William Elliott, Sr.

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Name: William Sr Elliott Sex: M Birth: 12 Jul 1699 Death: 1795

From "Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book, 1778 - 1997", Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, 1997, page 191-2: William Elliott, Sr., was born 12 July 1699, probably in Ireland, and emigrated to the new world about 1730. After spending about ten years in the Cumberland valley of Pennsylvania, he moved to the Calf Pasture (what is present day Rockbridge Co. VA) along with William Gay and James Stevenson.

William Elliott resided in Beverly Manor until his death in 1795. He was a prosperous and prominent man, being a cattle farmer by trade.

There are many listings of him selling cattle with his sons in extant newspapers of the period. Unfortunately, when he died he left his entire estate to his son James, who had cared for him in his old age, and as a result, it will probably be impossible to know who all of his children were.

William and his wife Margaret attended the Tinkling Spring Church where the birth of his youngest son Robert is listed, 7 July 1743.

His son, William Elliott Jr, first purchased land from William Beverly on 4 Feb. 1748, fought in the French and Indian War, and was quite well known.

He died in 1771 leaving a number of minor children (two of which would later die in the Revolutionary War) who were cared for by his son John. William Elliott III, grandson of William Elliott Sr. and son of Wiliam Elliott Jr, was one of the first explorers of Kentucky and went with James Gay, Samuel Stevenson, and Benjamin Blackburn on a surveying expedition to present-day Woodford and Fayette Counties in 1776.

Archibald Elliott, son of William Elliot Sr., moved to Anson Co. NC (present-day Chester Co. SC) between 1748 and 1758 -- his father is given power of attorney on 18 March 1758 to sell his property on the Jackson River in Augusta Co. VA.

Robert Elliott, son of William Elliott Sr., moved to Woodford Co. KY in 1788.

James Elliott was the only son to stay in Rockbridge County VA. He cared for his father in his old age and inherited it at his father's death. James died only four years after his father, in 1799.

Many of the descendants of William Elliott Sr. moved to Woodford Co. KY.

William Elliott III was the first to move to Kentucky -- permanently moving to Kentucky in 1780 (after getting 7000 acres of grant land).

Robert Elliott, son of William Eliott Sr. and John Elliott, son of William Elliott Jr, moved to Kentucky in 1788. The last migration of Elliotts occurred in 1811 when James Elliott Jr. (who was also known as the Reverend James Elliott), son of James Elliot Sr. and grandson of William Elliott Sr, moved to Lexington, KY with his widowed mother, Martha, and two spinster sisters, Polly and Patsy.

Shortly after the death of his first wife in 1811, the Reverend James Elliott moved to the South Fork of the Elkhorn River near Pisgah in Woodford Co. KY to join his other relatives. Many of the Elliott family stayed together in Woodford Co. KY over the next 20 to 30 years. However, the family slowly grew apart and began to spread to Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and Ohio.

A severe cholera epidemic that hit north-central Kentucky in the late 1820s and early 1830s hastened the departure of many Elliotts. 

Isaac Elliott, son of John Elliott who was the son of William Elliott Jr, moved to Pettis Co. MO, in 1836. Robert Elliott Jr, son of William Elliott III, moved to Wilkinson Co. MS. Alexander McClure Eliott, son of Robert Elliot Sr, moved initially to Montgomery Co, OH, and later to Decatur IN.

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Marriage 1 Margaret Nee Elliott

Children

   Has Children William Jr. Elliott

   Has No Children James Elliott

   Has No Children Robert Elliott b: 7 Jul 1743

   Has No Children Archibald Elliott

Biography

William was born in Ireland in 1699. He immigrated to Virginia in 1737. William died about 1795.

Birth

Birth: Date: 1699-07-12 Place: Ireland, Antrim, Northern Ireland Arriaval

Death: 1795, Rockbridge County, Virginia

Sources

COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988. pp. 1-461. p. 259. Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

Death; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148217913&ref...

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

This person was created through the import of Lynch-Tree.ged on 06 August 2010.

1. David McClure Elliott, D. M. Elliott Paper, Family history written for Elliott Reunion in 1908. http://www.mjcpl.org/historyrescue/records/descendants-of-william-e... Descendants of William Elliott, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM 1 ELLIOTT, SR. was born 12 Jul 1699 in Ireland, and died Jul 1795 in Rockbridge County, VA. He married MARGARET. She was born Unknown in Ireland, and died Unknown in Rockbridge County, VA.

Notes for WILLIAM ELLIOTT, SR.: Source: Kyle J. Wear, “William Elliott Sr.,” Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage Book 1778-1997, Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, Rockbridge Baths, Va., published by Walsworth Publishing Co., Summersville, W. Virginia, 1997, pp.191-192, M. Elaine Elliott, “William Elliot, Sr. & William Elliot, Jr. of the Little River of the Calfpasture of Virginia.”

The Will of William Elliott, Rockbridge County, Virginia Will Book 1, p. 494. This will was submitted to the Court of Rockbridge County on July 7, 1795.

William & his wife Margaret attended the Tinkling Spring Church.

Along about 1730 there were a large number of Scotch-Irish families who came to America & most of them entered by the way of the Port of Philadelphia.

