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John Emerson Chapman
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- Sargent Lineage: Sarah7, Sarah Burditt6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Mary Sargent3, Joseph2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: John Emerson Chapman (b. about 1800, d. about 1834)
- Mother: Sarah Chapman (b. 28 November 1796, d. 19 December 1875)
Biography
- John Emerson Chapman was born about 1828 in Moriah, New York.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 5th cousin 3 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Frances Collier
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Parents
- Father: John Allen Collier (b. 13 November 1787, d. 24 March 1873)
- Mother: Barbara Doty (b. 1 April 1791, d. 3 August 1826)
Biography
- Frances Collier was born estimated 1812.2
Other Information
- Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Julia Collier1
Parents
- Father: John Allen Collier (b. 13 November 1787, d. 24 March 1873)
- Mother: Barbara Doty (b. 1 April 1791, d. 3 August 1826)
Biography
Other Information
- Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Henry Mumford Collier1,2
Parents
- Father: John Allen Collier (b. 13 November 1787, d. 24 March 1873)
- Mother: Barbara Doty (b. 1 April 1791, d. 3 August 1826)
Biography
- Henry Mumford Collier was born in 1815 in Chenango Point, New York.2
Other Information
- Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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James Collier1
Parents
- Father: John Allen Collier (b. 13 November 1787, d. 24 March 1873)
- Mother: Barbara Doty (b. 1 April 1791, d. 3 August 1826)
Biography
- James Collier was born estimated 1818.2
Other Information
- Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Helen Collier1
Parents
- Father: John Allen Collier (b. 13 November 1787, d. 24 March 1873)
- Mother: Elizabeth Morris (b. 14 April 1809, d. 9 July 1897)
Biography
- Helen Collier was born estimated 1835.2
Other Information
- Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Adin E Gage1,2
- Sargent Lineage: Orpha A Coon8, Huldah Chaffee7, Huldah Hall6, Azariah5, Isaac4, Ruth Sargent3, John2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: Elmer Gage (b. 13 September 1842, d. 6 October 1899)
- Mother: Orpha A Coon (b. 16 April 1842, d. 16 July 1926)
Child with Flora M Smith (b. March 1869)
- Carl E Gage (b. September 1895)
Children with Grace M Mohr (b. 1882, d. 1962)
- Evelyn Bishop Gage+ (b. 25 March 1906, d. 1 March 1995)
- Maxine Orpha Gage (b. 23 February 1909, d. 19 October 1981)
- Adin Thomas Gage+ (b. 4 February 1914, d. 24 December 1986)
- June Gage
- Frederick Gage
Biography
- Adin E Gage was born about 1875 in New York.3
- He moved with his parents Elmer and Orpha in 1877 to Petoskey, Michigan.4
- Adin E Gage appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census of Tuscarora, Cheboygan County, Michigan, enumerated on 18 June 1880, in the household of his parents Elmer Gage and Orpha.1
- Adin E Gage was a fruit grower.3
- He married Flora M Smith on 19 September 1894 in Grass Lake, Michigan.5,3
- They were married by H Van Omeran, Congregational Minister.3
- He and Flora appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census of Church St, Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan, enumerated on 23 June 1900. They rent their home.5
- Adin E Gage was a book-keeper.3
- He married Grace M Mohr on 28 April 1907 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.3
- They were married by Reuben H Hartley, clergyman.3
- In 1920 Adin E Gage was a butcher - he owns his own shop.6
- He and Grace appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census of C Street, Plummer, Benewah County, Idaho, enumerated on 20 January 1920. They own their home free of mortgage.6
- In 1926 Adin lived in Tensed, Idaho.7
- He died on 26 September 1952 at age ~77.2
- He was buried in Pines Cemetery, Spokane, Washington.2
Gravestone
Other Information
- Relationship: 7th cousin 2 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Abigail: Mayflower Descendants, Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Nellie Gage1
- Sargent Lineage: Orpha A Coon8, Huldah Chaffee7, Huldah Hall6, Azariah5, Isaac4, Ruth Sargent3, John2, John1, William0
Parents
- Father: Elmer Gage (b. 13 September 1842, d. 6 October 1899)
- Mother: Orpha A Coon (b. 16 April 1842, d. 16 July 1926)
Children with Edward F Kneal (b. 27 November 1869, d. 24 January 1944)
- Earl D Kneal+ (b. 20 March 1900, d. 3 January 1937)
- Harold G Kneal+ (b. 25 June 1902, d. 16 December 1972)
Biography
- Nellie Gage was born on 22 September 1875 in Medina, Michigan.1,2,3
- She moved with her parents Elmer and Orpha in 1877 to Petoskey, Michigan.3
- Nellie Gage appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census of Tuscarora, Cheboygan County, Michigan, enumerated on 18 June 1880, in the household of her parents Elmer Gage and Orpha.1
- Nellie Gage married Edward F Kneal about 1895.2
- Edward F Kneal and Nellie appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census of Bear Creek, Emmet County, Michigan, enumerated on 6 June 1900. They rent their home.2
- She died on 3 April 1968 at age 92.3
- She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Michigan. Plot: Section L Block 57 Lot 9.3
Gravestone - An obituary was published.3
Other Information
- Relationship: 7th cousin 2 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Abigail: Mayflower Descendants, Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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King Edward I the Elder, King of England 899-925
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King of England 899-925
