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Israel Ellsworth Holliday

Israel Ellsworth Holliday

Male 1755 - 1834  (78 years)Deceased

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  • Name Israel Ellsworth Holliday 
    Birth 1 Apr 1755  Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation
    • carpenter
    Death 1834  ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
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    Notes 
    • From an e-mail received 08/23/97 from Ronald E. Brown
      Both Mrs. Johnson and I descend from Walter's granddaughter Aimee (or Ann),
      daughter of William and Anna (Ellis) Halliday, married first Joshua Matson
      and second Samuel Ellsworth, Jr. (Mrs. Johnson and I descend from Samuel
      Ellsworth, in fact, Mrs. Johnson's maiden name was Ellsworth).

      The son of Samuel and Aimee (Holliday) Ellsworth, Jr. was Israel Ellsworth
      (Sr.) who was a Green Mountain Boy in Vermont during the Revolution and has
      a Revolutionary War Pension application (S10856).  Israel's first wife was
      Hopestill Stevens and they had several children including Israel Ellsworth,
      Jr. who is the ancestor of Mrs. Johnson.  Israel, Sr. deserted this family,
      assumed the name Israel Ellsworth Holliday (taking on the maiden name of
      his mother as an alias, this is the name that the pension application is
      under) and married my ancestor Anne Bennett in Frederick Co., VA and had
      about four children including Israel Ellsworth Holliday, Jr. (my third
      great grandfather) who had three wives and fifteen children in Greenbrier
      and Fayette Cos., (West) Virginia.  There is a very vibrant and active
      group of Hollidays in this area, they have at least a couple of family
      pamphlets tracking the descendants of Israel Ellsworth Holliday, Jr.  They
      have annual Holliday reunions and have marked the grave of Israel, Jr.
      Ron Brown
      799 Hill Farm Road
      Fairfield, CT 06430-2133

      From Our Ellsworth Ancestors page 12 & 13

      ISRAEL(5) purchased land in Pittsford, Vermont from his father in 1786 and sold it to JOHN EGGLESTON in 1790. He moved with his family to Northern Pennsylvania, near Troy, (on Sugar Creek ) in Bradford County, from which place he disappeared.
             From the time of his disappearance, about 1790, until his pension application in 1832, his first family and their friends knew nothing about him. He had gone to Virginia and there married ANN BENNBTT. ISRAEL(5) used the maiden name of his
      mother. He made his home at Fairfax, Virginia. There he had four children.
              CALEB HENDEE recorded that "After ISRAEL left his wife in Pennsylvania she returned to Pittsford and her people, and reported in a fit of insanity her husband went into the woods and never was seen afterwards. His wife married again to a MR.
      Patterson, with whom she lived some years and then later he left her. Later she married WILLARD SEATON, with whom she lived some years. They were pretty well matched, both bad enough; he at length left her and afterwards she went into Upper Canada and there married a fourth time."

