George ELY
Joanna CAMPBELL
Husband:  George ELY
Birth:  12 Jun 1776, Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ
Death:  16 Oct 1827, Columbia Co., PA
Father:  Col. George ELY
Mother:  Susannah FARLEY
Marriage:  12 Dec 1798
Wife:  Joanna CAMPBELL
Birth:  16 Jun 1777
Death:  10 Sep 1844, Columbia Co., PA
Father:  Obadiah CAMPBELL
Children:
— born in Northumberland [presumably now Columbia] Co., PA:
  1.  Mary ELY, b. 12 Jun 1800; m. 15/16 Dec 1819, George Ely RITTENHOUSE
  2.  Joseph ELY, b. 15 Jan 1802; d. 24 Dec 1879, Fulton Co., OH; m. 23 Apr 1826, Catherine REED
  3.  William C. ELY, b. 5 Mar 1803 
  4.  Robert ELY, b. 16/20 May 1805
  5.  Sarah/Sary Ann ELY, b. 1 Feb 1807; d.s.p. 23 Dec 1808; bur. Fayette Co., OH
  6.  Sarah/Sary Ann ELY, b. 4 Apr 1809 
  7.  Catherine ELY, b. 1 Nov 1810 
  8.  Jeanette/Janet/Jane ELY, b. 12 Jun 1812 

— born in Columbia Co., PA:
  9.  Elizabeth Logan ELY, b. 1 May 1814 
10.  Esther/Hester ELY, b. 27 Apr 1816 
11.  Harriet/Margaret N. ELY, b. 10 Nov 1822 

Sources:

1.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312).  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database — the numerical data have the genders switched; however, not only are the genders switched, but the parents are in the wrong age classes.  Note that this census-taker made a similar error on Caleb ELY's record.  It's my firm policy to make the scenario fit the data, not the other way around, but these are cases where I believe the data are truly in error.  (The 1800 Census of Northumberland Co. was not recorded by township.) 
1800 Ely, George Jr. PA Northumberland Co. p. 670 11000-0001000
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
0 males 16-25 1774-1784 = George (b. 1776) 
1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = 
1 female 9 or under 1790-1800 = Mary (b. 1800)
1 female 10-15 1784-1790 = 
0 females 16-25 1774-1784 = Joanna (b. 1777)

2.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313):
1810 Ely, George, Jr. Northumberland Co. Catawessa Twp. p. 237
Also in Northumberland Co.:  father, George ELY, Sr., and brother, Caleb ELY — and a Jacob ELY, in East Buffalo Twp. (who is he?). 

Geographical Note:  in 1813, Northumberland Co. ceded Catawissa Twp. to the newly formed Columbia Co.

3.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):
1820 Ely, George, Esq. PA Columbia Co. Catawissa Twp. p. 12
Also in Columbia Co.:  brother, Caleb, and a David (who is he?). 

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):  not found.

5.  Reuben P. Ely, Warren S. Ely, and Daniel B. Ely.  1910. An Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell, and Stacye Families.  Fleming H. Revell, Co., New York
(online at GenealogyLibrary.com).  Biographical sketch of Col. George ELY.

6.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File.

7.  Messages in the Ely Family Genealogy Forum at GenForum.

8.  Queries at the Knox County OHGenWeb site.

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