Person:Elisha Howland (1)

1777 !BIRTH: Rhode Island, Providence Co., Scituate Township - 23 Oct 1777 - info. from ?

1820 !CENSUS shows five sons, four daughters

1850 !CENSUS: New York, Saratoga Co., Halfmoon - Name: Elisha Howland Census place: Half Moon, Saratoga , New York Age: 72 years, Estimated birth year: 1778, Birthplace: Rhode Island Gender: Male

!BIOGRAPHY: From Howland genealogy: ELISHA HOWLAND, son of Edward (7) and Susanne/Susanna (Knowlton) Howland of Halfmoon, NY, b. Scituate, Providence, RI 23 Oct. 1777; d. Halfmoon, Saratoga Co., NY 8 Jun. 1859 (83 years);will probated 18 Jul. 1859 (book 19 page 54); bur. Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville, NY. He m. (married out of unity) RHODA POWELL, daughter of Obediah and Elizabeth (Frost) Powell, b. 22 Sep. 1777; d. Saratoga Co., NY 11 Jun. 1855 (age 79 years); bur. Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville, NY; she was a Quaker and was disowned for attending her sister, Anna Powell’s wedding (Anna married Elisha’s brother, Knowlton) Note-In a letter dated 1844 from son Powell to Elisha it states that Powell purchased a farm of 200 acres for his father in Indiana from a Mr. Clark; and that he rented it for the next year and leased out 18 acres that was girdled some 3-4 yrs ago, for 3 years they have to clear it and fence it for the use of it and when that is cleared there will be 85 acres cleared out of the 20. Note-In a letter dated 1845 from son Powell to Elisha it states, “I have 18 or 20 acres of the last farm I bought for you cleared. It was an old “deadening” and I got it cleared and fenced for the use of it for 3 years.” Note-In a letter dated 1840 from son Powell to Elisha it states, “Land partly improved can be bought here now in the present stagnation of things for five or six dollars per acre within ten miles of Indianapolis, at least one-quarter of it under cultivation.” Note-“The Settlers of the Beekman Patent” Vol. V pg 702 - “William W. Gorsline and wife Elizabeth of Halfmoon sold land to Elisha Howland of same 1825.” Children (HOWLAND) 11. i. POWELL b. Saratoga Co., NY 16 Oct. 1799 12. ii. KNOWLTON (in Marshall County, Indiana) b. 1806 13. iii. RHODA m. Joseph Baker (4th son of James Baker) SEE BAKER GENEALOGY 14. iv. PAMELA bur. Newtown Baptist Cemetery, Halfmoon, NY; m. Henry P. Sherman (went west); bur. Newtown Baptist Cemetery, Halfmoon, NY 15. v. LOUISIANA b. 30 Jun. 1814; d. 20 Jun. 1887; bur. Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville, NY; bur. Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville, NY; m. Isaac S. Clements, d. 2 Mar. 1866 (age 56y) 16. vi. CORNELIA m. Daniel Baker (15th son of James Baker) Note - Samuel B. Howland gave Cornelia a bible in 1887 which Diane (Leggett) Saunders has Note-Elizabeth Howland from Indiana who married Frank Pierson Baker, son of Parris Baker, was a “cousin to Daniel Baker’s children” - don’t know who she was though

1859 !DEATH: New York, Saratoga Co., Halfmoon - 8 Jan 1859 - Info. from Howland genealogy

1. ↑ 1850 United States Census.

   Name: Elisha Howland
   Census place: Half Moon, Saratoga , New York
   Age: 72 years
   Estimated birth year: 1778
   Birthplace: Rhode Island
   Gender: Male
   Race or color (on document):
   Race or color (expanded):
   Death month:
   Death date:
   Film number: 444308
   Digital GS number: 4203145
   Image number: 00073
   Reference number: 32
   Dwelling: 20
   Household id: 20
   Marital status:
   Free or slave:
   Collection: United States Census, 1850

2.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R). (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).