Elias Ransom Jr. (1795 - 1875)

Born 17 Sep 1795 in Lockport, New York

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Died 30 Dec 1875 at age 80 in Brantford, Ontario

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Biography

Elias was born in 1795. He is a descendant of Mayflower Passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley through his father, Elias Ransom.

He married Ann Frances Whipple 20 Nov 1826 in Lockport. He died in Brantford, Ontario 30 Dec 1875. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Ransom, Wyllys C., Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America and Genealogical Record of the Colchester, Conn. Branch (Ann Arbor, Michigan, Richmond & Bachus Co., 1903), digital image online, Ancestry.com accessed 18 April 2010; entry for No. 102, Abigail Hyde Ransom (pp. 166-167).

• Nellis–Nelles, Immigrants From the Palatinate, 1710, Vol. 1, published in 1997 by The Nellis and Nelles Family Associations and the Herkimer County Historical Society #1393, p. 247
• New York Probate Records, 1629-1971, Erie County, Will of Elias Ransom and Misc. Estate Documents, Case No. 17993 (1842), online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89C7-S1DY?i=1117&cc=1920234&cat=311372.
• Family history
• Find A Grave: Memorial #109880996, accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Judge Elias Ransom (17 Sep 1795–23 Nov 1863), citing Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA; Maintained by Mike Niethe (contributor 47990888) .