Individual Details

Elias Buell

(8 Oct 1737 - 17 May 1824)



Maj. Elias Buell of Coventry CT served in the Rev War. SAR applications states that he married Sarah Burnett of Coventry. Service is listed as:
Captain in the Lexington Alarm List from Coventry.
Major 3rd Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, commissioned 20 Jun 1776.
Maj. in Col. Ely's State Militia Regt, Jun 1777.

Major Elias Buel was the son of Capt. Peter Buel, and Martha Huntington (Widow of Noah Grant). He married Sarah Turner, 8 Aug 1758, at Coventry, Tolland, CT. They settled in Huntington Gore, VT. In their old age they lived with their son, Jesse Buel, and are buried in Jesse Buel's plot at Menands Rural cemetery, just north of Albany.
Elias named Huntington, VT, after his Mother.

Elias and Sarah are buried Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany Co, NY

Events

Birth8 Oct 1737Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut
Military1776
Death17 May 1824Albany County, New York

Families

FatherPeter Buell (1684 - 1769)
MotherMartha Lathrop Huntington (1696 - 1779)
SiblingPeter Buell (1729 - 1752)
SiblingBenjamin Buell (1732 - 1800)
SiblingAbigail Buell (1733 - 1797)
SiblingRuth Buell (1736 - 1736)