Elijah Durfee

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siblings: Molly 1753 <p> Joseph 1755</p> <p> Jedediah 1758 - 1847</p> <p> Ebenezer 1761 - 1847</p> <p> Lucy 1767</p> <p></p> <p>Helped settle Cornwall, VT - 1784</p> <p></p> <p>Enlisted 5/13/1782 - Capt. Teneyck's - 4th C0. of Col. Webb's Regiment - discharged 12/9/1782 Listed in CT Archives</p> <p>Eliz. later applied for pension for this service.</p> <p>Both listed w/family in 1790 & 1800 census in Cornwall, VT</p> <p>Also fought w/ all sons in War of 1812 - militia under Capt. E. Hill - fought at Plattsburg, NY 9/11/1814. </p> <p>After his death, in 1815, she moved with son Daniel, to Granville, Licking Co., OH - 1816-1822</p> <p>Elijah elected first Justice of the Peace in township Sept. 1819. His was the first frame house in the township in Hartford. Belonged to the first pioneer church (Congregational) in Hartford.</p>

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Born in Ellington, Tolland County, CT <p>Elizabeth Aborn's birth is from the Tolland Births Book 1, page 53.</p> <p>William F. Reed wrote in Volume 1, page 197 of the Descendants of Thomas Durfee that Elijah enlisted as a private on May 13, 1782 in Captain Teneyck's company (4th Company) of Colonel Samuel Webb'sregiment (3rd Regiment) and was discharge on December 9, 1782. He served one other tour of active service in the 3rd Regiment but the dates are not known. Elijah's brother Ebenezer served in the sameregiment at the same time. From the National Archives Revolutionary War Service Files (4252 and 4291). Reed incorrectly assumed that this was the service record of Elijah Durfey, son of Benjamin of Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. Only one Connecticut Durfey named Elijah served in the Revolution and the fact that Elizabeth (Aborn) Durfey applied for and was granted a pension based on thatservice proves that it was Elijah, son of Joseph Durfey of Ellington, Tolland County, Connecticut. His war service is also recorded in the Connecticut Colonial Archives in the State Library in Hartford in Volume 8 page 106 and in Volume 12 page 335. <p>On May 4, 1784, Joseph Durfy, Senior, of East Windsor, sold 25 acres of land to Joseph Durfy, Junior in the northeast corner of East Windsor bordering on town lines of Somers and Stafford, Connecticut, and on other land owned by Joseph Durfy, Junior. The deed was recorded in the East Windsor Town Hall on August 4, 1784, in Deeds Book 4 page 203. Elijah Durfey witnessed the signing of this deed.At this time Ellington was still part of East Windsor. <p>On June 10, 1784, the same 25 acre tract of land was sold by Joseph Durfy, Junior to Elijah Durfy and the transaction was recorded in Deeds Book 4 page 207.</p> <p>On February 9, 1785, Joseph Durfy sold land to Daniel Smith, both were of East Windsor. Elijah was one of the witnesses. Deeds Book 5 page 138.</p> <p>A record of Elijah's marriage to Elizabeth in 1787, is also found in Edmondson's Bible Records. They were married by Reverend Nathan Williams.</p> <p>According to Matthews' History of Cornwall, on page 59, Elijah was an early settler and by trade a cooper. He probably moved from Ellington, Tolland County, CT, to Cornwall, Addison County, VT, between 1787-1790, as did his parents and several of his siblings. <p>Elijah Durphy was listed on the U. S. 1790 census in Cornwall, Addison County, VT. This census was taken in 1791. His family consisted of 2 males under 16 years of age, 2 males over 16 and 1 female. His brother Jedediah and his father Joseph were also living in Cornwall, Addison County, VT, in 1791. <p>When the U. S. 1800 census was taken Elijah Durfey was a resident of Cornwall, Addison County, VT, and his family consisted of 4 males under 10 years of age, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45 and 1 female26-45. Also living in Cornwall and listed on the census were his brother Jedediah and his father Joseph. <p>He was not listed on the 1810 census.</p> <p>According to the History of Cornwall, on pages 343-345, Elijah Durfey joined the militia company of Cornwall, commanded by Captain Edmund B. Hill in Sumner's Regiment and fought under him in the battle at Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY, on September 11,1814. His sons Elijah, Junior, Daniel and Reuben also served in the War of 1812. <p>On page 14 of the Licking County Ohio tax records for 1816-1822 Daniel Durfey and his widowed mother, Elizabeth Durfey, were listed as residents of Granville Twp., Licking County, OH. Daniel, Elijah, Junior, and Reuben were all listed on the 1820 census in Hartford, Licking County, OH, and it is quite probable that their mother Elizabeth was living with one of them. <p>On September 28, 1850 (date of Daniel's signature), Daniel I. Durfey, age 54, a resident of Knox County, OH, applied for, and was granted, bounty land based on his service in the War of 1812. From the National Archives War of 1812 Pension files. <p>On June 5, 1850, Elizabeth Durfey, widow of Elijah, applied for, and was granted, a pension based on his Revolutionary War service. In it she stated that she was a resident of Knox County, Ohio, was eighty five years of age, that she was married to Elijah on January 25, 1787, in Tolland, Tolland County, CT, by Reverend Nathan Williams. She further declared that Elijah joined the American army in 1780, in the sixteenth year of his age, and remained in the service for eighteen months or longer and that he died in September 1815, while away from home and that she remained a widow ever since. From the National Archives Revolutionary War Pension Application file # 7722. <p>The only Durfey who appeared on the U. S. 1850 census of Knox County, OH, was Hiram Durphey in the town of Milford. He was a son of Daniel Ingham Durfey and a grandson of Elijah. His family number on the census was 357 and in the house next door was family 356. In that house was J. D. Murphey, age 54, born VT, Alsa Murphey, 50, born MA, Adeline Murphey, age 12, born OH, Lucy J. Smith, age 1, born OH and Elizabeth Smith, age 85, born CT. I'm convinced that this is the family of Daniel Ingham Durfey and that the incorrect name is the result of sloppy work on the part of the enumerator or someone who later transcribed it. In 1850, Daniel would have been 54 and he was born in VT, Alcy would have been 50 years old and she was born in MA, Daniel's daughter Adeline would have been 12 years oldand was born in OH, Lucy Smith, age 1 year was Daniel's granddaughter by his deceased daughter Lucy (Durfey) Smith (Her husband was Henry Smith). Elizabeth Durfey, Elijah's widow would have been 85 years old and she was born in CT. The circumstantial evidence here is substantial. <p>Revolutionary War Period Bible Family & Marriage Records Gleaned From Pension Records. Chan Edmondson. Dallas, Texas. 1990. Sixteen Volumes. Volume 10, page 75.</p> <p>Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 1775-1783. Albert C. Bates, Editor. Hartford, Connecticut. Twelve Volumes. 1901-1909. Volume 12. page 319.</p> <p>History of Cornwall, Vermont. Reverend Lyman Matthews. 1862. Pages 59, and 343-345.</p> <p>The Descendants of Thomas Durfee. William Field Reed. Two Volumes. 1902 and 1905. Washington, DC. Volume 1, Page 187.</p>