Elwell bible records

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Ohio
Surnames/tags: Elwell Van Meter

Elwell bible records

This page records records reportedly transcribed from a family bible. The provenance and current location of the bible are not knownt nor is it known who made the transcription.

Thank you to Katie K. for supplying the transcript copied below.

The record

This family history was copied from old Bible records and compiled May 1923.

Decendants [sic] and heirs of Annaka Jane [probably Anneke Jans] whose father was King of Holland, her father gave her properties that the New York City Baptist Episcop [handwritten] Church is now on and some surrounding properties which is now in dispute.

Isaac Elwell and family lived somewhere in the vicinity of "Polecat Tavern" New Jersey.
Oct 30 1792 Isaac Elwell and his wife Mary was joined in the lawful bonds of matrimony.

Isaac Elwell was born January 3, 1771

Mary Elwell, wife of Isaac Elwell, was born July 17, 1769

Our daughter, Sarah Elwell was born February 10,         1795

Our Daughter, Rachel Elwell was born June 20, 1796

Our son,           Levi Elwell was born August 17, 1797

Our son,           Joel Elwell was born November 1[0?], 1798

                          Elizabeth Elwell was born August 4, 1793

                          Eli Elwell was born January 28, 1801

                          Israel Elwell was born February 28, 1803

                          Isorasha? [Horatio?] Elwell was born January 1, 1805

                          Isaac Elwell was born October 15, 1806

Our daughter, Mary Elwell was born December 9, 1808

Our daughter, Hannah Elwell was born June 24, 1811

Sarah Elwell, daughter of Levi Elwell and Mary his wife, was born Nov 9, 1767
Israel Elwell, son of Levi Elwell was born November            ? Hannah Vanmeter, daughter of Thomas Vanmeter and Sarah his wife, was born April 15, 1788
Ruth Vanmeter, daughter of Thomas Vanmeter and Sarah his wife, was born August 20, 197 1797 [handwritten]

Israel Elwell, was born inState of New Jersey, Feb 28,1803-Died Sep 29, 1872
Maria Mills, wife of Israel Elwell was born Bellbrook, Ohio, Aug 15, 1812--
died February 17, 1889.
Israel Elwell and Maria Mills were married June 5, 1828
Our son, Abros Blount Elwell was born July 4, 1829 - Died November 24, 1833
Our son, Samuel Crane Elwell was born August 29, 1831 - Died January 22, 1912
Our daughter, Mary Charloty Elwell was born May 29, 1836 - Died Sept 9, 1898
Our daughter, Angeline Elwell was born Feb 23, 1839 - Died Jan 24, 1893
Our daughter, Rebecca Adamson Elwell was born Mar 5, 1842 - Died Dec 11, 1920
Our son, William Henry Elwell was born April 21, 1844 -
Our son Eli Elwell was born March 11, 1849 - Died March 7, 1892
Our son, Levi Elwell was born March 11, 1849 - Died Sept 18, 1881
Our daughter, Mary Jane Elwell was born April 25, 1851 - Died July 3, 1854

William Henry Elwell was born at Husted, Ohio April 21, 1844
Rebecca Albin, wife of William Henry Elwell, was born at New Moorefield, Ohio
February 18, 1843 - Died May 10, 1921
William Henry Elwell and Rebecca Albin both of Clark County were married in New Carlisle, Ohio by Rev. J. S. Pumphrey September 14, 1865.
Our daughter, Alice Elwell was born                 January 21, 1867 - Died Oct 31, 1868
Our daughter, Jessie Anna Elwell was born     January 4  , 1870
Our daughter Bertha Elwell was born             January 13, 1872
Our daughter, Carolyn Edna Elwell was born January 19, 1876

William Henry Elwell, served as a private in the Tenth Ohio Independent Light Artillery during the Civil War from December 12, 1861 to December 11, 1864, was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee by reason of expiration of term service.