Bristol. Elias and Temperance (Ward) Isbell Owned the Covenant, September 18, 1774 at Second Church of Killingworth, and he was a Reader at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 1808-1882." Mr. and Mrs. Isbell observed their Golden Wedding Anniversary September 24, 1882. The Isbell homestead, built by Elias Isbell around 1780, is still (1943) standing. He was a farmer and also had a shop where carriages were upholstered and sleds and carts were made. Elias Isbell served in the War of the Revolution, 1777, 'Drummer in Capt. Bezeliel Bristol's Co.' (Reference, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 551.0 Residence, Killingworth, Conn."
No readable stone found but thought to be buried at Old Killingworth Cemetery which his parents and children were buried.

He was a great-great-grandson of Robert Isbell who came from Cornwall, England to Salem, Mass., c1634, and later to Nutfield, Mass., and died at New Haven, Connecticut in 1655.

Lineage:
Robert Isbell
+Ann Kingman
Eleazer Isbell
+Elizabeth French
Robert Isbell III
+Miriam Carter
Eleazer Isbell 1705-1777
+Elizabeth Bishop
Elias Isbell
+Temperance Ward

Descendants of Robert Isbell in America (1944) by Edna Warren Mason, p. 15: "Elias Isbell and his son, John, were among the first organizers and builders of Emmanuel Episcopal Church at North Killingworth, then North Bristol. Elias and Temperance (Ward) Isbell Owned the Covenant, September 18, 1774 at Second Church of Killingworth, and he was a Reader at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 1808-1882." Mr. and Mrs. Isbell observed their Golden Wedding Anniversary September 24, 1882. The Isbell homestead, built by Elias Isbell around 1780, is still (1943) standing. He was a farmer and also had a shop where carriages were upholstered and sleds and carts were made. Elias Isbell served in the War of the Revolution, 1777, 'Drummer in Capt. Bezeliel Bristol's Co.' (Reference, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 551.0 Residence, Killingworth, Conn."


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  • Created by: Ray Isbell
  • Added: Mar 5, 2018
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187811378/elias-isbell: accessed ), memorial page for Elias Isbell (5 Feb 1748–6 Feb 1834), Find a Grave Memorial ID 187811378, citing Old Killingworth Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Ray Isbell (contributor 47188697).