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Samuel Ellis Iredell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Re: Samuel Ellis Iredell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted: 25 Feb 2006 4:53AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: IREDELL; SOUFFRAIN; NEWMAN; OLDS
I came upon this obituary, I am not related
John Soufrrain: his obituary. Died-at his residence in thie city on the 13th inst., after a lingering illness, John Souffrain, in the 80th year of his age. The deceased was born in France. When he was 11 years old he enlisted in the French service and was taken on board a man-of-war where he remained two and a half when he returned to his parents. He was at home a short time when he was again pressed and sent to sea. He was then in war 11 years; he was blockaded at the island of Malta two years and a half where he suffered a great deal and was several times upon the point of starvation and would of been glad any time to have given a dollar a pound for horseflesh could he have procured its price. He endeavored to make his escape from there at night in company with several others; they were pursued by Lord Nelson. They were prisoners but a short time when they were exchanged for some of Nelson's men. He fought at the battle of Nile and was there made prisoner by the English; he made his escape from there to save his life. He was shot at and the ball whizzed by his head and dropped into the water; he swam two and a half miles with his bundle on his back and was picked up by the French vessel in 1802. He was taken (sic) with yellow fever and was left at St. Domingo and after he recovered he came to Philidephia with the intention of returning to France. He became acquainted, liked the place, and concluded to remain a while. In 1804 he married and resided there until 1836 when he emigrated to the West with his family and settled in Richmond, and has resided here until his death.
Source: The Palladium, Thursday, January 24, 1856 page 3
Published in Richmond, Wayne county, Indiana
a will is found in Wayn county, Indiana in Book 3, page 379. Did not mention his wife Elinor, but mentioned his son Isaac B. Souffrain and two umarried daughters: Ellen and Catherine. It named his married daughters: Mary Newman, Margaret Olds, and Marinetti Iredell.
Source: National Genealogical Society Quarterly March 1968 Vol, 56, Number 1

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Carolynn Eilts
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