Elizabeth (Coyle) Sailor (1751 - 1839)

Born Feb 1751 in Pennsylvania

Wife of Philip (Seiler) Sailor — married 30 Apr 1775 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1839 at age 88 in Malta, Morgan, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Carl, 16-year-old daughter of Johannes Carl, was confirmed in1769 in the East Vincent Reformed Congregation of Chester County, Pennsylvania. The EVRC is the same church in which her future husband, Philip Seiler, had been confirmed a year earlier. It is also the church where their six eldest children would be baptized, the first in 1776.^[1] Reportedly, however, the couple were married in 1775 roughly 15 miles away in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church in New Hanover, Montgomery County. One of three possible scenarios could account for that report.

One is that Elizabeth had elderly grandparents living in or near Falkner Swamp, and the couple traveled the distance to be married in their church. Another is that Elizabeth's family moved from Chester County to Falkner Swamp sometime between her 1769 confirmation and the 1775 marriage, and Philip traveled there for the nuptials. Philip later stated in an affidavit in application for a Revolutionary War pension that he was born in Chester County, enlisted in Chester County, and once discharged continued to live in Chester County for some years.^[2] The third possible scenario is that the marriage actually was performed in East Vincent by a pastor visiting from Falkner Swamp who quite naturally memorialized it in his own records. Considering the couple's respective confirmations in East Vincent, the latter scenario certainly seems most likely.

Sometime in the 1790s, Elizabeth, Philip, and their children moved to Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.^[3] There, the couple raised a family of ten children, all born between 1776 and 1798.

Their son George enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve in the War of 1812 and died intestate at Plattsburg, New York in December 1812. In a petition concerning his estate, dated 8 February 1819, George and siblings John, Peter, William, Samuel, Joseph, Silas, Mary wife of John Beckel, Elizabeth wife of John Hartman, and Tamar wife of Benjamin Wimer were listed as the only children of Philip Sailor and wife Elizabeth and were further described as all having attained the age of 21.^[4]

In 1817, Elizabeth and Philip left Pennsylvania to settle on 100 acres of land in Morgan [then Washington] County, Ohio.^[5] Five of their children are known to have also gone to Ohio while others either remained in Pennsylvania or went to Canada. Elizabeth died on 20 October 1839 and was laid to rest in Deerfield Cemetery in Malta, Morgan County. Her gravestone is inscribed with the name E. Sailar but is otherwise only partly legible.^[6]

Research Notes

Elizabeth's maiden name was reported in the 1927 "Flickinger Family History" as being Coyle. According to Ancestry's "Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821", her maiden name is Carl, and she and Philip were married on 30 April 1775.

As noted above, Elizabeth herself was confirmed as Elizabeth Carl, daughter of Johannes Carl, in the East Vincent Reformed Congregation.

Sources

1. ↑ Meldum, Charlotte & Reamy, Martha : “Early Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania”, Vol. 2 (1997), pp. 70, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
2. ↑ NARA : Revolutionary War Pension File #S.3852 for Philip Sailor of Morgan Co., OH
3. ↑ "US Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR4-4VN : accessed 9 Jun 2019); citing p. 478, NARA microfilm publication M32, roll 37; FHL microfilm 363,340 : 1800 Census of Millford, Mifflin Co., PA, p. 15/479
4. ↑ Mifflin Co., PA Court of Common Pleas : Petition of John Sailor of Turbett Township, Mifflin County, 8 Feb 1819
5. ↑ Morgan Co., OH Grantor/Grantee Index, Vol. A, p. 18 : Lease/Indenture, Philip Sailor, 4 Nov 1817
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121216497/elizabeth-sailar : Findagrave Memorial for Elizabeth Coyle Sailar

Acknowledgement

• This profile was created by Maurice Saylor through the import of Saylor Family Tree 2014-02-05.ged on Feb 4, 2014.