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Descendants of Elijah CONSELOR

Generation No. 2

2. JEREMIAH² CONCEALER (ELIJAH¹ CONSELOR) (Source: Charles Martin. Mitsa website.) was born 1779 (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.), and died 1811 in Kent Co., Delaware (Source: Charles Martin. Mitsa website. DE probate date 1811-1814, Kent Co.). He married ELIZABETH MDNNMUNKN (Source: John Carter. Mitsa website.). She died Bef. 1839.

Notes for JEREMIAH CONCEALER:
Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Jeremiah Conselor (1779-1811) of Little Creek Hundred was named in the settlement of the estate of his father Elijah in 1801. He signed the administration bond of Benjamin Durham's estate in 1810. His estate was administered in 1811-1814 by his widow, Elizabeth, and by his brother Elijah Conselor, who later married Elizabeth. Children were Esther or Hester, who married first Jesse Dean and then Elisha Durham; Elijah; Hannah, who married Perry Cork; Henrietta; and Jemimah, all
of whom were below the age of 14 at the time of his death. Henrietta and Jemimah died without issue before obtaining their majority.

Mitsawokett website:
JEREMIAH CONSELLOR (-1811) (son of Elijah and Hannah Consellor)

Petition of Elizabeth Conselor, widow, for a Guardian of children to be appointed

To the Honorable the Chancellor of the State of Delaware, now sitting at Dover, in and for the County of Kent, as Judge of the Orphans’ Court, this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

THE PETITION OF Elizabeth Conselor widow and Relict of Jeremiah Conselor late of Little Creek Hundred in the County aforesaid Humbly sheweth, that the said Jeremiah Conselor was seized in his demesne as of fee of and in a certain plantation, tract or parcel of land, containing about one hundred and eighty acres, with the appurtenances, situate in the hundred and county aforesaid, adjoining land of Joseph Farrow the heirs of Risdon Bishop and others, which is subject to the widows dower therein, the whole of which will yield an annual Rent of about one hundred & twenty dollars per year that being so thereof seized died, intestate leaving a widow and five children namely Esther Conselor, Elijah Conselor, Hannah Conselor, Harrieta Conselor and Jeremiah Conselor who are all under the age of Fourteen years and hath no guardians, and as to personal Estate it is yet ascertained, but suppose it not be to any great amount He therefore prays your Honor to appoint her Guardian to said Minors agreeably to the directions of the act of Assembly in such case made and provided,
And your petitioner will pray, &c.
Elizabeth (her mark) Conselor

Cover page:
Petition for Guardian to be appointed for Esther, Elijah, Hannah, Harrieta & Jeremiah Conselor, minors of Jeremiah Conselor decd.
14 August 1811, Elizabeth Conselor is appointed Guardian of her children
Esther Conselor
Elijah Conselor
Hannah Conselor
Harrieta Conselor
Jeremiah Conselor

Elijah Conselor the chosen Trusty
Take Bond cash in 1000 Dlls

Recorded G Folio 113.

Notes for ELIZABETH MDNNMUNKN:
Charles Martin on Mitsa website:
I was very perplexed about Jesse Dean's comment in his 1839 will that " I give to Elijah Concealer the pieced bed quilt upstairs which was made by his mother my last wife." This bothered me so much that I had to examine the original and this I did. In the will there is no other mention of his last wife and there is no surviving spouse mentioned or even referred to in an indirect manner. This means that his last wife had preceeded him in death and she had died prior to 1839.
I believe the Elijah Concealer referred to in Jesse Dean's will of 1839 is the son of Jeremiah (d 1811) and Elizabeth (unknown) Concealer. Elizabeth (unknown) married 1st Jeremiah Concealer (d 1811), 2nd she married Elijah Concealer (d 1825) who was a brother to Jeremiah, and 3rd she married Jesse Dean (d 1839).
The Ester (Hester) Concealer who married Jesse Dean on 29 Aug 1814 is a daughter of Jeremiah (d 1811) and Elizabeth. This Jesse dies ca 1815-16 and Ester marries Elisha Durham. This Ester (Hester) can not be the wife of the Jesse Dean who died in1839.
[Basic conclusion - Jesse Dean's third wife was Elizabeth, not Ester, Concealer. Ester married a different Jesse Dean. DWF.]

