Born about in Alton, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elijah Drew Sr
and Elizabeth (Holmes) Drew
Sister of
Noah Drew, Charity Drew, Elijah Drew Jr, John Drew, Joseph Drew, Clement Drew, Elisha Drew and Eunice (Drew) Thorp
Wife of
James Arrants
— married
about 1823 in Cattarugus, New York, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James Arrants, Rueanna (Arrants) Haskins, Charles Wellington Arrants, Hugh Hervey Arrants, Diede Arrants, John M. Arrants, Henry Clay Arrants, Adaliza Elizabeth Arrance and Susanna Arrants
Died about
at about age 60
in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jun 2016
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Biography
Elizabeth was born about 1804 in New Hampshire based on the 1850 US Census. She was the daughter of Elijah Drew and Elizabeth Holmes whose extended family migrated from New Hampshire to the New Albion, Cattaraugus area of New York. (Location sometimes seen as Napoli or Cold Springs) .
Elizabeth was the second wife of James Arrants of New Albion whose first wife, Margaret Manchester had died. Elizabeth and James raised a large family. It is unclear if how many of their children were her step-children as Margaret's death date is not clear, and so far the date of Elizabeth's marriage is unknown.
The 7 AUG 1850 US Census at New Albion, Cattaraugus, New York, shows James Arrants (b. New Jersey) and his wife Elizabeth (b. New Hampshire) with a number of children all of whom were born in New York. [1] A few pages earlier in the same record, Elizabeth's brother, Noah Drew is seen with his family.
James Arrants and wife are seen various in land transactions in Cattaraugus County from at least 1831 through 1852. (See his profile for links).
In the mid 1850s James, Elizabeth and some of their children relocated to Michigan. We know that Elizabeth was alive and in Michigan because of a Saginaw County land deed naming her this way:
- James Arrents & wife Elizabeth to Daniel Sanford, 35 acres of land for $500 consisting of Lot 5, sec. 7, Township 13N and Range 3E, in Saginaw County. Date of deed 10 Jun 1857. (link to source would be helpful here)
Elizabeth died before James did, is probably buried in Michigan where her family had relocated. While there is an Arrance Cemetery in Midland, Michigan, it is unknown where Elizabeth was buried. Her death may have been in Saginaw County where we last see the record of her being alive. James remarried after her death and is noted as "Married" at the time of his death in 1879. [2]
Details of Last known record for her was a land transfer Lot 5, sec. 7, T13N, R3E, Michigan Base and Meridian.10 JUN 1857. Saginaw, Michigan. [3]
Possibly resided at: Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Map: Latitude: N43.2229. Longitude: W71.047. [4]
Notes
Caution: In some forums she is conflated with Elizabeth (Drew) Hall Unfortunately looks like someone put in for correction for birth date on Findagrave, due to birth data. McClintock-715 04:40, 13 January 2019 (UTC) Her actual DOB is presently unknown, this is the birth date for Elizabeth Drew Hall who is sometimes conflated with Elizabeth Drew Arrants.
While there is an Arrance Cemetery at City of Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States. It is unclear whether Elizabeth is buried there.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTV-738 : 23 December 2020), James Arrents, New Albion, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial with limited information
- ↑ Source: #S346 Liber X:413-414 James Arrents & wife Elizabeth to Daniel Sanford, 35 acres of land for $500 consisting of Lot 5, sec. 7, Township 13N and Range 3E, in Saginaw County. Date of deed 10 Jun 1857. Note: #N128
- ↑ Source: #S1077 Year: 1840; Census Place: Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire; Roll: 246; Page: 478; Family History Library Film: 0014934 File @M1051@
- ↑ Source: #S1129 [1]
- Unsourced family tree handed down to Rob Drew.
If you have an Ancestry.com subscription some of these source may belong to Elizabeth Drew Arrance and some may be for Elizabeth Drew Hall. Please remove the Hall sources if possible.
- Source: S202 National Archives and Record Administration, 1850 U.S. Census, New York, Cattaruagus, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication M 432 Repository: #R7 NOTE1850 U.S. census, population schedule. New York. Cattaruagus. NARA microfilm publication M 432, roll 479. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Digital images. Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2009.
