The Orys and Cook Family Tree » William Elsey (1779-1862)

Personal data William Elsey 

  • He was born on February 24, 1779 in Balcombe, East Sussex. England.Sources 1, 2
    WILLIAM ELSEY
    Birth: 24 FEB 1779
    Christening: 14 MAR 1779 Ardingly, Sussex, England
    Parents:
    Father: JOHN ELSEY
    Mother: SARAH

    William ELLSEY
    Birth: About 1778 Of, Balcombe, Sussex, England

    Marriages:

    Marriage: 19 OCT 1800 Of, Cuckfield, Sussex, England
  • He was christened on March 14, 1779 in Ardingly, East Sussex. England.Sources 1, 2
    WILLIAM ELSEY
    Birth: 24 FEB 1779
    Christening: 14 MAR 1779 Ardingly, Sussex, England
    Parents:
    Father: JOHN ELSEY
    Mother: SARAH
  • Profession: Agricultural Labourer.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Ardingly Street, Ardingly, East Sussex.
      Census Transcript Family Sussex 1841
      Address Ardingly Street
      Parish Ardingly
      Registration District Cuckfield & East Grinstead
      Image Reference HO107/1111/F?
      Found 2 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      William Ellsey 65 1776 Yes Agricultural Labourer

      Phoebe Ellsey 65 1776 Yes
    • in the year 1851: Ardingly Street, Ardingly, East Sussex.
      1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Ardingley Street, Ardingly Sussex, Cuckfield, Sussex, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      James Elsey Head Married Male 44 1807 Ag Lab Ardingly, Sussex, England
      Mary Elsey Wife Married Female 40 1811 - Ardingly, Sussex, England
      Henry Elsey Son - Male 8 1843 Scholar Ardingly, Sussex, England
      James Elsey Son - Male 4 1847 - Ardingly, Sussex, England
      William Elsey Son - Male 0 1851 - Ardingly, Sussex, England
    • in the year 1861: Ardingly, East Sussex. England.Source 1
      Census Transcript Household Sussex 1861 Address Street Parish Ardingley Registration District Cuckfield Image Reference RG9/0581/F? Found 7 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      James Elsey 53 1808 Head Ardingly, Sussex Labourer
      Mary Elsey 51 1810 Wife Horsted Keynes, Sussex
      James Elsey 14 1847 Son Ardingly, Sussex Carter
      William Elsey 10 1851 Son Ardingly, Sussex Scholar
      John Elsey 7 1854 Son Ardingly, Sussex Scholar
      William Elsey 82 1779 Widower Ardingly, Sussex
      Jane Doust 81 1780 Widow Carshatton, Sussex
  • He died in the year 1862 in Ardingly, East Sussex. England, he was 82 years old.
    Name: William Elsey
    District: Cuckfield... County: Sussex... Year: 1862... Quarter: 1... Volume: 2b... Page: 0074...
  • He is buried on March 8, 1862 in Ardingly, East Sussex. England.Source 2
    Name William Elsey
    Gender Male
    Burial Date 08 Mar 1862
    Burial Place Ardingly, Sussex, England
  • A child of John Elsey and Sarah Grinfield
  • This information was last updated on December 7, 2017.

Household of William Elsey

He is married to Phoebe White.

They got married on October 19, 1800 at Cuckfield, East Sussex. England, he was 21 years old.Sources 1, 2

William ELLSEY Birth: About 1778 Of, Balcombe, Sussex, England Marriages: Marriage: 19 OCT 1800 Of, Cuckfield, Sussex, England

Phebe White
mentioned in the record of William Ellsey and Phebe White
Name William Ellsey
Spouse's Name Phebe White
Event Date 19 Oct 1800
Event Place Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Marital Status Single
Spouse's Marital Status Single

Child(ren):

  1. Phoebe Elsey  1814-1868 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Elsey

George Elsey
1717-1758
Susanna (Elsey)
± 1728-????
John Elsey
1750-????
Sarah Grinfield
± 1749-1797

William Elsey
1779-1862

1800

Phoebe White
1781-1841

Phoebe Elsey
1814-1868

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    1. From Sue36a on Ancestry tree (Coomber) March 2010
    2. IGI batch files
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    Historical events

    Birthday February 24, 1779

    • The temperature on February 24, 1779 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1779: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
      • May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
      • June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
      • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
      • August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
      • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

    Christening day March 14, 1779

    • The temperature on March 14, 1779 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: helder half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1779: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
      • June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
      • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
      • July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
      • August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
      • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

    Day of marriage October 19, 1800

    • The temperature on October 19, 1800 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1800: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 21 » With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.
      • April 2 » Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
      • April 20 » The Septinsular Republic is established.
      • June 14 » The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
      • August 1 » The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • December 3 » War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.

    Day of burial March 8, 1862

    • The temperature on March 8, 1862 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
      • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
      • September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
      • October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
      • November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
      • December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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