Lynn Jackson on Mitsa website:
Based on Jesse Sr's will we know he had (at least) 2 sons , Jesse and William, who were the children of his wife REBECCA , born before Jesse and Rebecca married (does this suggest Jesse may have been married to someone else at the time ???? ) He also had a daughter Sarah who may or may not have been Rebecca's child also. We know his last wife was the mother of Elijah Concilor but nowhere in the will does he mention her by name.
The ONLY Elijah Concilor I show living in 1839 was the son of Jeremiah (d.1811) and his wife, Elizabeth. Elizabeth later married Jeremiah's brother, Elijah, who died in 1826. What if it was Elizabeth who then married Jesse Dean Sr. and is mentioned in the will. She was the mother of Elijah Concilor. This would also solve the problem of there being another, unknown, Elijah Concilor floating about at the same time as Elizabeth's son.
While clearing up a couple of odd problems , this introduces another weird twist to the story.....that Elizabeth Concilor (the double widow Concilor) and her daughter Hester Concilor Dean Durham , BOTH married men named Jesse Dean.

Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Elizabeth Conselor, widow of Jeremiah in 1811, married her brother-in-law Elijah Conselor
before the estate was settled in 1814.

The earlier mistaken reference to Ester/Hester from John Carter Mitsa website:
DEAN , ESTHER CONCILOR Married Jesse DEAN in 1814, marriage bond signed by Benjamin CONCILOR. John's earlier conclusion: She died before her husband in 1839 and is called, by him, the mother of Elijah CONCILOR. See above about who the mother of Elijah was.

Children of JEREMIAH CONCEALER and ELIZABETH MDNNMUNKN are:

5.	i.		HESTER³ CONSELLOR, b. ca. 1796, Delaware; d. ca. 1840, Delaware.
	ii.		ELIJAH CONCEALER (Source: Charles Martin. Mitsa website.), b. Bet. 1797 - 1804.

Notes for ELIJAH CONCEALER:
Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Elijah Conselor was the son of Jeremiah Conselor (d. 1811). He lived until after 1867

6.	iii.		HANNAH CONCEALER, b. ca. 1805; d. Aft. 1850.
	iv.		HENRIETTA CONCEALER (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.), b. Aft. 1805; d. Died young without issue (Source: Ned Heite.).

Notes for HENRIETTA CONCEALER:
Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Henrietta Conselor, was the daughter of Jeremiah who died in 1811. She died without issue before reaching her majority.

JEMIMAH CONCEALER (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.), b. Aft. 1805 (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.); d. Died young without issue (Source: Ned Heite.).

Notes for JEMIMAH CONCEALER:
Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Jemimah Conselor (b. after 1797- ), was the daughter of Jeremiah who died in 1811.

vi.

ELISHA CONCEALER (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.).

3. BENJAMIN² CONCEALER (ELIJAH¹ CONSELOR) (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.) was born ca. 1778 (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.), and died 1846 in Salem, New Jersey (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.). He married RACHEL SPARKSMAN (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.). She was born ca. 1777 in Maryland (Source: 1850 census.), and died Unknown.

Notes for BENJAMIN CONCEALER:
Benjamin Conselor (c. 1778-1846) was named in the administration papers of his father Elijah in 1801. His mother was Hannah Durham, daughter of the elder John. He married Rachel Sparksman and died at Salem, New Jersey in 1846. They had three children. His son Elisha married Sarah Sisco.