Parents
- Father: King Alfred the Great, King of England 871-899 (b. 849, d. 26 October 899)
- Mother: Ealhswith (b. about 852, d. 904)
Child with Elfleda Aelfleda, --, (b. about 878, d. 918)
- Eadgifu, of Wessex+ (b. 896, d. after 951)
Child with Eadgifu (b. about 903, d. 25 August 968)
- Edmund I 'the Magnificent', King of England 939-946+ (b. about 921, d. 26 May 946)
Biography
- King Edward I the Elder, King of England 899-925, was born about 871 in England.1
- He married Elfleda Aelfleda, --, estimated 895.1,2
- Edward and Elfleda had 7 children.1
- He married Eadgifu estimated 920.3,2
- He died on 17 July 925 in Farndon-on-Dee, England, at age ~54.1
- He was buried in Winchester Cathedral, England.1
Story
Edward was born about 871, the son of Alfred 'the Great', king of England and Ealswith. In 917 the _Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_ recorded: 'Many people who had been under the rule of the Danes both in East Anglia and in Essex submitted to him; and all the army in East Anglia swore agreement with him, that they would agree to all that he would, and would keep peace with all with whom the king wishes to keep peace, both at sea and on land.'
Overshadowed by his father Alfred and upstaged by his son Athelstan, it was Edward who reconquered much of England from the Danes (909-919), established an administration for the kingdom of England, and secured the allegiance of Danes, Scots, Britons and English. Using Alfred's methods and in alliance with Mercia, he spread English influence and control. The Danes of Northumbria were defeated at Tettenhall (in Staffordshire) in 910, the Viking kingdom of York acknowledged his power in 918, and most Welsh kings submitted to him. In 921 the submission of Viking York and Northumbria as well as the kings of Strathclyde and the Scots gave his kingdom primacy in the British Isles.
Edward was a patient planner, a systematic organiser, and a bold soldier; by the time he died (at Farndon-on-Dee on 17 July 925) he had completed the New Minster at Winchester where he himself was buried. Though Edward had married twice, his eldest son and successor Athelstan was the son of a mistress.
Other Information
- Relationship: 32nd great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Joseph Bradford Sargent (#1), Ancestors of Joseph Bradford Sargent (#2), William Sargent - Royal Ancestors (#1), William Sargent - Royal Ancestors (#2)
- Last Edited: 12 October 2024 15:18:06
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Elfleda Aelfleda, --1
Child with King Edward I the Elder, King of England 899-925, (b. about 871, d. 17 July 925)
- Eadgifu, of Wessex+ (b. 896, d. after 951)
Biography
- Elfleda Aelfleda, --, was born about 878 in England.1
- She married King Edward I the Elder, King of England 899-925, son of King Alfred the Great, King of England 871-899, and Ealhswith, estimated 895.1,2
- Edward and Elfleda had 7 children.1
- Elfleda Aelfleda, --, died in 918 at age ~40.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 34th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Joseph Bradford Sargent, William Sargent - Royal Ancestors
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
Citations
King Alfred the Great, King of England 871-8991
Child with Ealhswith (b. about 852, d. 904)
- King Edward I the Elder, King of England 899-925+ (b. about 871, d. 17 July 925)
Biography
- King Alfred the Great, King of England 871-899, was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.1
- He married Ealhswith in 869.1,1
- Alfred and Ealhswith had five children.1
- He died on 26 October 899 at age ~50.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 33rd great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Joseph Bradford Sargent (#1), Ancestors of Joseph Bradford Sargent (#2), William Sargent - Royal Ancestors
- Last Edited: 11 October 2024 17:25:59
Citations
Ealhswith1
Child with King Alfred the Great, King of England 871-899, (b. 849, d. 26 October 899)
- King Edward I the Elder, King of England 899-925+ (b. about 871, d. 17 July 925)
Biography
- Ealhswith was born about 852 in England.1
- She married King Alfred the Great, King of England 871-899, in 869.1,1
- Alfred and Ealhswith had five children.1
- She died in 904 at age ~52.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 33rd great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Joseph Bradford Sargent (#1), Ancestors of Joseph Bradford Sargent (#2), William Sargent - Royal Ancestors
- Last Edited: 12 October 2024 15:17:21
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John Burpee1
Parents
- Father: Joel Burpee (b. 7 June 1790, d. 6 January 1861)
- Mother: Sally Sargent (b. 18 July 1785, d. 1826)
Biography
- John Burpee was born on 11 June 1817 in Sterling, Massachusetts.2
- He died on 11 March 1826 in Sterling, Massachusetts, at age 8.3
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th cousin 4 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
Citations
Dwight Burpee1
Parents
- Father: Joel Burpee (b. 7 June 1790, d. 6 January 1861)
- Mother: Sally Sargent (b. 18 July 1785, d. 1826)
Biography
- Dwight Burpee was born on 2 January 1823 in Sterling, Massachusetts.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th cousin 4 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Charles Darwin Burpee1
Parents
- Father: Joel Burpee (b. 7 June 1790, d. 6 January 1861)
- Mother: Sally Sargent (b. 18 July 1785, d. 1826)
Biography
- Charles Darwin Burpee was born on 7 November 1811 in Sterling, Massachusetts.2
- Charles Darwin Burpee was a chairmaker.3
- He married Meriam Swift on 4 February 1847 in Sterling, Massachusetts.3
- Charles Darwin Burpee was a farmer.1
- Meriam and Charles had probably no children....
