Herbert Pelham, first treasurer of Harvard College
Subtitle: his ancestry and descendants in heraldry dating back to 1292
Published: 19uu
Language: eng
Subjects: Family; Genealogy; Harvard University. Treasurer
Notes: Herbert Pelham was Harvard's first treasurer, 1643-1650. Pelham came to New England in 1638. He was elected Assistant of Massachusetts Bay, 1645-1649 and Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1645-1646. He returned to England in 1647, but left family, including his sons Nathaniel Pelham (Harvard AB 1651) and Edward Pelham (Harvard AB 1673), in the Colony.