We can get dates of birth or approximates
from a some census ages or age ranges and a grave marker, and a couple of guardian bonds. Some must be estimated. And one way to do this is to use the dates of first
marriage for Elijah’s children, at least those for whom we have dates. Between
1800 and 1900, women generally married for the first time between the ages of
20 and 22. Less is known about the average age of first marriages for men during
the 19th century; however, in 1890, when the U.S. Census Bureau started
collecting marriage data, it was recorded that the average age of a first
marriage for men was 26 years. So we can use 21 (female) and 26 (male) to
estimate dates of birth unavailable from other data, as long as we have
marriage data. The son Neddy is the one child for which we have insufficient
data to do any reasonable estimate. Using this combination of data and estimates
I have come up with the table below.
Children of Elijah with Marriages and Dates of Birth (Some Estimated).
Child |
First Spouse |
Date of First Marriage |
Date of Birth |
Nancy |
Gideon Marsh |
12 Sep 1785 |
c1764 |
Judith Tayloe |
Thomas Potts |
bef 17 Oct 1797 |
13 Feb 1771 |
Ruth |
William Sims |
28 Jun 1804 |
c1782 |
John Y. |
Margaret Dunnaway |
14 Apr 1812 |
c1786 |
Robert |
Nancy Sutton |
30 Dec 1812 |
c1786 |
Elizabeth |
James E. Tapscott |
20 Dec 1811 (bond) |
c1789 |
Edward |
Alice Desilvey |
26 Jun 1820 (bond) |
c1794 |
Polly C. |
Robert Davis |
16 Oct 1816 |
c1795 |
Neddy |
|
|
by 1814 |
Sarah D. |
John Pitman |
21 Sep 1824 |
1790-1800 |
Thomas |
Sarah Glidewell (2nd marriage) |
1 Dec 1840 (2nd marriage) |
30 Sep 1802 |
Catharine (“Caty”) |
Daniel Pitman |
24 Nov 1824 |
1804-1807 |
Rebecca |
James R. Webb | 1805 - 1810 |
c1803 |
And from these numbers we can attach
Elijah’s children to Elijah’s wives. (Neddy is just a guess.)
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