Early original records for Elisha are scarce. Parker, William Alderman: "Aldermans in America" (Raleigh, NC: Edwards and Broughton Co., 1957) is arguably the single most exhaustive study of Alderman pedigree available.
Elisha's first marriage was Oct 1770 in New Haven, Connecticut to SARAH BARNES b. 13 Jul 1750 , daughter of BENJAMIN BARNES and SARAH HILL; Sarah died Bef. 1775. The facts of Elisha's 1st marriage to Sarah Barns are clouded; a marriage about which a 1899 family letter (by Eli Reynolds Alderman) says uncles who knew him report that Elisha forever kept silent.
Elisha's second marriage was 1775 in Schenectady, New York to THANKFUL HUFF, born 19 Mar 1753 in Wall, N. Haven, Connecticut, daughter of ZEPHANIAH HUFF. She died 1829 in Marietta, Washington, Ohio.
Children from this second marriage are:
- Mary b. Mar 4 1777 d. Apr 9 1858 m. 1796 Job Phillips
- Thankful (died young)
- Ester b. Mar 8 1782 d. Jul 21 1830 m. Feb 17 1800 Jas W Smith
- Elisha Jr b. Sep 13 1783 d. Sep 8 1868 m. Oct 17 1803 Maria Vandermark
- Rachel (died young)
- Elijah b. Mar 8 1788 d. Apr 12 1862 m. 1810 Mary Watkins
- Hosea b. Mar 9 1791 d. Oct 21 1843 m. 1814 Hannah Reynolds
- Elihu Huff b. Aug 11 1792 d. Mar 23 1850 m. Feb 6 1821 Sarah Baker
- Lucy b. 1796 d. Sep 15 1824 m. Matthew Watkins
- Anna (Hannah) b. Sep 27 1801 d. Sep 9 1879 m. 1) John Stewart; 2) 1821 Samuel Howard; 3) 1842 George Dodge

sources
Birth/Death:
*Parker, William Alderman: "Aldermans in America" (Raleigh, NC: Edwards and Broughton Co., 1957) pg. 484
*Virginia-e-Pettett history of Elisha Alderman
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/e/t/Virginia-E-Pettett/GENE2-0005.html#CHILD20
Sarah Barns marriage:
*Early Connecticut Marriages for Sarah Barnes (Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as found in Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.)
Elisha's arrival in Ohio:
*1810 Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
*1820 United States Federal Census for Elisha Alderman
Eli Reynolds Alderman's 1899 ltr
*https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062953252;view=1up;seq=677
The amazing story of Elisha moving his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio is recounted here:
*https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062953252;view=1up;seq=671

A contributor submitted this information:
"Elisha's son's farm happens to be the JOY Cemetery, Morgan County, Ohio.
The Bartlett Cemetery on the other hand was donated as a cemetery from the James Smith Farms."

There is no source for this info. But the tale that the parents were buried on the son's property may be updated to show the 'Joy Cemetery'.