Lois (Ely) Cowperthwaite (1747 - 1822)

Born 5 Jul 1747 in Livingston, Essex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of John Cowperthwaite — married [date unknown] in New Jersey

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1822 at age 74 in Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Lois Ely, Livingston, N. J., b. July 5, 1747, d. June 25, 1822, daughter of William Ely and Elizabeth Perkins. She had 2 husbands: Thomas Parcells, and Thomas Cowperthwaite.

Her Children:

1. William, b. 1772, d. 1829.

2. Thomas, b. 1775, d. 1836.

3. John Kille Cowperthwaite

4. Benjamin Ely, b. 1786, d. 1865, m. 1811 Jane Ross; m. 1816 Ann Robinson.

5. Job. ^[1]

Sources

• Theodore Palmer, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Theodore and others.
• The Ely ancestry : lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, & settled at Lyme, Conn. in 1660" by Beach, Moses Sperry, 1822-1892; Ely, William; Vanderpoel, George Burritt; Ely, Sumner Adriel Published 1902 The Calumet Press https://archive.org/details/elyancestrylinea00beac

1. ↑ The Ely Ancestry, p.118