- He died on 10 February 1873 in Sterling, Massachusetts, at age 61.1
- The cause of his death was a tumor.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th cousin 4 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Meriam Swift1
Biography
- Meriam Swift was born about 1806 in Sterling, Massachusetts.1
- Parents: Levi and Betsey Pruet.1
- Meriam was married previously. Her husband died.1
- She married Charles Darwin Burpee, son of Joel Burpee and Sally Sargent, on 4 February 1847 in Sterling, Massachusetts.1
- Meriam and Charles had probably no children.
Other Information
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George Trobridge Burpee1,2
Parents
- Father: Joel Burpee (b. 7 June 1790, d. 6 January 1861)
- Mother: Sally Sargent (b. 18 July 1785, d. 1826)
Biography
- George Trobridge Burpee was born on 1 April 1826 in Sterling, Massachusetts.3
- He married Mary Pratt on 2 January 1861.4,5
- George Trobridge Burpee was a farmer.1
- He and Mary appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census of Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, enumerated on 29 July 1870.4
- He died on 12 March 1901 in Sterling, Massachusetts, at age 74.1
- The cause of his death was senile debility.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th cousin 4 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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John Livermore Burpee1
Parents
- Father: Joel Burpee (b. 7 June 1790, d. 6 January 1861)
- Mother: Mary Sargent (b. 1795, d. 27 January 1875)
Biography
- John Livermore Burpee was born on 27 April 1828 in Sterling, Massachusetts.1
- He married Hannah (née unknown) Burpee estimated 1863.2,3
- He died on 21 November 1899 in Arizona, Nebraska, at age 71.4
- He was buried in Arizona Community Cemetery, Arizona, Nebraska.4
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th cousin 4 times removed of Linda Sargent
- Charts/Lists: Descendants of William Sargent, Immigrant
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
Citations
Mary Pratt1,2
Biography
- Mary Pratt was born on 4 August 1825 in Massachusetts.1,2
- She married George Trobridge Burpee, son of Joel Burpee and Sally Sargent, on 2 January 1861.1,2
- George Trobridge Burpee and Mary appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, enumerated on 29 July 1870.1
- She died on 14 November 1882 in Sterling, Massachusetts, at age 57.2
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Thomas Sorrell
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Parents
- Father: Elisha Sorrell (b. about 1754, d. 9 July 1825)
- Mother: Elizabeth (née unknown) Sorrell (b. 1763, d. 1825)
Child with Mary Snell (b. estimated 1790)
- Hiram Sorrells+ (b. 12 March 1805, d. 27 May 1887)
Biography
- Thomas Sorrell was born on 1 April 1785 in Culpepper County, Virginia.1
- He married Mary Snell on 17 June 1806 in Greenbriar County, Virginia.1
- Thomas and Mary had 10 children.1
- He died on 25 December 1863 in Henry, Illinois, at age 78.1
Thomas Sorrell was born 1 April 1785(2-6) in Culpeper County, Va., to Elisha and Elizabeth Sorrell. He lived as a boy with his parents in Culpeper and Amherst Counties, Virginia. Elisha moved from Amherst County, Va to Greenbriar County, Va (now West Va) in 1806(1-5). In 1806 there is a record in Greenbriar for the marriage of Thomas Sorrell and Mary Snell, daughter of John & Elizabeth Snell.
In 1807 Thomas shows in the Greenbriar tax lists for the first time as a householder, along with Elisha, Nancy (Joseph Redman) and Rachel (Thomas Redman), both daughters of Elisha and sisters of Thomas. Before 1810, Elisha, Nancy, and Rachel and families all had gone on west into Kentucky, but Thomas remained in Greenbriar near his in-laws the Snells. John Snell, father of Mary Snell died in 1806, leaving no will that we have been able to find. However, John Snell left a good record of his activities in Greenbriar starting in 1793 when he bought land there and started appearing on both property and personal tax lists ending after 1806 when his children, including his son-in- law, Thomas Sorrell, appeared in a number of land transactions involving his estate. Thomas Sorrell appears for the last time on the Greenbriar tax lists in 1816.
