Eighth Generation

134. Elisha Alderman^{778,779,780,781} was born on 23 December 1744 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.^782,783 Vital record of death reads Dec. 23, 1744, Simsbury He served in the military American Revolution about 1776 in USA, Massachusetts. DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition Part 1 p 28
Alderman: Elisha: b 12-22-1742 CT d 1832 OH m Thankful Huff Pvt MA
He was listed in the in USA, Ohio, Athens Co. tax list in 1810⁴⁹⁷ ELISHA ALDERMAN
State: Ohio
County: Athens
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 001
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index

ELISHA JR. ALDERMAN
State: Ohio
County: Athens
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 001
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index

Elisha appeared in the census in June 1830 in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Homer Twp..⁷⁸⁴ Evidently ELISHA SR.is living with his son Hosea; he's not Head of H.

ELIHU ALDERMAN, Trimble Twp, Athens Co, OH p 227
ELIJAH ALDERMAN, Trimble Twp, Athens Co, OH p 226
ELISHA ALDERMAN(Jr) Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH p 219

HOSEA ALDERMAN Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH p 219
1 male under 5
1 male 5-10
1 male 10-15
1 male 15-20
1 male 30-39 (Hosea 39)
1 male 80-89 (Elisha Sr. 87) 1 female 5-10
1 female 10-15
1 female 30-39 (Hannah 35)
no slaves He died in 1832 at the age of 88 in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Homer Twp.. Elisha was from Simsbury, Connecticut. His first wife, Sarah Barnes, was from the neighboring county of New Haven. For unknown reasons this marriage did not last. It's said that they had three sons but information on them is missing, assumably because of his separation from Sarah. Letters written to M.P. Alderman, Gloucester, MA in 1889 said that the three sons of Elisha and Sarah were brought up by their maternal grandmother and that they did not recognise the Ohio branch of the family. Another letter to M.P. Alderman in 1889 from E.W. (Elisha Wesley) Alderman, Leavaca, Cherry Co., NE, said that his grandfather (Elisha Alderman) had two brothers, Ephraim & Stephen and his father ( Elisha Alderman, Jr.) had a half brother, John Alderman (Spear,19).
Elisha married Thankful Huff, a woman of Welsh descent, after his separation with his first wife. The birth date of Mary, in March of 1777, is earlier than the date given for the second marriage. Whether that had a bearing on the failed first marriage is speculation as I don't know how early they separated, or the obstacles to remarriage at that time.
It is thought by some that Elisha and Thankful lived in or near Philadephia, Pa. for some years. But by 1790 they resided in Mohawk Town, Montgomery County, New York, where the census shows a family consisting of two boys under sixteen and three girls besides himself and his wife. Next, it's known they resided in Wayne Twp., Steuben Co., New York, as this is the locality Elisha and other family members are said to have come from when they became settlers at Caneadea.
In 1803 Elisha came to Caneadea in Allegany Co., New York; country along the banks of the Genesee River explored the previous year by Ephraim Sanford and Zephaniah Huff (History of Allegany Co., 231). Other settlers from Wayne in Steuben Co. that also came included his daughter Mary and her husband Job Phillips, his daughter Esther and her husband James Smith, Stephen Vandermark and his daughter Maria who later that year married his son Elisha Jr. They eventually made their home in the Genesee Valley in western New York were they resided for many years. The Genesse Valley is a region between Lake Seneca and Lake Erie through which runs the Genesee River. The river flows northward through western New York from its source south of the town of Genesee in Pennsylvania and empties into Lake Ontario. The eastern bank was the west boundary of the Iroquois, and the valley along the stream was the beloved Zon-esche-o in their tongue, or "beautiful valley." As pronounced by certain tribes, "Gen-nes-see" became the name of a district famed for its beauty and fertility.
Elisha Alderman's family was at Caneadea from at least June 1803 to Jan 1810. The Settler's index of Holland Land Co. Records shows entries "1803 Je 23: Book R1 T5 p 8, Allegany Co., Town of Caneadea, Elisha Alderman, cash to Ephraim Sanford, agent." "1804 S 21: Book R1 T5 p 21, Elisha Alderman, cash. Again, cash on Jy 5, 1809 to Sanford, and again cash to Eli Griffith, Jr D 22, 1810.
Still not satisfied, in 1808 Elisha's son, Elisha Jr., and his son-in-law, Job Phillips, went down the Ohio River as forerunners in search of a desirable place for the establishment of a home in the then new state of Ohio which had been admitted to the Union five years previously. They returned with favorable reports and it was then, perhaps, that Elisha and his family left the Genessee Valley and settled at Olean, a town immediately north of the Pennsylvania border (now in Cattaraugus County, New York). There they began the construction of a raft large enough to carry all their belongings and to house twenty people. They were fully prepared to take advantage of the spring freshets and in April of 1810 they made the trip down the Ohio and settled near the site of the present city of Marietta, Ohio.
Seventeen people made the trip, all sons, daughters, and sons-in-law of Elisha Senior; Elisha Alderman (68) & wife (Thankful Huff), Job Phillips & Wife (Mary Alderman, 33), John Stewart & wife (Ann Alderman abt 30), James Ward Smith & wife (Esther Alderman 28), Elisha Jr (27) & wife (Maria Vandermark), Rachel (abt 25), Elijah (22), Hosea (19), Elihu (18), Lucy (14), and Anna (9). They floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, upon a lumber raft loaded with household effects and families, and then via the Ohio River to Marietta, a nearly 500 mile voyage through uninhabited country. Once there they traded the lumber in the rafts for 640 acres in Homer twp., ten miles farther west of Marietta (History of Morgan Co. by Robertson 1886) There he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Elisha and Thankful were buried on the farm of their son, Elisha, Jr. The old family cemetery with many stones bearing Alderman names is still maintained by the township trustees at Bartlett, Ohio.

