Joshua Billiard ELY & Mary SENIOR & Rachel LEE

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Joshua Billiard ELY
Mary SENIOR
Rachel LEE

Husband: Joshua Billiard ELY
Birth: 1652, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 16 Jun 1702, Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ
Father: George ELY (1628-1656), of Mansfield
Mother: Sarah HEATH (1628-1668), of Mansfield

Marriage-1: 26 Aug 1673, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Wife-1: Mary SENIOR
Birth: 1653, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: Trenton, Hunterdon [now Mercer] Co., NJ
Father: Mr. SENIOR
Mother: Alice __?__

Marriage-2: 9 Nov 1699, Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ

Wife-2: Rachel LEE

Children with Mary SENIOR:

— born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
1. John ELY, b. 7 Jan 1674; d. 25 Sep 1675
2. George ELY, b. 8 Aug 1675; d. 3 Mar 1676
3. Joshua ELY, b. 25 Feb 1677; d. 14 Mar 1760, Trenton, NJ; m. Mary __?__
4. George EALY, b. 1682

— born in Trenton, Hunterdon [now Mercer] Co., NJ:
5. John ELY, b. 7 Jan 1685
6. Elizabeth ELY, b. 1687/1692/1694; m. Emille __?__ or Mr. EMILLE
7. Hugh ELY, b. 1689
8. Sarah ELY, b. 1690/1697/1698; m. 1710, Trenton, NJ, John HUNT

Children with Rachel LEE — born in Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ:

9. Ruth ELY, b. 1700
10. Benjamin ELY, b. 1700

Sources:

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

2. Land Records: Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, 1682-1825 (Broderbund CD-652):

Joshua Ely
Date: Apr 8, 1692
Residence: Bucks Co., PA
Land Record ID: 23238
Description: Witness
Book-Page: 1-361
Remarks: Deed. Richard Ridgway, Bucks Co., yeoman for £101 paid to him by Samuel Beakes, Bucks Co., yeoman, 120 acres bounding land of William Biles ... land of John Ackerman ... Ackn: 8th day, 4th mo., 1692. Rec: the 16th da, 4th mo, 1692.

Joshua ELY
Residence: Bucks Co., PA
Land Record ID: 23240
Description: Witness
Book-Page: 1-363
Remarks: Bond. Samuel Beakes, Bucks Co., yeoman, firmly bound unto Richard Ridway, Bucks Co., tailor, for £100, to be paid before 26th da, 2nd mo, 1694.

Our subject is the only known Joshua ELY old enough to be this individual. Bucks Co., PA, is just across the Delaware River from Burlington Co., NJ. Did our subject live for a time in Bucks Co.? Or is this an unknown Joshua ELY?

3. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):

1741 Ely, Joshua NJ Hunterdon Co. Maidenhead Twp. p. 52

Could this record pertain to our subject's son?

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