Elijah Elmer (1753 - 1804)

Born 6 Aug 1753 in Sunderland, Franklin, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Goodale) Elmer — married 6 Aug 1778 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 5 May 1804 at age 50 in Addison, Addison, Vermont, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Elmer Name Study.

Private Elijah Elmer served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Elijah Elmer is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A038034.

Elijah Elmer was born on August 6, 1753 in Sunderland, Franklin County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of Edward Elmer (1702–<1785) and Sarah Graves (1713–>1753).

His father, Edward, was 50 and his mother, Sarah, was 39.

Elijah (25) and Mercy Goodale (21) were married on August 6, 1778 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.

Mercy was born in July, 1757 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay. She was the daughter of Isaac Goodale and Huldah (Burt) Goodale.

They had eight children in 19 years:

1. Salome Elmer (1781–1827)
2. Achsah Elmer (1784–1838)
3. Elijah Elmer (1786–1804)
4. Anna Elmer (1789–1865)
5. Chester Elmer (1791–1879)

He died on May 5, 1804, in Addison, Vermont, at the age of 50, and was buried there.

Name

Elijah Elmer ^[1]

Birth

August 1753 • Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage

6 August 1778 • Elijah married Mercy Goodale

Sources

1. ↑ Passengers On The Lion From England To Boston 1632

• "US Census, 1800", database online. Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; pg. 290, section 2, line 14. Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census ( database on-line ). Provo, UT., USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2010,

• Passengers On The Lion From England To Boston 1632 (Heritage Books, Maryland, 1992)

• Elmer-Elmore Genealogy: Records of the Descendants of Edward Elmer, pg. 8 and 11.

13. Edward (3) ELMER (Edward (2), Edward (1)). Born 1 Sep 1702, in Windsor, CT. He married Sarah GRAVES, daughter of Isaac GRAVES and Mary PARSONS, 4 OCT 1736, in Sunderland, MA. Born, 22 DEC 1713, in Hatfield, MA.

Children:

i. Daniel (4) ELMER. Born, 3 AUG 1737, in Sunderland, MA. Died, 13 SEP 1737, in Sunderland, MA (died young).

ii. Hannah ELMER. Born, 16 NOV 1738, in Sunderland, MA. She married Thomas BILLINGS, son of Stephen BILLINGS, 12 JUL 1758, in Sunderland, MA.

iii. Job ELMER. Born 8 NOV 1740, in Sunderland, MA. Died, 28 AUG 1743, in Sunderland, MA (died young).

iv. Mary ELMER. Born 12 SEP 1743, in Sunderland, MA. Died SEP 1833, in Amherst, MA. She married Noah Smith, 1766.

v. Job ELMER. Born 11 JAN 1745/6, in Sunderland, MA.

vi. Simeon ELMER. Born, JUN 1748, in Sunderland, MA. He married Hannah ( ).

vii. Sarah ELMER. Born 2 DEC 1750, in Sunderland, MA. She married Benjamin WAIT, 22 SEP 1774, in West Springfield, MA.

viii. Elijah ELMER.

• Carpenter, Edward. The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts (Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass., 1896); p. 80

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Elmer-70 created through the import of Ancestors of Lynn E Nelson.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by JaAnna Nelson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by JaAnna and others.