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William Greenleaf Elliott I (abt. 1699 - abt. 1795)

William Greenleaf Elliott I
Born about in Galway, Antrim Parish, Antrim, Irelandmap
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Died about at about age 95 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born in Ireland in 1699. He immigrated to Maryland PA abt 1737. William died about 1795.

Birth

Birth:
Date: 1699-07-12
Place: Ireland, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Arrival: 1737[1]

Death: 1795, Rockbridge County, Virginia [2]

Burial: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, USA[3]

  • COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988. pp. 1-461. p. 259. Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

Death; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148217913&ref=acom&ftm=1

1. David McClure Elliott, D. M. Elliott Paper, Family history written for Elliott Reunion in 1908. http://www.mjcpl.org/historyrescue/records/descendants-of-william-elliott-sr

William ad Margret immigrated to America from Ulster / Northern Ireland abt 1737. After arriving in Maryland they spent a few years in Cumberland PA before moving down the Great Wagon Road into Virginia. They settled in what was the Beverly and Borden Estates and now known is Augusta County Virginia. The first known written record of William Sr in Augusta is 1744.

Descendants of William Elliott, Sr. Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM 1 ELLIOTT, SR. was born 12 Jul 1699 in Ireland, and died Jul 1795 in Rockbridge County, VA. He married MARGARET. She was born Unknown in Ireland, and died Unknown in Rockbridge County, VA.

Notes for WILLIAM ELLIOTT, SR.: Source: Kyle J. Wear, “William Elliott Sr.,” Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book 1778-1997, Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, Rockbridge Baths, Va., published by Walsworth Publishing Co., Summersville, W. Virginia, 1997, pp.191-192, M. Elaine Elliott, “William Elliot, Sr. & William Elliot, Jr. of the Little River of the Calfpasture of Virginia.”

The Will of William Elliott, Rockbridge County, Virginia Will Book 1, p. 494. This will was submitted to the Court of Rockbridge County on July 7, 1795.

William & his wife Margaret attended the Tinkling Spring Church.

Along about 1730 there were a large number of Scotch-Irish families who came to America & most of them entered by the way of the Port of Philadelphia. The path of migration was by way of Chester, Lancaster & Cumberland Counties, Pennsylvania & down the Valley of the Shenandoah. Some of the families traveled the entire road while others stayed in Lancaster County. However the Campbells, McElroys, McDowells, Grahams, Gays, Kinkeads, Elliotts, Stevensons & many other of the families who helped to settle the Valley of Virginia came in about this time & by this route.

According to “Genealogies of Kentucky Families, From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society,” Vol. 2, :The Families Kinkead, Stephenson, Garrett, Martin & Dunlap,” Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1981, p. 762. “…the first group of families to move into the Valley of Virginia came there in 1744. The group that settled that year on the Calf Pasture …” included William Elliott.

Children of WILLIAM ELLIOTT and MARGARET are:

ii. WILLIAM ELLIOTT, JR., b. Cira 1721, Ireland; d. 1771, Virginia. m Jane "Jeanie" Clark iii. ARCHIBALD ELLIOTT, b. Aft. 1723, Ireland; d. Unknown, North Carolina?; m. SARAH CLARK; b. Unknown; d. Unknown, North Carolina?.

Notes for ARCHIBALD ELLIOTT: Kyle J. Wear wrote – “Archibald Elliott, son of William Elliot Sr., moved to Anson Co., NC (present day Chester Co., SC) between 1748 & 1758 – his father is given power of attorney on March 18, 1758 to sell his property on the Jackson River in Augusta Co., VA.”

According to M. Elaine Elliott – Archibald moved to North Carolina after an Indian attack in Augusta County. Archibald’s wife was a sister to the wife of John Elliott (who is possibly another son of William Sr’s., though unproven at this time.)

