Hello Judi, Would love to share notes on Conway NH Ela family. I have David Hough Ela's family history and in the intro he suggests that there were two Ela families in Conway NH during the late 18th- early 19th century,and that the clan who settled in Fryeburg aren't related to Israel Ela but instead descend from a Joseph Healy of Dunbarton. No other notes on this and I haven't found any Joseph Healys in Dunbarton so it's a puzzle. Complicating matters is that both Conway Ela clans moved to Oxford County (mine to Fryeburg, the other to Brownfield.) This is a curious coincidence. Another is that Conway's Jonathan (Israel>Israel>Samuel>Israel)had a son named Jonathan born 7/26/1806 with no further mention in David Hough Ela's book; my John was born about 5/06/1806 also in Conway. I haven't found any record of this John's parents.
Do you have any VRs for Ela's in Conway in the early 1800s?
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I've been searching geneaology site's forever for information. I had at one time talked to David Ela from Maine about us, but had lost touch. I have a geneology book that show's we're related to Israel. Driving to Vermont we took a drive through Hooksett, N.H., where my grandfather, Josiah Beecher Ela grew up and saw cemetery of Israel and others. Josiah's father was Varnum Ela. He had a brother. Am I looking in the right place?
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Hi JJ just found my papers on what I have on the Ela clan. Will check them out this week and try and locate the John you are looking for and let you know what I come up with. I do have relatives in Conway area, so there is a good chance I may have some info you are looking for.
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Re: Ela, I have Susan Ela ,b.17,July 1797, NH
sHE MARRIED iSAAC aBBOTT B.3 aUG, 1793,NH-d. 14 Nov 1793,NH. I am descended from their son Erastus J.Abbott who married Lydia Ann Ackley b. 24 April 1823, parents undiscovered as yet.They are both buried in Peru,ME
Is anyone on this board related?
Peggy
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HELLO I HAVE A VERNON / VARNUM BORN MAR. 1858 POS.HOOKSETT N.H. HIS PARENTS JOHN ELA BORN CIRCA 1810 POS N.H. MOTHER MARTHA J CHISLEY (SPELLING?) BORN POS IPSWICH, MA. C1823 THIS FAMILY WAS IN HOOKSETT N.H. 1850, 1870, 1880, CENSUS THEO
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HI AGAIN THE 1910 HOOKSETT N.H.CENSUS LISTS VARNUM AGE 58, JOHN AGE 62, MOTHER MARTHA J ELA AGE 88. HOWEVER THE ELA NAME IS SPELLED ELY IN THIS CENSUS I WILL CONTACT THE HOOKSETT TOWN CLERK AS NO ELA, ELY NAMES ARE IN THE 1930 CENSUS FOR HOOKSETT. MARTHA J POSSIBLY DIED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1930, AND POSSIBLY JOHN AND VARNUM ALSO. I AM RESEARCHINNG THIS FAMILY FOR A FRIEND. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. THEO
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Hello...just checking the web site for Ela's and see yours - of course 4 years later! I am related to Etta and Joseph Ela. Their son Josiah is my grandfather. I would be greatly interested in what you have located! Thank you
Karen Ela-Dunn
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