Elias Ransom (1736 - 1773)

Born 17 Feb 1736 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah I. (Bigelow) Hopkins — married 19 Nov 1761 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1773 at age 37 in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Father James Ransom (1713-1773), Mother Sarah Treadway (1711-1793), grandfather Robert Ransom.

Married Sarah Bigelow (d. 1793) Nov 19, 1761 Colchester.

Sibs: Eight recorded children's births in Colchester, CT: Elias (1736/7), James (1738/9), Amasa (1741), Alice (1743), Asahel (1754), Lois (1748) Elijah (1751), Israel (1753-1758).

As Sarah Bigelow Ransom married again Ichabod Hopkins) in 1774 Elias must have died previous to this. The 1799 death date that is widespread for this Elias is probably his son's Elias' (b.1762) death date. Find a Grave has an Elias Ransom (1737-1775) death in Great Barrington[1] The dates are a little off (the grave is hard to read and perhaps it was misread?), but it's a more likely death for our Elias. Many Ancestry profiles online have a death date of Dec 3, 1774 (after the April marriage of Sarah to Ichabod but still within reason?).

Marriage

Reference ID:

Name: Elias Ransom

Spouse's Name: Sarah Bigelow

Event Date: 19 Nov 1761

Event Place: First Congregational Church, Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M53434-1

System Origin: Connecticut-ODM

GS Film number: 3910 ^[1]

Death

Sorry, no documentation found yet to confirm this early 1772 death.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F759-TLV : 11 February 2018), Elias Ransom and Sarah Bigelow, 19 Nov 1761; citing Conn, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,910.

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Colchester Vital Records 1699-1850

Find A Grave: Memorial #71430645