Elijah DEWATER (son of Amos DRINKWATER and Nancy BET) was born 16 Jul 1804 in Marcellus, Onondaga, NY, and died 16 May 1863 in LaGrange, LaGrange, IN. He married Mary Ann HAMILTON on 1829.
Notes for Elijah DEWATER: Those who signed papers indicating interest in Elijah's Estate were: Roswell, Mary Ann Buck, Nelson, Lucy Jane Bowman, Charles, Fidelia, Elijah H. and William. Elijah Hamilton signed his name as Dewater on same paper that his brothers signed their names as Drinkwater. In his Will, Elijah states that his wife is known as Mary Ann and Marjery. Mary Ann was the administrator of his estate. In Amos' Will, he was named as Elijah Drinkwater. Dorothy and Elijah signed both as Drinkwater and Dwater on different papers.
On the 1830 Federal Census for Onondaga County, he's listed on the same page as his father and both are shown as DeWaters. On the 1840 census for Fawn River, he's listed on the same page as his father and both are shown as DeWater. On the 1850 census for Fawn River, he's listed on the same page as his step-mother Dorothy, Amos Jr., and Daniel, Robert and William Taylor (Dorothy's name from previous marriage).
Reference: Will - May 1863 - Fawn River, Saint Joseph, MI
Census: 1810 - Marcellus, Onondaga, NY (6) (w/Parents) 1820 - Camillus, Onondaga, NY (16) (w/Parents) 1830 - Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY (26) (As Elijah DeWaters) (w/Mary, MaryAnn) 1840 - Fawn River, Saint Joseph, MI (36) (As Elijah DeWater) (w/Mary, Roswill, George) 1850 - Fawn River, Saint Joseph, MI (46) (As Elijah DeWaters) (w/Mary, Roswill, George, Lucy, Charles, Fidelia, Elijah) 1860 - Fawn River, Saint Joseph, MI (56) (w/Mary, Charles, Fidelia, Elijah, William)
Notes for MARY ANN HAMILTON: There is good reason to believe her maiden name was Hamilton. Two of her son's middle names were Hamilton - Roswell and Elijah. Ralph Dewater, a great-great grandson, also had Hamilton as his middle name. After Elijah died, Elizabeth married Joseph W. Zeluff.
Reference: Copy of Marriage License - Fawn River, Saint Joseph, MI - Sep 19, 1867 - Joseph Zeluff
Census: 1880 - Ovid, Branch, MI (56) (w/Josephus Zeluff)
More About Elijah DEWATER and Mary Ann HAMILTON: Marriage: 1829
Children of Elijah DEWATER and Mary Ann HAMILTON are:
+Elijah Hamilton DEWATER, b. 29 Jun 1848, Fawn River, ST. Joseph, MI/Saint Joseph, Berrien Co., MI, d. 27 Feb 1895, Orienta, Major, OK.
Elijah DEWATER (b. 16 Jul 1804, d. 16 May 1863)
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