Biography

Mentioned in 18390216BJS_WHS1: "He decides
further that no assingment of the mortge
by Nedabiah Angell can be made to
for Plumb without a full development
of the facts & proprieties of the case are is
first laid before the Board."

In the "Michigan Historical Collections" we find a bit about the Angell family: "Lucinda Angell was born in 
Silver Creek, N. Y., September 17, 1818, and removed to Battle Creek 
with her father, Nedabiah Angell and family, in 1833, she being then 14 
years of age. They came here with a party of colonists from the same 
place, Hanover, N. Y., the party consisting of Mr. Angell and family, 
Ezra Convis and family, John DeGroat and family, Nathan Darling and 
Ezra Waters, the two latter young men. ...Nedabiah Angell was a prominent citizen in his 
day. He was for many years justice of the peace and postmaster."

Even though Nedabiah removed to Michigan in 1833, the fact that he lived in Silver Springs makes him the likely subject of the 1839 BJS letter. There were no other Angells living near Westfield at this time, to the best of my knowledge.