According to the inscription on his grave marker, Captain Ely was killed on the Mohawk River "In the service of his Country" on 18 October 1780. The Mohawk River is a tributary of the Hudson River in Lewis County New York. He is buried in the Park Street Cemetery which is in what is now West Springfield, MA next to the First Congregational Church. This church was founded in 1698 and contains quite a number of Revolutionary War Patriots, their families and descendants.
Levi is the fifth child of Samuel & Abigail Warriner Ely. He was killed by the Indians in a battle on the Mohawk River, a little East of Utica, NY, Oct. 19, 1780. He left home in the charge of a company, a short expidition against the Indians, all being his townsmen and neighbors, and they were all nearly killed only a few days before their term expired. Levi lived in West Springfield, at the foot of a hill, near the old Congregational church. All his children were born there, and lived and died in West Springfield, except his daughter Lucretia, and his son Elihu.
He married Abigail SERGEANT, Oct. 12, 1758. She is the daughter of Lieutenat John & Abigail JONES Sergeant.
Levi & Abigail had eleven children: Lucretia, Huldah, Jerusha, Levi, George, Daniel, Sabra, Theodosia, Solomon, Elihu, & Abigail "Nabby," who never married.
Suggested edit: Daughter not listed Lucretia Ely 1759–1819
BIRTH 12 MAY 1759 • West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
DEATH 19 JAN 1819 • Henrietta, Monroe, New York, United States
Lucretia was my 5th great-grandmother If more information is required please contact me.
Her husband was
Jacob Miller 1756–1824
BIRTH 27 NOV 1756 • Springfield, Massachusetts
DEATH 10 MAR 1824 • Bergen, Genesee, New York, United States
Jacob is the pioneer that took the first 22 settlers to Brighton NY. He was from the notable Miller family of Springfield Mass.
Contributor: Frederick Miller (49910787)
Levi is the fifth child of Samuel & Abigail Warriner Ely. He was killed by the Indians in a battle on the Mohawk River, a little East of Utica, NY, Oct. 19, 1780. He left home in the charge of a company, a short expidition against the Indians, all being his townsmen and neighbors, and they were all nearly killed only a few days before their term expired. Levi lived in West Springfield, at the foot of a hill, near the old Congregational church. All his children were born there, and lived and died in West Springfield, except his daughter Lucretia, and his son Elihu.
He married Abigail SERGEANT, Oct. 12, 1758. She is the daughter of Lieutenat John & Abigail JONES Sergeant.
Levi & Abigail had eleven children: Lucretia, Huldah, Jerusha, Levi, George, Daniel, Sabra, Theodosia, Solomon, Elihu, & Abigail "Nabby," who never married.
Suggested edit: Daughter not listed Lucretia Ely 1759–1819
BIRTH 12 MAY 1759 • West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
DEATH 19 JAN 1819 • Henrietta, Monroe, New York, United States
Lucretia was my 5th great-grandmother If more information is required please contact me.
Her husband was
Jacob Miller 1756–1824
BIRTH 27 NOV 1756 • Springfield, Massachusetts
DEATH 10 MAR 1824 • Bergen, Genesee, New York, United States
Jacob is the pioneer that took the first 22 settlers to Brighton NY. He was from the notable Miller family of Springfield Mass.
Contributor: Frederick Miller (49910787)
According to the inscription on his grave marker, Captain Ely was killed on the Mohawk River "In the service of his Country" on 18 October 1780. The Mohawk River is a tributary of the Hudson River in Lewis County New York. He is buried in the Park Street Cemetery which is in what is now West Springfield, MA next to the First Congregational Church. This church was founded in 1698 and contains quite a number of Revolutionary War Patriots, their families and descendants.
Levi is the fifth child of Samuel & Abigail Warriner Ely. He was killed by the Indians in a battle on the Mohawk River, a little East of Utica, NY, Oct. 19, 1780. He left home in the charge of a company, a short expidition against the Indians, all being his townsmen and neighbors, and they were all nearly killed only a few days before their term expired. Levi lived in West Springfield, at the foot of a hill, near the old Congregational church. All his children were born there, and lived and died in West Springfield, except his daughter Lucretia, and his son Elihu.
He married Abigail SERGEANT, Oct. 12, 1758. She is the daughter of Lieutenat John & Abigail JONES Sergeant.
Levi & Abigail had eleven children: Lucretia, Huldah, Jerusha, Levi, George, Daniel, Sabra, Theodosia, Solomon, Elihu, & Abigail "Nabby," who never married.
Suggested edit: Daughter not listed Lucretia Ely 1759–1819
BIRTH 12 MAY 1759 • West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
DEATH 19 JAN 1819 • Henrietta, Monroe, New York, United States
Lucretia was my 5th great-grandmother If more information is required please contact me.
Her husband was
Jacob Miller 1756–1824
BIRTH 27 NOV 1756 • Springfield, Massachusetts
DEATH 10 MAR 1824 • Bergen, Genesee, New York, United States
Jacob is the pioneer that took the first 22 settlers to Brighton NY. He was from the notable Miller family of Springfield Mass.
Contributor: Frederick Miller (49910787)
Levi is the fifth child of Samuel & Abigail Warriner Ely. He was killed by the Indians in a battle on the Mohawk River, a little East of Utica, NY, Oct. 19, 1780. He left home in the charge of a company, a short expidition against the Indians, all being his townsmen and neighbors, and they were all nearly killed only a few days before their term expired. Levi lived in West Springfield, at the foot of a hill, near the old Congregational church. All his children were born there, and lived and died in West Springfield, except his daughter Lucretia, and his son Elihu.
He married Abigail SERGEANT, Oct. 12, 1758. She is the daughter of Lieutenat John & Abigail JONES Sergeant.
Levi & Abigail had eleven children: Lucretia, Huldah, Jerusha, Levi, George, Daniel, Sabra, Theodosia, Solomon, Elihu, & Abigail "Nabby," who never married.
Suggested edit: Daughter not listed Lucretia Ely 1759–1819
BIRTH 12 MAY 1759 • West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
DEATH 19 JAN 1819 • Henrietta, Monroe, New York, United States
Lucretia was my 5th great-grandmother If more information is required please contact me.
Her husband was
Jacob Miller 1756–1824
BIRTH 27 NOV 1756 • Springfield, Massachusetts
DEATH 10 MAR 1824 • Bergen, Genesee, New York, United States
Jacob is the pioneer that took the first 22 settlers to Brighton NY. He was from the notable Miller family of Springfield Mass.
Contributor: Frederick Miller (49910787)
Inscription
In Memory of
Capt Levi Ely
who was killed Octr 19th, 1780
In the Service of his Country
on the Mohawk River
In the 48th year of his age
Who dies in youth and vigor, dies the best; Struck thro' with wounds, all honest on the breast.
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apparently part of the stone is missing or must have been reset.
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