Michael Ely Jr (1750 - abt. 1830)

Born 1750 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Husband of Christina (Wolff) Ely — married 1772 in Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1830 at about age 80 in Cardington Township, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Biography

There were three Ely/Eley/Ealy/Ihle families in the Washington County, Pennsylvania area approximately the same time, who intermarried with several German families there, according to Raymond Martin Bell.

1. Michael Ely Jr (1750-abt.1830) - first record Ohio Co (VA) (now Washington Co) 1778 tax list - came to Buffalo Twp c1775 - blacksmith - b c1750 m c1775 likely Christina Wolf (1754-aft.1822) (dau of Peter) Wolf of Hanover Twp, (then) Lancaster Co - left for Ohio c1799 - d c1830 Morrow Co, Ohio

2. Michael Ely (Ili) Sr (abt.1745-1819) - first record 1773 Lebanon Twp, (then) Lancaster Co - lived Londonderry Twp until 1790 - baptismal record of children at Bindnagle Church, Londonderry Twp - came to Buffalo Twp 1790 - farmer - d 1819 Buffalo Twp - b c1745 m c1772 Mary Regina (Black) Ely (1714-1816) —

3. Johann "George" Ealy (Ihle) (1744-abt.1830) - first record 1773 Lebanon Twp, (then) Lancaster Co - child baptized Hain Church, Heidelberg Twp, Berks Co 1774 - to Pine Grotte Twp, (then) Berks Co, (now) Schuylkill Co c1775 - on 1779-85 tax lists - 1807 to (now) South Franklin Twp, Washington Co - 1822 to East Finley Twp - miller - d 1830 - m c1771 Eva Christina (Strosnider) Ely (1746-1832) (Strohschneider), living 1830.

How these men were related is not known. The children of Michael Sr are named in baptismal records. George named his children in order in his will , so their birth dates can be determined.^[1]

Note

Note: Bell Anthology

MICHAEL ELY b c1750 d bef 1830 Morrow Co, Ohio m c1775

Christina (dau of Peter) Wolf b Nov 25-1754 - in Buffalo Twp

bef 1778 (then Ohio Co, Va) - left 1800 - 1809 Sunbury, Delaware

Co, Ohio - in 1822 to Cardington, Morrow Co - blacksmith

The following data are found for Michael Ely "Jr":

June 1778 on Ohio Co (Va) tax list - this is now Buffalo Twp

June 1779 signed call for Rev. Joseph Smith

Nov 1779 on Ohio Co militia list

1782 private in Capt Eleazar Williamson's company

1783 taxed for 100 acres, 1 horse, 3 cows, 6 sheep

1790 census - 1 son under 16, 5 daughters

1798 house worth $20

1800 Dec 17 "late of Washington County", sold blacksmith tools

1809 at Sunbury, Ohio

1822 to Cardington, Ohio, where he died a few years later

Michael Ely "Jr" b c1752 m c1775 likely Christina Wolf b Nov 25-1754, daughter of Peter Wolf, who was in (now) East Hanover Twp, Dauphin County in 1775. Their known children were:

Peter Ely b 1787 m Elizabeth --- in Matteson, Wis in 1872

Christian

Rosanna b 1793 d 1870 Delaware Co, Ohio m John Williamson

There were two Michael Elys (relation unknown) about the same age.

One called "Jr"' a blacksmith, was in what is now Buffalo Township, Washington County by 1778. He moved west about 1799 and was in Delaware County, Ohio in 1809.

Both men are in the tax lists, the 1790 census and the 1798 Direct Tax (on houses). Their relation to George Ely of nearby Finley Township is unknown.

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Anon. 1880. History of Delaware [County] and Ohio. O.L. Baskin, Chicago (online at Heritage Pursuit): p. 180 CHAPTER II...

SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY BY THE WHITES...

p. 194 In the same year as given above (1807), settlements were made in Trenton Township... John Culver, Michael Ely and their families were the first settlers north of Culver's Creek, and located in the settlement in 1809. Shortly after them John Williamson came and bought land of Ely, and during the year married his daughter Rosanna...

p. 587 CHAPTER XXVII.

TRENTON TOWNSHIP...

MANY of our elderly readers will readily remember the time when a large portion of the east half of the county was known as Sunbury Township. It was the third township created after the organization of the county and dates back to June 16, 1808... it was whittled off... to what is now Trenton Township...

p. 589 The first settlement made north of Culver's Creek was by John Culver and Michael Ely. They are noticed among the arrivals of 1809. Not long after them came John Williamson and bought land from Ely. He was a bachelor when he came to the settlement, but, sometime during the year 1810, he married Ely's daughter, Rosanna. Their son, Madison Williamson, is reported as the first birth in the township...

Occupation

Occupation: Blacksmith

Date: BET 1778 AND 1830

Residence

Residence:

Date: BEF 1778

Place: Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, British America

Residence: Tax List

Date: JUN 1778

Place: Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Residence:

Date: 1809

Place: Sungury, Delaware, Ohio, United States

Residence:

Date: 1822

Place: Cardington Township, Ohio, United States

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 1G2W-G45

Ancestral File Number: K2TN-C57

Sources

1. ↑ The Ely-Ealy Families of Washington Co PA - Raymond M Bell, p.1

• The Wolf family of Washington County, Pennsylvania : also Wolff, Wolfe by Raymond Martin Bell. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/102637?availability=Family%20History%20Library

• The Ely - Ealy families of Washington County, Pennsylvania : and their German neighbors, Dennis, Horn, Stricker, Wolf. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/195083?availability=Family%20History%20Library