Evidently at that time Thomas moved west into Kentucky appearing in Warren County, Ky tax lists in 1818 and the 1820 Federal census report for Warren County. In the 1820s Thomas moved from Warren County and joined his two sisters, Nancy Sorrell Redman and Rachel Sorrell Redman in Orange County, Indiana. We do not know the exact sequence of the moves of the Sorrell family into Orange County, IN in the 1820s. Redman Sorrell, son of Joseph Sorrells and cousin to Thomas and the Sorrell sisters had moved from Pulaski County, KY into Orange County after 1815 and appears on the 1820 Orange County Federal census report. We know that Thomas, Nancy and Rachel were in Orange with Redman by 1827 at least. Rachel still appeared in the Bath County, KY tax lists in 1824 and 1825 and if she, Nancy and Thomas moved at about the same time their move to Orange must have been no earlier than the mid 1820s.
In 1827 the children of Thomas and Redman Sorrell, as well as those of Nancy Sorrell Redman and her husband Joseph Redman and also those of the recently widowed Rachel Sorrell Redman start appearing in marriage records in Orange County, Indiana, often intermarrying between the Sorrell and the Redman families.
By 1830 Thomas and his family had moved on to Morgan County, Illinois. There, in the 1830 Federal census he appears with a wife (a lady of the right age) and several children. Whether or not this is Mary Snell is not known. Thomas Sr's son, Thomas Jr, born c1825, noted in a marriage record in 1876 that his mother's maiden name was Brown. We have no record of Mary Snell's death prior to 1825 nor of any subsequent remarriage by Thomas. Information, given by Thomas Jr in a variety of records is notoriously inconsistent and this bit of information may be just another of those inconsistencies. At any rate, by 1835, it appears that Thomas' wife has died, since neither in the 1835 Illinois State census for Morgan County, Ill. nor indeed in later censuses does a lady of wifely age appear. Thomas, for unknown reasons, returned to Orange County, Indiana in time for the 1840 Federal census. In 1841, he sold property to a James Southern in Orange Cty, and no wife appears on the transaction, confirming that his wife had died by that time. By the 1850 Federal census, Thomas has moved back to Morgan County and is found living with his daughter Margaret Sorrells Redman, wife of Matthew Elisha Redman, the son of Joseph and Nancy Sorrell Redman. He is listed as Thomas, age 65, a farmer born in Virginia. In the 1860 Morgan County, Ill Federal census we find him as Thomas, age 73, farmer, born in Virginia, living with his son Hiram.
Thomas died 25 December 1863, according to tombstone data and cemetery records. He is buried in the Lewis Cemetery, sometimes called the Angelo Cemetery, south of Jacksonville, Illinois.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th great-grandfather of Casey Saunders Bivens
- Charts/Lists: FamilyBivens
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
Citations
Mary Snell1
Child with Thomas Sorrell (b. 1 April 1785, d. 25 December 1863)
- Hiram Sorrells+ (b. 12 March 1805, d. 27 May 1887)
Biography
- Mary Snell was born estimated 1790.2
- She married Thomas Sorrell, son of Elisha Sorrell and Elizabeth (née unknown) Sorrell, on 17 June 1806 in Greenbriar County, Virginia.1
- Thomas and Mary had 10 children.1
Other Information
- Relationship: 4th great-grandmother of Casey Saunders Bivens
- Charts/Lists: FamilyBivens
- Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29
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Elisha Sorrell1
Parents
- Father: William Sorrell (b. about 1730, d. 1778)
- Mother: Ann (née unknown) Sorrell (b. estimated 1735)
Children with Elizabeth (née unknown) Sorrell (b. 1763, d. 1825)
- Nancy Sorrell+ (b. about 1780)
- Thomas Sorrell+ (b. 1 April 1785, d. 25 December 1863)
Biography
- Elisha Sorrell was born about 1754 in Virginia.1
- He married Elizabeth (née unknown) Sorrell estimated 1780.1,2
- Elisha and Elizabeth had 8 children.1
- He died on 9 July 1825 in Isles Mill, Kentucky, at age ~71.1
Story
According to my records there are a total of five Bath County Elijah/Elisha Sorrells. Two of them married wives with the first name Eliza/Elizabeth.
Revolutionary War veteran Elisha Sorrell (1754-1826) married an Elizabeth circa 1778, probably in Culpeper County Virginia. It is alleged she is a REDMAN but this has yet to be confirmed to or by me. This Elisha Sorrell is the son of French - Indian War and Revolutionary War veteran William Sorrell (circa 1725 -1780) and Ann, and is the granduncle to the Elisha Sorrell
(1818 -bef 1914) who married Eliza/Elizabeth McCully (McCullough...et al) in 1840 and Elizabeth Wills McClain in 1874.
Elisha was born in 1754. Elisha began military service on 8 Jan 1777 at Culpeper County, VA. Evidently Elisha served 12 to 18 months in the Virginia militia before enlisting in the 10th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Establishment in January of 1777. He enlisted on the same date in the same Regiment as his brother Richard, and just shortly before his father, William enlisted in March of 1777. His brother, Thomas, had enlisted in the 1st Regiment somewhat earlier.
