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1742 Dec 22: Elisha Alderman born-- from Simsbury, Hartford, CT.
1755? Apr 24: ELIHU ALDERMAN enlisted under Capt Holcomb, of Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 8th Company, First Reg't.. He was discharged Oct 8. (Source: CONNECTICUT MEN IN THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1755-1762.Vol II, p.21.
LA Family History Library.)
1756 May 6: ELIHU ALDERMAN enlisted in 6th Co., Capt Holcomb. Discharged Dec 1. (Ibid Vol I, p.102,211.)
1759 Jul 9: ELIHU ALDERMAN died in service. Fought in French Indian war. 1756,7,8.
( Try National Archives for more info.)
1759 Jul 9, nuncupative will gave gun and powder to brother, ELISHA.
1756 Campaign: WILLIAM ALDERMAN, 7th Company, Capt. Baldwin of Milford. Samuel Laurence of Simsbury, 1st Lieut. (Ibid Vol II, p.372)
1756 Campaign: TIMOTHY ALDERMAN, in same Co as William Alderman. Died 26 July 1756. (Ibid Vol I, p.105.)
1759 Campaign: THOMAS ALDERMAN of Simsbury (Ibid Vol II, p.104,310).
(get dates): ELIJAH ALDERMAN (Ibid Vol I, p.35, 168, 170.)
" " THOMAS ALDERMAN (Ibid Vol I, p.105.)
" " TIMOTHY ALDERMAN (Ibid Vol I, p.63, 106.)
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1769 Apr 12: Thomas Alderman of Simsbury & Abigail Morley.
1770 Oct 1: ELISHA ALDERMAN of Simsbury CT md Sarah Barnes. (New Haven Vital Statistics) (Congregational Society North (New?) Haven.) (Jacobus, Vol I p. 119. see also p.81. 974.67 J 159-LA Temple Libe.)
1784 Oct 7: Timothy Alderman of Simsbury and Ruth Hart.
1785 May 9: Jonathan Alderman of Simsbury and Sally Thorp.
(Early Ct Mgs,by Bailey.)
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1777 Oct 1: Mg of Elisha Alderman to Thankful Huff . Source "Alderman's in America".
1976 Maydell Alderman wrote: "We assume that Elisha Alderman (1741-1832)
was born in CT. He was md there in 1770 to Sarah Barnes. We do not know exactly where or when he md 2nd wife Thankful Huff, from whom we are descended." Her 1977 letter: "ELI HUFF ALDERMAN, son of ELISHA SR., told his children (who were double first cousins of Hosea Alderman's children), about two half brothers, children of ELISHA SR. by his first wife, who remained in NY staate and were said to have been brought up by their maternal grandparents. E. R. Alderman a great grandson, wrote: 'Back of the mg of ELISHA and THANKFUL HUFF ALDERMAN there was a veil drawn over the history, and my uncles told me he never drew it aside, except that they knew he had been md in MA (incorrect) had three children, separated from his wife for what cause unknown, and settled in NY State while yet a comparatively young man."
1977 Maydell also wrote: "James W. Alderman, son of Elijah and Mary Watkins Alderman, was chaplain at Sing Sing Prison from Jan 1, 1878 to Apr 1, 1880...met a man who told him he knew an Alderman who was either a son or grandson of Elisha by his first wife, and that he resided near Binghamton, NY. (They may have lived in Broome Co NY, or an adjoining county)._
...Tradition that there was ill feeling between the two families....Uncles knew he (Elisha) had been md, had 3 ch, separated and settled in NY state while a young man...
Elisha was from Simsbury and the New Haven Co records show that Sarah Barnes of North Haven md Elisha Alderman of Simsbury, Oct 1, 1770. These are adjoining counties.
Thankful Huff...one reference said she was of Welsh descent and lived in or near Philadelphia. E. R. alderman states she was of French descent--what source?"
1776 or thereabouts: "ELISHA ALDERMAN served in the Revolutionary War. His record is found in MA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, vol 1, p 111. Although one person was accepted by the DAR, future members must prove that ELISHA and THANKFUL were legally md.
I have searched the published vital records of towns in MA withough success. Is ELISHA the same man who md SARAH BARNES? He is possibly the head of household in the 1790 census of Mohawk Town, NY. According to French's Gazeteer that is not the same as the present day Mohawk town." source: 1982 letter from VA Anderson,99331 Keene Lane S.E.; Aumsville, OR; 97325.
