Brief Life History of Benjamin C
When Benjamin C Ellsworth was born on 15 November 1781, in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Israel Halliday Ellsworth, was 26 and his mother, Hopestill Stevens, was 24. He married Amelia Amy Adams about 1800, in Leeds, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Crosby Township, Leeds, Upper Canada, British Colonial America in 1814. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 27 June 1860, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Benjamin Elsworth, "United States Census, 1850"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Elsworth, a lost place in Norwood near Fewston (Yorkshire), from the Old English personal name El(l)i (see Ellington ) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’ (see Worth ).
English: habitational name from Elworth in Abbotsbury (Dorset) with instrusive -s-, from the Old English personal name Ella + Old English worth.
English: rare variant of Elsworthy, a habitational name from Elworthy (Somerset), with the same origin as the placename in 2 above (with Old English worth later replaced by worthig) ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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