Richard Ely
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Name Richard Ely Gender Male Notes - Richard Ely and his wife and children, old neighbors of the Smiths and Everts in Salisbury, Conn., learning of the fertility of the soil, excellence of timber, and other advantages so desirable, determined to try their fortunes there, and, packing their goods, they started in the year 1795, and, after the usual trials incident to such a journey, arrived at the residence of their old friends, and were warmly greeted as a welcome addition to the new settlement. They soon located on the Lake Road, where Rice Ervey now lives. They had eight children, -- Betsey, Richard, Augustus, Harry, William, Irena, Hector, and Calvin, the last being by a second wife. Betsey married Jabez Smith; Richard married Sally Boardman; Augustus married Olive Scoville. Their son, William Ely, lives near the homestead of his father, about a mile east of the Lake Road. Harry married Mary Wickham, and he is still living on the Lake Road, at the age of ninety years. William married Fanny Curry; Irena married John King; Hector married Ann Hinckley. He was the first white child born in town, and has a son, Hector, living on the Lake Road. Calvin married Julia Hager.
(History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins & Schuyler Counties, NY, Published by Everts & Ensign, 1879, Page 618)
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Family Eustacia Bushnell Lay Children + 1. William Ely, b. 06 Jun 1790 d. 22 Sep 1837 (Age 47 years) Family ID F11166 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Richard Ely and his wife and children, old neighbors of the Smiths and Everts in Salisbury, Conn., learning of the fertility of the soil, excellence of timber, and other advantages so desirable, determined to try their fortunes there, and, packing their goods, they started in the year 1795, and, after the usual trials incident to such a journey, arrived at the residence of their old friends, and were warmly greeted as a welcome addition to the new settlement. They soon located on the Lake Road, where Rice Ervey now lives. They had eight children, -- Betsey, Richard, Augustus, Harry, William, Irena, Hector, and Calvin, the last being by a second wife. Betsey married Jabez Smith; Richard married Sally Boardman; Augustus married Olive Scoville. Their son, William Ely, lives near the homestead of his father, about a mile east of the Lake Road. Harry married Mary Wickham, and he is still living on the Lake Road, at the age of ninety years. William married Fanny Curry; Irena married John King; Hector married Ann Hinckley. He was the first white child born in town, and has a son, Hector, living on the Lake Road. Calvin married Julia Hager.