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Study on John Elbin/Elbin who Immigrated from England to Maryland

1745 – John Elborn, who was born in 1745 in Cambridge, England, a Distiller, enlisted in the 55^th Regiment of Foot in Canada, was wounded at the leg, age 36 at his administration date of 9 Feb 1781. He appears in the UK Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers of Soldiers Who Served in Canada, 1743-1882, but after his duty as a British soldier, he does not appear in the Royal Hospital in Chelsea London itself. The only John Elborn Foot Guards are senior infantry regiments.

John could have been the John Elborn, son of Robert and Alice Amey, born 13 Feb 1742 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. No death record appears for John at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea London. This John married Elizabeth Braithwaite on 21 Apr 1765 in Cambridge Holy Sepulchre. “A” William Braithwait was in the Rev. War in Maryland. I cannot find a birth record for Elizabeth Braithwaite. John may have enlisted in the military and gone to New York. This John had children in Cambridge, England: Mary on 8 Apr 1770, Susan on 10 Nov 1771, another Mary on 26 Aug 1773 as the first one died, another Susan in 24 Mar 1776 as the first one died, and son John on 9 Aug 1778 in England.

The 55^th Regiment of Foot was sent to America to serve in the American Revolution. The 55^th Regiment was made up of the British Army from the United Kingdom [of Great Britain and Ireland] in the Infantry role. Notably, the regiment fought at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776 and the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. The Battle of Brandywine was fought between the American army of Major General George Washington and the British army of General Sir William Howe on 11 Sep 1777. The British defeated the Americans and forced them to withdraw toward the rebel capital of Philadelphia. The engagement occurred near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, during Howe’s campaign to take Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War. Howe’s army sailed from New York City and landed near Elkton, Maryland, in northern Chesapeake Bay. The British captured Philadelphia on 26 Sep 1777 beginning an occupation that would last until Jun 1778, (from Wikipedia). Chadds Ford is a township in Delaware Co., PA about 30 miles southwest of Philadelphia. The Elbon family migrated to Salem and Elkton.

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An enlistment of “a” John “Elbin” appears on 2 Jun 1778 during the Revolutionary War with the 6^th Regiment in either Harford or Cecil Co., MD. Elkton, Maryland (mentioned above) is in Cecil Co., MD.

In late August 1777, after a distressing 34-day journey from Sandy Hook on the coast of New Jersey, a Royal Navy fleet of more than 260 ships carrying some 17,000 British troops under the command of British General Sir William Howe landed at the head of the Elk River, on the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay near present-day Elkton, Maryland (then known as Head of Elk), approximately 40–50 miles (60–80 km) southwest of Philadelphia. Unloading the ships proved to be a logistical problem because the narrow river neck was shallow and muddy. More details are given in Wikipedia. The “D” below in the last column under Administration stands for Ditto.

55th (Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot Soldiers' documents formed in Dec 1755, as the 57th and renumbered as the 55th in 1757. About eighteen months after its formation the regiment left Cork destined for an attack on Cape Breton. But the enterprise was abandoned for that year, and the troops wintered in Nova Scotia. Next year the 55th served in the attack on Ticonderoga. The 55th went next to Niagara with General Prideaux, and took part in the repulse of a force of 1,800 French regulars and 500 Indians, which attempted the relief of the fort. The 55th was employed in various subsequent operations in connection with the conquest of the Canada's, and was detained in the country some years after the peace.

At the beginning of the American War of Independence the regiment was again in America, arriving in Boston in December 1775, and fought at Long Island (1776), Brandywine (1777), Germantown, and other early conflicts. In 1778 it was among the troops sent from New York to the West Indies. Also see http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Wickes.pdf. Also see http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=39&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-39&gsln=Elborn&msbdy=1745&cpxt=0&uidh=nye&msbdp=10&cp=0.

“A” John William “Elbon” was baptized on 26 Feb 1754 at St. Bride’s Parish, Fleet St., London, the son of John and Mary Elbon. The date is a possibility, the place is also a possibility for immigrating to Maryland, and the name Mary is what John named his first daughter. Furthermore, the death date states 1828; the John Elbin of Maryland died right before the 1830 census. Absolutely no validity has been determined to connect this John in London with the John Elbin in Allegany Co., MD, and Bedford Co., PA.

Then after careful consideration, the death record of 24 Sep 1828, age 75, turns up at the Chelsea Royal Hospital in Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, from the Bishop’s Transcript, so this is definitely not the correct person who immigrated to Maryland.

The following baptism record needs to be researched if is connected to this family. The dates, names, and place are perfect, as John was born ca. 1754/55, his mother could have been named Mary as he named his daughter Mary, and London could have been the port he left from to immigrate to America – this is all heresay. This reports states that John William Elbon was baptized 26 Feb 1754 at St. Bride’s Parish on Fleet Street in London. No data shows that he remained in London or immigrated to America.

http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/am_rev_timeline.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Maryland_Revolutionary_War

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h619.html

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4260

John ELBOURNE mustered out on Staten Island on 21 Jul 1778, but the John ELVIN enlisted in Maryland on 2 Jun 1778. They overlap. Maybe there are 2 men named John. Now what?