Elisha Wallen, Sr.

Biography

Elisha Wallen, Sr (also spelled Walling, Walden, Walten) was born on July 16, 1708 in Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey. He was the son of Thomas Walling and Sarah Elwell.

His father's will authorized his

wife to binde out my son, Elisha Walling, to a trade as she shall see meet till he hath attained the age of twenty-one after my death and that my said wife shall not be controlled for doeing by any person or persons whatsoever.

According to family legend, Elisha absconded to avoid being bound out as an apprentice. He is said to have run away to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he associated with the Blevins family which (along with Cox, Roberts, and other families) was en route from New England to Maryland.[4] [5]

According to many family stories, Elisha Sr was killed on an extended hunting expedition. [23] This is said to have occurred in about the autumn or winter of 1783 in an area that was then far beyond the settled frontier, and today is in modern-day Harlan County, Kentucky. Mabel Condon describes the handed-down stories like this:

There are several versions of the story or account of Wallin's death. On their return to camp the other men saw blood on the snow and found the remains of him and his companion. Some say that Wallins' dog led them to his body while others say that his dog stood guard over the bodies, protecting them from wild beasts. At any rate these men had been killed by Indians and it is the first known death of a white scout to be scalped in Harlan County. [24]

While the details of his death are uncertain, there is no record of Elisha Walling Sr after 1783. Most researchers seem to agree that he likely died between 1783-1785, possibly in Harlan County, Kentucky. [25] [26]

Family

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He married Mary Blevins. According to the notes of his great-great granddaughter Mattie Elisabeth (Rice) Howard, written in 1868, his wife was Mary Blevins. [6]

Elisha and Mary Blevins reportedly had between seven and nine children by 1746. [7] [8]

The children of Mary Blevins and Elisha Wallen were:

1. Elizabeth Wallen (1727, married William Roberts),
2. Sarah Wallen (1728, married Moses Johnson),
3. Joseph Wallen (1729),
4. Thomas Wallen (1731, married Mary Cox)
5. Elisha Wallen, Jr. (1732, married Catherine Blevins),
6. Joseph Allen Wallen (1734, married Milly Jones),
7. Mary Wallen (1740, married John R. Weddle),
8. Margery Wallen (1738, married Isaac Rice),
9. James W. Wallen (1746) and
10. John Wallen (1750, married Elizabeth Roberts).

Family notes

Distinguish Elisha Walling Sr. from son Elisha the Longhunter

Many family trees confuse Elisha Walling Sr. with his son Elisha Walling Jr., who was a contemporary of Daniel Boone and led a series of well-documented long hunts beyond the frontier beginning in 1761. As described in more detail in the profile of Elisha Jr., John Redd -- a contemporary of Elisha the long hunter -- reported that "when [he] became acquainted with [Elisha the longhunter] in 1774, he was about 40 years of age," and thus born in about 1734. He was therefore clearly the younger Elisha. [29] The longhunter's father Elisha Sr. was also a frontier settler and undoubtedly a skilled hunter, but he was not the Elisha Wallen who led those trailblazing long hunts.

Disputed children

• Some, without source, have identified an "Agnes" as an additional child of Elisha Walling. There is no known basis for this claim.

Notes

In 1733, Elisha was on a list of tithables in the Monocosie Hundred in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Before 1740, Elisha went on long hunting expeditions to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky with Mary's father and brothers.

The Wallens built a blockhouse on Smith River, in what would become Henry County, Virginia with the Blevins family.

In 1745, Elisha patented 400 acres on Cherrystone Creek. Cherystone Creek is now in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

In 1746, Elisha patented land on the Irwin and Smith Rivers that he called Roundabout.

In 1747, he entered 400 acres on the north fork of Buttram Town creek.

In 1748, he was appointed constable of Western Lunenburg County from Smith River to the Wart Mountains (in current Henry and Patrick Counties) and entered 400 acres on the Sandy River.

