Elias Ketcham (1786 - 1840)

Born 23 Oct 1786 in Dutchess, New York, United States

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Died 10 Mar 1840 at age 53 in Hammondsport, Urbana, Steuben, New York, United States

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Biography

Our primary source for the birth date of Elias Ketcham comes from the proving of his father Losee's Will in Dec of 1806 ^[1]. Elias and family appear in the 1820 Census for Bath, N.Y. as does Simon Jacobus just down the road ^[2]. (Elias' son William Ketcham would grow up to marry Simons' daughter Jane Jacobus.) The 1830 Census shows the family with at least 8 children in the house ^[3] Elias died just 3 short months before the 1840 Census began and by then his wife Hannah Eleanor (Smith) assumes head of household and oldest son William is also captured as head of own household ^[4]. Elias' burial and headstone in Mount Washington Cemetery, Urbana, Steuben, New York indicate his birth year as one year later than in his father's will ^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 Dutchess Letters Testamentary and of Administration, Vol A-B. image 508
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL1-Q7N : Thu Oct 05 01:28:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Elias Ketcham, 1820.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP5-CY6 : Wed Oct 04 22:02:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Elias Ketcham, 1830.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR5-428 : Fri Oct 06 11:24:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Eleanor Ketchum, 1840.
5. ↑ Elias Ketcham, ; Burial, Urbana, Steuben, New York, United States of America, Mount Washington Cemetery; citing record ID 62895219, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62895219/elias-ketcham.

• The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. Vol. VII p. 495. F.J. Doherty 2003.

• US Census 1820, 1830