Born about in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Unknown Phelps
— married
before 1615 (to before 1638) in England
Wife of
Thomas Tresler
— married
before Dec 1639 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 59
in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Eleanor Batter was most likely born near Salisbury, England between 1596 and 1598. Her brother was Edmund Batter of Salisbury, Wiltshire who migrated to New England in 1635 on the ship James. Her sister was Jane (Batter) Antrum, wife of Thomas Antrum of Salisbury, Wiltshire, who both also arrived on the James in 1635.[1]
Eleanor first married a man with the surname of Phelps; a prosperous merchant. He likely traded in the West Indies since at least two of his sons were later associated there. He probably died in England prior to 1638, whereupon she remarried Thomas Trusler/Tresler.[1]
Eleanor and her husband, Thomas, migrated to New England by December 1639 since it was on that date that she and her husband were accepted into membership at the Salem Church. Thomas Trusler (her 2nd husband) was granted a 10 acre lot from the town of Salem on October 28, 1638.[1]Trusler by 1629, had built a kiln for burning bricks and tiles, a business he operated until his death in 1654.[2]
She had a court appearance in April 1644 and was fined 20 marks on July 11, 1644 for "saying that their teacher Mr. Norris taught the people lies, and that Mr. Norrice and Mr. Endecott were the foundation of their church and they were unfaithful." So, if she had lived, she probably would have become a Quaker as had her sons Nicholas and Henry.[1]Governor Winthrop was advised to bind her over to Boston Court as an example others might fear, lest 'that heresie doeth spread which at length might prove dangerous." At the Trusler trial, one Cassandra Southwick testified that Eleanor 'did question the government ever since she came." [3] "She was also quoted as declaring that 'there was no love in the church and that they were biters and devourers and that Mr. Norris said that men would change their judgment for a dish of meat."[4]
Thomas Trusler died and was buried at Salem on March 5, 1653/4. His will no longer exists, but his sizeable inventory totaled net L118. 12s. 8d and indicated that he owned a "mansion" with barn and three acres; plus another house near John Kitchens. He owned cattle, oxen, sheep and swine; a house lavishly decorated for the time.[1]
Eleanor Trusler died near Salem between February 15, 1654/5 and March 3, 1654/5. Her will was written on February 15, 1654 and proved June 26, 1655. She appointed sons Henry and Nicholas as joint executors. The will was witnessed by George Gardner and Robert Moulton, Senr and Junr. In it she names the following:
- sons Henry, Nicholas and Edward
- my two daughters
- my grandson John Phelps (note says Thomas and Elinor Trusler's dau. married Henry Phelps)
- grand daughter Elizabeth
- two children of Nicholas
- grandchildren Samuel and Edward
- the daughter of her late husband in England[5][6][7]
Her inventory was taken March 3 1654 and filed June 26, 1655 and totaled L135. 3s; by Robert Moulton and George Gaardner. Included £20 in Real estate. Farm, housing, steel trap, etc. Owed my brother Edward Phelps, left by my father Tresler's will to his daughter, Mr. Gidney, Mr. Crumwell and Goodman ffelton.[8][1]
18 July 1664 Henry Phelps of Salem sold land which was formerly in the possession of Ellenor Trusler, widow, wife of Thomas Trusler, deceased, of Salem aforesaid.[9]
From her first marriage to _____ Phelps, Eleanor had three sons who were grown when they migrated to New England by 1645:[1]
- Henry Phelps; b. say 1617-1638 or earlier. m. Hannah (Baskel) Phelps, widow of his brother Nicholas Phelps.
- Nicholas Phelps b. say 1620 or prior. m. Hannah Baskel. Hannah later married Henry Phelps, Nicholas' brother.
- Edward Phelps b. say 1621=1622. m. Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Robert Adams.
From her marriage to Thomas Trusler, Eleanor had a step-daughter who remained in England. Her name is not known.[1]
Note
- Anderson note on the Robert Moulton article. "Henry and Nicholas Phelps, sons of Eleanor Trusler, witnessed Robert Moulton's will while Robert Moulton Sr. witnessed the wills of Thomas Trusler and Eleanor Trusler, and participated in appraising their estates[10]
- An ancestor of Nathaniel Hawtorne.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) profile of Eleanor (Batter) (Phelps) (Trusler). https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-new-england-families-1641-1700/image?volumeId=60433&pageName=1
- ↑ Bjorkman, Gwen Boyer, 1987 Winner: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Family-History Writing Contest. Hannah (Baskel) Phelps Phelps Hill: A Quaker Woman and Her Offspring, pgs. 289-302,
- ↑ Bjorkman, Gwen Boyer, "Hannah (Baskel) Phelps Phelps Hill: A Quaker Woman and Her Offspring." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75 (1987): 290. Retrieved 28 August 2015 from http://pages.suddenlink.net/phelpsdna/Southern_Phelps_Research/NorthCarolina/HannahBaskelPhelpsbyBjorkman.PDF
- ↑ Moore, Margaret B. The Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Columbia[u.a.]: University of Missouri Press, 2001), 34.
- ↑ Abstracts of the Earliest Will's of the County Suffolk in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 31, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1877, p. 103
- ↑ The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1, 1635-1664, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1916, p. 211
- ↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/154-co1/1416759575
- ↑ Essex Antiquarian 8:160 The Essex Antiquarian. Salem, MA: The Essex Antiquarian, 13 vols. 1897-1909. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB96/i/7521/170/7826692
- ↑ Anderson cites Essex Land Records 2:88. Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P Joseph Pope p. 288 , by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB401/i/12155/488/235143404
- ↑ Citing EPR 1:183, 212; EQC 1:356. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. Robert Moulton p. 1305 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1305/235188098
See also:
- "The Children of Eleanor Tresler." by Merton Taylor Goodrich The American Genealogist 10:15/16 (1933) Subscription$. Interprets the will and inventory to mean. "The name of the mother of Henry, Nicholas, and Edward Phelps, was Eleanor. She married for her second husband Thomas Tresler. She was his second wife. She survived him also and made a will bequeathing property to her children by her first husband and to all their grandchildren then living. She had no children by the name of Tresler. "
- Perley, Sidney. "The History of Salem Massachusetts" Salem, Mass. Sidney Perley, 1924. Vol. 1, p. 320.see at Hathitrust.org.
- The Paternal Ancestors of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Introduction, Hawthorne at Salem website. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 22 Oct 2022.)
- Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
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She's a dup of Eleanor Unk-446792.. so I'll initiate a merge.
edited by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
It's my understanding that Anne B is handling the multiple merges surrounding this profile.
Yes, I agree that this profile, Sharp-184 should be merged into Unknown-446792.
Also, I had adopted the Molton-3 profile and was the sole manager. Just like my children, I don't own them, but I am responsible. So in that sense, it was "my" profile.
Arguments like this one over LNAB may be discussed on the profile itself, or on G2G. If a consensus is reached by a majority, then we need to learn to live with it.
No Ownership of Profiles: WikiTree profiles are not owned by Profile Managers. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Ownership_and_Control
That said, perhaps this is best discussed on G2G instead of on an individual profile where we can have a more thorough discussion and get more opinions.