1Cuyler Reynolds, Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Vol. 3, pp. 1220-1221 (1914).
"(II) Samuel Ely, son of Nathaniel and Martha Ely, was probably born at Hartford, Massachusetts, died March 19, 1692. He removed to Springfield with his parents, and married in that town, October 28, 1659, Mary, daughter of Robert Day, born in Hartford in 1641. Samuel Ely was quite successful in acquiring property, and at his death left a considerable estate. Two of their sixteen children died in infancy or in early youth. Children: Child, born and died 1660, at Springfield; Samuel, born March 1, 1662, died March 22, 1662; Joseph, August 20, 1663; Samuel, November 4, 1664; Mary; Samuel, May 9, 1668; Nathaniel; Jonathan; Nathaniel; Jonathan; Martha; John, mentioned below; Mary; Jonathan; Mary; Ruth.
(III) John Ely, son of Samuel and Mary (Day) Ely, was born at Springfield, Massachusetts, January 28, 1678, died January 15, 1758, at West Springfield.
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