Joseph Elliott born 1820 (per info on his tombstone) lived in the 1850-1890 in Orange Co., NC and married to Emmaline Marcom. Could he have descended from this Family. Looking for the parents and siblings of Joseph Elliott b 1820, where ??. Barbara B. Elliott ----- Original Message ----- From: "marsha moses" <mosesm@earthlink.net> To: <ELLIOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:59 PM Subject: [ELLIOTT] Abraham Elliott in Randolph County, NC > OK--two list members were nice enough to give me information on Abraham > Elliott Jr. and Sr. in the 1790 Randolph County census. Their > information agreed and I accept the fact that neither man is the Abraham > Elliott that I am looking for. Does anyone on the list claim the third > Abraham Elliott? He has in his household one male over 16, two under 16 > and two females. > > It looks as if there are lots of Elliott families living in Randolph > County in 1790. Here are the heads of household: > > William Elliott # > Israel Elliott > Obediah Elliott > Peter Elliott > John Elliott * > Abraham Elliott Jr * > Samuel Elliott * > Abraham Elliott # > Joseph Elliott * > Jacob Elliott > Abraham Elliott Sen > > > The last two had more than one male over 16.....as did the first > one--William. All of the rest had only one male over 16 making me think > that they may have had a young family living at home. Joseph and Jacob > had large families....most of the rest had 3, 4 or 5 family members. > > The men that I marked with a star may be siblings---the children of > Abraham Senior. But that is just a guess from looking at Sue's website. > > > According to Hinshaw, Jacob Elliott had children: William, > Abraham,Elizabeth, and Rachel in 1782. So if the Abraham with no Jr. or > Sr above is my Abraham, it is possible that he is Jacob's son. And if > that is the case, the two marked with a # may have been siblings sharing > their father, Jacob. > > That leaves Peter, Obediah, and Israel unaccounted for. > > Does anyone claim any of these people? Particularly does anyone claim > the Abraham without Jr. or Senior after his name. Originally I had > discounted him because of information in Leon Elliott's book. He said > that Abraham Elliott, son of Joseph (b.1763 and m. Jessee Silas). > Abraham was born in Guilford County and was the first of the Quakers to > come to Indiana. He settled there in 1823 and died 1858. I was > counting him as the third Abraham....and perhaps he was. But Hinshaw > listed Jacob with a son Abraham when the family was rocf into New Garden > MM from Center MM in 1782 and then gct from New Garden to Center in > 1784. Jacob's son, Abraham, could just as easily have been the third > Abraham in the census. Any ideas? Any help? > > Thanks for reading this. marsha in WV > > ______________________________