William
Ferris
Pell
Born in Pelham Manor, Westchester, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Pell
and Mary Ann (Ferris) Pell
Brother of
Alfred Sands Pell
Husband of
Mary (Shipley) Pell
— married
11 Nov 1802 in New York, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Duncan Campbell Pell, Walden Pell, Morris Shipley Pell, Sophia Gertrude Pell and Clarence Pell
Died
at age 61
in New York City, New York County, New York, United States
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| Created 23 Jul 2017
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Biography
Son of Benjamin and Mary Ann (Ferris) Pell.
He was a merchant of New York, 1808-40, and founded the famous auction firm of Pell & Company. He purchased the "Garrison" ground estate at Ticonderoga.
He married, November 17, 1802, Mary, born in London, England, 1783, died in New York, October 3, 1848, daughter of Morris and Ann Shipley, of England. He had sons: Clarence, Duncan, Morris, of whom further; Walden, Alfred Sands, and James K. They succeeded their father in business and were remarkable as a family for their fine physical development, three of them standing six feet tall, and were well proportioned. Duncan Pell was lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island, and his son Duncan was a colonel of the civil war on the staff of General Burnside. Alfred Sands Pell married Adelia, daughter of Colonel James Duane, first mayor of New York City after the revolution and a judge of the United States supreme court.
Sources
The Prominent Families of the United States of America [1]
"Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Hopkins", This information is from Vol. I, pp. 296-299 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911).
http://www.fortticonderoga.org/history-and-collections
http://www.lakegeorgemirrormagazine.com/tag/ticonderoga/
The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History ..., Volume 1, by Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York [2]
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2H-W6G2 : 13 December 2015), William Ferris Pell, 1840; Burial, Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, United States of America, Saint Pauls Church Cemetery; citing record ID 64528732, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64528732
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