The Descendants of John Fawcett:Information about Elijah Fawcett
Elijah Fawcett (b. 3/28/1804, d. Aft. 1846)
Notes for Elijah Fawcett:Baylis says:
NOTES ON OTHER FAWCETT FAMILIES
During the compilation of the above list (their supplement on the Fawcetts) of the descendants of John Fawcett and Judith Twaite, we made contacts with several other Fawcetts who may have been connected with the above Fawcett family . As, however, in the time available we were unable to establish such connections, it was not possible to assign to such persons appropriate numbers corresponding to those in this Fawcett Supplement. (Baylis used a numbering system to identify persons by generation -- a system used nowhere else.) In the hope that further research will reveal such connections, we have included the following incomplete notes on persons to whom we have assigned "F" numberspreceded by appropriate letters. We hope that these notes will inspire and assist some member of each family to make more intensive searches on their Fawcett Lineage.
NOTE -- IOWA FAWCETTS, "IF"
Descendants of Elijah Fawcett and Sarah Gregg (Fawcett).
Through the kindness of Cecil Carlos Fawcett, Director of Research at Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia; and his aunt, Mrs. Martha Bye Fawcett (Maxson) of West Branch, Iowa, (where we visited her) we received records of the descendants of Elijah Fawcett and Sarah Gregg (Fawcett). Neither we nor they have been able to locate or identify the father of this Elijah Fawcett. The death certificate of his son, Joseph S. Fawcett of West Branch, Iowa, dated June 20, 1928, states that his father was Elijah Fawcett, who was born in Virginia and married Sarah Gregg. Our search in the files of Frederick and Farquier Counties, Va., where most of the Fawcetts lived, failed to locate this Elijah Fawcett or Sarah Gregg. We know that Elijah moved from Belmont Co., Ohio to Morgan Co., Ohio about 1846. His son, Joseph Samuel Fawcett, with his family moved to Cedar Co., Iowa in 1881
In 1933 Mary B. Bye (Fawcett), then over 86 years old, wrote a very interesting account of the lives of herself and her husband, Joseph Samuel Fawcett. (I will write and see if I can get a copy - d.f.)
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On 2/22/1837 Elijah and wife, Sarah, and children, Reese and Lindley, were received on certificate to the Plainfield MM from the Flushing MM.
Hinshaw
On 12/22/1841 Elijah and wife, Sarah, and children, Lindley and Samuel, were granted a certificate from Plainfield MM to Chesterfield MM.
Hinshaw
More About Elijah Fawcett and Sarah Gregg:
Marriage: 3/21/1833
Marriage Notes for Elijah Fawcett and Sarah Gregg:Hinshaw, page 396, says the date was 4/4/1833.
Children of Elijah Fawcett and Sarah Gregg are:
- Reece L. Fawcett, b. 2/23/1834, d. 2/14/1840.
- +Lindley Fawcett, b. 8/17/1835.
- +Samuel G. Fawcett, b. 6/21/1837.
- +Louisa Fawcett.
- +Joseph Samuel Fawcett, b. 3/29/1846, d. 6/11/1928.