FREE ancestry since 1999 - History belongs to all of us!
Am I Your Ancestor?
FELLOWS Family Ancestry
What started out as our family is now your’s too!
William FELLOWS was born abt. 1609 in England. William FELLOWS was the child of ? and ?
William was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1635.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
William married Mary AYERS abt. 1635 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Mary AYERS was born abt. 1618 in London, England. Mary died abt. 1702 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA.
William FELLOWS died December 1676 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
William Fellows was the son of William Fellows.
Mary Ayers was the daughter of John Ayers and Elizabeth Westrow.
Details of the family tree of William appear below.
Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of William FELLOWS
[Hide/Show]William FELLOWS married 
Mary AYERS-- Date: abt. 1635 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
"William1 (?1609-1677] (ae ca 50 in 1659) & [Mary] [?AYERS] by 1635? Ipswich {Fellows (1940) 1, 25 TAG 17:159 Dixon-Williams 26 Gen Mag. 2:5 Reg. 84:96 Snow-Estes 1:210 Ipswich Ant. Papers 153 Fellows 23 Stephens-Stevens (1909) 37 Salisbury Fam. 155 Noyes-Gilman 35 Fellowes-Davis Anc. 41 Ayres (1870) 9 EIHC 1:58, 177 Essex Ant. 1:93}"
Children of William FELLOWS and Mary AYERS:
Isaac FELLOWS (b.abt. 1637, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 6 April 1721, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Joanna BOREMAN 29 January 1672 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Ephraim FELLOWS (b.March 1641, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1713, Plainfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Mary UNKNOWN abt. 1664
m. Anna Hannah CROSS abt. 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth FELLOWS (b.14 July 1644, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1676, Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony)
Mary FELLOWS (b.abt. 1646, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )
m. Josiah BROWN 23 November 1666 in Reading, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph FELLOWS (b.abt. 1650, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 7 November 1693, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Ruth FRAILE 19 April 1675 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail FELLOWS (b.abt. 1655, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 30 January 1730, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Samuel AYRES 21 March 1677 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah FELLOWS (b.26 July 1657, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 June 1724, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Mary AYERS-- Date: abt. 1635 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay ColonyTorrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
"William1 (?1609-1677] (ae ca 50 in 1659) & [Mary] [?AYERS] by 1635? Ipswich {Fellows (1940) 1, 25 TAG 17:159 Dixon-Williams 26 Gen Mag. 2:5 Reg. 84:96 Snow-Estes 1:210 Ipswich Ant. Papers 153 Fellows 23 Stephens-Stevens (1909) 37 Salisbury Fam. 155 Noyes-Gilman 35 Fellowes-Davis Anc. 41 Ayres (1870) 9 EIHC 1:58, 177 Essex Ant. 1:93}"
Children of William FELLOWS and Mary AYERS:
Isaac FELLOWS (b.abt. 1637, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 6 April 1721, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)m. Joanna BOREMAN 29 January 1672 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Ephraim FELLOWS (b.March 1641, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1713, Plainfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Mary UNKNOWN abt. 1664
m. Anna Hannah CROSS abt. 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth FELLOWS (b.14 July 1644, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1676, Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony) Mary FELLOWS (b.abt. 1646, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )m. Josiah BROWN 23 November 1666 in Reading, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph FELLOWS (b.abt. 1650, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 7 November 1693, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)m. Ruth FRAILE 19 April 1675 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail FELLOWS (b.abt. 1655, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 30 January 1730, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)m. Samuel AYRES 21 March 1677 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah FELLOWS (b.26 July 1657, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 June 1724, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Our Advice: Don't end up on this site as someone's ancestor! Learn more...
Add History, Life Events, News, Stories about William FELLOWS
(Examples include: Birth, Baptism, Census Records, Military Records, Death, Obituary, Personal Achievements, Other events)
[Hide/Show]
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register . (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2009), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 162 vols., 1847-2009.)
Source:
Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Source:
Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Postcard
1641 Birth of Child
Ephraim FELLOWS was born March 1641, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
1644 Birth of Child
Elizabeth FELLOWS was born 14 July 1644, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
1657 Birth of Child
Sarah FELLOWS was born 26 July 1657, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Postcard
1676 Death
December 1676
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Add History, Life Events, News, Stories about William FELLOWS
(Examples include: Birth, Baptism, Census Records, Military Records, Death, Obituary, Personal Achievements, Other events)
[Hide/Show]
Exploring the Ancestry of William FELLOWS: Events, Pictures, and Documents
William Fellows
'BIRTH: In an Ipswich court deposition given September 27, 1659, he is stated to be 'aged about fifty years.'
William Fellows appeared at Ipswich in 1639, when he purchased a house and house lot of one acre and a planting lot of six acres 'with appurtenances' from the estate of Humphrey Wisse. This land was on the south side of the Ipswich River. Shortly thereafter, he was chosen to be the herder of cows on the south side of the river.
William Fellows was shown on a list of commoners in 1641. He was made a freeman in 1654.