The path of migration was by way of Chester, Lancaster & Cumberland Counties, Pennsylvania & down the valley of the Shenandoah. Some of the families traveled the entire road while others stayed in Lancaster County. However, the Campbells, McElroys, McDowells, Grahams, Gays, Kinkead's, Elliotts, Stevensons & many other of the families who helped to settle the Valley of Virginia came in about this time & by this route.

According to “Genealogies of Kentucky Families, From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society,” Vol. 2, : The Families Kinkead, Stephenson, Garrett, Martin & Dunlap,” Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1981, p. 762. “…the first group of families to move into the Valley of Virginia came there in 1744. The group that settled that year on the Calf Pasture …” included William Elliott.

Children of WILLIAM ELLIOTT and MARGARET are: 2. i. ROBERT 2 ELLIOTT, b. 07 Jul 1743, Augusta County, VA; d. 1802, Woodford County, KY. 3. ii. WILLIAM ELLIOTT, JR., b. Bef. 1727, Ireland; d. 1771, Virginia. iii. ARCHIBALD ELLIOTT, b. Aft. 1727, Ireland; d. Unknown, North Carolina?; m. SARAH CLARK; b. Unknown; d. Unknown, North Carolina?.

Notes for ARCHIBALD ELLIOTT: Kyle J. Wear wrote – “Archibald Elliott, son of William Elliot Sr., moved to Anson Co., NC (present day Chester Co., SC) between 1748 & 1758 – his father is given power of attorney on March 18, 1758 to sell his property on the Jackson River in Augusta Co., VA.”

According to M. Elaine Elliott – Archibald moved to North Carolina after an Indian attack in Augusta County. Archibald’s wife was a sister to the wife of John Elliott (who is possibly another son of William Sr’s., though unproven at this time.)

John H. Gwathmey, “Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution; Soldier-Sailors-Marines; 1775-1783,” Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1996 has the following entries:

“Elliot, Archibald, of Augusta, E” (the E denotes that the entry was originally found in the “Index of the Revolutionary records in the Virginia State Archives,” compiled by Dr. H. J. Eckenrode in 1912 & 1914)., p 252.

“Elliott. Archibald. Corp., 9 CL. (“9 CL” denotes that he served in the Ninth Virginia Regiment, Continental Line.), p.253.

4. iv. JAMES ELLIOTT, SR., b. Bef. 1743, Virginia?; d. Jun 1799, Rockbridge County, VA.

Born in Ireland, emigrating about 1730. He spent some time, possibly 10 or so years in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania, before moving to "Calf Pasture' which is now part of Rockbridge Co., VA. In one record, "Beverly Manor" is mentioned as a place of residence and of passing.

He was a cattleman by trade and was prosperous and prominent in the area.

The husband of Margaret Graham. They attended Tinkling Spring meeting house or church, records of their youngest son Robert, can be found there. He was born on July 7, 1743.

Many of his lines migrated to Kentucky, but he being elderly and in poor health, he stayed in Rockbridge and his son James cared for him, inheriting his father's land.

James passed in 1799, only four years after William. One son Archibald, headed to North Carolina:

[Kyle J. Wear wrote – “Archibald Elliott, son of William Elliot Sr., moved to Anson Co., NC (present-day Chester Co., SC) between 1748 & 1758 – his father is given power of attorney on March 18, 1758, to sell his property on the Jackson River in Augusta Co., VA.”

According to M. Elaine Elliott – Archibald moved to North Carolina after an Indian attack in Augusta County. Archibald’s wife was a sister to the wife of John Elliott (who is possibly another son of William Sr’s., though unproven at this time.)]

- thank you to "Old_ Viking" of Ancestry for sharing bracketed information.

On a side note - Sarah Clark was Archibald's wife and her sister, Jane Clark did marry William Elliott Jr.

Name: William Elliot , Sr.

Sex: M

Birth: 12 JUL 1699 in Scotland or Ireland

Death: 1795 in Rockbridge County, VA

Note:

William Elliott, Sr. was born 12 July 1699 (probably in Scotland or Ireland) and emigrated to the new world about 1730. After spending about ten years in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania, he moved to the Calf Pasture (what is present day Rockbridge County, Virginia) along with William Gay and James Stevenson. William Elliott resided in Beverly Manor until his death in 1795. He was a prosperous and prominent man, being a cattle farmer by trade - there are many listings of him selling cattle with his sons in extant newspapers of the period. Unfortunately, when he died he left his entire estate to his son James, who had cared for him in his old age, and as a result it will probably be impossible to know who all of his children were.

William and his wife Margaret attended the Tinkling Springs Church where the birth of his youngest son Robert is listed - 7 July 1743.

--Taken from Phyllis E. Wertz, Family Tree Maker webpages

Marriage 1 Margaret Graham

Children

Andrew Elliot b: ABT. 1717

William Elliot b: 1721
Richard Elliot b: ABT. 1722
Archibald Elliot b: 1726
Robert Elliot , Sr. b: 7 JUL 1743 in Rockbridge County, VA
James Elliot , Sr. b: 1745