WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Moses Ellsworth

* Moses Ellsworth b. cir 1732 Harrison Co VA
     Left Pendelton Co VA 1787, moved to Harrison Co WV. Made his will
     July 10 1794, proved sometime in Sep 1801 in Harrison Co
  m. Anna Maria Elizabeth Henkle cir 1750 Rowan Co NC
     b. Aug 2 1731 (bap. Aug 22 1731 Bucks Co PA); d. 1824 Champaign Co OH
  *  Jacob Ellsworth b. cir 1751 Rowan Co NC
        1779 served as private in Revolutionary War. Brother-in-law Reverend
        Joseph Cheuvrant and the Ellsworths formed a Methodist Society known
        first as Ellsworth preaching place. Ellsworth family donated land
        for the Methodist Church, there's still a Methodist church on this
        site. An early settler in Ohio and according to family tradition "He
        was captured by Indians and escaped by running the gauntlet". Moved
        to Champaign Co OH sometime in 1810. Buried in Clark Co OH
     m. Hannah (Bennett?) cir 1771 Augusta Co WV
        b. mid 1700's; d. 1819-25 Clark Co OH
        It is thought her maiden name was Bennett, possibly related to
        Bennetts who married husband's sisters
     *  John Ellsworth b. cir 1771 VA; d. 1828-30
           John and Susannah moved to Champaign Co OH 1806, then to
           Madison Co IN 1820-22
        m. Susannah Bumgardner Jun 28 1792 Harrison Co WV
           [d/o Godfrey Bumgardner and Gertrude]
        *  ten children
     *  Jacob Ellsworth b. Apr 19 1775 VA; d. Oct 23 1856 Clark Co OH
           Jacob had at least 8 children, all probably by Rachel
        m. Rachel Bibby Apr 10 1793 Harrison Co WV
           b. Jun 1 1773 d. Jul 11 1856
           [d/o John Bibby]
        2nd wife of Jacob Ellsworth:
        m. Mrs Catherine Golden aft 1856 Clark Co OH
     *  Catherine Ellsworth b. cir 1774-76 VA
        m. Edmund West Apr 11 1791 Harrison Co WV
           Died in Harrison Co, left a will dated Feb 24 1814
     *  Rebecca Ellsworth b. cir 1776 VA
        m. Benjamin Richards Jan 6 1794 Harrison Co WV
        *  no known children
     *  Mary Ellsworth b. cir 1777 VA; d. 1821 Warren Co OH
        m. Jacob Collins Mar 25 1795 Harrison Co VA
           b. Sep 11 1773 Fayette Co PA; d. Mar 7 1837 Warren Co
           [s/o John Collins and Hannah Cozad]
           Jacob m.2nd the widow Clarinda Mix Beeman May 17 1825
        *  nine children
     *  Lydia Ellsworth b. cir 1786 VA; d. 1854 Linn Co IA
           When some of her children and their families moved to Linn Co she
           and her second husband accompanied them. She was living with the
           John F Acker family in Linn Co when 1850 Iowa census was taken
        m. Joseph Cox Sep 3 1800 Harrison Co VA
           b. abt 1778 NJ; d. bef Nov 9 1824 Montgomery Co IN
        Descendants of Lydia Ellsworth and Joseph Cox
        2nd husband of Lydia Ellsworth:
        m. Alexander Montgomery Apr 27 1827 Montgomery Co IN
           b. Dec 21 1742 d. Jan 9 1837 Linn Co IA
           Revolutionary War pensioner
     *  Susannah Ellsworth b. cir 1786 VA
        m. Mr Bennett
        *  no children
        2nd husband of Susannah Ellsworth:
        m. John Shall Feb 1802
        *  no known children
     *  Elijah Ellsworth b. cir 1787 VA
           Moved to OH about the same time his brothers did
        m. Sarah Brown Nov 28 1807 Harrison Co VA
     *  Hannah Ellsworth b. cir 1789 VA
        m. Daniel Harpole Oct 25 1807 Harrison Co VA
     *  Isaac Ellsworth b. cir 1794 VA; d. bef 1850
           Isaac and Charity moved to OH, then to IN, they finally settled
           in Bond Co IL before 1850 census
        m. Charity Curl (Karhl) Apr 1 1815 Clark Co OH, b. cir 1795
        *  four known sons
  *  Hannah Ellsworth b. Rowan Co NC; d. aft 1810
     m. Joseph Bennett, Augusta Co VA
        Made his will May 7 1808, recorded Jul 3 1810
     *  nine children
     2nd husband of Hannah Ellsworth:
     m. probably Aaron Vanscoy Sep 6 1814
        (his second wife, had several children by first wife)
  *  Rebecca Ellsworth b. Rowan Co NC; d. aft 1824
     m. Jacob Everman aft 1777
        Jacob and Rebecca moved to Greenup Co KY bef 1811. He made his
        will Sep 28 1812, proved late 1824
  *  Barbara Ellsworth b. cir 1757 Rowan Co NC
     m. Isaac Bennett cir 1775, b. cir 1755
     *  one child
  *  Elizabeth Ellsworth
     b. Mar 20 1759 Rowan Co NC
     d. Aug 18 1800 near Good Hope, Harrison Co VA
        buried Cheuvront Family Cem, near Good Hope
     m. Rev. Joseph Cheuvrant Feb 1 1777
        b. Feb 2 1757 Strasburg, France, d. Mar 5 1832 Harrison Co
        one source says d. Mar 25 1832
     Descendants of Elizabeth Ellsworth and Joseph Cheuvrant
  *  Margaret Ellsworth b. cir 1763 Rowan Co NC
     m. Lesley Mathews cir 1783
     *  one child
     2nd husband of Margaret Ellsworth:
     m. William Richards Sep 6 1796
  *  John Ellsworth b. Jan 26 1765 Rowan Co NC; d. Aug 11 1824 Shelby Co OH
        John and Mary moved to Clark Co OH 1805, then to Shelby Co OH 1818
     m. Mary Richards Jan 20 1789, b. Jan 20 1769 d. Oct 27 1837
        [d/o Jacob Richards]
     *  eleven children
  *  Moses Ellsworth b. Feb 21 1767 Rowan Co NC; d. May 5 1833 Clark Co OH
     m. Mary Magdalene Bumgardner 1783 Pendelton Co WV
        b. Oct 16 1762 d. 1853 Clark Co OH
        [d/o Godfrey Bumgardner and Gertrude]
     *  eight children
  *  Aaron Ellsworth b. cir 1770 Rowan Co NC; d. bef Jul 10 1794
     m. Margaret Bumgardner Jun 29 1791 Harrison Co VA
        [d/o Godfrey Bumgardner and Gertrude]
        Margaret m.2nd Simon Cochran Oct 16 1796, no known children
     *  no children
  *  Sarah Ellsworth b. Rowan Co NC: d. bef 1796
     m. Jacob Richards Jan 6 1790
        Jacob m.2nd Mary Ellsworth (below)
  *  Mary Ellsworth b. Rowan Co NC
     m. Jacob Richards Nov 10 1796


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