1788 - 1854 (66 years)
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Name |
FITZJERRELL Ely |
Born |
1 Mar 1788 |
Comberland County, New Jersey, United States [1, 2, 3] |
- 1850 Jersey Co. IL census (Ely F Gerrell) list birth place for Eli as Pennsylvania, however the biographies of William and Robert list their fathers birth place as New Jersey and Delaware respectively. Ancestral data from Mrs. Wood gives March 1, 1788 as birth for Ely.
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Gender |
Male |
Residence |
Between 1814 and 1829 |
Ohio [1] |
Residence |
Feb 1814 |
Roadstown, NJ [4, 5] |
- Ely and Tabitha burried their second child in the Cohansey Baptist Cemetery in 1814. From this information we know the family had not moved on to Ohio prior to 1814. William their third child was born in Warren County, OH in October of 1815.
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Occupation |
Bef 1815 |
New Jersey [6] |
school teacher |
Occupation |
Abt 1815 |
Warren County, OH [6] |
farmer and stock raiser |
Census |
1830 |
Macopin Co., IL [7] |
Occupation |
1830 |
Macoupin and Montgomery Co., IL [6] |
one of the early settlers |
Possessions |
1830 |
Rock Bridge, Medora, Jersey Co., IL [1] |
280 acres |
Residence |
Abt 1833 |
Palmer's Prairie, Jersey Co., IL [8] |
Possessions |
5 Mar 1834 |
Macopin Co., IL [9] |
- Purchased 36.43 acres in Macoupin County, Illinois. March 5, 1834. Land purchased was section 7 township 9 range 9. Residence was listed as Greene.
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Census |
1840 |
Jersey Co., IL [10] |
Census |
1850 |
Township 9, Jersey, IL [11] |
Residence |
New Jersey [1] |
as a child |
Died |
18 Dec 1854 |
Near Palmer's Prairie, Jersey Co., IL [1, 6, 12] |
- Ely's will was recorded for probate on December 25, 1854. Other sources give a date of either December 18 or 20th for his death.
In the biography of Leonard Ketchum, grandson of Ely Fitzjerrell, it list the death place as near Palmer's Prairie, Jersey Co., IL.
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Person ID |
I127 |
Ash |
Last Modified |
25 Jul 2017 |
Father |
FITZJERRELL Ambrose, b. 10 Mar 1753, Delaware , d. Summer 1804, Greenwich,Cumberland Co, New Jersey (Age 50 years) |
Mother |
BARROT Deborah, b. 1757, d. Aft 1804 (Age > 48 years) |
Married |
1787 |
Delaware [1, 13] |
- Information was take from the biography of Robert Fitzjerrell in the History of Greene County, IL. Robert was the grandson of Ambrose and son of Eli Fitzjerrell.
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Family ID |
F49 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
KELSAY Tabitha F., b. 4 Mar 1793, Cumberland Co., New Jersey, United States , d. 24 Oct 1856 (Age 63 years) [14] |
Married |
17 Jun 1812 |
Cumberland Co, New Jersey [1, 2, 6, 15] |
- Date of marriage comes from the Greene Co. biography of Robert, there son and the Wood's ancestral file. The Cumberland County, NJ marriages from 1740-1910 list:
Geril, Elie F. and Tabitha Kelsey 6-17-1812
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Children |
| 1. FITZJERRELL Charlotte, b. 18 Jan 1814, New Jersey , d. 9 Oct 1840, Montgomery Co., IL (Age 26 years) |
| 2. FITZJERRELL Infant, b. 24 Dec 1813, d. 5 Feb 1814 (Age 0 years) |
| 3. Elder FITZJERRELL William Bacon, b. 3 Oct 1815, Warren County, OH , d. 7 May 1900, Raymond, Montgomery Co., IL (Age 84 years) |
| 4. FITZJERRELL Phoebe, b. 3 Nov 1816, Ohio , d. 11 Dec 1902, Jersey Co., Illinois, United States (Age 86 years) |
| 5. FITZJERRELL Daniel Kelsey, b. 26 Apr 1818, Warren County, OH , d. 18 Jun 1866, Pitman township, Montgomery Co., IL (Age 48 years) |
| 6. FITZJERRELL Maria, b. 26 Jul 1820, d. 19 Nov 1859, Macoupin Co., IL (Age 39 years) |
| 7. FITZJERRELL Levi, b. 8 Sep 1821, d. Aft 1854 (Age > 34 years) |
| 8. FITZJERRELL Robert K., b. 23 Feb 1823, Ohio , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 9. FITZJERRELL Margaret, b. 5 Sep 1824, d. 15 Aug 1848 (Age 23 years) |
| 10. FITZJERRELL Ambrose, b. 26 Dec 1825, d. 12 Apr 1840 (Age 14 years) |
| 11. FITZJERRELL Terisse, b. 14 Sep 1827, d. 11 Jan 1846 (Age 18 years) |
| 12. FITZJERRELL Tabitha A., b. 23 Aug 1829, d. 5 Sep 1830 (Age 1 years) |
| 13. FITZJERRELL Issac Mills, b. 7 Apr 1833, d. 6 Jul 1839 (Age 6 years) |
| 14. FITZJERRELL Emily, b. 2 Dec 1838, Illinois , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
13 May 2018 |
Family ID |
F44 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S60] Greene County IL Directory, page 622 (Reliability: 2).
- [S93] Wood's Fitz Jerrell data (Reliability: 2).
- [S72] Ancestral File-Hass Family History (Fitzjerrell).
- [S108] Kelsay Family History (Reliability: 2).
- [S186] Kelsay Family History (Reliability: 2).
- [S58] History of Bond and Montgomery Co., IL (Reliability: 2).
- [S74] 1830-Macoupin Co., IL (Reliability: 3).
- [S105] History of Macoupin Co.-Portrait and Biograhical of Macoupin County, 2-240 (Reliability: 2).
In biography of Leonard Ketchum, husband of Phoebe Fitzjerrell Ketchum.
- [S91] Macoupin-Land purchasers (Reliability: 3).
- [S67] 1840-Jersey Co., IL (Reliability: 3).
- [S64] 1850 Jersey, IL (Reliability: 3).
- [S105] History of Macoupin Co.-Portrait and Biograhical of Macoupin County (Reliability: 2).
- [S70] IGI-Ambrose Fitzjarrell marriage.
- [S99] Will-Ely Fitzjerrell, Book B-Jersey Co. (Reliability: 3).
Listed under Eli, Fitzgerald.
- [S96] Marriages-New Jersey 1684-1895 (Reliability: 3).
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