In June, 1748, Elisha was appointed surveyor of part of a new road from the Staunton River to the Mayo Settlement that went from from Bannister to the Smith River.

In 1767, Elisha was taxed in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

In 1767 Elisha Walden was elected Captain of a Company of Militia for Pittsylvania County. Major John Redd in his "Reminiscences" (see Va. Mag. of Hist. Vol. 7, 249) that Walden lived in Pittsylvania County on Smith's River, and that he had been a long hunter for many years. "Walden always returned home with his horses heavily ladened with skins and furs." (from The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia by Maud Carter Clement)

In 1774 James and Joseph were in Captain Looney's Company.

In 1786, William son of James, Elisha, John, William son of Thomas and Thomas signed a petition in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

In 1787 Joseph and Elisha Wallen received land grants in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

In 1787, according to the Bent Creek Baptist Church record Elisha Wallen was baptized.

Comments

• Birth place also seen as Providence, Providence Plantations County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America
• DNA matches to the descendants of Doswell triangulated with descendants of multiple descendants of this couple support the relationship of Doswell's wife as a daughter. This is supported by their pattern of residency and involvement as well.

References

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/s/Rick-West-Pasadena...
• Sources from Rootsweb/ancestry.com
• A) Martin-Huntzberg Connections Contact Donna Martin Email: ggydonna@gmail.com Event: Migrated BEF 1733 to Prince George Co., MD 1 Death: 1785 in Henry Co., VA 2 Birth: 27 JUL 1708 in Providence Plantations, RI 3 Event: Tax Recd 1733 Monocacy Hundred, Prince George's Co., MD Note: Elisha and his brothers appear together. 3 Event: LandAcqr 1745 Lunenburg Co., VA Note: patented 400 acres on Cherrystone Creek 3 1 Event: DEDUCTION Note: This Elisha Walden is NOT the father of William Walden, ID1809 4 Birth: ABT 1700 5 Birth: 26 JUL 1708 in Salem Co., NJ 2 Event: Migrated BEF 07 JAN 1718 to Cohansey, Salem Co, NJ 3 Event: Tax Recd 17 JUL 1767 List of Tithables, Lunenburg Co., VA Note: Elisha appears with sons Joseph, James, Elisha and Thomas; Capt. William Blevens is also listed there. 3
• 1. Title: Noah Smothers Family Tree, Url: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=nsmother... Abbrev: walden003; Walden family line Author: Noah Smothers, Compiler: WorldConnect Project Publication: 10 Feb 2001 Note: nsmother@mail.llion.org Repository: Name: Unknown
• 2. Title: Re: Elisha Walden of VA/TN, Subject: Elisha Walden, Listserve: Genforum, Walden message 88 Abbrev: walden009:Elisha Walden Family Author: Lisa Alexander Publication: 3 Jan 2002, Original Date, 23 Jul 1998
• 3. Title: Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia: Tracking the Wallin(g)s, Volume: Publication 16 Abbrev: walden010:Tracking the Wallins Author: Kenneth C. Wilde Publication: Historical Society of Southwest VA, 1983 Note: Posted by Rhonda Robertson on the web at www.ls.net/~newriver/swva/hssv-16.htm#wall
• 4. Title: Walden Surname Project, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jswdna Abbrev: Walden DNA
• 5. Title: walden008:Joseph's line, Url: www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/x/axd2/genealogy/genwalden.html Abbrev: walden008:Joseph's line Author: Elsa F. Walden, Compiler: Anabeth Dollins: Dollins Family Genealogy Page Publication: 27 Apr 2001
• 6. Title: On the Trail of Colonel Charles Cocke, the Cox, Wallen, Blevins and Osborn Families, Url: http://home.southwind.net/~crowther/Cocke/Cox.htm Abbrev: walden011:Wallen Family Publication: 2 Jan 2002
• Source 2: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dustinstutzman/28/data/5970 Hyde Family by Dustin Stutzman Reference Number: 6205
• http://wallengenealogyorg.webstarts.com/wallen_walling_genealogy_jo...
• THIRD GENERATION Elisha Walling, Sr. was born July 26, 1708 in Salem County, New Jersey. He married Mary Blevins about 1730. In 1732, 1733 and 1734, Elisha Walling, Sr. was on the tax list of Prince George County, Maryland. In 1746 he patented land on the Smith River near today's Martinsville, Virginia. Several of his children were early settlers in the areas that became Hancock County, Tennessee and Lee and Scott Counties, Virginia. Children of Elisha Walling, Sr. and Mary Blevins Walling: Thomas Walling (1730-1800) married Mary Cox Elisha "The Longhunter" Wallen (1732-1814) married Catherine Blevins Joseph Wallen (1734-1792) married Milly Jones Sarah Wallen (1736-?) married Clement Lee Margery Wallen (1738-1812) married Isaac Rice or John Rice Elizabeth "Betsy" Wallen (1748-?) married William Roberts, Sr. John Wallen (1750-1836) married Frances Hale/Mary Roberts and Elizabeth Roberts James Walling (1751-1786) married Mary ? Allen Walling
• Wallens Ridge is named for this Family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallen_Ridge It is the site of the death of Daniel Boone's son James. http://danielboonetrail.com/history-perspectives/the-location-of-th...
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 17 2016, 18:59:44 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 27 2017, 16:51:07 UTC
• ( http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?mary,rogers::wal... )
• http://www.famgen.net/campbell/fam02173.htm
• https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Wa...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Walling-1054 cites