1830 DE Kent Dover 100 p265wr
Benjamin Concealor with 1-1-1-1-0-0--1-1-0-1-0-0 free colored
(This looks like more than three children, though some might be children's spouses and/or hired hands.)
On same page with Hugh Durham. Thomas Munsey on previous page. On next page: Caesar[?] Spruance, Angelica Hansor, and William Carney.
1840 NJ Salem Salem p142st
Benjamin Counceller [index has Coandler] with one male 50-60 (Benjamin), one female 40-50 (Rachel), and one female 15-20 (a daughter?).
Next door to Jeremiah Counceller with one male 20-30 and one female 20-30, no children. Apparently Benjamin's son.
The remaining child of the three would be Elisha, who was married in 1840 and stayed in Delaware.
1850 - see widow's notes.

Notes for RACHEL SPARKSMAN:
Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Rachel Sparksman Conselor married Benjamin Conselor (c. 1778-1846) and moved with him to New Jersey.

1850 NJ Salem Salem p141st verso 25 Jul 1850 - race not indicated (white)
Might be with daughter and family. Frederic Cleegers [index has Clinger] 27 laborer bGermany, Frederic Cleegers (sic - female, evidently a census copy error substituting Frederic for wife's name) 23 bNJ, Ludefetta Cleegers 6/12 bNJ, Rachel Counsellor 73 widow bMD, plus two laborers, both bGermany, John 33 and Jacob 23, but both surnames not legible and not the same.
Assumption: this family is Rachel's daughter and son-in-law, but the name error is unfortunate.

Children of BENJAMIN CONCEALER and RACHEL SPARKSMAN are:

7.	i.		ELISHA³ COUNSELLOR, b. 15 Nov 1814, Delaware; d. 12 Mar 1864, Fulton Twp., Gratiot, MI.
	ii.		JEREMIAH COUNSELLOR (Source: 1840 census.), b. Bet. 1810 - 1820, Delaware(?) (Source: 1840 census.).

Notes for JEREMIAH COUNSELLOR:
Not sure if this is the same Jeremiah (note brother Elijah, not Elisha):
From Biographical Directory of Kent Co., DE
Jeremiah Conselor married Mary and died about 1867. His brother Elijah was his only surviving sibling.

iii.

DAUGHTER COUNSELLOR (Source: 1840 census.), b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Delaware(?) (Source: 1840 census.).

4. SARAH² CONSEALER (ELIJAH¹ CONSELOR) (Source: (1) Joseph Romeo., (2) Ned Heite. Mitsa website.) was born ca. 1787 in Delaware (Source: See son Josiah's listings for 1850 and 1860 census.), and died Aft. 1860 (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.). She married DEBORIX MILLER (Source: (1) Joseph Romeo., (2) Ned Heite. Mitsa website.). He was born Bet. 1776 - 1785 (Source: 1840 census.), and died 1840 (Source: Ned Heite. Mitsa website.).

Notes for SARAH CONSEALER:
Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Sarah Conselor Miller wife of Deberix, was identified in the administration of the estate of her father, Elijah Conselor, in 1801.

See Sarah in 1850 and 1860 census with son Josiah.

Notes for DEBORIX MILLER:
N.B. Both the probate for Deborix and the disposition of Elijah Consellor's land list the children of this family in the following order: Josiah, Elijah, Rachel, Enoch, Maria, and Robert. But there are problems. Given very consistent reporting of ages, Josiah and Elijah must have been twins born in 1817. Barbara Webster has family documents showing a great many sets of twins in the extended family of John Hughes Miller, but there is no reference to this pair. In addition, we have both tombstone and consistent census citations for Rachel being born in 1813, four years before them. The time span between Enoch and Robert is uncertain, due to conflicting dates for Robert's birth. But if Maria was born after Enoch (1821 or after), she gave birth to her son John ca. 1834-35 - when she would be 14 at most, probably less. Possible, but not too likely - suggesting that Maria might have been older or that the census reference to John's age is erroneous. The land and probate records look convincing about the order, but other sources provide unexplained discrepancies.

