Sergeant Israel Ellsworth Family
Sergeant Israel Ellsworth was b.
1 Apr 1755 in West Windsor or Simsbury, Hartford, CT. He d. 1834 in Fairfax
Cty, VA. He m.
Hopestill Stevens who was born either in 1759 in Nine Partners,
Dutchess, NY or 1757 in Pittsford, Rutland, VT. Her father was
Benjamin Stevens (1734-1803) and Hopestill Shaw (1734-1810). Their
children:
Benjamin C. Ellsworth b. 15 Nov 1781, d. Salt Lake City, UT.
Married Emma and had two children: Albert and Richard.*
Sylvannus Ellsworth b. 1787
Susanna Ellsworth b. 1789
Jonathan Ellsworth b. 1790
Sergeant Ellsworth took for his second wife, Ann Bennett
*Benjamin had a total of 7 wives. After Emma there was Amy
Adams, Anna Clawson, Elizabeth Briggs, Mary Wheeler, Nancy Gilchrist
and Elizabeth Bullard. By Mary Wheeler he had Mary, Hanna, Peggy,
Nellie, Nancy and Elizabeth.
