Captain John Elden

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor #: A037091

John Elden 1731 - 1793

Born in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, USA in 1731

Captain John Elden served with York County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Elden is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A037091.

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John Elden (1731 - 1793)

Capt. John Elden

Born 14 Feb 1731

Son of John Elden Sr. and Martha (Knight) Elden

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Ruth (Sands) Elden — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Martha (Elden) Kimball, Mary Elden, Nathan Elden, John Elden, Emma Elden, Elizabeth Elden, Gibeon Elden, Ruth Elden, Lydia Elden and Hannah Elden

Died May 1793 in Buxton, York, Maine, USA

17:12: Betty (Skelton) Norman edited the Biography for John Elden (1731-1793). (Updated 1776 sticker; added DAR sticker.) [Thank Betty for this]

Biography

1776 Project

Captain John Elden served with York County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Elden is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A037091.

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

According to John's descendant Bryce Humphreys, " John Elden Sr. was born around 1699 to Major Read Elden and Hannah Pemberton. Read and Hannah were married in Boston....At some point he (Read and Hannah;s grandson John Elden of this biography) moved to Maine where he met Martha Knight. Martha Knight was born in 1703 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire to Nathan Knight and Mary Westbrook. She was one of six daughters and two sons born to Nathan and Mary. Her family lived in Scarborough, Maine around 1720 where her father began operating the Blackpoint Ferry and later went into business with his brother-in-law to provide timber to the Royal Navy for building ship masts4. It must have been at this time when John Elden Sr. met Martha."

from Captain John Elden Jr. and Ruth Sands Their Lives and Families By Bryce R. Humpherys

Name

Name: John /Elden/[1]
Family

Children born to Ruth & Captain John Elden in Buxton, York, Maine:

Martha Elden, b. 14 Oct 1748[2]
Mary Elden, b. 17 May 1750[3]
Nathan Elden, b. 21 Mar 1752;[4]
Sources

↑ Source: #S101 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14863252&pid...
↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4MY-2Y6 : 10 February 2018), Capt. John Elden in entry for Martha Elden, 14 Oct 1748; citing Buxton, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 10,594.
↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4MY-26D : 10 February 2018), Capt. John Elden in entry for Mary Elden, 17 May 1750; citing Buxton, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 10,594.
↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4MY-26V : 10 February 2018), Capt. John Elden in entry for Nathan Elden, 21 Mar 1752; citing Buxton, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 10,594.
See also: Town of Buxton, Maine, Records of the proprietors of Narraganset township, no. 1, now the town of Buxton, York county, Maine, from August 1st, 1733, to January 4th, 1811 (Concord, N.H.: Privately printed, 1871).

Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, (Boston, 1891), Vol. V,p 256, Elden, John - Buxton. Captain of a company which marched 24 April 1775, in response to the alarm of 19 April 1775, to Biddeford on an express from Col. Tristram Jordan; Service 1-1/2 days; also Captain of a company which marched by an order of Col. Tristram Jordan "to assist in fortifying" 07 Nov 1775, service 5 days, also- Captain of a company which marched to Biddeford on an express from Col. Tristram Jordan sent in consequence of armed vessels appearing to be coming into Winter Harbor; service, 1-1/2 days, roll dated Buxton 14 Dec 1775; also- Captain of a company which marched to assist in preventing the landing of the enemy; service 4 days, on an alarm at Falmouth the day it was set on fire by the enemy; roll dated Buxton 14 Dec 1775. Also - commission dated Watertown 05 Feb 1776, appointing said Elden Captain of a company in Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt. raised to reinforce the Continental Army until 01 Apr 1776; also - Captain in Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., company return dated Roxbury, 26 Feb 1776; Also- Captain 5th (Buxton) co., 2nd York co. regt. of Mass Milita, list of officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment, as returned by Tristram Jordan and others, field officers, dated Wells 20 March 1776; ordered in council 29 Mar 1776, that officers be commissioned; reported commissioned 27 Mar 1776; also- Captain in command of a detachment stationed at Falmouth, Cumberland Co. to assist in fortifying said town, service 5 days, warrant for pay allowed in council 23 Jan 1779, roll endorsed "Col. Mitchel's regt.", also- Captain, 5th co. 3d York co. regt. of Mass Militia; list of officers commissioned 14 Dec 1779.

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Elden-5 created through the import of Frank Walter Sands_ Family Tre.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Frank Walter Sands. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Frank Walter and others.
WikiTree profile Elden-1 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.