Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Ely, Andrew J.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   ANDREW J. ELY farmer, P.O. Solebury, was born in Solebury 
township, October 6, 1822, and is a son of John H. and 
Elizabeth (Kiple) Ely.  His paternal grandfather was Asher 
Ely, who married Eleanor Holcomb.  Asher was a son of John 
and Sarah (Simcock) Ely, and John was a son of Joshua Ely, 
who settled in Solebury in 1738, and was a son of George, 
and a grandson of Joshua Ely, who came from England in 1685 
and settled where Trenton, N. J., now stands. John Ely, 
father of Andrew J., was twice married.  His first wife was 
Elizabeth Pownal, daughter of Reuben Pownal, of Solebury, by 
whom he had two children:  Reuben P. and Elizabeth (Mrs. 
Howard Paxson).  His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of 
Jacob Kiple, by whom he had five children:  Andrew J., 
Matthias C., Albert K., Asher and Margaret (deceased).  
Andrew J. Ely married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Jane 
(Dungan) Gill, of Northampton township, by whom he had six 
children:  Sarah A. (deceased), Jefferson, Daniel, David K., 
Margaret (Mrs. Harry L. Fries), and Henry P. (deceased).  
Mr. Ely is a prominent farmer, a member of the I. O. O. F. 
and F. and A. M.   Politically he is a democrat.