Supplemental
Information to "Windows Into Our Past A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith
& Associated Families, Vol. 1"
© 1996,
Thomas Ely
,
b. 1725, England; d. 1782, Bedford, VA; m. 1750, PA to Jane Smith
, b. 1730, Dublin, Ireland; d.
1796, Lee Co., VA; bur. Lee Co., VA.
Thomas
&
Jane (Smith) Ely
had
twelve (12) children:
1.
George Ely
, b. 1777/1780, Bedford, VA; d. 19 Apr 1855, Lee Co., VA; bur. Apr 1855, Lee
Co., VA; m 1st 1800[i],
Lee Co., VA to Mary "Polly" Trotter, b. ca. 1780, Greenbriar Co., VA
(now WV); d. bef. 21 Aug 1821 Sugar Run, Lee Co., VA[ii]
; m 2nd aft. Aug 1821, Lee Co., VA[iii]
to
2.
Joseph
Ely
,
b. 12 Nov 1775, Bedford, VA; d. 2 Nov 1827, Lee Co., VA; bur. 2 Nov 1827, Bailey
Cemetery, Lee Co., VA
3.
Thomas
Ely
Jr
.,
b. ca. 1751[vii],
PA; d. 1778[viii]
-1783.
4.
William
Ely
,
b. 25 Mar 1753, Lee Co., VA; d. 1852, Hagen Lee Co., VA; bur. 1852, Hardy Creek
Baptist Church, Lee Co., VA; m. Mary Rawlings[ix]
, b. ca. 1752[x];
d. ca. 1850[xi].
5.
John
Ely
, b. 1755, Stafford, VA; d.
Feb 1839, Sugar Run, Lee Co., VA; bur. Feb 1839; m. Barbara Jane Fry[xii]
, b. ca. 1760[xiii];
d. 1849[xiv].
6.
Isaac
Ely
,
b. 1757,
7.
Rachel
Ely
, b. ca. 1767[xv],
8.
Jane
Ely
, b. 1763-1770[xviii],
9.
David
Ely
,
b. 1767, Bedford, VA; d. 2 Jul 1845, Lee Co., VA; bur. Jul 1845, Hendricks,
Indiana; m. Sarah Claypool[xix]
.
10.
Robert
Ely
, b. 9 Mar 1773, Bedford, VA;
d. 27 Aug 1843, Lee Co., VA; bur. Aug 1843, Flancy Bridge, Lee Co., VA: m. 14
Feb 1793, Montgomery Co., VA[xx],
by Alexander Ross
to
Anne McPherson[xxi]
, b. 27 Nov 1774[xxii];
d. 13 May 1846, Lee Co., VA[xxiii].
11.
Sarah
Ely
, b. 1779, Bedford, VA; m. 1
Aug 1793, Montgomery Co. [xxiv],
VA to John Webb
,
b. ca. 1775[xxv].
12.
Margaret
Ely
, b. 1779[xxvi]-1781,
1. George Ely
, son of Thomas
&
Jane (Smith) Ely
, b. 1777/1780, Bedford, VA;
d. 19 Apr 1855, Lee Co., VA; bur. Apr 1855, Lee Co., VA; m 1st ca. 1800, Lee
Co., VA[xxix]
to Mary "Polly" Trotter
, b. ca. 1780, Greenbriar Co.,
VA (now WV); d. bef. 21 Aug 1821, Sugar Run, Lee Co., VA[xxx];
m 2nd aft. Aug 1821, Lee Co., VA[xxxi]
to
George
&
Mary "Polly" (Trotter) Ely
had
seven (7) children:
1.1.
James Ely
1.2.
Thomas Ely
1.3.
William Ely
1.4.
Betsy Ely
1.5.
Isaac Ely
, m. Caterine Fry[xxxv]
.
1.6.
George Ely
1.7.
Mary "Polly" Ely
, m. 10 Sep 1835, by Henry Thompson
, Methodist Minister to Hiram Smith[xxxvi]
.
George
&
Lydia (Housen) Ely
had
two (2) children:
1.8.
Joseph Ely
, b. 2 Mar 1823, Sugar Run, Lee Co., VA; d. 17 Jan 1900, Cane Creek, West of
Pennington Gap, VA, Lee Co., VA; m. ca. 1848 to Rebecca Zion
, b. 14 Oct 1831; d. 3 Dec 1870[xxxvii].
1.9.
David Ely
, b. 10 Aug 1826; m. ca. 1846 to Eliza T. Russell
, b. 16 Jun 1825; d. 23 Jan 1910[xxxviii].
7. Rachel Ely
, daughter of Thomas
&
Jane (Smith) Ely
, b. ca. 1767[xxxix],
Stafford, VA; d. Harlan Co., KY; m. Edward Napier[xl]
, b. ca. 1765[xli].
Edward &
Rachel (Ely) Napier
had
six (6) children:
7.1.
Robert Napier[xlii]
, b. ca. 1787[xliii];
d. 1860; m. Nancy Ely[xliv]
, b. ca. 1788[xlv]
7.2.
William Napier[xlvi]
, b. ca. 1794
7.3.
Thomas Napier[xlvii]
, b. ca. 1796
7.4.
Sarah Napier[xlviii]
, b. ca. 1798
7.5.
Joseph Napier[xlix]
, b. ca. 1802; m. Sarah Unknown[l]
, b. ca. 1814[li].
7.6.
Rachel Napier[lii]
, b. ca. 1813.
Hi,
my husband's ancestors are Ely's. We
know that my husband's grandfather was Frank Ely
.
His
father was Stanley M. Ely
His
father was Jacob J. Ely
His
father was John R. Ely
His
father was Zelophehad Ely
His
father was Ammiruhama Ely
His
father was William Ely
III
His
father was William Ely
II
His
father was Richard Ely
(Richard
Ely was born 1610 in
I
was hoping first that you might have some information that goes back further and
that you would have something that would help support what we have above.
(I found that information on ancestry.com, well from Jacob up to Frank we
knew...........the rest is just taken from ancestry.com)
Sara Wilbur
[slwilbur@tusk.edu]
[i
- liii]
Richard E. Flanery,