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


   JEREMIAH S. ELY farmer, P.O. Aquetong, was born in New 
Hope, Bucks county, December 4, 1841, and is a son of Thomas 
and Mary (Ely) Ely.  His paternal grandparents were Amos and 
Deborah (Witson) Ely.  Amos was a son of George and a 
grandson of the Joshua Ely who settled here in 1738.  His 
maternal grandparents were Asher and Eleanor (Holcomb) Ely.  
Asher Ely was a son of John and Sarah (Simcock) Ely, and 
John was a son of the original settler in this township, 
Joshua Ely.  Thomas and Mary Ely had eight children:  
Eleanor (Mrs. Richard Paxson), Howard, Lucy, Jeremiah S., 
Mahlon, Henry, Deborah (Mrs. Elias Eastburn) and Letitia.  
Jeremiah S. Ely married Ella, daughter of Levi and Amanda 
(Large) Black, of Lambertville, N. J., and has one child, 
Walter B., living and two dead, both older than he, Herdes 
and Carrie.