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Elisha Branch

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Name Elisha Branch [1] Birth 9 Apr 1787 Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender Male Death 14 Nov 1856 York, Medina, Ohio [6, 7]
Burial Branch Cemetery, Medina, Medina, Ohio [3]
Person ID I27687 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP Last Modified 10 Apr 2020
Father Nathan Branch, b. 26 Jun 1746, Preston, New London, Connecticut d. 9 Nov 1822, Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts
(Age 76 years)
Mother Elizabeth "Polly" Woodward, b. 16 Mar 1748, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut d. 13 Oct 1820, Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts
(Age 72 years)
Marriage 16 Apr 1772 Preston, New London, Connecticut [8]
Family ID F16741 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah "Sallie" Thompson, b. 3 Jul 1788, Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 13 Feb 1867, York, Medina, Ohio
(Age 78 years)
Marriage 3 Oct 1810 Hampshire County, Massachusetts [6, 9]
Children + 1. Sarah Branch, b. 9 Apr 1823, Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 15 Dec 1914, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
(Age 91 years)
Family ID F16525 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Apr 2020
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Notes - "They came west in 1832, and located in York Township. After purchasing his land, he had $25 left. Here they settled and remained until their death . . . They were members of the Congregational Church, and were the staunch representatives of that township." [History of Medina County, citation details below]
The 1830 US census has them in Worthington, Massachusetts; in 1840, they're in York, Medina County, Ohio.
- "They came west in 1832, and located in York Township. After purchasing his land, he had $25 left. Here they settled and remained until their death . . . They were members of the Congregational Church, and were the staunch representatives of that township." [History of Medina County, citation details below]
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Sources - [S3942] Vital Records of Worthington, Massachusetts To the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911.
- [S3940] History of Medina County and Ohio, eds. William Henry Perrin, J. J. Battle, and Weston Arthur Godspeed. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881., date, county, and state only.
- [S3944] Find a Grave page for Elisha Branch.
- [S2228] 1850 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only.
- [S3929] A History of the Leading Branch Families in America, 1638-1904 by A. E. (Branch) Paulson. Ashtabula, Ohio, 1904.
- [S3940] History of Medina County and Ohio, eds. William Henry Perrin, J. J. Battle, and Weston Arthur Godspeed. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881.
- [S3944] Find a Grave page for Elisha Branch., month, county, and state only.
- [S3964] Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, on familysearch.org.
- [S3929] A History of the Leading Branch Families in America, 1638-1904 by A. E. (Branch) Paulson. Ashtabula, Ohio, 1904., date only.
- [S3942] Vital Records of Worthington, Massachusetts To the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911.