Benjamin Ellicott

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1765

Birth Place: Unknown

Death Date: 1827

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: Baltimore Friends meeting , Farmington Friends meeting , Society of Friends , United States Government

Notes: Born in 1765, the son of Joseph and Judith Ellicott of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and later of Ellicotts Mills in Maryland. Moved to Batavia, New York, about 1800. Benjamin Elicott was received with Joseph Ellicott at Farmington Monthly Meeting from Baltimore Monthly Meeting in 1814; it was noted in the certificate that he had some years previously removed to Batavia. Employed by the Holland Land Company. Elected to Congress. Never married and died in 1827.

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