'The English emigrant William Fellows who located at Ipswich, Mass., is the first of the name who is traceable on American soil...There is no ship record of the coming of Fellows to New England. He first appears in the year 1639...The presumption is that Mary Ayers was married to Fellows in Leicestershire and came with him about 1639 to the colonies. About March 26, 1639, he bought a six-acre tract...at Ipswich. On March 5, 1639-40, he took contract to be...Read MORE...
'BIRTH: In an Ipswich court deposition given September 27, 1659, he is stated to be 'aged about fifty years.'
William Fellows appeared at Ipswich in 1639, when he purchased a house and house lot of one acre and a planting lot of six acres 'with appurtenances' from the estate of Humphrey Wisse. This land was on the south side of the Ipswich River. Shortly thereafter, he was chosen to be the herder of cows on the south side of the river.
William Fellows was shown on a list of commoners in 1641. He was made a freeman in 1654.
'The English emigrant William Fellows who located at Ipswich, Mass., is the first of the name who is traceable on American soil...There is no ship record of the coming of Fellows to New England. He first appears in the year 1639...The presumption is that Mary Ayers was married to Fellows in Leicestershire and came with him about 1639 to the colonies. About March 26, 1639, he bought a six-acre tract...at Ipswich. On March 5, 1639-40, he took contract to be...Read MORE...
, (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 162 vols., 1847-2009.))
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register . (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2009), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 162 vols., 1847-2009.)
 Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.)
Source:
Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
 Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.)
Source:
Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
1635 - Planter - London to Boston
www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ ships/ neng_planter1635.shtml
William Felloe 24 shoemaker
www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ ships/ neng_planter1635.shtml
William Felloe 24 shoemaker
1635
'William Fellows (1609-76), a shoemaker from Selten, Northants, England, who sailed to the colonies aboard the Planter in 1635. With his wife, Mary Ayers (1607-1702), Fellows settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he became a farmer and the town cowkeeper...'
Page 2
John Randolph Haynes, California progressive
By Tom Sitton
Edition: illustrated, revised
Published by Stanford University Press, 1992
ISBN 0804720673, 9780804720670
331 pages
'William Fellows (1609-76), a shoemaker from Selten, Northants, England, who sailed to the colonies aboard the Planter in 1635. With his wife, Mary Ayers (1607-1702), Fellows settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he became a farmer and the town cowkeeper...'
Page 2
John Randolph Haynes, California progressive
By Tom Sitton
Edition: illustrated, revised
Published by Stanford University Press, 1992
ISBN 0804720673, 9780804720670
331 pages
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Postcard
1641 Birth of ChildEphraim FELLOWS was born March 1641, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
1644 Birth of ChildElizabeth FELLOWS was born 14 July 1644, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
1657 Birth of ChildSarah FELLOWS was born 26 July 1657, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Postcard
Will
From Book: The Probate Records of Essex County (MA); Published by Essex Institute, Salem 1920, Vol. 3, pp. 128-131; Author unknown.
FROM: Essex County Probate Files, Docket 9,367
Estate of William Fellows of Ipswich
'The last Will of William felows nouember 29:76
I hauing my perfit memory I commit my soull to god and my body to ye graue and bequea my earthly goods as followeth my will is yt my wif shall haue one rome in my house to her self and for her uese dewring her life yt is to say ye parler and to haue twelve pounds yearly paid her in good marchantable pay by my three Sons Ephram Samul Joseph and likewis it is my will yt my wif should haue two of my best Cowes and to be kept by my sonns winter and Somer for my wifs uese and my wif shall haue liberty to keep two swine and like wise my sons shall maintain her with conuenient fierirng winter and somer as long as she lius a widow and like wise tis my will yt my wife shall haue a conueanant peice of land for a gearding...Read MORE...
From Book: The Probate Records of Essex County (MA); Published by Essex Institute, Salem 1920, Vol. 3, pp. 128-131; Author unknown.
FROM: Essex County Probate Files, Docket 9,367
Estate of William Fellows of Ipswich
'The last Will of William felows nouember 29:76
I hauing my perfit memory I commit my soull to god and my body to ye graue and bequea my earthly goods as followeth my will is yt my wif shall haue one rome in my house to her self and for her uese dewring her life yt is to say ye parler and to haue twelve pounds yearly paid her in good marchantable pay by my three Sons Ephram Samul Joseph and likewis it is my will yt my wif should haue two of my best Cowes and to be kept by my sonns winter and Somer for my wifs uese and my wif shall haue liberty to keep two swine and like wise my sons shall maintain her with conuenient fierirng winter and somer as long as she lius a widow and like wise tis my will yt my wife shall haue a conueanant peice of land for a gearding...Read MORE...
1676 Death December 1676
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM
- Updated: 12/20/2020 5:46:29 PM
Not the person you are looking for? Try again!
Search for Your Family by Name
NOTE: If you don't know your ancestor's whole name or are unsure of the spelling, specify part of the name.Search for Your Family by Place
Genealogy research for William Fellows (on other sites)
Sign In or
Join for FREE! to see the details!
Completely FREE. We will never ask for your credit card.
Is William FELLOWS YOUR Ancestor? Tell us more!
If you'd like to be contacted by others who are related to William FELLOWS, leave a message here!The comments you read here belong only to the person who posted them. We reserve the right to remove off-topic and inappropriate comments.