. An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the province of West Jersey 1678-1683, with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America . p- ^ -1 =t < o lU ^ ^ ^s 1— X ^ at Xi^-® 1 5 * ^ ^ . * 1 .^^ w^V ^ 1 1 1 ; ? \ < -2^ ^. ^i ^ * • r ^^^ pi / Aet INTRODUCTION. 23 quest, passed out of that familys possession one hundredyears ago. Before, however, relating what is known of the im-mediate ancestry of the founders of Trenton in West Jer-sey, a glance backward through the centuries of Englishrecords will
. An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the province of West Jersey 1678-1683, with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America . p- ^ -1 =t < o lU ^ ^ ^s 1— X ^ at Xi^-® 1 5 * ^ ^ . * 1 .^^ w^V ^ 1 1 1 ; ? \ < -2^ ^. ^i ^ * • r ^^^ pi / Aet INTRODUCTION. 23 quest, passed out of that familys possession one hundredyears ago. Before, however, relating what is known of the im-mediate ancestry of the founders of Trenton in West Jer-sey, a glance backward through the centuries of Englishrecords will give an idea of the early associations ofthese family names. THE ELY FAMILY CHAPTER I. The Ely Family. The name Elyi is one of the oldest in England. Thecathedral town of Ely and the Isle of Ely in which thetown is situated antedates the Norman Conquest of Eng-land. According to Holinsheds Chronicles, Vol. 1,p. 188, the Isle of Ely derived its name from Helie, thelast of a line of thirty-three kings or dukes who ruledthe southern portion of the Anglian Isle from one tothree centuries before the Christian era. The name was also known in France as Helyes, ancientfor Elyes of the ancient nobility de Heilly or gules (red) with five fusils in a bend or (gold). In the Survey of London, published by Jo
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