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Elsey/Elza Family History

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Elsey/Elza Family History

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 4:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am, and have been, researching the Elsey/Elza family for many, many years. The Elza in our family came about by accident with clerical spelling errors! Elsey is our original spelling and the Elsey family came from England. When Edward Elsey died (sometime in 1819 in Hardy County, Virginia), his son, Thompson Elsey -- my 3rd great grandfather -- became an orphan and had a legal guardian appointed (actually two different ones from the Coberly family). It was at this time in history that the name was altered in recording the guardianship(s) to Elza. I am still searching records to find more information about the parentage of Edward Elsey. I believe, after much searching, that his father was Nicholas Elsey. Edward had at least two siblings, Thomas & Mary. Mary married a John Lewis in Rockingham County about 1781. Edward was married to Sarah "Sally" Thompson, my 4th great grandmother. He subsequently, in 1811, married a Cecilia Rivies and they had
children. I believe, but cannot prove, that Sarah "Sally" Thompson Elza died in childbirth when Thompson was born.

I am willing to communicate with anyone that is researching this line.

Margaret Kerr Beckwith
Elkins, West Virginia
margbeckwith@frontier.com

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