Ephraim
Alley
Born in Lynn,Essex County,Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Alley
and Rebecca (Hall) Alley
Husband of
Mehitable (Hallowell) Alley
— married
23 Jul 1778 [location unknown]
Husband of
Hepzebah (Lewis) Alley
— married
17 Jul 1783 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Alley, Joseph Alley, Lewis Alley, Nathaniel Alley, Mehitabel Alley, Hephzibah (Alley) Cheever, Hepsibah (Alley) Cheever and Lydia (Alley) Batchellar
Died
at about age 65
in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2011
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Biography
Minuteman Ephraim Alley served with Col. Thomas Crafts' Regiment of Artillery, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
This person was created on 09 May 2011 through the import of Lewis2011.ged.
Ephraim served in the Revolutionary War as a gunner. He was present at the Battle of Concord as a Minutemen from Lynn, and also a Private in the 4th Company of Col. Thomas Crafts' Artillery Regiment, for 2 and a half months, from May 20, 1776, through August 1 of the same year. [1]
He married 23 Jul 1778 Mehitable Hallowell; she died 10 Dec 1782.
He married Hepzibah Lewis on July 17, 1783 [2] and they resided in Lynn throughout their lives. [3]
He died in 1821 [4] and is buried at the Western Burial Ground in Lynn. [5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-MKX5: 18 March 2018), Ephraim Alley, 1776.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH15-TXN: 9 February 2018), Ephraim Alley and Hephzibah Lewis, 17 Jul 1783
- ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-XZ5: accessed 15 August 2018), Ephraim Alley, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- ↑ "United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6H3-CSZ: 12 March 2018), Ephraim Alley, 02 May 1821
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #99212330 Western Burial Ground, Lynn, MA, accessed 15 Aug 2018
Breed Family Association Vol. 13 (1934), p. 564, no. 118: https://archive.org/details/Vol13Dec.1934imagedByP.EverettOCRByJRF/page/n15
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ephraim:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ephraim:
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~0.39%
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Kim Wood
Alley-920 and Alley-178 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates, children
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