What wonderful information. Thank you, June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy King" <joyk@sc.rr.com> To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] The Name Alsey > Janet, > > I think you and I have discussed this before. Ellzey/Elisay/Elsay/ etc. is > also a *surname*. > > Early Quaker Records of Southeast VA, compiled by Martha A. Putman > The following appear in the Blackwater Monthly Meeting: > 18-11-1786. William ELLZEY and Agathy LADD to marry > > Motes, South Carolina Memorials: Abstracts of Land Titles Volume 1 1774- > 1776 > MERREDY ELISAY, 2 Nov. 1774: 300 acres in Berkley County. Bounded S on > WALKER; other sides vacant. Survey certified 16 Oct. 1772; granted May > 1774. Quit rent in 2 years. H. MOUZON, JR., DS. [13-80:2] > MORREDAY ELSAY, 14 Nov. 1775: 200 acres in Berkley County on Dean Swamp or > Wilkinsons Swamp on E side of it, in St. James Parish Goose Creek. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or16_195.htm#page%20197 > > Chronicles of the Scotch -Irish Settlement in Virginia Vol1 > Order Book April 4, 1778 > 280) Called Court on Andrew Wilson for murdering his wife Jane.--Guilty, > and sent to Williamsburg for trial. Nicholas and Mary Elsey witnesses. > September 15, 1778 - (355) It appears to the Court that Nicholas Ellzee > and Mary, his daughter, recognized to appear before General Court in the > prosecution against Andrew Wilson, as too poor and in too bad health to > travel to Williamsburg.--sheriff ordered to convey them and bear expense > out of the County levy. > > 1790 SC CENSUS- census p.270 Orangeburg Dist. (South Part) MARY ELSEY 0 1 > 4 > > In 1829 Mary Sizemore of Barnwell Co., SC gives land to her grandson > Edward ELZA Sizemore. > Joy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ljcrain1" <ljcrain1@asapchoice.com> > To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:12 AM > Subject: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] The Name Alsey > > >>I never heard this name until recently. My father had an Uncle Elzy who >>had >> died at age 21. We realized where he got his name when we found out >> Elzy's >> grandmother was a Choctaw/Chickasaw/ with a sister and several female >> ancestors named Alsey/Alcey. Someone said it was short for Alice. I >> wonder >> if it was a name favored by Native Americans, because it turns up pretty >> often. >> >> Thanks to all who offered me advice on the question I sent. >> >> Janet Crain > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manors and no flaming others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com