Joshua Ely (abt. 1652 - 1702)

Born about 1652 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Senior) Ely — married 29 Oct 1673 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Husband of Rachel (Lee) Ely — married 9 Nov 1699 in Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1702 at about age 50 in Trenton, Burlington, New Jersey

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Joshua Ely was born in England.

Biography

Joshua is shown with the middle name of "Billiard" on Yate s Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, however no sources have been found to verify that he had this middle name.^[1] for more information about this source. Joshua Ely married Mary Senior on the 29th day of 8th month of 1673 [this is a Quaker date and is NOT August 29,] 29 Oct 1673 at Skegby, Nottinghamshire, England^[2]

"Joshua Ely, of Mansfield, married Mary Sinear, of Mansfield, at Geo. Cockerham's house at Skegby, 29-8-1673."^[3]

"Joshua Ely with his family joined the West Jersey Colony sometime prior to 1685, at which date four hundred acres of the Ballifield plantation of his brother-in-law [Mahlon Stacy] were transferred to him for a consideration...." Joshua was late of Dunham, Nottinghamshire, so he had apparently moved from Mansfield and Skegby prior to coming to America.^[4] (One merged file showed his arrival in 1684.^[5]) According to Reuben Ely's Historical Narrative, there is no record of Joshua taking leave from the English Friends meeting or of his associating with the New Jersey Friends.^[6] Joshua's first wife, Mary Senior, died in 1698, and he remarried to Rachel Lee on 9 Nov 1699,^[7] in New Jersey.^[8] He died prior to 16 Jun 1702,^[9] at Trenton, Burlington, New Jersey.^[10] His Will was dated 6 Nov 1700. The Inventory was taken "4th month 16 1702," and was proved on 1 April 1704.^[11] In his Will, he mentions:

wife Rachel

two youngest children Benjamin and Ruth

daughter Elizabeth [not or age and not married in November 1700]

four sons Joshua, George, John and Hugh, daughter Sarah

Christan, daughter of Nathaniel Pettitt [George not to inherit if he married her]

cousin and friend Thomas Revell of Burington, New Jersey

Note

Note: Life of Joshua Billiard Ely

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=6df73b3a-79da-45aa-ae8f-546201ed72eb&tid=25812263&pid=553

Note: Joshua Ely life, marriage and immigration

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=90d48126-acad-4581-a1ff-afee67ddd468&tid=25812263&pid=553

Sources

1. ↑ US and INternational Marriage Record at ancestry.com See Yates
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Description : Piece 1368: Quarterly Meeting of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire: Marriages (1664-1754) Ancestry Record 7097 #100598
3. ↑ #S-176 Page 76, from the Friends' Register of Marriages at Nottingham
4. ↑ #S-176 Page 146
5. ↑ Title: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1744-1801: Tohickon Union Reformed Church Author: Lineages, Inc., comp Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Records transcribed from LDS Family History Library copies of church records for this locality. For more information, see the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) for Note: APID: 1,4933::0
6. ↑ #S-176 Page 147
7. ↑ #S-176 Page 148
8. ↑ US and INternational Marriage Record at ancestry.com Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=384222&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
9. ↑ #S-176 Page 148
10. ↑ Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=sarmemberapps&h=243983&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
11. ↑ #S-176 Page 148ff

• Brey, Jane Watson Taylor. A Quaker Saga. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1967, p. 381.
• Comly, George Norwood, comp. Comly Family in America. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939, pp. 825-826.
• Ely, Reuben Pownall, Warren Smedley Ely, and Daniel Brittain Ely. "An Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye Families. New York, NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1910, pp. 146-152.
• Jordan, Wilfred, ed. Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1955, Vol. XV, pp. 140-141.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 33053004 - Extensive bio!

• Reuben Pownall Ely. An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the province of West Jersey 1678-1683. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1910. Open Library