81 years old. Some sources spell her first name "Elanthan". Daughter of John Ide and Deborah Pond Ide.*
In "The Town of St. Johnsbury, A Review of 125 Years" (The Cowles press, 1914) author Edward Taylor Fairbanks includes a story describing the Ide family's move to St. Johnsbury from Massachussets. John Ide had purchased a 150 acre farm in the area, with a deadline for when the first payment was due. As the family traveled to their new home, it became obvious they would not arrive in time to meet the payment. Elathan was given a horse, the money, and presumably directions through the woods to town. She arrived in time to secure the poperty.
Ellathan was first married to John Stevens. She was a widow when she married Deacon John Woods on March 12, 1808 in Passumpsic, Vermont. She is recognized as one of the women and men responsible for organizing the the Passumpsic Baptist Church.
On March 11, 1814, The St. Johnsbury Caledonian published an article on an exhibit named "Handicraft and Needlework of our Grandmothers" at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury. The article includes this: "Among the novelties of the collection was a map of the world made free hand by Miss Ellie Higgins' grandmother, Ellathan Ide, in 1825. It was in splendid proportions and probably an accurate map of the world at the time."
*parents and birth date from "Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Ely..." (1885), Nathaniel Ely and Amanda Graves Ely Terry. DAR Lineaage records for Ellathan's great great granddaughter list John Ide and Deborah Pond as Ellathan's father.
In "The Town of St. Johnsbury, A Review of 125 Years" (The Cowles press, 1914) author Edward Taylor Fairbanks includes a story describing the Ide family's move to St. Johnsbury from Massachussets. John Ide had purchased a 150 acre farm in the area, with a deadline for when the first payment was due. As the family traveled to their new home, it became obvious they would not arrive in time to meet the payment. Elathan was given a horse, the money, and presumably directions through the woods to town. She arrived in time to secure the poperty.
Ellathan was first married to John Stevens. She was a widow when she married Deacon John Woods on March 12, 1808 in Passumpsic, Vermont. She is recognized as one of the women and men responsible for organizing the the Passumpsic Baptist Church.
On March 11, 1814, The St. Johnsbury Caledonian published an article on an exhibit named "Handicraft and Needlework of our Grandmothers" at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury. The article includes this: "Among the novelties of the collection was a map of the world made free hand by Miss Ellie Higgins' grandmother, Ellathan Ide, in 1825. It was in splendid proportions and probably an accurate map of the world at the time."
*parents and birth date from "Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Ely..." (1885), Nathaniel Ely and Amanda Graves Ely Terry. DAR Lineaage records for Ellathan's great great granddaughter list John Ide and Deborah Pond as Ellathan's father.
81 years old. Some sources spell her first name "Elanthan". Daughter of John Ide and Deborah Pond Ide.*
In "The Town of St. Johnsbury, A Review of 125 Years" (The Cowles press, 1914) author Edward Taylor Fairbanks includes a story describing the Ide family's move to St. Johnsbury from Massachussets. John Ide had purchased a 150 acre farm in the area, with a deadline for when the first payment was due. As the family traveled to their new home, it became obvious they would not arrive in time to meet the payment. Elathan was given a horse, the money, and presumably directions through the woods to town. She arrived in time to secure the poperty.
Ellathan was first married to John Stevens. She was a widow when she married Deacon John Woods on March 12, 1808 in Passumpsic, Vermont. She is recognized as one of the women and men responsible for organizing the the Passumpsic Baptist Church.
On March 11, 1814, The St. Johnsbury Caledonian published an article on an exhibit named "Handicraft and Needlework of our Grandmothers" at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury. The article includes this: "Among the novelties of the collection was a map of the world made free hand by Miss Ellie Higgins' grandmother, Ellathan Ide, in 1825. It was in splendid proportions and probably an accurate map of the world at the time."
*parents and birth date from "Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Ely..." (1885), Nathaniel Ely and Amanda Graves Ely Terry. DAR Lineaage records for Ellathan's great great granddaughter list John Ide and Deborah Pond as Ellathan's father.
In "The Town of St. Johnsbury, A Review of 125 Years" (The Cowles press, 1914) author Edward Taylor Fairbanks includes a story describing the Ide family's move to St. Johnsbury from Massachussets. John Ide had purchased a 150 acre farm in the area, with a deadline for when the first payment was due. As the family traveled to their new home, it became obvious they would not arrive in time to meet the payment. Elathan was given a horse, the money, and presumably directions through the woods to town. She arrived in time to secure the poperty.
Ellathan was first married to John Stevens. She was a widow when she married Deacon John Woods on March 12, 1808 in Passumpsic, Vermont. She is recognized as one of the women and men responsible for organizing the the Passumpsic Baptist Church.
On March 11, 1814, The St. Johnsbury Caledonian published an article on an exhibit named "Handicraft and Needlework of our Grandmothers" at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury. The article includes this: "Among the novelties of the collection was a map of the world made free hand by Miss Ellie Higgins' grandmother, Ellathan Ide, in 1825. It was in splendid proportions and probably an accurate map of the world at the time."
*parents and birth date from "Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Ely..." (1885), Nathaniel Ely and Amanda Graves Ely Terry. DAR Lineaage records for Ellathan's great great granddaughter list John Ide and Deborah Pond as Ellathan's father.
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