The Eells-Stow house was built by Samuel Eells [1640-1709], who moved from Massachusetts to Milford, Connecticut after his marriage in 1663 to Anna Lenthall. Eells family historians have suggested that Eells' move to Milford was related to the presence there of the exiled regicides Edward Whalley and William Goff and believe that Eells was in some way involved in their protection. The house was founded as a museum in 1930. From 1949 to 1954, the house owned a portrait of Samuel Eells now in the NGA.
Bibliography
1920
Eells, Emma Seymour. A History of the Eells-Stow House in Milford, Connecticut. Milford, 1920: 4-22.
1966
Eells, Reverend Earnest Edward. The Eells Family History. Cambridge, Mass., 1966: 3-15.