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Elisha Branch

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Name Elisha Branch [1] Born 9 Apr 1787 Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender Male Died 14 Nov 1856 York, Medina, Ohio [6, 7]
Buried 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)
Married 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)
Married 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)
Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 Family ID F16525 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.