From the following document it is apparent that John Pell took possession of the manor the year succeeding his uncle's decease, for "at a meeting of the governor and assistants in Flartford, December 9th, 1670, upon the desire of Mr. John Pell, the governor and assistants thought good thereby to certity whom it may concern, that they are fully satisfied by several letters and testimonials that the governor hath received from persons of honor in England, that the bearer of them, Mr. John Pell, sewer in ordinary to his majesty, and son of Dr. Pell of London, is the undoubted nephew of Mr- Thomas Pell, late of Fairfield, and the person whom he hath made his heir in his last will and testament, to whom the inventory in trust ought to surrender the estate bequeathed to him by the said Mr. Thomas Pell, deceased, and the just account thereof according to his will. Signed by order of the governor and assistants, present me

John Allen, Secretary of

his Majesty's Colony of Connecticut. a

In the year 1675, John Pell of Ann-hooks neck, binds and makes over unto John Burr of Fairfield, his heirs and assignees, (fcc, all his meadow lying in Fairfield, on the Mill river, d:c.

The llih of December, 1685, John Pell, Esq., by conveyance made over to John Smith of the town of Bruckland, Great Minne-

* Vaughan's Protectorate of Cromwell, vol. ii. 483-5. b Probate Rec. Fairfield, Co. 1G65-75, p. 49.

fords Island, sometimes called Mulberry Island, which lies situate opposite to Ann-hooks neck, formerly in possession of William Pate and Robert Godfrey.