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