The 10th Regiment marched north out of Virginia in spring of 1777 to join Washington's main army located somewhat north of New York City. In July of 1777, General Howe and the British Army left occupied New York City, sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, disembarked at the head of the bay, south of Philadelphia and prepared to attack that city. Washington pulled his army of 8000 Continental, and 3000 militia men out of the New York area and also proceeded to the Philadelphia area. On Sep 11, 1777 the two armies met and fought near Brandywine Creek, somewhat south and west of Philadelphia. Elisha said later in his pension application that he was engaged in this battle. Washington's army took heavy casualties in this engagement, 1000 men becoming casualties. However, he managed to extricate his army from the battlefield after inflicting about 500 casualties on the British. After several other skirmishes west of Philadelphia Howe's army occupied Philadelphia, and encamped his army around Germantown 5 miles north of the city. There at Germantown, on 4 Oct 1777, Washington attacked the British Army again and was defeated again although the Americans, particular the Virginians, did well in the battle. We, of course, do not know exactly what part Elisha himself played in either of these battles but he said he was there and the Virginians, considered by Washington to be his best troops, were in the heaviest of the fighting.
1777 was a tough year for Elisha Sorrell. After the bloody, difficult fighting around Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, the US army went into Winter quarters at Valley Forge near Philadelphia. There in November of 1777, Richard Sorrell, Elisha's brother died. His father, William, also in the 10th Regiment, died shortly thereafter in early 1778 and is buried at Valley Forge, as presumably is Richard also. Another brother, Thomas, of the First Virginia Regiment, had been killed earlier in 1777, probably at Princeton in January of that year. Thus by the spring of 1778, Elisha had essentially lost most of his family to the war, his father, William, and his brothers Richard & Thomas. Elisha, alone, had then to endure and survive the terrible winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge. In the spring of 1778 the British changed commanding generals and switched their strategy. General Clinton replaced Howe and the troops were withdrawn from Philadelphia to be used elsewhere. This was terrible news for the Tories of the area being thrown to the mercy of the Patriots. Over 3000 Loyalists chose to leave Philadelphia with the troops. This extra burden thus placed on British shipping caused Clinton to decide to march his army overland back to New York instead of shipping them by boat. Clinton began evacuating Philadelphia on 18 June 1778 on the march back to New York. Washington saw his opportunity to further harass the British on this march and attacked them in a series of skirmishes and a major battle at Monmouth, NJ. Although technically a draw, Monmouth was significant because for the first time American troops stood toe to toe with British regulars, fought well and held their own. They proved once and for all that the British army could no longer move around the country side with impunity.
Again Elisha's unit played a major part in this battle. After Monmouth, the British, controlling an occupied city like New York, and the Patriots controlling the countryside became the model for the better part of the next three years. On 22 December, 1778, Elisha, along with many, if not most of the surviving Virginians re-enlisted at Middlebrook, NJ for the "duration" of the war. My guess is that Elisha, who had seen his father and two brothers lost in the war in 1777, and who had survived the inhuman conditions of winter camp of 1777 at Valley Forge, did not re-enlist in a burst of patriotism. He probably calculated that the "duration" couldn't be much more than the two years he had remaining on his original enlistment anyway and in addition they promised him a furlough.
In December of 1778 Elisha started a 6 month furlough and I suppose made his way back home to Virginia (The record doesn't say). His military record shows his furlough expired in May of 1779. This is pure speculation but I believe Elisha got married during this furlough. His first child, Nancy Sorrell was born sometime in 1780. He could have been married in 1780 after being discharged from the army, and barely had time to have a child in that year but the first scenario seems more reasonable to me.
In the early part of 1779, Washington detached several Virginia units, including Elisha's, under General Scott and moved them south to the Carolinas to help out there. By June of 1779, Elisha's furlough had expired and his record says "Supposed to be with General Scott in the south". One wonders whether Elisha returned to his unit before they left for the south or left his home in Virginia and proceeded directly south to catch up with his unit. At any rate, Elisha was back with the Virginians by summer 1779 near Savannah, GA. He says he participated in the battle for Savannah which took place starting in September 1779 and ending in the ineffectual siege of Savannah in October of that year.
Elisha was discharged from the army sometime in 1780 before April 24th. Since his original enlistment called for him to be discharged in January of 1780, my guess is that he left the army on that date. We find the last entry in his service record in December 1779. We know with certainty that he was discharged before 24 April 1780. According to a later pension application he was discharged by Colonel Richard Parker, up the Savannah River from Savannah at Augusta, GA. Colonel Parker took a bullet between the eyes and was killed instantly on 24 April 1780 at the siege of Charleston.