The 1810 tax list for Athens Co., Ohio shows Elijah Alderman, Elisha Alderman, and Elisha Alderman Jr.
The 1816 tax list for Athens Co., Ohio shows Elisha Alderman, and Elijah Alderman

An Elisha Alderman was a customer at the Merritt store ca. 1771, most likely this man. A James Barnes was also a customer at the Merritt store about this time. Benedict Sweet and Samuel Baldwin charged to his account. [DCSB II B:139, 217].

Ontario Co formed 1789, Genesee Co fromed 1802 from Ontario Co., Allegany County formed 1806 from Genesee Co. So the Alderman's could have lived in the same place and that place have 3 dif names-- from 1783 to 1808 or 1810.
Utica, NY was starting point of Genesee Road which state constructed west to Genesee Country--probably 1800?--It's possible the Aldermans and James Ward Smith went to Genesee Co by Mohawk Valley or River. The mouth of the Mohawk is the spot where the Mohawk flows into the Hudson River. (Watervliet now) And Schenectady is about 20 mi from Watervliet.

Thankful Huff and Elisha Alderman were married on 1 October 1777 in USA, New York, near Schenectady. They appeared in the census in 1790 in USA, New York, Montgomery Co., Mohawk Town.⁷⁸⁵ two boys and under 16 and three girls (Alderman 485).

Alderman, Elijah--1-2-4-0-0
1 male 16+ Elijah (Elisha?) 2 males under 16, Elisha 7, Elijah, 2
4 females, Thankful, Mary 13, Ann 10, Esther 8

Thankful and Rachel died young They^⁷⁸⁵ appeared in the census in 1800. Alderman does not show up in the 1800 census in NY except for a Jonathon.
Searchs using only Elisha and Elijah showed the following (mis-read as Adderman) in PA with Phillips, but none found anywhere else. In addition, no Job Phillips/Philips are enumerated in VT or NY in 1800. 2 are in CT, none found anywhere else. This included a search using only the first name Job, (and Jole) to eliminate other mis-spellings.

The children's ages fit, but not the parents, so are they the right families?

Elisha Alderman
2 boys under 10 (Elihu 8, Hosea 9)
2 males 10-16 (Elijah 12, Elisha 16)
1 male 26-45
1 girl under 10 (Lucy, 4)
1 female 16-26

John Philips
1 male under 10
1 male 26-45
1 female under 10
1 female 16-26

Danl Philips
1 male 26-45
2 girls under 10
1 female 26-45

Job Philips
1 male under 10
1 male 16-25 (Job 26)
1 male 45 + (Job 56)
3 females under 10
1 female 26-44

Ephm Alderman
1 male 26-45
2 girls under 10
1 female 16-26

Also Cady's, wife of Daniel C. is said to be Abigail Cady -
Peter Cady
Manosh Cady
Abel Cady
Elisha Cady

Thankful and Elisha appeared in the census in 1820 in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Homer Twp..⁷⁸⁶ Elisha Alderman Sr.
1 male of 45+ , Elisha (78)
1 females 16 - 26, Anna/Hannah (24)
1 woman 45+, Thankful

Elisha Alderman Jr.
5 boys under ten,
1 man 16 - 26
1 man 26- 45.
1 girl under 10,
1 girl 10 - 16,
1 woman 26 - 45.