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1790: no Elisha Alderman in census of Connecticut nor in PA.
1790: There were two Alderman heads of family in NY:
EPHRAIM in Cambridge, Albany Co. (now Washington Co) and
ELIJAH ALDERMAN of Mohawk, Montgomery Co. (This Elijah may have been Elisha.)
Besides his wife, there were two boys under sixteen and three girls in the family.
Could have been: ELISHA.
There were HUFF'S in Mohawk Town also.
1800: census only a JONATHAN ALDERMAN is in Ulster Co. The rest died
or moved.
1800: census no Alderman's in Montgomery Co.NY.
"1800: Stephen Vandermark-New York. But Job Phillips nor Elisha Alderman are listed. The only Alderman is Jonathan in Ulster. Where were they? They must have been in the back woods where they were missed. I think Jonathan was a descendant of Timothy of Simsbury." Maydell
1803: Elisha Alderman settled in Caneadea. Caneadea founded in 1800, is located on the Genesee River about 6 mi n of Belvidere.
"1803 Je 23: Book R1 T5 p 8, Allegany Co., Town of Caneadea, ELISHA ALDERMAN,cash to Ephraim Sanford, agent." Again, cash on Jy 5, 1809 to Sanford, and again cash to Eli Griffith, Jr D 22, 1810.
"1804 S 21: Book R1 T5 p 21, ELISHA ALDERMAN, cash. (source: Cornell Univ, Dept of Ms. "Settler's index of Holland Land Co. Records.)
Apparently, Elisha Alderman family was at Caneadea from- at least- June 1803 to Jan 1810. Doesn't this indicate his children born in Genesee Valley during those dates were born here?
1803: "Elisha Alderman came to Allegany Co." (History of Allegany Co p 231).
Their family lived in Genesee Valley, NY for several years."
Ontario Co formed 1789
Genesee Co fromed 1802 from Ontario Co.
Allegany County formed 1806 from Genesee Co.
So the Alderman's could have lived in the same place and that place have 3 dif names-- from 1783 to 1808 or 1810.
Utica, NY was starting point of Genesee Road which state constructed west to Genesee Country--probably 1800?--It's possible the Aldermans and James Ward Smith went to Genesee Co by Mohawk Valley or River.
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The mouth of the Mohawk is the spot where the Mohawk flows into the
Hudson River. (Watervliet now) And Schenectady is about 20 mi from
Watervliet.
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1800 "James Ward Smith md 17 Feb 1800 at Schenectady, NY, Esther Alderman, dau of Elisha and Thankful (Huff) Alderman. Esther was born in 1782 in NY. By 1809 they decided to move westward, migrating across NY state to Olean, on the Allegheny River, where they built a raft on which ELISHA ALDERMAN WITH THE FAMILIES OF HIS FIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS, floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, and down the Ohio to Marietta. They, 22 or 23 in all, landed at Point Harmar, junction of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers and site of Fort Harmar, built in 1785-1786 by our government, for the protection of the land. The families soon made their land purchases, JAMES WARD SMITH buying 160 acres from the estate of Geo Ewing, at Plymouth (Bartlett) Ohio. ELISHA ALDERMAN AND HIS SONS had already bought a section near Joy, Morgan Co,OH, ten miles farther west." Bernice Graham's book. p 315.
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1808 Spring: Elisha Alderman and Job Phillips came from Olean, NY and made a location on Sharp's Fork of Federal Creek (Homer twp of Athens then, now Morgan Co.OH)
Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "The records show that their dau Mary was born March 4, 1777. A dau Thankful 'died young' and she may have been their first child. Their last child was born in 1801 so we conclude Thankful was quite young when she married."
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1809: Elisha Jr and I think it was Elijah pd for land in now Morgan Co. (Lost the item and source.darn)
1809 Aug 17: :Deed for Elisha Alderman Book 1 192 13 72 in dilm 311624 SLFHL. Lots of Aldermans.
I couldn't find this one.