It is difficult to leave the Revolutionary War record of Elisha Sorrell and others like him without a feeling of awe and wonderment. One must remember Elisha's circumstances at the start of the war. He was living, probably in Culpeper County, VA far from the coast, and even further from the broiling tempest of war in New England. I would doubt if he had even ever seen a British soldier, much less been abused or harassed by one. He was undoubtedly what today we might call "trailer trash". He was without doubt, completely illiterate, living in a rude hut somewhere in the hills of Culpeper. In 1810, after moving to the Bath County area of Kentucky, one of his neighbors attested that Elisha was "the poorest man he had ever seen". What kind of qualities must he have had just to endure the horrible hardships of 1777 and 1778 in Washington's army. He saw essentially his whole male family either die or get killed in the army in that year.
At Valley Forge the winter of 1777-1778 the sufferings and deprivations of the enlisted men are almost indescribable. One vivid scene seems to me to bring home their torment. Almost none of them had shoes in that winter camp and the snow of New jersey was marked by the blood of their feet as they moved about the camp. When one of them had to stand on watch at night in the freezing weather, they often drew straws to see which one would give up his hat to the sentry. The sentry then would stand barefoot with the hat that he used to stand in as the only protection for his feet. The soldiers starved and died like flies from malnutrition and other camp diseases. At the same time, just a few miles away were comfortable private citizens, with fat barns full of food. One has to ask: Why did these soldiers persevere, and finally win out. What made them hang in there, with nothing to start with, the poorest of the poor, surrounded by civilian indifference to their plight. Why didn't they just quit and go home. But, they didn't, and I like to think that America owes it's very existence as a free nation to men like George Washington and Elisha Sorrell.
Elisha married Elizabeth (Unknown) circa 1779. Elisha appeared for the first time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Culpeper County, VA, in 1784. He appeared for the last time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Culpeper County, VA, in 1788. He appeared for the first time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Amherst County, VA, in 1795. He appeared for the last time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Amherst County, VA, in 1805. He appeared for the first last and only time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Mady Church District, Greenbriar County, VA, in 1806. He appeared for the first and only time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Montgomery County, KY, in 1810. He, age over 45, appeared as head of household on the 1810 US census of Montgomery County, KY. Listed also: others not named. He appeared for the first time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Bath County, KY, in 1811. We are not sure whether Elisha actually physically moved or whether he may have been living in the part of Montgomery County, KY that became Bath County in 1811.
On Jun 17 1818 Elisha applied for and received a pension due him for his service in the Continental Line of Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Elisha, age over 45, appeared as head of household on the 1820 US census of Bloomfield, Bath County, KY. Listed also: others not named. Note: Elisha is double listed in this census. He is also listed in Owingsville, Bath County adjacent to his son Joseph. Details are the same in both reports. In June of 1820, Elisha had filed a claim for 50 acres of land granted to Revolutionary War soldiers. After the Revolution the State of Virginia granted parcels of land to certain veterans of the Revolution who had either died in the War or honorably served three years. Essentially this land grant applied only to soldiers of the Continental Line of the state and excluded the much more numerous members of various militia units who also served but for shorter periods of time. In November of 1777, the brother of Elisha, namely Richard, had died in or about Valley Forge, PA.
Either in late 1776 or early 1777, Thomas, another brother of Elisha had been killed in the war. As far as we know, Elisha served three years in the army and was the only brother who served who also survived the war. On 17 May 1784 James Sorrell, the eldest of the Sorrell brothers, had filed a claim for and received the grant of land due Richard Sorrell for his service. James was the heir at law of Richard, who was presumably unmarried, because of the primogeniture laws in effect at the time which made the eldest son the single heir at law of his father or any of his younger siblings. There is no record of any claim at that time for the land grant due Thomas who had also died in the war. I am not at all sure why James claimed Richard's grant and not that of Thomas.I am also not sure why Elisha waited until almost 1820 to make his claims. It may have had something to do with his possibly tangled military service. In Jan of 1777, Elisha had enlisted and agreed to serve for three years. In 1778, most of the veterans of the war agreed to serve for the "duration" of the war. Although I can not fathom Elisha's mind from this far in time, I suspect he re-enlisted because they promised him a six month furlough if he re-upped. Or he may have believed that the 'duration" of the war would be shorter than his remaining time on the three year contract. However the record shows that somehow Elisha was discharged from the army before the end of the "duration" of the war. He was discharged, very likely around the time his three years ended in January of 1780, but certainly by 24 April of 1780. We know the latest date of his service because Elisha said in his pension application that he had been discharged by a Colonel Richard Parker, whom we know from history, died on 24 April 1780 from a musket ball taken between the eyes.It is not unlikely that right after the war, Elisha was not too eager to call attention to the fact he may have removed himself from the service under false pretenses. On the other hand the Government may have thought Elisha had had enough, having served and fought through the most vicious years and battles of the war during his time of service.