Elijah Alderman
4 boys under 10
1man 26-45
3 girls under 10
1 woman 26-45

Hosea Alderman
2 boys under 10
1 boy 10-16
1 man 26-45
1 girl under 10
1 woman 16-26

135. Thankful Huff⁷⁷⁸ was born on 19 March 1753 in Connecticut Colony, New Haven, Wall. 1752 birth date for Thankful Huff calculated from birthdates of her children:Esther b 8 Mar 1782, Elisha 1783, Elijah 1788, Hosea 9 Mar 1791, Anna 27 Sep 1801 and Lucy 1806. However, it's very possible that she was a second wife to Elisha Alderman, so her 1752 birthdate may be off.

She died in 1829 at the age of 76 in USA, Ohio, Washington Co., Marietta. Of Welsh descent. Thought by some to have lived in or near Philadelphia, Pa.

THANKFUL HUFF FORBEARERS???
1802: "Ephraim Sanford and ZEPHANIAH HUFF, from Wayne, Steuben Co., NY, first put in an appearance in 1802. Striking the river at the 'Transit' they followed down the stream as far as the falls at Portage, (Portageville is now Wyoming Co.) then crossed, and returned upon the west side to the place from whence they started, selecting lands in the vicinity of Caneadea, where they soon after settled with these families.
. . .first road followed the stream up from Hornellsville, entering the
county at Almond striking the source of Dikes Creek. (Wellsville is in
Allegany Co, where Dikes Settlement was located?) Dikes old line of blazed trees and scantily cut out sledroad was largely followed in some cases improved." (pg 71)
"'Transit' bridge across Genesee River." (pg 75)
"ME Church of Belfast, Allegany Co., house of worship built 1848. .
MRS.JOHN HUFF, all aged members. . ." (p 668)
"Town of New Hudson formed 1825 from Rushford" (below in Allegany Co.)
All the above from ALLEGANY AND IT'S PEOPLE NY 1896 Ferguson & Co.
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1803:letter from Barbara (& Paul) Bailey, 8523 Scipio Rd. Nunda, NY 14517:"...one of my husbands ancestors, MARIA VANDERMARK md. ELISHA ALDERMAN JR, and she was supposed to have been born in Genesee Valley NY in 1787. Beers History of Steuben Co has a ZIBA HUFF, only Huff mentioned in Steuben book, who came from Wayne Co NY to Canadea (Allegany Co), with Ephraim Sanford in 1802. Stephanus Vandermark settled there also in 1803.

1810: Census of Ovid, Seneca Co,NY. Has an ABRAHAM HUFF:
l M & 1 F 26-44; 2 F 0-9; 2 F 10-15.

Children were:

i.
Mary Alderman⁵¹⁷ was born on 4 March 1777 in USA, New York.^779,782 Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "The records show that their dau Mary was born March 4, 1777. A dau Thankful 'died young' and she may have been their first child. Their last child was born in 1801 so we conclude Thankful was quite young when she married."
Spears lists Mary as the daughter of Elisha and his first wife, Sarah.
She died on 9 April 1858 at the age of 81 in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Amesville.^779,782 She was buried in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Amesville Graveyard.⁷⁸⁷ Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "The records show that their dau Mary was born March 4, 1777.
ii.
Thankful Alderman⁵¹⁷ was born about 1778 in USA, New York. She died before 1790 at the age of 12 in USA, New York.⁷⁸² Died young. Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "A dau Thankful 'died young' and she may have been their first child.
iii.
Ann Alderman was born about 1780 in USA, New York.
iv.
Esther Alderman⁷⁸⁸ was born on 8 March 1782 in USA, New York, Montgomery Co. (prob).⁵¹⁷ She died on 21 July 1830 at the age of 48 in USA, Ohio, Washington Co., Plymouth or Bartlett.^517,789 ....In the year 1800 he (James Ward Smith) was married to Esther Alderman who was said to have been crowned with a wealth of titian red hair, the shade the great master of color gave to the hair of his madonnas. This young couple, James and Esther, moved to Allegheny County in Western New York. They lived there until they had acquired the asset of five sons ranging in age from six months to eight years. Here had also come Esther's father, Elisha Alderman, with his family, some of them nearly or quite grown to manhood and womanhood. (Down the Ohio in 1810, by Mrs. Lucy Rebecca (Smith) Hobson, 1933)
v.
Rev. Elisha Alderman Jr.^{222,517,790,791,792} was born on 13 September 1783 in USA, New York, Montgomery Co. (prob).⁵¹⁷ He was listed in the in USA, Ohio, Athens Co. tax list in 1810⁴⁹⁷ ELISHA ALDERMAN
State: Ohio
County: Athens
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 001
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index
ELISHA JR. ALDERMAN
State: Ohio
County: Athens
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 001
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index
He appeared in the census in 1820 in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Homer Twp..⁷⁸⁶ Elisha Alderman Sr.
1 male of 45+ , Elisha (78)
1 females 16 - 26, Anna/Hannah (24)
1 woman 45+, Thankful
Elisha Alderman Jr.
5 boys under ten, (William 4, Hezekiah 2, + 3 more...)
1 man 16 - 26
1 man 26- 45. Elisha Jr. (37)
1 girl under 10, Julia Ann (1)
1 girl 10 - 16,
1 woman 26 - 45 Maria (33)
Elijah Alderman
4 boys under 10
1man 26-45
3 girls under 10
1 woman 26-45
Hosea Alderman
2 boys under 10
1 boy 10-16
1 man 26-45
1 girl under 10
1 woman 16-26
Elisha appeared in the census in 1856 in USA, Iowa, Story Co., Indian Creek Twp..⁷⁹³ 184-49-52 Elisha ALDERMAN 62 M M 6 New York /Native/ Farmer Indian Creek
184-49-52 Elizabeth ALDERMAN 56 F M 3 Pennsylvania Indian Creek
184-49-52 William V. ALDERMAN 40 M 6 Ohio /Native/ /Militia/ /Land Owner/ Farmer Indian Creek
He appeared in the census on 25 July 1860 in USA, Iowa, Story Co., Indian Creek Twp..⁷⁹⁴ 782, 785, E. Alderman, 76 M, Farmer, 1500, 200, New York
Elizabeth, 60 F, Penn.
William V., 45 M, Farm laborer, Ohio He died on 8 October 1868 at the age of 85 in USA, Iowa, Story Co., Iowa Center.⁵¹⁷ Elisha was buried in USA, Iowa, Story Co., Iowa Center, Woodland Cemetery.⁷⁹⁵ Alderman, Elisha and Mariah husband and wife, 85 and 66.
Elisha Alderman Jr, born in 1783 in New York. A letter written to M. P. Alderman, Gloucester, MA in 1889 said Elisha, Jr. was raised at Painted Post, Steuben Co. NY (Spear, 69). In the fall of 1803 he married Maria Vandermark, the daughter of another settler of Caneada in the Genesee Valley of NY, which they had left Steuben Co. for that spring. They had 10 children.
The Alderman family were among the earliest pioneers of this [Homer] township. In the spring of 1808 Elisha Alderman and Job Phillips came from Olean, N. Y., and made a location on Sharp's Fork of Federal Creek, being favorably impressed with the natural advantages of the country, and deeming it a favorable location for the establishment of homes they returned to New York, and in 1810 emigrated to what is now Morgan County, with a little colony of seventeen people. Upon a lumber raft upon which was loaded, their household effects and families, they floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, and from thence via the Ohio to Marietta where they traded the lumber for six hundred and forty acres of land in what is now Homer township. The country bordering on the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers was at the time of which we write a dense wilderness with here and there the cabin of some adventurous frontiersman, and perhaps no better idea can be given of the courage and indomitable energy of this little band of pioneers than the fact that they left their homes and with their worldly possessions and their families upon a raft of lumber, undertook a voyage of nearly five hundred miles upon unknown waters, and into a country almost uninhabited, and perhaps their only incentive was the probable benefit that might in after time accrue to their descendants. The names of the colonists were Elisha Alderman and wife, Elisha Jr. and wife, Job Phillips and wife, John Stewart and wife, James Ward Smith and wife, Rachel, Elijah, Hosea, Lucy, Elihu and Annar, all of whom were sons, daughters and sons-in-kw of Elisha senior. All were identified with the early history of the township. Elisha, who was the progenitor of the Alderman family in Morgati county, lived to an advanced age and died in the township. Elisha Jr. reared a large family and was quite promptly identified with the early affairs of that section. He removed to Iowa about 1850, where he died. (Robertson 498-499)
(Homer twp of Athens then, now Morgan Co., OH)
1809: Elisha Jr and I think it was Elijah paid for land in now Morgan Co.
1810: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elijah Alderman
Elisha Alderman
Elisha Alderman Jr.
1816: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elisha Alderman
Elijah Alderman
"Elisha Jr. reared a large family and was quite promptly identified with the early affairs of that section (Homer Twp.) He removed to Iowa about 1850, where he died." Robertson History of Morgan Co. OH. 1886.
1822 Oct 16: Benjamin VandeMark of Caneadea in Allegany Co, NY paid $100 to Elisha Alderman Jr of Homer, Athens Co, OH for a sixth part of piece of land in Caneadea, Allegany, NY, Lot #10 on eastern bank of Genesee River, 98 acres. Signed by Elisha Alderman Jr and Mariah Alderman (her mark) and witnessed by ZIBA HUFF.(Allegany Co.Deeds)
OLD SETTLERS OF THE COUNTY-SETTLED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1858.
Alderman, T. E.
Alderman, Elisha Alderman,
Hez. Alderman,
Wm. Alderman,
I. C Alderman
(Allen, 357)
vi.
Rachel Alderman⁵¹⁷ was born about 1785 in USA, New York. She died before 1790 at the age of 5.⁵¹⁷ Died young Died young
vii.
Elijah C. Alderman⁵¹⁷ was born on 8 March 1788 in USA, New York, Montgomery Co., Mohawk Valley, near Schenectady (Olean).^517,796 He died on 13 April 1861 at the age of 73 in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Amesville (now Morgan Co.).^517,796 ELIJAH ALDERMAN was born in 1788 in Olean, New York. He married about 1812, probably in Athens Co., Ohio to Mary Watkins and had 14 children. Robertson book says 18 children.
1886 Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH: "ELIJAH died in Homer township at an advanced age. He reared a fam of 18 ch one of whom, REV. J. W. ALDERMAN is pastor of the First ME Church of Burlington, IA."
-> A son of Elijah and Mary, James W. Alderman, D.D., was Chaplain at Sing Sing Prison in New York State fro January 1, 1878, to April 1, 1880.
1828, 1833, 1834: ELIJAH ALDERMAN Trimble Twp Trustee. p 521 Walker's HISTORY OF ATHENS CO. 1869.
In 1860 Trimble Twp there is a John L Alderman 24 & fam; and a Julius Alderman 49 & fam. Are these Elijah's children? Also several Watkins families.
1810: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elijah Alderman
Elisha Alderman
Elisha Alderman Jr.
1816: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elisha Alderman
Elijah Alderman

