Individual Details

Peter Buell

(19 Aug 1644 - 8 Jan 1726/27)



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Sgt. Peter Buell was born on 19 August 1644 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of William Buell and Mary Post. Sgt. Peter Buell married Martha Cogan, daughter of Thomas Coggan and Joan (?), on 31 March 1670 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Sgt. Peter Buell married Mary Strong in 1687. Sgt. Peter Buell married Mary Gillett, daughter of Jonathan Gillett and Mary Kelsey, on 30 June 1699 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.4 Sgt. Peter Buell died on 8 January 1728/29 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 84.

Moved to Simsbury in 1670 where he became one of the pioneers and earliest settlers. Peter was awarded portion of Hog's Meadow in the first grants of 1667. He was part of committee of three of the town of Simsbury, granting privileges to Indians to hunt venison. He was a sergeant in the trained band of Simsbury and one of the representatives elected from the town to the General Assembly in 1687.

McCracken asserts that Peter's third marriage was in 1698 not 1699 as entered in Simsbury records. On his third marriage Peter gained control of the estate of Jacob Bissell, Mary Gillett's first husband. When Mary's child by Jacob Bissell, Jacob died at age 16, Peter and Mary presumed that the heirs of the of the young Jacob were his half-siblings, the children of Peter and Mary. In 1710, however, the Buells were summoned into court to account for the estate on petition of sundry Bissell relatives, and the lower court found in favor of the half-siblings of the deceased young man, but on appeal the higher court reversed the decision in favor of the Bissell plaintiffs.

Mary was the daughter of Jonathan Gillett Jr. and Mary Kelsey.

They are buried Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, CT. Find A Grave Memorial# 24030243. Stone in very bad shape.

Events

Birth19 Aug 1644Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
Marriage31 Mar 1670Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut - Martha Coggin
MarriageAft 1686Mercy Strong
Marriage30 Jun 1698Mary Gillett
Death8 Jan 1726/27Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Families

SpouseMartha Coggin (1647 - 1686)
ChildPeter Buell (1671 - )
ChildAbigail Buell (1673 - )
ChildMartha Buell (1675 - 1760)
ChildMary Buell (1675 - )
ChildSarah Buell (1678 - 1734)
ChildPeter Buell (1681 - 1703)
ChildEphraim Buell (1682 - 1717)
ChildHannah Buell (1684 - )
ChildSamuel Buell (1686 - )
SpouseMercy Strong ( - 1688)
SpouseMary Gillett (1667 - 1734)
ChildMiriam Buell (1700 - )
ChildWilliam Buell (1701 - 1734)
ChildJonathan Buell (1703 - 1734)
ChildEsther/Hester Buell (1705 - )
FatherWILLIAM BUELL (1620 - 1681)
MotherMARY POST (1619 - 1684)
SiblingSAMUEL BUELL (1641 - 1720)
SiblingMary Buell (1642 - 1718)
SiblingHannah Buell (1646 - 1704)
SiblingHepzibah Buell (1649 - 1704)
SiblingSarah Buell (1654 - 1734)
SiblingAbigail Buell (1656 - 1681)

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