Elisha Ames (1757 - 1845)

Born 7 Nov 1757 in Preston City, Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Cook) Ames — married 13 Aug 1777 in Pennsylvania, United States

Died 27 Sep 1845 at age 87 in Forkston Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Elisha Ames was born on 7 November 1757. He passed away on 27 Sep 1845. Elisha Ames enlisted in the Revolutionary War in New York. He served in the 1st Regiment of Massachusetts under Jeremiah Miller. He served from 1777^[1] to 1783. In 1818, when the Pension Act^[2] was updated, Elisha filed. His brother Ephraim was a witness to his claims of service.^[3] In Elizabeth's statement for pension benefits, filed on June 1850, a widow, she states she was married to Elisha on August 13, 1777.^[4]

Children living with Elisha and Elizabeth in 1820, when he filed for pension.^[5]

Reuben age 15,

Warner aged 10 birthday 11 April :Anna and Andrew age 9 birthday on 27 August

Rency age 12 birthday on 30 July

Hugh age 7 birthday in5 November

Elisha age 4 birthday on 4 July.

Sources

1. ↑ Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. database with images, NationalArchives, payment receipts for the yr 1777, for service to the military, 19 images
2. ↑ Pensions for Veterans Were Once Viewed as Government Handout, The War Pension Act of 1818
3. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R: 176, Elisha Ames, Mass. Information on where he enlisted, who he served under, yrs of services, battles he served in. Transcription of the original document, pdf file to download]
4. ↑ [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/53814943?objectPage=19 Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R: 176, Elisha Ames, Mass., NationalArchives, NAID: 53814943
5. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R: 176, Elisha Ames, Mass. database with images, NationalArchives, National Archives Identifier 53814943, Search Identifier Fold3 2016, This file was scanned as part of a collaboration effort between Fold3 and the National Archives. Page 7 is Elisha's statement, which he made on Jan. 1820. Lists 7 children living with him at the end of his statement.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSC-N5YW : 15 April 2022), Elisha Ames, ; citing Birth, Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272218.
• Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 database with images, ancestry.com, Elisha Ames, Mass. Military.
• "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2B-KNY : Thu Jul 20 16:35:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Elisha Ames, 1810.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62716523/elisha-ames: accessed May 3, 2024), memorial page for Elisha Ames (unknown–27 Sep 1845), Find A Grave: Memorial #62716523, citing Forkston Cemetery, Forkston, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Jones (contributor 47025267).
• FamilySearch Record: MGZ7-YFG