viii.
Hosea Alderman⁵¹⁷ was born on 9 March 1791 in USA, New York, Olean.^517,797 He died of typhoid fever on 21 October 1843 at the age of 52 in USA, Ohio, Athens Co., Homer Twp., Joy (now in Morgan Co.).^517,798 Hosea, along with his first and third child, all died within three months of typhoid fever. He was buried in USA, Ohio, Morgan Co., Joy Cemetery. had 8 children: ASAHEL, ELECTA, IRA, ELI, CARMI, ARZA, VINTON & JUSTUS.
HOSEA ALDERMAN "was a man well known. He was a Methodist in his religious belief and prominent in the affairs of the church. He was emphatically a peacemaker, and in early times was frequently called to adjust differences between his neighbors. He reared a family of 8 children, but one of whom, AZRA, one of the prominent business men of McConnelsville, resides in the county. Probably the first brick house in the township was erected by HOSEA ALDERMAN." Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH. 1886.
I corresponded with an elderly woman years ago who was descended from Lucy Alderman's brother, Hosea Alderman. If I can find her letters in a forseeable future, I will send what she told me about Matthew. I'm thinking that she said Lucy died and Hosea raised her children because Matthew was gone, but don't quote me on that until I find what she sent me (Jan Sharp). Lucy died in 1823, leaving three children, 1 boy & two girls. born 1820, 1821, & 1823. They should show up in the 1830 census, about 10, 9, and 7 years old.
In 1845 Marion & Homer twps of Athens Co and part of Roxbury twp of Washington Co were added.

ix.
Elihu Huff Alderman⁵¹⁷ was born on 11 August 1792 in USA, New York.⁵¹⁷ He died on 23 March 1850 at the age of 57 in USA, Iowa, Lee Co., Fort Madison.⁵¹⁷ moved with family of five children to Iowa; His death occurred at Fort Madison, Iowa, 24 March 1850.
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x.
Lucy Alderman.
xi.
Anna (Hannah) Alderman⁵¹⁷ was born on 27 September 1801 in USA, New York, Cattaragus Co., Olean.^517,799 She died on 9 September 1879 at the age of 77 in USA, Illinois, Fulton Co..^517,799