New Canaan in Western Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
Jeremiah Beard Eells
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1. Jeremiah Beard Eells Marker
Jeremiah Beard Eells,
Lieutenant and Ensign - CT
Prisoner of War
Born 1 Dec. 1732 Norwalk, Fairfield Co. CT
Died 12 Nov. 1815 New Canaan, Fairfield Co., CT
Erected 2025 by Rainier Chapter, NSDAR, Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter, NSDAR.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 41° 8.93′ N, 73° 28.286′ W. Memorial is in New Canaan in Western Region, Connecticut. It can be reached from Carter Street west of Hickory Drive, on the left when traveling west. Located in the Carter Street Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 291 Carter Street, New Canaan CT 06840, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on the Connecticut Shoreline and in Greater Bridgeport. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Fairfield County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Canaan (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kellogg-Comstock Cemetery (approx. 1˝ miles away); The Mather Homestead (approx. 2˝ miles away); Battle of the Rocks Monument (approx. 3.6 miles away); Captain Clapp Raymond (approx. 3.6 miles away); Joseph Edward Turner, M.D. (approx. 3.7 miles away); Hillside Cemetery World War Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); Major Samuel Comstock (approx. 3.7 miles away).
Also see . . . Find-A-Grave. (Submitted on January 28, 2026, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington.)
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2. Jeremiah Beard Eells Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2026, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. This page has been viewed 101 times since then. Last updated on September 27, 2026, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 28, 2026, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
