Eliphalet Elmer (1735 - 1793)

Born 1735 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Gilman) Elmer — married about 1761 in East Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1793 at about age 58 in South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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There is a direct ancestral relationship. Eliphalet Elmer is the great, great grand son of Edward Elmer.

Biography

When Eliphalet Elmer was born in 1735 in Connecticut, his father, Samuel, was 30 and his mother, Susannah, was 22. He married Anna Gilman in 1762 in East Windsor, Connecticut. They had nine children in 21 years. He died on March 29, 1793, at the age of 58.

Name

Eliphalet Elmer ^[1]

Birth

1735 • Connecticut Colony ^[1]

Marriage

Bef. 1762 • Eliphalet married Anna Gilman at Long Hill in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony ^[1]

Children

Eliphalet and Anna had children: ^[1]

1. Anna Elmer 1762–1777
2. Naomi Elmer 1763–1823
3. Aaron Elmer 1765–
4. Moses Elmer 1768–
5. Miriam Elmer 1770–1821
6. Solomon Elmer 1773–
7. Eliphalet Elmer 1777–1850
8. Calvin Elmer 1780–1864
9. Anna Elmer 1783–1862

Death

29 March 1793 ^[1]

Will

from the Last Will and Testament of Eliphalet Elmer of East Windsor, ... to my beloved wife.... to my oldest son, Aaron.... to my son, Moses... to my son, Solomon..... and to my sons, Moses and Eliphalet, ... and also to my son, Eliphalet..... [the text on the bottom of the page is cut off]...to my son, Calvin.... and to my son, Moses, ... and I will to my daughters.....o my daughter, Anne, .... and to my son, Moses.... to my son, Eliphalet... and to my daugher, Naomy(?)..... to my sons Moses and Eliphalet... and to my daughters Miriam Squires (?), ... and my son Moses ... my daughter, Naomy.... and my son, Eliphalet... to my daughter, Anne.. and to my son Moses my french gun and to my son, Eliphalet my other gun.... I also appoint my beloved wife and Calvin Gilman (?) and my son, Moses to be executors; bottom of page 2, with signatures of Eliphalet Elmer, October 1792, in the presence of Stephen Stedman(?) and ? Stedman? and signature of Calvin Gilman

Sources

• Stiles, Henry Reed The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford, Connecticut, Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1891)

Volume 2, page 23: Fam. 15. Eliphalet (Samuel, Joseph, John Edward), m. Anna (dau. Solomon and Mary) Gilman, who d. 8 Jan., 1808, æ 67, at Long Hill, E. W.; he d. 28 Mch., 1793 (C. R.). Children (C. R.):

1. Anna, bp. 20 June, 1762; d. 13 Aug., 1777. --C.R.

2. Naomi, bp. 6 Nov., 1763; d. East Hartford, Jan., 1823, æ. 60.

3. Aaron, b. 1, bp. 8 Dec., 1765; m. Rebecca Williams; res. Middlebury, VT.; 5 ch.

4. Moses, bp. 6 Mch., 1768. Fam. 18.

5. Miriam, bp. 5 Aug., 1770; m. Ransel Squire, 10 May, 1791; d. 17 Jan., 1821. He d. 20 Feb., 1844, Simsbury.

6. Solomon, bp. 28 Mch., 1773; m. Betsy Chapman, 21 Feb., 1797; 7 ch.

7. Eliphalet, b 25 Jan., 1777; bp. 10 May, 1778; m. (1) Mabel Pitkin, 1 Mch., 1800, who d. 20 Sept., 1821; m. (2) Lucy Lattin, 3 Jan., 1828, who d. 11 May, 1858; he d. 12 Aug., 1850. Issue (C. R.):

1. ____, bp. 20, d. 25 Oct., 1802.

2. Mabel, bp. 20 Mch., 1803.

8. Calvin, b. Dec., 1780; bp. Jan., 1781; m. (1) Polly Tilden, who d. 12 Nov., 1834; m. (2) Sally Bacon, 7 Oct., 1838; he d. 1864; 7 ch.

9. Anna ((C. R. says Mabel), bp. 11 May, 1783; m. John Magill, 11 Feb., 1801; d. 4 Mch., 1862, æ. 80.

NOTE: What is the reference to "C. R."? C.R. is "the Cook Record, see No. 13, list of MS. Authorities, p. 12," so keep digging, if you like. Elmore-505 15:24, 11 November 2016 (EST)

• Eliphalet's will is in Ellison Lavern Elmer's family history of the Elmer/Elmore family, in the Genealogy collection of the public library in Syracuse, NY

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor