William Elder


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William Elder was born in 1707 in Prince George's County, Maryland to William Elder and Elizabeth Finch. He married Ann Wheeler. She was the daughter of Richard Wheeler. She died 11 Aug 1739. They were the parents of five children. William married Jacoba Clementina Livers 1 Feb 1742. She was the daughter of Arnold Livers and Hellen Gordon. They were the parents of seven children. She died 19 Sep 1807. He died 11 Apr 1775.




William Elder Descendants


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William Elder was born in 1707 in Prince George's County, Maryland to William Elder and Elizabeth Finch. He married Ann Wheeler, daughter of Richard Wheeler. They had five children. She died in 1739. William married Jacoba Clementina Livers, daughter of Arnold Livers and Hellen Gordon, 1 February 1742. They had seven children. He died 11 April 1775. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois.




Descendants of William Duncan, the Elder.


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This book is a genealogy of the descendants of William Duncan the Elder. It includes detailed information on the family's history, including family trees, photographs, and historical documents. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Maryland Elder Family and Kin


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William Elder (1707-1775), son of William Elder and Elizabeth Finch, was born in Calvert (later Prince George's) County, Maryland. He married (1) Ann Wheeler and (2) Jacoba Clementina Libers, and moved to Frederick County, Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana and elsewhere.




Domesday Descendants


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The second of a two-volume prosopography of persons occurring in the sources of post-Conquest England.




The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907; A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the Mayflower. Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Church Which Founded Plymouth Colony in 1620;


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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire


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Winner of the Ray Allen Billington Prize and the Phillis Wheatley Book Award "An American 'Odyssey,' the larger-than-life story of a man who travels far in the wake of war and gets by on his adaptability and gift for gab." —Wall Street Journal A black child born on the US-Mexico border in the twilight of slavery, William Ellis inhabited a world divided along ambiguous racial lines. Adopting the name Guillermo Eliseo, he passed as Mexican, transcending racial lines to become fabulously wealthy as a Wall Street banker, diplomat, and owner of scores of mines and haciendas south of the border. In The Strange Career of William Ellis, prize-winning historian Karl Jacoby weaves an astonishing tale of cunning and scandal, offering fresh insights on the history of the Reconstruction era, the US-Mexico border, and the abiding riddle of race in America.




The Bromwell genealogy : including descendants of William Bromwell and Beulah Hall with data relating to others of the Bromwell name in America. Also genealogical records of branches of the allied families of Holmes, (of Plymouth County, Massachusetts,) Payne, (of Kentucky and Indiana,) Rice and Leffler, (of Rice's Fort, Pennsylvania). With some descendants of Major Conrad Leffler, of Pennsylvania, and of the Rev. Peter Fullenwider, Rev. Jasper Simler, and Jonathan Boone, of Kentucky


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Descendants of Elder William and Elizabeth (Boyers) Conrad


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Henry Conrad (ca. 1740-1801/1802) probably immigrated from the Palatinate of Germany to Hagerstown, Maryland, later moving to Harrison County, Kentucky. William Conrad (1797-1882), a grandson, married Elizabeth Boyers (a first cousin), and lived in Grant County, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived in Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, Indiana, Kansas, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Arkansas and elsewhere.