Last updated: 30 April 2026
William Ely
1817-1886
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Father: Elihu Ely ( ? -1839)
Mother: Grace Rose (1777-1840)
Spouse 1: Emeline Letitia Harrison (1818-1862)
Children:
- Thomas Jefferson Ely-1 (1838-1839)
- Grace Rose Ely (1840- ? )
- Emma Josephine Ely-1 (1842-1849)
- Abigail Letia Ely (1844-1893)
- Nancy Judson Ely-1 (1846-1848)
- Emma Josephine Ely-2 (1848- ? )
- William Henry Harrison Ely (1851-1910)
- Addison Ely (1853-1928)
- Thomas Jefferson Ely-2 (1855-1858)
- Nancy J Ely-2 (1857-1909)
Spouse 2: Nancy Judson Harrison (1827-1895)
Children:
- (no children?)
Timeline
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1817
April 17 - Born in Westfield, Mass. The 9th child of Elihu and Grace (nee Rose) Ely.
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1836
September 5 - Marries Emeline Letitia Harrison in Westfield, Mass.
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1838
June 11 - Son Thomas Jefferson (1) born.
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1839
February 2 - Son Thomas Jefferson (1) dies aged 8 months.
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1840
July 4 - Daughter Grace Rose born.
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1842
September 30 - Daughter Emma Josephine (1) born.
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1844
October 27 - Daughter Abigail Letia born.
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1846
November 30 - Daughter Nancy Judson (1) born.
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1848
September 23 - Daughter Nancy Judson dies aged 22 months.
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1848
December 23 - Daughter Emma Josephine (2) born.
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1849
June 9 - Daughter Emma Josephine (1) dies aged 6.
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1851
May 10 - Son William Henry born.
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1853
May 23 - Son Addison born.
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1855
June 2 - Son Thomas Jefferson (2) born.
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1857
October 10 - Daughter Nancy Jane born.
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1858
April 10 - Son Thomas Jefferson (2) dies aged 2.
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1862
February 18 - Wife Emeline dies in Westfield Mass, aged 43.
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1865
March 8 - Marries Nancy Harrison, the sister of his first wife, in South Orange, New Jersey.
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1886
9 Feb - Dies aged 68 years.
Footnotes and Sources
All information listed in William Ely's timeline above was sourced from:
Heman Ely, editor, including material collected by Mrs. Amanda (Ely) Terry, Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Ely, the Emigrant, who settled first in Newtown, now Cambridge, Mass., was one of the first settlers of Hartford, also of Norwalk, Conn., and a resident of Springfield, Mass., from 1659 until his death in 1675 (Cleveland, Ohio: Short & Forman, Printer and Stationers, 1885), page 158. See https://archive.org/details/recordsofdescend00elyh/page/n5/mode/2up
I suspect the dates and/or names for daughters Emma Josephine is incorrect. While it was not unusual for parents to give the name of a deceased child to a subsequent child, they are highly unlikely to give the name of a still living child to a subsequent child. This will need further research.