On 15 June 1820 Elisha filed for and received the land grant due him Thomas and Richard. On 15 June 1820 he also was approved for the land grant due Thomas but did not receive the one due Richard, presumably because the elder brother, James, had already received Richard's grant some 40 years before. However after Elisha's death in 1825, his older brother, James filed a motion which was approved for the 100 acres due Thomas for his service. I am not sure just what went on here. I don't know why Elisha filed for Richard's claim that had already gone to his older brother nor do I know why James did not originally also file for Thomas' claim. I do not know just what the 1826 motion by James means either. Perhaps Elisha had never really received the land and James was making his claim or maybe Elisha had received it pursuant to some agreement with James that the land would go to James after his, Elisha's death. Elisha appeared for the last time on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Bath County, KY, in 1824. Elisha died on 9 Jul 1825 in Bath County, KY.
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Elizabeth (née unknown) Sorrell1
Children with Elisha Sorrell (b. about 1754, d. 9 July 1825)
- Nancy Sorrell+ (b. about 1780)
- Thomas Sorrell+ (b. 1 April 1785, d. 25 December 1863)
Biography
- Elizabeth (née unknown) Sorrell was born in 1763 in Virginia.1
- She married Elisha Sorrell, son of William Sorrell and Ann (née unknown) Sorrell, estimated 1780.1,2
- Elisha and Elizabeth had 8 children.1
- She died in 1825 in Isles Mill, Kentucky, at age ~62.1
- Quite possibly her last name was Redman.1
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William Sorrell1
Child with Ann (née unknown) Sorrell (b. estimated 1735)
- Elisha Sorrell+ (b. about 1754, d. 9 July 1825)
Biography
- William Sorrell was born about 1730 in Culpepper County, Virginia.1
- He married Ann (née unknown) Sorrell estimated 1751.1,2
- William and Ann had 5 children.1
- He died in 1778 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, at age ~48.1
This is the line of Casey Bivens. This line is also in the Sorrell DNA project. They do not match with either Richard of early VA or Edward of Wake Co., NC.
William married Ann. In early 1755 William enlisted in Virginia and served in the 44th Regiment of Foot Soldiers under General Braddock. In very late 1754, General Edward Braddock, the English general, was issued orders to drive the French out of North America. To that end the 44th Regiment and 48th Regiment of Foot in the British Army, at the time stationed in Ireland were ordered to North America. At the time each regiment had about 500 men each, and Braddock expected to, and did "flesh out" these units to 700 men apiece by recruiting colonials in Virginia and Maryland in early 1755. William Sorrell enlisted in the 44th Regiment of Colonel Hackett. William served with Braddock in the march to Fort Duquesne, near modern Pittsburgh. On July 9th, 1755, at the crossing of the Monongohela River Braddock's army was essentially destroyed by a combined force of French and Indian forces from the fort. William survived and was discharged later in 1755 by Lt Col Gage of future Revolutionary war fame. Both Braddock and Hackett were killed in the battle.
On 03 Mar 1777, during the Revolutionary War, , some 20 years after the completion of his service in the Colonial Wars, William enlisted in the 10th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Establishment. He either enlisted with or joined later two of his sons in the 10th Regiment who had joined in January of 1777. Another son, Thomas had enlisted the previous year in 1776 in another Regiment, the First Continental and was killed either late in 1776 or early 1777. Thomas was killed most likely at the battle of Princeton in January of 1777 when his regiment took heavy casualties in that battle. William died circa 1778 in Valley Forge, PA. William was buried in 1778 in an unknown grave, near Valley Forge, PA.
"We have ONE and only one set of documents which for sure mention William Sorrell, father of James, Elisha, Thomas and Richard Sorrell. These are the land claim documents by James Sorrell, the eldest of the brothers in 1780 when he is claiming the bounty promised by Virginia for particpation in the French & Indian War. From these documents we know the partial makeup of the family and that William served in Braddock's army at the battle of the Forks of the Monongahela in 1755. And that is absolutely all we really know about William. We can infer a bit more.
I have done this in a book I wrote on William and his family. We can guess that he was in his 20s in 1755 because of the recruiting practices for Braddock's army in the Colonies and that Elisha was born c1754 and James sometime before that. So William was probably born 1725-1735. A couple of history books on Caroline County, VA says that Elisha, in a list of Revolutionary soldiers, was FROM Caroline County. However Elisha enlisted from Culpeper, so who knows. One of the soldiers named in these books with Elisha was a William Sorrell who PROBABLY, but not certainly, was William the father of the brothers, but can not prove it.
We have known for a long time about a William Sorrell who enlisted at the same time in the same regiment as Elisha and Richard. This William also went on furlough in November of 1777, the exact month that Richard died. William never returns to the regiment and is declared a deserter in May of 1778. All this leads to speculation that William Sorrell of the 10th REgiment was a close relative, a brother, cousin, or maybe William the father who would only have been in his 40s at the time. However certain other information has lately come to light which makes the case more solid for William of the 10th being the father.
We also have known for some time that William, the father, was dead by 1780 as James, in that year, was trying to collect William's land bounty for his service in Braddock's army in 1755. We have discovered SAR records which list a William Sorrell, a private from Virginia, who died in 1778 and is buried in the Valley Forge area near where Richard died. We have known that William of the 10th served as a hospital attendant from his service record which makes sense to put an older soldier in that duty. We are pretty sure that William, the dead soldier in 1778, was William of the 10th.
