page_title: Sir John Pell
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Sir John Pell / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: The Pell Arms
context_page_description: Sir John Pell IV, 2nd Lord of Pelham Manor was a British-born American landowner who owned Pelham, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County, New York.
context_section_description: Pell was born in London, England on February 3, 1643.  He was the only son born to Ithamaria (née Reginald) Pell, who died in 1661, and the Rt. Rev. John Pell, D.D., a mathematician and political agent who graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1629.
  His paternal grandparents were Mary (née Holland) Pell and the Rev. John Pell. His father's only brother was Thomas Pell, a physician who was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles I.
  Young John was educated under his father and served as a Sewer in Ordinary, a page who passes meat to the King, to Charles II.
caption: The Pell family coat of arms.
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