- Source: S346 Michigan, Saginaw, Book of Deeds Repository: #R40 Call Number: Liber X NOTEMichigan. Saginaw. Book of Deeds.
- Repository: R40 Saginaw County Register of Deeds.
Source: #S202 New Albion Twp., pg. 29 (stamped) Dwelling 198, Family 204, Elizabeth Arrants James (53), Farmer; Elizabeth (46), wife; Harvey (18), idiot; John (13); Robert (11); Albert (9); Henry (6); Eliza (4); Susanna (2). Link: http://www.ancestry.com/
- Source: S1077 Ancestry.com 1840 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R70
- Repository: R70 Ancestry.com
- Source: S1129 Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R70
- Source: S1191 Ancestry.com New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations. Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: #R70
- Repository: R7 National Archives at St Louis
- Source: S526 Tipton, James, Compiler, Find-A-Grave NOTETipton, James, compiler. "Find-A-Grave". Database. Find-A-Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. : 1995.
- Source: S731 Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R10
- Repository: R10 Ancestry.com
Note N128. Source: #S526 Record added: May 15, 2007[ Find A Grave Memorial# 19389566 Birth: Apr. 14, 1799; New Hampshire, USA Death: 1864, Michigan, USA Married to James Arrance Link: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19389566&ref=acom
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
Duane Thorpe
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A092494 [compare], Ancestry member ednar1701
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~3.12%
Kenn Mooney :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Rande Thorpe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UQ8663058 [compare], Ancestry member ednar1701
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~1.56%
Rob Drew :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CalSailor
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #160809
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~1.56%
Philip Damon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A576520 [compare]
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~0.78%
P Damon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A098096 [compare], Ancestry member nomadpsd1
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As for sourcing, I do not use Ancestry.com except for very peripheral clues on potential relationships. I find the familysearch database to be much better, although not without error either. If you have better sourcing, please provide it.
Looking thru trees at Ancestry, I find this is a popular, but totally unsourced error. There are no sources for Joseph and Leah's daughter after her birth, in any of the dozen trees I looked though, other than the misattributed records for Elijah's daughter, in Cattaraugus Co NY, and Michigan. In fact, there's no evidence she didn't die in childhood. James Arrants is better documented. His path led from NJ to PA to New Albion NY. No indication how Joseph and Leah's dtr Elizabeth might have found her way to New Albion, none of her father, Joseph's, relatives are there. Elijah and his adult children are all there, including a son Joseph. I know you agree that sources, when misapplied, can introduce a deceptive authority. I'll add some correct sources, but despair of correcting anyone's beloved, if inaccurate, family tree.
By the way, the county name for the marriage location of this profiled individual is misspelled.
With these oft repeated mistakes it really takes someone with deep familiarity with a family group to straighten it out. This task has fallen on my shoulders many times with the two colonial era families surnames I am most familiar with (not Drews, though). Luckily with the wikitree format of sources and comments, we have a better chance of discovering the facts, and the best opportunity to lay out for the world the actual record and how the incorrect assumptions have become so prevalent....all this done in a volunteer format with no charge for access!
I agree 100% with John that if a person's data is conflated across two profiles, then beefing up both profiles with firm sources can be very helpful. Untangling conflations is one of the hardest things and it really falls on the people with the clearest understanding of the issues to slog through it. But unless a profile is someone's beloved first level grandparent, I say let the facts and the commitment to the research process prevail!
One last idea: When I find a mistake that is repeated on multiple formats, I like to put a bold warning about it visible on the wikitree profile and map out the proof of the actual facts. Wikitree profiles tend to come up very easily in online searches and hopefully adding the extra warning helps people see just because something is oft repeated does not make it true. I like to think that wikitree is where you might find a candid provable explanation of why something is a certain way, even if it goes against a popular tradition.
That Bible does not answer the Elizabeth Drew Arrance question, but from working with that particular family group, and what primary sources are now available, (better sources getting added as we speak) I think I see the path for resolving this multi-duplicate mix up. I am going to plug away at it in the spirit of a shared tree. We are looking at the mix of dupes and some pesky conflation, so this is one of those untangling, then weaving back situations. Definitely resolvable.