Person:William Elbert (3)

Rev. William Elbert

b.Abt 1712 England

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m. 22 Jun 1734

Facts and Events

Name	Rev. William Elbert
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1712	England
Marriage	22 Jun 1734	source = OLT, needs verification to Sarah Greenfield
Death^[2]	Nov 1754	South Carolina, United Statesdied in St. Helena's Parish
Burial^[2]	16 Nov 1754	South Carolina, United Statesat Euhaws Church
Other^[3]		Charleston, South Carolina, United Statesnamed Executor in Will of William Sealy

Research Notes (sources needed)

he was a Baptist minister
supposedly Sarah left England Nov 16, 1732 aboard the "Anne" with uncle and aunt William and Mary Calvert and brothers William Greenfield, age 19 and Charles Greenfield, age 16. William Elbert came to Savannah from England Jan 1734 as servant to Joseph Wardrope, a carpenter. William received lot 180 in 1736. William and his family left the colony after the Spanish invasion of Georgia in 1742 and went to S.C.

References

Mentioned, in Townsend, Leah. South Carolina Baptists, 1670-1805. (Florence, South Carolina: Florence Printing Co., 1935)
p 39.

"Mr. Francis Pelot, a Cavinistic Swiss who came to South Carolina in 1734, was called to the ministry at Euhaw Church, together with Mr. William Elbert, on May 18, 1746. Mr. Elbert quit the ministry in 1750, but Mr. Pelot continued ..."
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Sources:
- Edwards Crozer, MS, p 6.
- Joseph Johnson, Traditions and Reminiscences Chiefly of the American Revolution in the South ... (Charleston, 1851), p 473.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Death Record, in St. Helena's Parish Register.

[from SCHGM, XXIII (1922), p 61.]
... the death from consumption and burial at the Euhaws on Nov. 16, 1754, of William Elbert from England is noted
↑ Will of William Sealy, in Charleston County SC, Wills 1747-1752
p 31.

[names Francis Pelot and William Elbert among executors]