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benjamin, ellicott, april, 1765, december, 1827, surveyor, county, judge, member, united, states, house, representatives, from, state, york, ellicott, 1922, contents, biography, death, references, external, linksbiography, editellicott, born, bucks, county, pe. Benjamin Ellicott April 17 1765 December 10 1827 was a surveyor a county judge and a member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of New York Ellicott in 1922 Contents 1 Biography 2 Death 3 References 4 External linksBiography editEllicott was born in Bucks County Pennsylvania on April 17 1765 In 1789 at approximately 24 years old he accompanied his brothers Andrew and Joseph Ellicott in 1789 to the British Province of Upper Canada in a survey to determine the western boundary of the State of New York 1 During 1791 1792 and 1793 he assisted his brothers in the survey and mapping of the future City of Washington and in the survey of the original boundaries of the 100 square miles 260 km2 District of Columbia which were established in the Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia 1 2 During November December 1792 he led a survey that helped settle a boundary dispute within the present Ontario County in Western New York which was resolved with the establishment of the Preemption Line 3 From 1794 1797 he was employed as a surveyor and draftsman for the Holland Land Company assisting his brother Joseph in surveys of the company s lands in western Pennsylvania 1 4 In 1798 he was in charge of the company s surveys in Western New York 1 In 1803 he became one of the first judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee County New York in Batavia 1 Ellicott was elected as a Democratic Republican representative from New York to the Fifteenth Congress March 4 1817 March 3 1819 for the 21st District 1 5 He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress and succeeded by Nathaniel Allen 1 5 Death editHe then retired from active life and in 1826 moved to Williamsville New York where he died December 10 1827 1 5 He was interred at the graveyard in Williamsville Williamsville Cemetery c 1810 5 He was re interred at Batavia Cemetery in Batavia New York in 1849 1 5 References edit a b c d e f g h i Benjamin Ellicott in Bartlett G Hunter 1922 Frank H Severance ed Andrew and Joseph Ellicott The Plans of Washington City and the Village of Buffalo and Some of the Persons Concerned Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society Buffalo New York Buffalo Historical Society 26 33 36 Retrieved December 26 2014 At Google Books 1 Tindall William 1914 IV The First Board of Commissioners Standard History of the City of Washington From a Study of the Original Sources Knoxville Tennessee H W Crew and Company p 147 At Google Books 2 Mathews Catharine Van Cortlandt 1908 Chapter IV The City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia 1791 1793 Andrew Ellicott His Life and Letters Grafton Press pp 81 86 At Google Books 3 Bedini Silvio A Spring Summer 1991 The Survey of the Federal Territory Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker Washington History Washington D C Historical Society of Washington D C 3 1 91 JSTOR 40072968 1 Henry Marian S February 25 2000 The Phelps Gorham Purchase Archived from the original on February 27 2014 Retrieved December 31 2012 2 Aldrich Lewis Cass 1893 George S Conover ed History of Ontario County New York Syracuse NY D Mason amp Co pp 94 95 At Google Books 1 Holland Land Company Maps New York Heritage 2013 Archived from the original on February 21 2014 Retrieved December 27 2014 2 Weissend Patrick R 2002 The Life and Times of Joseph Ellicott PDF Holland Land Office Museum Batavia New York Holland Purchase Historical Society Archived from the original PDF on December 27 2014 Retrieved December 27 2014 a b c d e Ellicott Benjamin 1765 1827 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Archived from the original on July 24 2014 Retrieved December 26 2014 U S House of RepresentativesPreceded byMicah Brooks Archibald S Clarke Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 21st congressional district1817 1819 with John C Spencer Succeeded byAlbert H Tracy Nathaniel AllenExternal links edit Benjamin Ellicott at Historical Marker Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benjamin Ellicott amp oldid 1160696306, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