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2. Maribelle Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985), 14.
3. Thomas Walling of Salem Co., Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 23, page 488
4. Ancestry, Find a Grave, database, (accessed 12 Oct 2021), Find A Grave: Memorial #229874843, Elisha Walling (1708-1783), no gravestone or burial information; transcription of will excerpts; profile managed by Paul Gunnels.
5. Carolyn D. Wallin, Elisha Wallen The Longhunter (Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 1990), 59-60; citing Kenneth C. Walden, McLean, Virginia; and Goldene Fillers Burger, The Southside, (self-published, 1977).
6. Bible Notes of Mattie Elisabeth Rice Howard, 1868; copied by Mary C. Howard, 1939; contained in the "Allen Papers," Research notes of Penelope Johnson Allen; Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee; transcription, Daniel Mahar, "Re: McClung Collection/Rice Family Rec.," (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rice/3514/ : accessed 26 May 2021).
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13. Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy, 160.
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15. Maude Carter Clement, The History of Pittsylvania Virginia (Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Company, Inc., 1929), 50; FamilySearch, Digital Images : accessed 18 Dec 2020. Note that Clement sometimes confuses Elisha Sr. with his son Elisha Jr., who was the well-known longhunter who led the first long hunt in 1761. However, based on their ages it is clear that it was Elisha Sr. who was named the constable in 1748.
16. Halifax County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1753-1911. Richard Ratliff vs. Elijha Walling, 1757-001. Local Government Records Collection, Halifax Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Digital Images, "Chancery Record Index," Virginia Memory: Library of Virginia, (https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ : accessed 9 Jul 2021).
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18. C.B. Bryant, "Henry County. From Its Formation in 1776 to the End of the Eighteenth Century, et seq.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 9 (1901): 11-18, at 13, Elisha Walden.
19. Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy, 164; citing Lela C. Adams, 1778-1780 tax lists of Henry County, Virginia (Bassett, Va.: L.C. Adams, 1973).
20. C.B. Bryant, "Henry County. From Its Formation in 1776 to the End of the Eighteenth Century, et seq.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 11 (1903): 90-92, at 91-92, Elisha Wallen.
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29. John Redd, "Reminiscences of Western Virginia, 1770-1790," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr 1899), 337-346, at 338; images, JSTOR, (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4242182 : accessed 21 Dec 2020).
30. See also: Van Name, Elmer Garfield, author. The Elwell Family (Seventeeth and Eighteenth Centuries - Southern New Jersey) (1963) .
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