John H. Gwathmey, “Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution; Soldier-Sailors-Marines; 1775-1783,” Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1996 has the following entries:

“Elliot, Archibald, of Augusta, E” (the E denotes that the entry was originally found in the “Index of the Revolutionary records in the Virginia State Archives,” compiled by Dr. H. J. Eckenrode in 1912 & 1914)., p 252.

“Elliott. Archibald. Corp., 9 CL. (“9 CL” denotes that he served in the Ninth Virginia Regiment, Continental Line.), p.253.

4. iv. JAMES ELLIOTT, SR., b. Bef. 1743, Virginia?; d. Jun 1799, Rockbridge County, VA.

William Greenleaf ELLIOTT. [4] ELLIOTT. Elliott. Elliott. Elliott. Elliott. Elliott. Found multiple versions of name. Using William Greenleaf ELLIOTT.

Born 12 Jul 1699. Galway, Antrim Parish, Antrim, Northern Ireland. 12 Jul 1699. County Galway, Ireland. [5] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 12 Jul 1699

Died 1 Jul 1795. Rockbridge County, Virginia. [6]

Buried Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America. [7]

William Greenleaf ELLIOTT. [8]

Born 12 Jul 1699. Galway, Antrim Parish, Antrim, Ireland. 12 Jul 1699. County Galway, Ireland. [9] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 12 Jul 1699

Died 1 Jul 1795. Rockbridge County, Virginia. [10]

Buried Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America. [11]

Sources

  1. ↑ Detail Place: America; Year: 1737; Page Number: 259 Source Information Title U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author Ancestry.com Note Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc Publisher Date 2010 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA
  2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148217913
  3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/ Find A Grave: Memorial #148217913
  4. ↑ Source: #S63553394
  5. ↑ Source: #S63553394
  6. ↑ Source: #S63553394
  7. ↑ Source: #S63553394
  8. ↑ Source: #S63553394
  9. ↑ Source: #S63553394
  10. ↑ Source: #S63553394
  11. ↑ Source: #S63553394

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Robert Elliott
There are no sources provided for the birth dates, which are incorrect.

There is still no William Greenleaf Elliott ever existed, even though it says here there are numerous references to various spellings with this name. The only reference to a William Greenleaf Eliot...note spelling...is the correct one for an English Eliot, nothing to do with this Ulster Scottish William Elliott at all. There are no sources here confirming this William. I am a Y dna match to the descendants of Alexander Elliott, father of this William. These are not William's details.

posted by Robert Elliott
edited by Robert Elliott
Robert Elliott
Can someone tell me where the name Greenleaf comes from as this family seems to have been born all over Ireland & details about connections & correct names seem to be very vague. The continued use of middle names when there were non.

The story of William snr quoted from various sources makes no mention of Greenleaf. Galway, Antrim Parish??? According to Townlandsie. Which covers.....Parish, Barony, Townland, there is no such place. This is made up and repeated, there appear to be few sources here with provenance.

posted by Robert Elliott
Hamilton-23245 Amy Hamilton
I am GEDMatching to Frank Stevenson A501107, Largest segment = 5.3 cM

Total Half-Match segments (HIR) 5.3cM (0.148 Pct) Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 7.7

1 shared segments found for this comparison.

155228 SNPs used for this comparison.

52.215 Pct SNPs are full identical

Comparison took 0.112. CPU time used: 0.021. I have not checked the rest of the GEDMatch kits to mine. QG9415421. Not sure if this would be connected to my Elliott, Morris, Graham, or Stewart lines.

posted by Amy Hamilton
edited by Amy Hamilton
Nancy (Gullans) Sluder
Elliott-64 and Elliott-2729 appear to represent the same person because: birth, death dates and places the same
posted by Nancy (Gullans) Sluder
Carol (Buckman) Brinn
George, brother of William is a great(I haven't counted) grandfather of my grandfather, James Bernard Elliott, thru his first born, William, by William's son, James (Jimmy). This is thru Jimmy's first wife, Anne Nancy Willett. This is where the Catholic side of the Elliotts started.
posted by Carol (Buckman) Brinn

Rejected matches › William C. Elliott

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