In an 1895 letter written by a granddaughter, it says that Nancy's mother was "Amia Post," of English descent.  "Amia" appears to be a mis-reading of Anna or Annie, but where did the "POST" come from?  Is Martin's wife correctly identified?

1.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313):  not found, as expected.

2.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):

1820

Elly, M.

PA

Washington Co.

Buffalo Twp.

p. 150

3.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830

Eli, Martin

PA

Washington Co.

Buffalo Twp.

p. 309

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

1840

Ealy, Martin

PA

Washington Co.

Buffalo Twp.

p. 244

5.  1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):  Buffalo Twp., Washington Co., PA, p. 443B, 132/133, enumerated 16 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Martin Ely	60	M	Farmer	5000	Pa
Ann     "	56	F			"
Jeremiah "	21	M	"		"
William "	17	M	"		"

6.  1860 Census.

7.  1870 Census.

8.  1880 Census.

9.  Email from Carolyn (Marshall) Lewis (7 May 2001).

We have a letter written by Harriet (our Robert & Nancy's oldest child) in 1895 (our Nancy Ely/Ealy was still alive in 1895).  In this letter Harriet states that Nancy (her mother) said that her mother's name was Amia Post, was of "yanky decent" and died in her 91st year and her father was of "dutch decent" and died at the age of 80.

10.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

11.  Welcome to Our Ely Connection by Karen Snodgrass.