Thomas Pell (born ? - 1669) was a physician who was famous for buying the area known as Pelham, Westchester, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County. He is recorded as travelling from Fairfield, England to North America to attempt to set up new colonies. // Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ... A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Pelham, New York is the name of two locations in Westchester County, New York: Village of Pelham Town of Pelham External links Town of Pelham official website Village of Pelham official website This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Fairfield is a common place name in several English speaking countries. ... England is a made up country where psychologists convince schitzofrenic people they are currently living while they are in fact in a mental asylum. ...
Records state that he bought this from Chief Wampage from the Siwanoy Indian Tribe that owned it on June 27, 1654. It has been indicated the alternative dates, November 11 or November 14 1654, are incorrect [1]. It has been said that Pell "named his acreage Pelham in honor of his tutor Pelham Burton" [2]. Chief Wampage, also known as Anhõõke, was the Native American (American Indian) who was Chief of the Siwanoy Tribe in Westchester County, New York. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ...
Pell was legally challenged by the Dutch courts who considered the "English were trespassing on Dutch territory" [3]. This dispute was finally resolved by Pell himself in September 1664 when the British Navy, supported by a militia invasion force led by Pell, entered the then New Amsterdam and forced the Dutch Governer of New Netherlands Peter Stuyvesant to surrender. Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Dutch Revival buildings from the early 20th century on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan recall the Dutch origins of the city. ... Peter Stuyvesant, ca. ...
Pell, John (2nd Lord of the Manor) - Sir John Pell was the sole heir and nephew of the founder of Pelham, ThomasPell (1st Lord of the Manor).
ThomasPell was born in England, the son of the Rev. John Pell, D.D. As a young man he reportedly served as a Page to Prince Charles and, later, a Gentleman of the Bedchamber of Charles I, King of England.
Pell, Thomas (3rd Lord of the Manor) - ThomasPell (3rd Lord of the Manor) was a son of Sir John Pell (2nd Lord of the Manor) and Rachel Pinckney Pell.
ThomasPell of Fairfield, Connecticut was among the earliest Englishmen to establish settlements in today's lower Westchester County.
Pell's successful negotiation of the treaty for the purchase of what came to be known as the "Lordshipp and Mannour of Pelham" had enormous implications for the dispute between the English and the Dutch over control of the area.
Westchester Historian Thomas Scharf, however, reported in 1886 that the "Indians received, it is said, as an equivalent for their deed of the land, sundry hogshead of Jamaica rum." ThomasPell reportedly took symbolic possession of his estate "by burying his seal with his arms at the root of the oak".
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