50 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



John Bankes one of ye Exec'rs of ye said will entered into bond of £300 

 Sterl. to perfourme ye said will. Ye bond was dated ye 13 October, 1G69.» 



During the same year an execution was granted against ye estate of Thomas 

 Pell, of Ann Hooks neck, for £16 19 10, of ye goods or chattels belonging and re- 

 served by ye executors, in trust, for the use of his heirs, the said sum being due 

 for several charges relating to a matter in difference between Charles Bridges and 

 Sarah his wife, plaintiffs, and. ye said Thomas Pell defendant, wherein ye said 

 defendant was overthrown, and condemned to pay ye costs of suit J> 



FRANCIS LOVELACE. 

 [To Mr. Robert Coe,high theriff or his deputy, to cause this execution to be served. Y 



By the will of Mr. Thomas Pell, it will be observed, that he be- 

 queathes all his " lands and houses in any part of New England, or in 

 ye territory of ye Duke of York," to his nephew John Pell, living in Ould 

 England, the only son of his only brother, John Pell, Doctor of Divinity. 



The Rev. John Pell, D.D., second son of Rev. John Pell and Mary 

 Holland, was born at South wyck, in Sussex, on the first of March, 1611. 

 His father, we are told, died whilst he was only five years old ; but his 

 mother, who was of the Holland family, residing in Kent, did not allow 

 this loss to be an injury to his education. From her tuition he went to 

 that of Mr. John Jefferies, master of the free school at Steyning, and 

 made such proficiency that at the age of thirteen he proceeded to Trini- 

 ty College, Cambridge. d He was an excellent linguist, understanding 

 well Arabic, Italian, French, Dutch and Hebrew, as well as the two clas- 

 sical languages. Mathematics, however, were his favorite and distinguish- 

 ing study. At the age of nineteen he composed a treatise upon the use 

 of sun-dials, and engaged in a correspondence relating to logarithms with 

 the learned Mr. H. Briggs. In the year 1636, he took the degree of 

 M.A., and the following year proceeded to finish his studies at Oxford, 

 where he was greatly esteemed. On the 3d of July, 1632, he married 

 Tehamaria, " Tamar or Athamar," second daughter of Mr. Henry Regi- 

 nolle, e of London, by whom he had four sons and the same number of 

 daughters." John, their only surviving son, as we shall see presently, 

 succeeded his uncle as second lord of Pelham. 



" In December, 1643," Dr. Pell "Went to Amsterdam to fill the pro- 

 fessorship of mathematics. He succeeded Martin Hortensius. His pub- 



a Probate Rea Fairfield Co., 1665-1675, 2 voL pp. 43, 44. Also Surrogate's Office, N. Y., 

 Wills &, Admm, 1665 o 16S3, vol. i, p. 87. 



b Westchester Town Rec. 



c Assize Rec, Albany, 215. 



d Trinity College, Cambridge, was founded by Edward III, and the Black Prince and Pell 

 as being of founders kin was entitled to certain privileges attached thereto. 



e Henry Tte^inolles, or Reginalles, was descended of a family of that name resident at Bel- 

 sted, ountv of Suffolk. The following guand of arms was made to ReginallB (Belated, coun- 

 ty of Suffolk,) in 1584, "Sa. on a chief ar. ttuee mullets pierced of the Held." Burke's Gen. 

 Armory. 



