Hi Jerri, In your research for the parents of Elisha Eldridge married Mary Wheadon, I just posted the files for Jehosphat Eldred & Elizabeth Swift and Mulford Eldredge & Abiel Purington. I personally don't think that it is either. I saw in the archives where there is a posting about Elisha (daughter) of Jehosphat Eldred & Elizabeth Swift. I have pasted the correspondence to the end of this e-mail. I wonder if they have found anything new? I have also copied and pasted (from the archives) the DAR members that are descendants of Elisha Eldridge & Mary Wheadon. Still can not locate the parents of Elisha, however, found this to be very interesting. ABSTRACTS OF REV. WAR PENSION FILES: "ELDRIDGE, Elisha or Elisha Aldrige or Aldridge, R3282, CT & MA Line, sol was b at Branford in New Haven Cty CT & sol lived there during the Rev War, sol lived at Lansingburgh in Rensselaer Cty NY with a daughter Nancy Eldridge "a school teacher" when he appl 29 Nov 1841 aged 85 & sol d there 1 Dec 1841, sol had m Mary Wheadon 27 Feb 1777 at Branford CT & his name was shown as Elisha Aldrige, in 1841 sol's daughter stated sol had come to live with her in 1841 & was the only surviving heir of sol, in 1852 she was living at said Lansingburgh NY aged 39." Pam Wilson has set up another "L" list - "EFSS" - There are several discussions on the Eldridge/Aldridge/Aldrige - Let me know what you think? We could try there. But, hopefully, someone will recognize something. Donna ============================================================ Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:19:28 EST From: <DELDRIDGE1@aol.com> To: ELDRIDGE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0.a39c652a.259e77e0@aol.com> Subject: [ELDRIDGE-L] ELISHA ELDRIDGE (1756-1841) - Daughters of the American Revolution Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INDEX OF THE ROLLS OF HONOR (ANCESTOR'S INDEX) IN THE LINEAGE BOOKS ELISHA ELDRIDGE (1756-1841) MISS MARY C. BIRCH. 20555 Born in Fishkill, New York. Descendant of Elisha Eldridge, of New York. Daughter of Rev. James Birch and Jane M. Quinlan, his wife. Granddaughter of John Quinlan and Elizabeth Eldridge, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Elisha Eldridge and Mary Wheadon, his wife, m. 1777. Elisha Eldridge, (1756-1841), was at Lexington, bunker Hill and the siege of Boston. He served several enlistments from Branford, Conn. He was born in New Haven, Conn., died in Lansingburg, New York, and was buried with military honors. Source: See Daughters of the American Revolution - Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index). Volume 21, page 194. ELISHA ELDRIDGE (1756-1841) MRS. MINNIE E. AMSBARY BLACK. 81196 Born in Fairbury, Ill. Wife of Thomas J. Black. Descendant of Elisha Eldridge. Daughter of Robert Bruce Amsbary (1830-88) and Catherine Eldridge (b. 1833), his wife, m. 1852. Granddaughter of Robert Wheaton Eldridge (1810-92) and Sarah Hunt (1815-48), his wife, m. 1831. Gr-granddaughter of John Eldridge (1784-1874) and Anna Quinlan, his wife, m. 1809. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Elisha Eldridge and Mary Wheaton, his wife, m. 1777. Elisha Eldridge (1756-1841) was at Lexington, Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. He served several enlistments from Bradford, Conn. He was born in New Haven, Conn.; died in Lansingburg, N.Y., and was buried with military honors. Also No. 20555. Source: See Daughters of the American Revolution - Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index). Volume 82, page 72-73. ELISHA ELDRIDGE MRS. KATHERINE AMSBARY BULLOCK. 81197 Born in Fairbury, Ill. Wife of Samuel W. Bullock. Descendant of Ellisha Eldridge. Daughter of Robert Bruce Amsbary (1830-88) and Catherine M. Eldridge (b. 1833), his wife, m. 1852. See No. 81196. Source: See Daughters of the American Revolution - Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index). Volume 82, page 73. ELISHA ELDRIDGE (1756-1841) MRS. MARY HUMPHREY MAINES 99155 Born in Flint, Mich. Wife of Charles F. Maines Descendant of Elisha Eldridge, as follows: 1. Frederick H. Humphrey (b. 1832) m. 1860 Sarah Eldridge (b. 1839). 2. Isaac Newton eldridge (1818-93) m. 1838 Mary Shepard (1815-90). 3. Wheadon Eldridge (1780-1853) m. 1801 Susanna Montross (d. 1861). 4. Elisha Eldridge m. 1777 Mary Wheaton. Elisha Eldridge (1756-1841) was at Lexington, Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. He served several enlistments from Bradford, Conn. He was born in New Haven, Conn.; died in Lansingburg, N.Y. Also Nos. 20555, 81196. Source: See Daughters of the American Revolution - Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index). Volume 100, page 48. ELISHA ELDRIDGE (1756-1841) MRS. GERTRUDE ADELE AMSBARY OAKES. 119447 Born in Delta, Colo. Wife of Clyde Oakes. Descendant of Elisha Eldridge, as follows: 1. Albert Eldridge Amsbary (b. 1854) m. 1884 Ella Wilson (b. 1860). 2. Robert Bruce Amsbary (1830-88) m. 1852 Catherine M. Eldridge (1833-1915). 3. Robert Wheaton Eldridge (1810-92) m. 1831 Sarah Hunt (1815-48). 4. John Eldridge (1784-1874) m. 1809 Anna Quinlan. 