Abraham Ellis (1750 - 1837)

Born 27 Sep 1750 in East Hanover Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Husband of Katherine (Joel) Ellis — married about 1780 (to 26 Jul 1837) in Berkeley County, VA, USA

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1837 at age 86 in Liberty Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Abraham "Abram" is the son of Joel Ellis who came to America from Germany.

Abraham Ellis (1750-1837) was placed on the pension roll, 1832, for service as private and lieutenant, Pennsylvania State troops during the American Revolutionary War. He was at Long Island, Germantown, Valley Forge and Yorktown. He was with Washington when he crossed the Delaware. Sometime during the war, he received a severe bayonette wound. He recovered and received an honorable discharge from the military at the close of the war.

Soon after the war, Abram married Catherine Joel, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Notel) Joel and granddaughter of an Austrian Princess of the House of Hapsburg. In November of 1805, the family removed to Ohio and settled in what became Liberty Township, Clinton County, Ohio. They raised 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters. Among those children (not necessarily in birth order) are:

• Henry, b. 1781; m. Charity Harper of Fayette County, Ohio on 20 Jun 1810;
• Anna, m. Jacob Strickle;
• Rosanna, m. James Carman;
• Margaret, m. John Carman;
• Eli
• Isaac

Sources

• Shirley Family History
• Durant, Pliny, ed. and Beers, W.H., pub. The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory; history of Ohio; map of Clinton County; Constitution of the United States, etc. Chicago, Illinois, 1882. Pages 732 and 733
• The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 165, page 271
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23054652/abraham-ellis

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