      Most info obtained from his application for a pension, made 17 December 1831. The application follows:
             ISRAEL ELLSWORTH (alias Holiday). Copied from the Archives of the United States, Revolutionary War records Continental Green Mountain Boys, Vermont. File 10956, State of Virginia, County of Fairfax, 15 October, 1832.
             Personally appeared        ISRAEL ELLSWORTH HOLLIDAY, a resident of Virginia in the County of Fairfax, aged 81-82 years, who on oath made the following declaration:
            "........ that he entered as a volunteer in the service in the army of the state of Vermont in the year, he thinks, of 1776, under Captain PELEG SUNDERLAND and he served as Sergeant in said company when it marched under Colonel ETHAN ALLEN and BENBDICT ARNOLD, when they took Ticonderoga. He remained a short time there. He then assisted under Capt. P. SUNDERLAND in building Fort Independence and in removing the cannon to that place from Ticonderoga. He was at this about one year. He remembered in this service Captain SUNDERLAND, his Lieuts. JONATHAN FASSETT and WILLIAM COOK, also Capt. BENJAMIN COOLEY, also Capt. SAMUEL HOLLIDAY with his Lieutenants . . . .  HENDEE, also Colonels JAMES MEADE and a Captain MEADE  and a Captain STEPHENS.
            "After taking Ticonderoga and building Fort Independence, he was marched back to Pittsford and while there he was sent out with twelve men to keep a lookout for British foragers and was taken with the twelve men under his command on Otter Creek near Brown's Camp by a British officer that was called by common appellation Major FRASURE (Frazer). He took us across Lake Champlain to General BURGOYNB'S camp at Crown Point where he was examined by General BURGOYNB (and as near as he can now recollect the name RADAZEL, and Major FRASURE who was afterwards killed passing down the lake to Albany.
            "After being kept there a short time he was exchanged, and he thinks soon after his exchange, he believes the twelve men were exchanged also. He remembers one man by the name of COOK, two men by the name of GRAVES, and one JESSE ARMSTEAD in this capture.
            "After his exchange he joined Captain SAMUEL BLOTCHET and was in an engagement at Hubbleton (Hubbardton) with a parcel of Tories and Indians and we were beat by them and routed in Vermont.
             "After this in 1777 he received a Captain's commission which was signed by THOMAS CHITTENDEN who was at that time chairman of the convention in Vermont. A short time after, he marched with his command of 75 men and two Lieutenants, BENJAMIN STEPHENS and ABLE STEPHENS, and joined Colonel SETH WARNBR, he thinks, in the township of Allentown, who afterwards with his regiment joined Colonel ALLEN who marched to Bennington and from there to a small settlement called Macloomscock (?) in New York where he had an engagement with a detachment of BURGOYNB'S army that was sent, as he supposed and believes to take our stores at Bennington. A party of the enemy was taken prisoners and put in the meeting house at Bennington. He was out on this enterprise about two months and marched back under Colonel WARNBR to Pittsford for the greater security of the frontiers of Vermont, where he continued to serve as a Captain in the Vermont line (words "volunteer minute men" crossed out ) until the end of the war before his discharge.
            "His general employment after this was to keep a lookout from Onion River down to Fort Ann and Stillwaters, having likewise the general care of the cattle, from being taken or driven to the enemy. His paymaster was JONATHAN FASSETT and commissary was CALEB HENDEE during his general station from Onion River to Stillwaters.
             "The said ISRAEL ELSWORTH HOLLIDAY was born in the year 1750 or 1751 in the township of Simsbury, County of Hartford, State of Connecticut, and removed at 16 years of age with his father into the township of Pittsford, County of Rutland in
      Vermont, where he remained until one or two years after the war.
             "He then removed to the town of Winchester in the Stat of Virginia, from there to Harrisburgh in Pennsylvania, from there to Charlestown in Maryland, from there to the city of Washington and Georgetown in the District of Columbia, and finally
      from there he removed in the year 1809 into the county of Fairfax, Virginia in the neighborhood where he now resides.
              "He left his commission in his father's house with all other evidence of his service, which he has never seen since. He has never returned back to the State of Vermont nor has he received any letter from any part of his family or acquaintance
      for the space of 40 years. neither does he know of any person now living with whom he had acquaintance in the state of Vermont.
              "He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present . . . .
         Sworn and signed
                ISRAEL ELSWORTH HOLLIDAY

      Several character affidavits accompanied the application for pension, including the following of GEORGE WASHINGTON POOLE.
              ". . . . I have been acquainted with ISRAEL ELSWORTH HOLLIDAY from the year 1816 and before that time, having worked with him at the carpenter's trade. I have often heard him give an account of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War
      which corresponds with the detailed statement in his declaration which I have seen . . . His mind and memory are impaired by infirmities of old age and a stoke of palsey." December 17, 1832."
              The pension application was approved, the name of ISRAEL ELSWORTH HOLLIDAY.
               ISRAEL was on the pay roll of Captain COOLEY'S Company in Colonel GIDEON WARREN'S Regiment of militia for six days, 8 to 13 November 1778, with his brother, SAMUEL. The service record mentioned in the pension application file 10,856, seems
      sufficient to secure approval for descendants of ISRAEL, for membership in the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution.
    Person ID I9902  Rgstrong Family genes. | Descendants of William Halladay, 1677/1678-1764
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2013 