Putting together the 1778 date with the known pre 1780 death information for William the father adds a bit more evidence. We now believe, but I hasten to state, can not prove, that William of the 10th was indeed the soldier who died at Valley Forge and it all fits with William the father leaving the hospital in November 1777, and dying shortly thereafter from one of the innumerable camp diseases. William Sorrell, Private soldier of Virginia died in 1778 and is buried in the Valley Forge area.
History of that terrible winter of 1777-1778 doesn't help us much in our search. Washington's army fought several engagements north and near Phildelphia in the fall of 1777 and moved his base several times. William was a veteran of the Colonial Wars of 1755 as William was with Braddock's army in 1755, and it seems natural that the old soldier might have gone off to fight with his sons. William 10th appears in the muster roll as "tending the sick", again a natural place to put an older soldier. I often use the term Colonial Wars to describe the, so called by the Americans, French and Indian War, mostly for the sake of brevity. Some also call the same war the "Seven Year War" characterizing the final struggle of a series including King William's War 1689-97; Queen Anne's War 1702-1713; King George's War 1744-1748. Many writers that I have read use the term "Colonial" soldiers to describe the soldiers of that period instead of the longer name. ie, Beckham's book on the "Colonial Wars", 1689-1762. Of course, the Europeans used a different name to describe the "war", which was really a continuation and an extension of the larger struggles between the powers of Europe, both in North America and on the European continent.
A William Sorrell died in army in the Valley Forge area in 1778 and is buried there. I am GUESSING this is probably our William, dead by 1780 as is proven by the 1780 land documents, but can not prove it. I once speculated via a long chain of "IFS" in an article I wrote that William might be the son of a John Sorrell who died in Caroline in 1749 and had a son named William, James and a daughter named Mary. These were named as orphans so must have been born near the 1730s. This William was bound out to a John Holloway who had a daughter named Ann. I
William Sorrell Colonial Military Service
21 February 1780
Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 37, No. 4 pp 280William Sorrell Culpeper County 21 February 1780 No. 719... James Sorrell son and Heir at Law of William Sorrell decesed having produced a Certificate from Lieu' Colº Hacketts regiment of the discharge of the said William Sorrell from Service in the year 1755 [Colonial War] .... John Jameson CLCur
n 1786 an Ann Sorrell, probably a Sorrell widow appears for one and only one time on a tax list in Culpeper leading me to SPECULATE, again with no proof that this was probably William's widow. However I have since found a William Sorrell born in Caroline in the 1730s who died there in 1814 and left a will who I think is a much better candidate to be the William, orphan son of John. I made the mistake of SPECULATING on the Hollaway connection in this article and I have seen it quoted innumerable times since then as FACT. There is not even a smidgeon of evidence that our William Sorrell married an Ann Holloway. As a matter of fact there is much better evidence that William, the orphan, was the William who died in Caroline in 1814.
The John Sorrell who married Mary Coleman never ever in any documents I have ever seen mention a son, only daughters. And he had no connection to Caroline that I know of and is well documented by his descendants mostly through the Dawson family through intermarriage. So to repeat for all who may read this, please let us drop any notion that William Sorrell, veteran of Braddock's campaign, married an Ann Holloway or is the son of John Sorrell and Mary Coleman. Except for the Caroline history books that say that Elisha and a William, probably, but not for certain, our William were FROM Caroline, we have no idea from where this family derived.
I have spent countless hours trying to find a clue but have been unable to do so. Incidentally, who says that Elizabeth, wife of Elizabeth, had the Redman surname. There was a close connection between the two familes, of course. Two of Elisha's daughters married Redmans. My own great grandfather, descendent of Elisha, married a Redman several generations later and Elisha had a probable nephew named Redman Sorrell. But again, always allowing for the possibility that Elisha MAY have married a Redman, there is not one iota of proof that he did so. Elizabeth may have been a Jones, a Smith or whatever. " (Dale Mueller)
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 about William Sorrell
Name: William Sorrell
Rank - Induction: Private
Roll Box: 108
Roll State: VA
He might be the son of the John Sorrell who died in Caroline in 1749 and had a son named William, James and a daughter named Mary. These children were named as orphans. This William was bound out to a John Holloway who had a daughter named Ann. In 1786 an Ann Sorrell, probably a Sorrell widow appears for one and only one time on a tax list in Culpeper leading me to SPECULATE, again with no proof that this was probably William's widow. However I have since found a William Sorrell born in Caroline in the 1730s who died there in 1814 and left a will who I think is a much better candidate to be the William, orphan son of John.1
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Ann (née unknown) Sorrell1
Child with William Sorrell (b. about 1730, d. 1778)
- Elisha Sorrell+ (b. about 1754, d. 9 July 1825)
Biography
- Ann (née unknown) Sorrell was born estimated 1735.2
- She married William Sorrell estimated 1751.1,2
- William and Ann had 5 children.1
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