5. Elisha Eldridge m. 1777 Mary Wheaton. Elisha Eldridge (1756-1841) was at Lexington, Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston. He served several enlistments from Bradford, Conn. He was born in New Haven, Conn.; died in Lansingburg, N.Y. Also No. 81196. Source: See Daughters of the American Revolution - Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index). Volume 120, page 141. ELISHA ELDRIDGE (1756-1841) MISS LOUISE AMSBARY 132247 Born in Delta, Colo. Descendant of Elisha Eldridge, as follows: 1. Albert Eldridge Amsbary (b. 1854) m. 1884 Margaret Ellen Wilson (b. 1854). 2. Robert Bruce Amsbary (1830-88) m. 1852 Catherine M. Eldridge (1833-1915). 3. Robert Wheaton Eldridge (1810-92) m. 1831 Sarah Hunt (1815-48). 4. John Eldridge (1784-1874) m. 1809 Anna Quinlan. 5. Elisha Eldridge m. 1777 Mary Wheaton. Elisha Eldridge (1756-1841) served as private under Captains Drury and Morse, Colonels Ward, Reed and Russell, Massachusetts troops. He was born in New Haven, Conn.; died in Lansingburg, N.Y. Source: See Daughters of the American Revolution - Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index). Volume 136, pages 75-76. (NOTE: Could not locate Volume 155, page 258). ============================================================ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:25:28 EDT From: <G888@aol.com> To: ELDRIDGE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <6f727d1d.24548de8@aol.com> Subject: [ELDRIDGE-L] Fwd: Elisha Eldridge --part1_6f727d1d.24548de8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, this is George...anyone want to comment on the following..Thx: --part1_6f727d1d.24548de8_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <dodgeboy@mindspring.com> Received: from rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (rly-zc02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.2]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:23:13 -0400 Received: from smtp5.mindspring.com (smtp5.mindspring.com [207.69.200.82]) by rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id HAA28441 for <G888@aol.com>; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:23:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from PnSuser (PPPa35-ResaleTroy1-5R1104.saturn.bbn.com [4.16.208.238]) by smtp5.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA29324 for <G888@aol.com>; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:23:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000501be8f0e$306b3900$eed01004@PnSuser.hqa.chrysler.com> From: "Dave Benham" <dodgeboy@mindspring.com> To: <G888@aol.com> Subject: Elisha Eldridge Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:24:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Reply-To: dodgeboy@mindspring.com Hi George, Before I start, I'm hoping this is George Maines. I always used my son's computer for the little e-mail I did from home and he recently moved out with his machine. I asked him to look under my Eldridge folder for George Maines, and this is the address he gave me. I think I remember it as being you. Anyway, do you remember the information you sent me which linked Elisha Eldridge to Jehosophat Eldred, Jr. (I think it came from Lee McDonald and I think you and I both accepted this as the current line for our Elisha)? Well, yesterday I was looking around an LDS site (www.familysearch.org) and found that Elisha Eldred, b. Aug 1, 1856, (born in Warren, Kent, CT) was a female and married to Naamah Owen. This Elisha is the daughter of Jehosaphat Eldred and Elizabeth Swift (the same parents listed by Lee McDonald). Elisha's death date is Oct 16, 1825, and it occured in Detroit, MI. Even if this source mixed up the sex, that death date is way too early. There is also another Elisha Eldridge in this LDS database. He is born in 1856 (no day date) in Mansfield, CT, and died in 1841, in Lansingburg, NY. This birth and death information matches that in our Elisha's Revolutionary War pension. It shows him married to Nancy Wheaton, where the Rev War info has him married to Mary Whedon (Whedon was spelled several ways). This Nancy was born in 1764 in Dover, NY, where my info on Mary Whedon shows her being born in 1756 in Branford, CT (which was always questionable, but it fits with what I took as the rest of her family). Our Elisha's daughter, Nancy Eldridge, was the one who reported his pension information, so I think maybe the source of this information mixed up the daughter's name with the mother - this was a side line to this source anyway. Also, it shows Clark Eldridge as the son of Elisha - he was born in 1786 in Dover, NY, and died Sep 11, 1858, in Penfield, NY. I have Clark Eldridge as one of the children of our Elisha. So, as far as I'm concerned, the mystery continues as to exactly who Elisha's parents were and I'm going to "decertify" the information from Lee McDonald. I'm also going to attempt to contact the references for both these bits of LDS information. I know you go hot and cold with genealogy, so no need to answer unless the mood strikes you. I'll keep you posted if I find out anything solid. Take Care, Dave Benham Berkley, MI