    Father AncestorsSamuel Ellsworth, II,   b. 1 Oct 1718, Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1803, Arlington,Alexandria,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother AncestorsAmee Halladay,   b. 6 May 1703, Suffield,Hampshire,Massachusetts Colony,British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1778, Pittsford,,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1746  Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut,United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsHopestill Stevens,   b. 1759, Nine Partners,Dutchess,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1779  [2
    • Abandoned thought Lost in woods.
    Marriage Status Separated 
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin C. Ellsworth,   b. 15 Nov 1781, Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Salt Lake City,Salt Lake,Utah,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Israel Ellsworth,   b. 1785, Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1842, Attica,Lapeer,Michigan,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Sylvannus Ellsworth,   b. 1787, Wyalusing,Luzerne,Pennsylvania,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Susanna Ellsworth,   b. 1789, Wyalusing,Luzerne,Pennsylvania,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Jonathan Ellsworth,   b. 1790, Wyalusing,Luzerne,Pennsylvania,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2006 

    Family 2 AncestorsAnnie Bennett,   b. Abt 1768, ,Berkeley,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1789  ,Berkeley,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
    Married1. Elizabeth Holliday,   b. 1790, ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Married2. Samuel Holliday,   b. 1792, ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Married3. Amy Holliday,   b. 1794, ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Israel Ellsworth Holliday, Jr.,   b. 1799, ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1870, ,Fayette,West Virginia,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2013 

  • Event Map Click to display
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Apr 1755 - Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Benjamin C. Ellsworth - 15 Nov 1781 - Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Israel Ellsworth - 1785 - Pittsford,Rutland,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sylvannus Ellsworth - 1787 - Wyalusing,Luzerne,Pennsylvania,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Susanna Ellsworth - 1789 - Wyalusing,Luzerne,Pennsylvania,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Apr 1789 - ,Berkeley,Virginia,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Jonathan Ellsworth - 1790 - Wyalusing,Luzerne,Pennsylvania,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Elizabeth Holliday - 1790 - ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Samuel Holliday - 1792 - ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Amy Holliday - 1794 - ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Israel Ellsworth Holliday, Jr. - 1799 - ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1834 - ,Fairfax,Virginia,United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S15] German E. Ellsworth and Mary Smith Ellsworth, comp., and John Orval Ellsworth, ed., Our Ellsworth Ancestors, (1956), Chapter 1, pg. 9 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S15] German E. Ellsworth and Mary Smith Ellsworth, comp., and John Orval Ellsworth, ed., Our Ellsworth Ancestors, (1956), pg. 9, Chapter 1. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S926] The West Virginia Vital Research Records Project, "West Virginia Marriages, 1853-1970." Database and images., (West Virginia Division of Culture and History. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr : 2013.), 6 Nov 2013, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr : accessed 6 Nov 2013); Marriage record of Ellsworth Holliday and Anne Bennett, 23 Apr 1789; citing Berkeley County marriage records 1780-1856. (Reliability: 3).
      Know all men by these presents, That we Allsworth Holliday and Robert Bennett are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency Beverly Randolph -- Esq. Governor of Virginia, in the just and full sum of fifty pounds, current money, to which Payment well and truly to be made, to the said Governor or his successors.  WE bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.    
      Sealed with our seal, and dated this 23rd day of April, 1789


      The condition of the obove Obligation is such, that, Whereas there is a marriage suddenly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Allsworth Holliday and Anne Bennett now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said Marriage, then the above Obligation to be void and of no effect; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. (signed) Ellsworth Holliday
      Robert Bennett (sic marked)R
      Sealed and Delivered
      in the presence of   
      unknown book or page.