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Some time after 1784 Elisha moves 45 miles north - from Mt. Pleasant, NY to Marlborough, NY - on the west side of the Hudson.
Purdy, Elisha Ancestor A092263 Served as a Private in 4th Regiment, Ulster County, New York Militia, Birth: 3-17-1740 New Rochelle Westchestrer Co, New York; Death: 3-20-1820 Ulster County New York. Spouse: Mehitable Smith. [1]
Elisha was born in 1740. He passed away in 1820. [2]
From Find A Grave: Memorial #39954587 we read Elisha Purdy
Memorial #: 39954587 Bio: 80y 11m 25d Birth year estimated from age at death
Copied August 29th and 30th, 1927, by Dr. J. Wilson Poucher and Byron J. Terwilliger.
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Maintained by: Mary Harrell-Sesniak (46488639) Originally Created by: Meges (47093145) Added: 27 Jul 2009 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39954587/elisha-purdy Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 January 2021), memorial page for Elisha Purdy (1739–1 Mar 1820), Find a Grave Memorial no. 39954587, citing Presbyterian Church & Cemetery, Marlboro, Ulster County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) .
Notes for Elisha Purdy, Sr. -- On July 14, 1775 Elisha refused to sign Articles of Association (Adherence to Continental Congress). Many families were split in their allegiances in the early days of the Revolutionary War, but the fervor of the Purdy family's allegiance to the Crown is best exemplified by the following which was copied from "History of Westchester County, New York," Vol. 11. page 584: In striking contrast to this is the following notice, taken from "Rivington's Gazette" of April 20, 1775, of a marriage in a more united family: "March 28. This evening was married, at the White Plains, Westchester County, Mr. Gabriel Purdy, youngest son of Mr. Joseph Purdy, both of the loyal town. What particularly is remarkable in the affair is this, the guests consisted of forty-seven persons, thirty-seven of whom were Purdys, and not a single Whig among them." This day (March 28, 1775 was a memorable one in the history not only of White Plains, but of Westchester County. Public notice had been given of a meeting of persons from different districts of the county to consider the most proper method of taking the sense of the freeholders of the county upon the expediency of choosing deputies to meet the deputies from other counties for the purpose of electing delegates to represent this colony in the General Congress to be held in Philadelphia on the 10th day of May then next. A few days after this meeting, a protest, bearing date the 13th of April, 1775, signed with over three hundred names, appeared in "Rivington's New York Gazette," in which it was stated that on the 11th of April the friends of government met at the house of Captain Hatfield, and at about twelve o'clock walked to the court house, where they found the other company collected in a body; that the friends of the government then declared that they had been called together for an unlawful purpose, and they would not contest the matter with the others by a poll, but that they came only with a dexign to protest against all such disorderly proceedings, and to show their detestation of all unlawful committees and congresses; that then, giving three huzzas, they returned to Captain Hatfield's singing as they went, "God Save Great George, Our King;" after which, the following protest was drawn up and signed: We, the subscribers, freeholders and inhabitants of the County of Westchester, having assembled at White Plains in consequence of certain advertisements, do now declare our honest abhorrence of all unlawful Congresses and Committees, and that we are determined, a at the hazard of our lives and properties, to support the King and constitution, and that we acknowledge no representatives but the General Assembly, to whose wisdome we submit the guardianship of our rights and privileges. The following names appended to this declaration show that the Tory faction of White Plains was well represented: "J. P. Horton, Daniel Oakley, William Davis, William Anderson, Captain Abraham Hatfield, Gilbert Horton, Joshua Gedney, John Hyatt, Nehemiah Tompkins, Bartholomew Gedney, Isaac Purdy, Elijah Purdy, Gilvert Hatfield, Gabriel Purdy, Thomas Merritt, Joh Gedney, Monmouth Hart, Timothy Purdy, Thomas Baker, Elijah Miller, William Baker, Jr., Samuel Purdy, James Kniffin, Joseph Hart," etc. More About Elisha Purdy: Fact 6: 184 Fact 9: Episcopalian 184 Fact 10: Family was Tory English 184 Occupation: Farmer & Minister (From Genealogy.com, personal family tree of Corey Ryan Spangler)
From internet information: Mehitabel Hooker Smith was born on January 22, 1743/44 at Rye, Westchester, New York, United States, 40.980653,-73.683739. She was the daughter of Reverend John Smith and Mehitabel Hooker. She married Elisha Purdy in 1762 at White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States, 41.040001,-73.778611. Mehitabel Hooker Smith died on January 23, 1838 at Marlboro, Ulster, New York, United States, 41.605649,-73.971527, at age 94. She was buried on January 23, 1838 at Marlboro, Ulster, New York, United States, 41.605649,-73.971527. Children of Mehitabel Hooker Smith and Elisha Purdy John Smith Purdy+ b. January 11, 1763, d. September 23, 1856 James Purdy+ b. April 9, 1765, d. March 30, 1850 Sarah Purdy b. September 19, 1767 Thomas Purdy b. February 26, 1769, d. March 9, 1818 Elizabeth Purdy b. 1770, d. November 27, 1864 Mehitabel Purdy b. 1771 Elizabeth Purdy b. 1774 Elisha Purdy Jr+ b. March 5, 1774, d. April 3, 1843 Roger Purdy+ b. December 24, 1776, d. August 30, 1856 Charlotte Purdy b. 1779 Winifred Purdy b. 1781 Nancy Purdy b. 1782 Gloriania Annie Purdy b. 1784 Nathaniel Purdy+ b. August 3, 1786, d. March 26, 1829
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