Advertisement

Jacob Ellsworth Sr.

Birth
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1826 (aged 74–75)
USA
Burial
Catawba, Clark County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 1, Lot 12, Grave 3
Memorial ID
View Source
Jacob Ellsworth is said to have been born in Rowan County, North Carolina (or Augusta Co., Virginia) about 1751 and to have married Hannah (Unknown) about 1771 in Augusta County, Virginia. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it is assumed to be after 1825. D.A.R. records say he died in 1854 in Clark County, Ohio.

Family stories say he served in the Revolutionary War in 1779, and military records recently discovered substantiate this. Military Service: Private, 2nd Battalion, Augusta Co., Virginia Militia under Captain Hulls Company, 1779.

He was my wife's 5th Great Grandfather.
Jacob Ellsworth is said to have been born in Rowan County, North Carolina (or Augusta Co., Virginia) about 1751 and to have married Hannah (Unknown) about 1771 in Augusta County, Virginia. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it is assumed to be after 1825. D.A.R. records say he died in 1854 in Clark County, Ohio.

Family stories say he served in the Revolutionary War in 1779, and military records recently discovered substantiate this. Military Service: Private, 2nd Battalion, Augusta Co., Virginia Militia under Captain Hulls Company, 1779.

He was my wife's 5th Great Grandfather.