Ebenezer Matthews (1759 - 1836)

Born 28 May 1759 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

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Died 1836 at about age 76 in New York, USA

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Biography

Ebenezer Matthews was married to Mercy Peckham per DAR Pariot Index, p. 444. Their children are named as

1. Stephen married Lavina Purdy
2. Fanny married Sam Dunham.
3. Isaac married Elizabeth Sibley and they lived in Oxford Co., Ontario
4. Johnwas born 1 Mar 1803 in Stonington, CT and married Elizabeth Anderson
5. Elizabeth married Winslow Balcom
6. Nancy married Samuel Edison, Jr. in Vienna, Ontario in 1828

Ebenezer Matthews is supposed to have legally changed his name to ELLIOTT at the request of a childess aunt and inherited a farm in CT.

Evidence of Nancy Elliott Edison and Elizabeth Elliott Balcom being daughters of Ebenezer Matthews comes from letters found in Ebenezer's pension files. A letter from Mrs. Nancy E. Wadsworth (daughter of Elizabeth Elliott Balcom) states that Ebenezer Matthews is her grandfather. A letter from Nellie Edison Poyer (dau of William Pitt Edison and gr-dau of Nancy Elliot Edison) states that Ebenezer is her great-grandfather. From notes on file at the Edison House in Milan, OH, "Betty Balcom told Miss Metta Wadsworth that Ebenezer Elliott was her (Betty's) and Nancy Edison's father and that John Elliott was their brother. After the Revolution, the British offered grants of land in Nova Scotia... Ebenezer Elliott sold his farm in Stonington, CT and moved to Nova Scotia. When they got there, it proved to be barren land, so that he had to move his family and belongings to Vienna, Ontario."

Abner Matthews' sisters, Elizabeth and Esther had both died prior to 1773 so we have eliminated them as the possible Elliott Aunt. The problem I am having is that according to CT records and HOTCHKISS family histories, there are no siblings named for Lois Hotchkiss. It is possible that there were other children of Obadiah Hotchkiss and Eunice Beach that are unknown.

Name: Ebenezer /Matthews Elliott/ Birth date: 28 May 1759Birth place: Farmington Residence place: NH, United States

Death: 1836 New York, USA or 1848 Vienna, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Sources

• WikiTree profile Matthews-1839 created through the import of partial tree 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Jo Gessford.

Why Ebenezer Mathews Elloitt became his name http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=b6fea3c4-e33b-4171-b3af-49628fcadf88&tid=13989820&pid=223643810

• http://genforum.genealogy.com/elliott/messages/4091.html

• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

• Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872;

• U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; N