. 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 . Laws. Adescendant of a branch of the Elyes of Lincolnshire, who migratedabout 1698 from Lincolnshire into Kent when an Ely marrieda widow named Underwood, and became possessed of the greaterpart of the Parish of Jong near Sittingbourne in Kent. Until theyear 1772 there never was more than one and only son, who wasalways William Ely, but in 1772 the then W. Ely had two sons,William
. 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 . Laws. Adescendant of a branch of the Elyes of Lincolnshire, who migratedabout 1698 from Lincolnshire into Kent when an Ely marrieda widow named Underwood, and became possessed of the greaterpart of the Parish of Jong near Sittingbourne in Kent. Until theyear 1772 there never was more than one and only son, who wasalways William Ely, but in 1772 the then W. Ely had two sons,William and John. The latter, John, obtained a commission in the35th Regiment and was killed at Vellore in India 10 July, Eley, with Capt. Popham, 5 sergeants, 4 corporals and 70privates of the 69th Regiment, to which he had been transferred,were cut to pieces (the whole of them) by the mutineers. Aboutthis period the name had another E added, how or why we do notknow, and became Eley though their progenitors at Jong in Kenthad previously been Ely. The crest that was used by this branch ofthe family was and is now a mailed arm holding a fleur de lis withthe motto Constans Contraria Spernit. CHAPTER The Elys of Geeat Caklton and Utterby, Lincolnshire. Utterby Manor, Lincolnshire, appears to have beenheld by the family of Ely or by other families with whom they were connected, as early asthe Norman Conquest. As will benoted in the preceding chronology,Walter and Robert De Insula heldlands at that period at Ludboro,which lies adjacent to the presentUtterby and probably includedthe latter manor. From this earlydate, down to the sixteenth cen-tury the family name was asso-ciated with this property but nopublished pedigree is found in theEnglish records. The present in-cumbent of Utterby, L. C. , Esq., is Lord of theManor and Patron and Improprietor of the Church ofSt. Andrew. He states that at the time of the Common-wealth the Elyes of Utterby were royalists a
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