1810:They emigrated to what is now Morgan Co with 17 people. They floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, upon a lumber raft loaded with household effects and families, and then via the Ohio to Marietta--nearly 500 mi voyage --uninhabited country--traded the lumber for 640 acres in Homer twp. (History of Morgan Co. by Robertson 1886)
The names of the colonists were:
ELISHA ALDERMAN (b 1742=68 in 1810) & WIFE, (Thankful Huff)
JOB PHILLIPS & WIFE, (Mary Alderman b 4 Mar 1777= 33 in 1810)
JOHN STEWART & WIFE, (Ann Alderman b abt 1780 = 30)
JAMES WARD SMITH & WIFE (Esther Alderman b 8 Mar 1782=28)
ELISHA JR (b 1783=27 in 1810) & WIFE, (Maria Vandermark)
RACHEL, (b abt 1785=25 in 1810)
ELIJAH, (b 8 Mar 1788 = 22 in 1810)
HOSEA, (b 9 Mar 1791 = 19)
ELIHU (b 11 Aug 1792= 18)
LUCY, (b 1796 = 14)
ANNA (b 27 Sep 1801=9) all were son, dau, and s-i-law of Elisha Senior.
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"ELISHA ALDERMAN, with his family went 10 miles farther west and
settled in Morgan Co on land for which he had traded his raft. There he
and his wife, THANKFUL HUFF spent the remainder of their lives. They
had eight children." Bernice Graham. (No, it appears they had 12 children:)
1812: E. ALDERMAN SR. H. ALDERMAN vol W, p.44, 80 A, R13 T7 S2, $200.
1817: ELISHA ALDERMAN H..ALDERMAN vol W, p.61, 80 A, R13 T7 S2, $400
SLFHS film #911,102. (Several ALDERMAN'S in deed index, with initials only. Difficult to differentiate.)
1815 June 6: Ames Twp..."of the road petitioned for by ELISHA ALDERMAN & others in Ames Twp." (Sr or Jr?)
p 401 of Walker's HISTORY OF ATHENS CO. 1869.
"The first schoolhouse was in the Alderman neighborhood, near Joy." Robertson
1.- MARY ALDERMAN, b 4 Mar 1777 in Genesee md JOB PHILLIPS and settled near Amesville,
Athens Co, OH. They had 7 children. "Their son Justus Baker Phillips, b Oct 17, 1797 NY state;
Their son Evert V.b in "New York State and came to OH when he was not yet ten years old."
Job died in 1842; Mary remarried 12 Sep 1844 Samuel Ring, Athens Co.
Mary died 9 Apr 1858.
Maydell Alderman letter of Jan 1977: "I attach copy from Julia Cutler's scrapbook in which she refers to the Aldermans...browsing in Dawes Library in Marietta, OH; I enclose a NY map. Have you ever tried to trace the Alderman train across the State? I have worked onthis, but am not satisfied for I need to be where I have accedss to the old maps with former place names. The MRS. PHILLIPS is MARY, I am sure."
2.- THANKFUL ALDERMAN, born abt 1778. Probably died before 1810.
3.- ANN ALDERMAN, born abt 1780 in___________ who md JOHN STEWART before 1810.
4.- They may have had another dau named ESTHER ALDERMAN born 1781 who died as a baby.
5.- ESTHER ALDERMAN, born 8 Mar 1782 in New York, who md 17 Feb 1800, JAMES WARD SMITH in Schenectady NY. We have no written record of this mg. Did they really backtrack to Schenectady? IF they did, why would families move back east during westward movement?)
Their children's birth places show some of the James Ward Smith fam migratory movements: Their eldest son
Vincent born 22 Jan 1801, Otsego, NY;
Milton born 3 Dec 1803 in "Canisteo on the Unadilla River, Otsego,NY."
Alanson born 4 Apr 1805 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY;
Harvey born 5 Jun 1808 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY:
James W.born 22 Nov 1809 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Carmi born 6 Aug 1812 Plymouth, Washington Co. OH
6.- ELISHA ALDERMAN Jr, born in 1783(says B.Graham),in Genesee Valley NY, md abt 1803 MARIA VANDEMARK and had 10 children.
7.- RACHEL ALDERMAN, born abt 1785 in ________. She's mentioned in Robertson's article. Not md in 1810 evidently.
8.- ELIJAH ALDERMAN, born abt 1788 in Olean, New York. (Md abt 1812? Probably in Athens Co.OH) MARY WATKINS and
had 14 children. Robertson book says 18 ch. (ELIJAH's 72 in 1860 in Homer Twp, Morgan Co OH, [b 1788]. Apparently three of his children are living nearby. Next door is NELSON J.ALDERMAN 39 & fam. Also next door on the other side is DANIEL ALDERMAN 36 & fam. CATHERINE 47, prob a dau, is living with ELIJAH.)
