Ephraim Darling (abt. 1735 - 1780)

Born about 1735 in Dutchess County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Ricketson) Darling — married 1768 (to 18 Sep 1780) in MA

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1780 at about age 45 in Augusta, Georgia

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Biography

Ephraim Darling, probably born about 1735, was probably the son of Benjamin Darling and Elizabeth (Force) Darling. ^[1]

Ephraim married Annatje Strickland (born 16 October 1738), daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Hotaling) Strickland of Beekman.^[1]

An Ephraim Darling, recorded as born in Dutchess County in 1743, was in the 1760 muster of Captain Earl's company. In the Revolutionary War, Ephraim Darling was in the Continental Line, 1st Regiment. ^[2] In August 1790 he assigned his land bounty papers to Abel Belknap.^[3]

Children of Ephraim Darling and Elizabeth included:^[4]

1. Samuel, born 8 April 1763 and baptized on 20th Trinity that year with sponsors Jonathan Strickland and Rosina.
2. Elizabeth, born 2 May and baptized 28 October 1765 by the New York Lutheran Church, with sponsors Laurens Lossing and William Strickland (mother's brother).

Research Notes

Conflated

The death in Augusta, Georgia, in 1780 seen on this profile and the following text content found this profile appear to be about a different Ephraim Darling than the one who was born in Dutchess County, New York and apparently assigned his land bounty papers in 1790:

Ephraim was RS^[5] and fought in the first "Siege of Augusta" in 1780 that lasted 4 days. Recruited by Lt. Col. Hugh McCall, Ephraim served on the 1st Siege at Mackays "Whitehouse", wounded and left behind, he was captured by the British, with his brother-in-law Jordan Ricketson. Both were of 13 hanged from an outside staircase at Mackay's House.^[6]

The spouse and children connected to this profile, Abigail (Ricketson) Darling (1740-1811), Huldah (Darling) Ricketson (1770-1814), John Darling (1776-1835), appear to belong to the man who died in Georgia in 1780.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Doherty, Frank J. "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent", ten volumes. 1990–2003), vol 4 pages 7-8 Accessed on AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016, at https://www.americanancestors.org/DB409/i/12174/7/23919200.
2. ↑ Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 4, page 7, citing NYR 20.
3. ↑ Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 4, page 7, citing BLW #7063-100-21, August 1790.
4. ↑ Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 4, page 8.
5. ↑ What does RS mean?
6. ↑ Rauch, " 'An Ill-timed and Premature Insurrection," Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution', The First Siege at Augusta, Georgia September 14 - 18, 1780."

• Doherty, Frank J. "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent", ten volumes. 1990–2003), vol 4 pages 7-8 Accessed on AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016, at https://www.americanancestors.org/DB409/i/12174/7/23919200.

Sources for the Ephraim Darling of Georgia

• Rauch, Stephen J. " 'An Ill-timed and Premature Insurrection," Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution', The First Siege at Augusta, Georgia September 14 - 18, 1780." Vol. 2, No. 9, September 2005. Published online at https://www.southern-campaigns.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/v2n9.pdf
• "Wm. Ricketson & Wm. Jr. & Their Descendants", Mrs. Grace W. Eades, National Society of Son and Daughters of the Pilgrims Vol III - Ricketson & Darling.