Ned Heite on Mitsa website:
Deberix Miller ( -1840) married Sarah, daughter of Elijah Conselor. When he died in 1840, Abraham Allee and James Robinson inventoried the estate. He mentions land bought of Benjamin Conselor. Their children were Josiah; Elijah; Rachel, wife of Benjamin Greenage; Enoch; Maria, wife of Benjamin Hughes; and Robert. He mentions the children of his deceased daughter, John and Rachel Hughes (Hewes).

1800 DE Sussex Dagsboro 100 p. 419
Drake Miller with 0-1-0-1-0--0-0-1-1-0
This may or may not be Deborix's father. The page is alphabetical and includes Lockwood, Morris, and Prettyman. None of the households on the page consists entirely of free persons of color. Some, but not a majority, of the households have slaves - Drake does not. Drake is on the tax lists for 1801 and 1803, so he owns.

1810 DE Sussex Little Creek 100 p306st
Debrix [index: Debiex] Miller with 7 "other" persons, ages not specified. Next door to Isaac Miller - a household with both white and "other" persons. Close to Haste Miller, an "other" household of 6
1820 DE Kent Duck Creek 100 p49st
Debrox Miller with 2-1-1-0--1-1-1-0 in the free colored persons columns.
Males: Deborix, young ones Josiah and Elijah, the one 14-25??
Females: Rachel and Sarah, middle one??
1830 DE Kent Duck Creek 100 p465wr
Deborix Miller with 3-2-1-1-0-0--0-2-0-1-1-0 in free colored persons
Males under 10: Elijah, Enoch, and Robert
Males 10-23: Josiah and ? but not John Hughes Miller
Male 24-35: ?? - farmhand or John Hughes Miller
Male 36-54: Deborix himself - indicating birth between 1776 and 1794
Females 10-23: Rachel and Maria
Female 36-54: Sarah, indicating birth before 1796
Female 55-99: ?? Deborix's or Sarah's mother?
1840 DE Kent Duck Creek 100 p51st
Deborix Miller with 2-5-0-0-1-0--1-0-2-1-0-0 in free colored persons. Next door to William Loatman, Josiah Miller and John [Hughes?] Miller on same page, John Becket on next page.
All those males in the listing make it difficult even to guess who's who. Not Josiah, but maybe Elijah and Enoch. Probably also includes son-in-law Benjamin Hewes and his son John (6). As to the females, the one under 10 could be Rachel Hughes. One 24-35 might be Maria Miller Hewes. Benjamin does not seem to have a separate listing in 1840. Deborix is now 55 or more, and Sarah is still under 55. This indicates Deborix's birth year at 1785 or earlier. On same page:
Josiah Miller with 1-1-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-0-0 in free colored persons. See his notes.
John Miller with 2-4-1-1-0-0--2-2-0-2-0-0. See his notes.

See widow Sarah in the 1850-60 listings for son Josiah.

Children of SARAH CONSEALER and DEBORIX MILLER are:

8.	i.		JOSIAH³ MILLER, b. 1817, Delaware; d. Aft. 1880.
	ii.		ELIJAH MILLER (Source: 1850 census.), b. 1817, Delaware (Source: 1850 census.); m. JANE MDNNMUNKN (Source: 1850 census.); b. 1827, Delaware (Source: 1850 census.); d. Unknown.

Notes for ELIJAH MILLER:
1850 DE Kent Duck Creek 100 p49wr p25st 30 Jul 1850
Elijah Miller 33 M M laborer bDE, Jane 23 F M bDE.
Next door to Frederick Cambrige family, with whom nephew John Hughes was living. Brother Josiah on next page.

9.	iii.	RACHEL MILLER, b. 19 Apr 1813, Delaware; d. 23 Feb 1897, Monroe County, Michigan.
10.	iv.	ENOCH D. MILLER, b. 08 Jan 1820, Duck Creek 100, Kent, Delaware; d. 14 Oct 1893, Bloomer Twp., Montcalm, Michigan.
11.	v.	MARIA MILLER, b. Delaware; d. Bef. 1840.
12.	vi.	ROBERT MILLER, b. 27 Sep 1822, Delaware; d. 27 Jan 1912, Michigan.

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