Elisha Alvord (1731 - abt. 1807)

Born 15 Mar 1731 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hamilton) Alvord — married 27 Oct 1757 in Northampton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 23 Nov 1807 at about age 76 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Elisha Alvord, born 15 Mar 1730/31 in Northampton, Massachusetts ^[1]was the first child of Clemens (Wright) Alvord (1703-1776) & Joseph Alvord (1697-1786).

He married 27 Oct 1757 in Northampton, Massachusetts, Mary Hamilton. They had 7 children:

1. Daniel Alvord (1758-1847); married 1) Susanna Judd; 2) Anna Tower
2. Phebe (Alvord) Warner (1759-1817); married Daniel Warner
3. Eleazer Alvord (1761-1837)
4. Clemence Alvord (1763-1845)
5. Elisha Alvord (1764-)
6. William Alvord (1766-1853); married Lucy Claghorn
7. Hannah (Alvord) Case (1768-1840); married Eli Case

Per the Alvord genealogy, Elisha Alvord held the office of "Clerk for the Proprieters" of Northampton, from Oct. 25, 1763, when he took the oath, until Nov. 2, 1768, and perhaps later. He wrote an elegant hand. He was a merchant at Northampton, but did little business.

His house stood where the present Court House stands in Northampton, Mass., and the well was under the hardware store of George D. Eames in 1867. The water was excellent and the well not deep, but at present it is not in use. Dea. Saul Alvord sold the homestead to him Apr. 12, 1761. This was probably a part of the first Thomas Alvord's original homestead which was granted to him by the town of Northampton, Mass. Oct. 6, 1767, Elisha Alvord deeded this lot of land to Eebenezer Hunt and others for the public use of erecting a Court House.

In 1784 a school was kept in Elisha Alvord's shop at Main and South Streets. There is record of a charge of eight cents by Dr. Ebenezer Hunt against Elisha Alvord for pulling a tooth for his son.

He moved to Cazenovia, N. Y., in 1806, to live with his son Daniel, where he died and was buried in the adjoining town of De Ruyter, in the "country cemetery.

Elisha Alvord died 23 Nov 1807, in or near Cazenovia, New York. His grave is in Sheds Cemetery, Sheds, Madison County, New York, USA: Find A Grave: Memorial #6908185

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: 182

• Source: S1 Title: The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984

• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 78: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/50/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/72/mode/1up

Acknowledgement

WikiTree profile Alvord-129 created through the import of OsmerBook.ged on May 20, 2012 by Tami Osmer.