With Rev. Wareham on the 'Mary and John', 1630, to Dorchester in 1630, indicted Pymouth for being a Baptist, to Windsor Ct granted land 12/1/1640 as founder of Windsor. 1630
Read the Will in the sources below for the real William of Chesterton facts Quite different from the "facts" in the column beside it for our William not from Chesterton. WILLIAM BUELL was born in 1610 at Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, England. FALSE!! WAS NOT BORN THERE. William Beville was born 1605 in Chesterton and died in 1637 in London. Buried in Chesterton ;; Church record. Source; Asselia Lichlighter, "700 Years of the Beville Family"
On May 30, 1630, the sail boat "Mary & John" arrived from, England at Nantucket, Massachusetts. As the story has it, there were two vessels which brought the company led by Rev. John Warham. The two vessels were intended to accompany each other on the voyage over. At the time of embarkation a young girl named Mary Post became separated from her parents and was placed on the other vessel - the one on which William Buell sailed, the "Mary & John". The two vessels separated in a storm and the one on which her parents sailed was lost.
(Note: the "Mary & John" brought over at least two other Gillett ancestors - Holcombe & Grant.)
Ten years later WILLIAM BUELL married this Mary Post on November 18, 1640. They were the parents of seven children, two sons and five daughters, all born in Windsor, Connecticut.
The travel to America from, England took the 140 pilgrims 71 days. After arrival the group proceeded to Dorchester and founded the town. About the spring of 1636 the largest part of the Dorchester Church (with their pastor, Rev. John Warham) set out for the Connecticut River via the water route.
The Warham party settled at Matianuck (Windsor, Connecticut). The lot for William Buell was recorded on December 1, 1640. It initially consisted of 5 acres.
William Buell acquired additional land through grants from the town and purchases from John Bissell. About 1646, William Buell and William Filly, jointly, bought from William Thrall two tracts of eight acres and thirty-six acres.
The earliest-dated Buell record in America is from the Church Record of Rev. Matthew Grant of Windsor "December 3, 1639 - Goode Buell dyed". This probably referred to the death of William Buell's mother. Goode (probably misspelling of Goody) was a shortend term used for a widow. You can find the term used in many records. Besides that William Bevill's mother was Mary Coles who died when William Beville was 5. His stepmother Elizabeth Hampson-Hewett- Wakering-Beville (daughter of Catherine Good arrived when he was 12.
William Buell was skilled as a carpenter and cabinet maker. He was probably the chief all-around carpenter of Windsor as a number of records indicated work that was performed by him.
Why did a man who came from a rich family become a carpenter-laborer
The first record of a jury or court trial pertained to William Buell, who was the plaintive against Thomas Ford, defendant in the trespass damage to 7 bushels of Indian corn. William Buell won in this case.
William died November 16, 1681, probably in Windsor, Connecticut, about 71 years old. His wife, Mary, died September 1, 1684, also in Windsor, Connecticut.
Inventory. Pounds 147-12-10 Will dated 26, July, 1681
I, William Buell, do give my son, Samuel, the house and halfe the Homelott, with all the land purchased of William Thrall; and to my son, Peter, halfe the Homelott on the North side and all the Meadow and Wood Land that was mine owne by guift of the Towne. My Tooles to be divided Samuel and Peter. My son Samuel to pay out 11 pounds and Peter 6 pounds and this, with the rest of my Goodes, to be equally divided between my daughters, only my daughter Mary to have 5 pounds more than either of the others. These 2 parcells of Land, one my the Gravell hill, the other my the Mill brooke, which I leave to my wife's disposeing if she out lives me, and she is to enjoy all this as long as she lives. William X Buell
Apparently he could not write his name (or he was too ill to write it) If the former he probably would not be from a knightly familyWitness: Nathaniel Gillet, Timothy Phelps, Job Drake, son of John Drake, James Hillier -------------------- This may shock some of you but William Buel was not a Bevill.
William Bevill died in 1637 and was buried at St Michael's Church in Chesterton, Huntingdonshire. He was a lawyer and left a lot of money and jewelry to family and the poor of several parishes. he never married. Photo of Beville will is in the sources section above
By Mathew Grants words William was a "Welchman". Also belived by some of his earlier descendents.
