Person:Moses Ellsworth (1)

Moses Ellsworth was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Land Grant Surveys in Virginia:

• Page 8 - Moses Elsworth, 60 acres, North Branch of Potomack. April 3, 1761. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 3].

• Page 192 - Moses Elsworth, 357 acres, South Branch Potomac River. December 18, 1771. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 69].

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 3 - Page 14.--9th September, 1766. Valentine Giles' estate appraised by Jonas Friend, Geo. Dise, Michl. Mallow: Due by Geo. Teter, Francis Jackson, Henry Peskels, Moses Elsworth, Youst Hinkele.

About Moses Ellsworth

In 1761, Moses Ellsworth patented 60 acres of land on the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, near Deep Springs, about 2 miles above Riverton (then in Augusta Co, VA). In 1769, he added 46 acres adjoining, and in 1771, he added 257 additional acres. This section of land became a part of Rockingham Co (1778) and then Pendleton Co (1788) (now West Virginia). John Justus Henckel, father-in-law of Moses Ellsworth, had extensive holdings about 1 miles east of Moses Ellsworth's tract, on which he built a fort, known as "Hinkle's Fort," as a protection against Indians. Moses sold his holdings in 1787 and migrated to Harrison Co, VA where in 1788 he bought land on Coburn's Creek, 6-8 miles above Clarksburg. On February 15, 1790, Moses conveyed to his son, Jacob Ellsworth, 124 acres of land described as situate on a western branch of the West Fork River called Coburn's creek. During the Revolutionary War, Moses is given credit for "supplies furnished the American Army for military use. The items included diets, beef, bacon, oats, coarse linen, horse hire, etc." Quote of James Quinn, Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church-- "In the year 1799, I became acquainted with Moses Ellsworth, the pious patriarch of this extensive, pious and amiable family. He was of English descent. His pious wife was a German. They often used the German tongue in conversation. Of the time and place of his birth, I am not advised; it was most probably in one of the New England states. On the West fork of the Monongahela near Clarksburg, he opened his house to receive the first Methodist missionaries and his heart to receive the Gospel of the Grace of God." On February 14, 1802, John and Mary Ellsworth made a deed for one acre of ground, situate on the West Fork River, to 9 trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church...the deed specified that only Methodists would be allowed to preach in the church that was to be built. This building took the name of Ellsworth Church. It became the Bethel Church after all by the name of Ellsworth had moved to Ohio. Prior to the building of the Ellsworth Church in 1802, a Methodist Society was formed, with Moses Ellsworth as leader, as early as 1786 in what is now the Good Hope community. They met in various homes-- in homes of the Ellsworths, Washburns, Bennetts and others

Moses Ellsworth and his wife, Anna Maria Elizabeth Henckel, were married in Salisbury, Rowan County (now Davidson County) North Carolina in 1750. He died on Coburn's Creek, Harrison Co., Virginia (now West Virginia) in January 1802 (his will was probated January 18, 1802) and he is believed buried one mile from his home in the old Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church yard. In 1761, Moses Ellsworth patented 60 acres of land on the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, near Deep Springs, about two miles above Riverton (then in Augusta Co., Virginia). In 1769 he added 46 acres adjoining, and in 1771 he added 257 additional acres. This section of land became a part of Rockingham Co. (1778-1788) and then (1788) Pendleton Co., Virginia (now West Virginia).

During the Revolutionary War, Moses Ellsworth Sr.., along with other citizens in Pendleton Co., Virginia, is given credit for "supplies furnished the American Army for military use. The items included diets, beef, bacon, oats, coarse linen, horse hire, etc." All living descendants of Moses Ellsworth Sr., therefore, are eligible to join the "Sons of the American Revolution" or the "Daughters of the American Revolution".

NOTE: addtl birth listed as 1730 - Macungie Creek, Bucks Co, PA with death listed as Jan. 1802 - Coburns Creek, Harrison Co, WVA Burial at Bethel Methodist Episcopla Churchyard.

Moses, Sr. lived in the German Settlement in N. Carolina. He was a Methodist and fought in the Revolutionary War. He left Pendleton County, Virginia and moved with Anna to Harrison County, Virginia.

Source: Our Ellsworth AncestorsAuthor: German Edgar and Mary (Smith) EllsworthPublication: Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Printing Company, ©1956; FHL film #1036016; FTM CD# 500, Family History: Southern Biographies and Genealogies, 1500s to 1940s Abbrev: laplante.gedTitle: * The Cameron and Paige Report *Author: Patricia A. (Simon) LaPlante <patty.laplante@gmail.com>Publication: Everett, WA: Compiled 2001-2006; <http://wc.rootsweb.com/~laplante>

Source: 1855 obituary of granddaughter Hannah Bennett Jackson, wife of William Jackson. See her notes for obit.

1.   Wikitree.com.

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2.   Research of Louise Jackson Lahmann Mail rec'd 30 Aug 2006 and 2009.