9.- HOSEA ALDERMAN, born 9 Mar 1791 in ________; died 21 Oct 1843; md 1821 HANNAH
REYNOLDS who was born 1 Jan 1795 and died 13 Nov 1886; had 8
children: ASAHEL, ELECTA, IRA, ELI, CARMI, ARZA, VINTON & JUSTUS.
(1860: HANNAH ALDERMAN is in Homer Twp, Morgan Co. 1860 census with 5 of her children.)
10.- ELIHU HUFF ALDERMAN born 1792, in Allegany Co, NY, Md 6 Feb 1821 SARAH BAKER, moved with family of five children to Iowa; His death occurred at Fort Madison, Iowa, 24 March 1850.
11. - LUCY ALDERMAN, born in 1796 in ____________; md 10 Apr 1817, Athens Co, MATTHEW (or Homer) WATKINS.
Three children were born to them, William, Esther and Elizabeth.
William, born 20 August 1820, was married 17 September 1842 and died in 1877.
Their son, JAMES W. PROUTY, was born 10 November 1843. His first
wife, FANNIE J. GORDON, was born in South Carolina. SALLIE M. HUGHES,
his second wife, was born in Mississippi. His home was in Dalesville,
MS,and he had eight children.
12.- ANNA ALDERMAN was born 27 September 1801 in _______; Died 9 September
1878; Md 30 Jun 1820 Athens Co SAMUEL HOWARD who was born 12 February 1793 and
died 29 September 1838. The history of this family is very interesting.
They immigrated to Illinois in 1830 in a wagon, driving four teams of
oxen, as the hardships of the road through the wilderness would be too
great for horses to endure. They had a family of nine children. ANNA and her husband died at Marietta, Illinois, he having lived there only eight years. It is said that the first wheat bread in Illinois was made from flour sent to them by Ohio friends. This was keel-boated down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, then hauled to where they lived. They made clapboards to pay for the freight. For a long time, letter postage was not paid in advance. The rate was twenty-five cents a letter. One came to them when they had no money, as was often the case in those days, so they flailed out a bushel of wheat for which they got twenty-five cents, and so were able to get their letter.
Source for much of above, Bernice Graham: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121: (Census and additions in parenthesis by Carol Mins
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"THE ALDERMAN FAMILIES LIVED ON S 2, T 7, R 13." It was Athens Co, but became part of Morgan Co.
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1810: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elijah Alderman
Elisha Alderman
Elisha Alderman Jr.
1816: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elisha Alderman
Elijah Alderman
1820: Homer Twp, Athens Co,OH pg 127 (FOUR ALDERMAN HEAD OF HOUSES)
Elisha Alderman
Elisha Alderman Jr.
Elijah Alderman
Hosea Alderman
1820: Homer Twp, Athens Co,OH pg 127
ELISHA ALDERMAN
1 M 45 and over (Elisha b 1742 was 78)
1 F 45 and over (Thankful Huff /Alderman)
1 F 16-25 (Lucy if born 1806 was 14)
Evidently ELISHA SR.is living with his children; he's not Head of H.
1830 Jun 1:ELIHU ALDERMAN, Trimble Twp, Athens Co, OH p 227
ELIJAH ALDERMAN, Trimble Twp, Athens Co, OH p 226
ELISHA ALDERMAN(Jr) Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH p 219
HOSEA ALDERMAN Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH p 219
1830 Jun 1: Homer Twp, Athens Co. OH fOR HOSEA ALDERMAN p 219
1 M 0-4 1 F 0-4
1 M 5-9 1 F 5-9
1 M 10-14
1 M 15-19
1 M 30-39 1 F 20-29
1 M 80-89------------LOOKS LIKE ELISHA ALDERMAN who died 1832 at age 89.
told VA Anderson in 1983 that they had never located the burial site of Elisha and Thankful but he thought they had been living with their dau, Mary, wife of Job Phillips.
Maydell Alderman, sister of Justus, said they had looked for the grave of Elisha and it is located on a farm in the Amesville area, they were unable to find it. (Mary and Job Phillips lived in Amesville.)
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