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Thomas Pell''Dates may not be entirely accurate in this article due to disagreements between sources. Thomas Pell (born ? - 1669) was a physician who was famous for buying the the area known as Pelham, Westchester, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County. He is recorded as travelling from Fairfield, England to The United States to attempt to set up new colonies. Records state that he bought this from Chief Wampage from the Siwanoy Indian Tribe that owned it on June 27, 1654. It has been indicated the alternative dates, November 11 or November 14 1654, are incorrect http://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/pages/350oaks.html. It has been said that Pell "named his acreage Pelham in honor of his tutor Pelham Burton" http://www.townofpelham.com/townhistorian/. Pell was challeneged by the Dutch who considered the "English were trespassing on Dutch territory" http://www.pelhamny.com/history/index2.html. This dispute was finally resolved in September 1664 when the British Navy, supported by a militia led by Pell, entered the then New Amsterdam and forced the Dutch Governer Peter Stuyvesant to surrender. External links Pell, Thomas
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