. 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 . Proprietors. The Revells were a famous and powerful family ofDerbyshire from the days of the Crusades to the endof the 17th century. The Elyes were dominent duringthe Plantagenet Dynasty, during which period they ap-peared to be related to the family of De Gaunt, Earlsof Lincoln, who were descendants of the ancient Earlsof Flanders. It is not positively known that the Elysof Mansfi
. 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 . Proprietors. The Revells were a famous and powerful family ofDerbyshire from the days of the Crusades to the endof the 17th century. The Elyes were dominent duringthe Plantagenet Dynasty, during which period they ap-peared to be related to the family of De Gaunt, Earlsof Lincoln, who were descendants of the ancient Earlsof Flanders. It is not positively known that the Elysof Mansfield, England, ancestors of the West Jerseyfamily, are lineal descendants of this ancient family ofElye, although they were of the same section of England,and bore the same Christian names. Of these three family names only that of Ely has heldits ancient manor in England to the present day andalso multiplied on American soil. The names of Revelland Stacye lasted only two or three generations in theWest Jersey families as surnames while in England thepresent incumbents of the Revell properties are Revellonly in name, not blood descendants; and old Ballifield,held by the Stacyes from the days of the Norman Con-. p- ^ -1 =t < o lU ^ ^ ^s 1— X ^ at Xi^-® 1 5 * ^ ^ . * 1 .^^ w^V ^ 1 1 1 ; ? \ < -2^ ^
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