Showing posts with label Ellicott (George). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ellicott (George). Show all posts
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Occoquan - Ellicott mills in Va near DC

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John Davis, travelling from England, worked for a few months as a tutor to Nathaniel Ellicott's (1763–1841) children at his home Rockle...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Mischievous Ellicott boys, the store and electricity

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In the 19th century, a few people, including Ben Franklin, experimented with electricity for science or entertainment. Joseph Priestly wro...
Saturday, April 9, 2022

George Ellicott house

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George Ellicott built a large stone house in 1789 across from their flour mill and next to his brother Jonathon. It was actually two house...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

James Lea grafitti at the B&O railroad station 1838

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James Lea (1816-1857) was the son of Elizabeth (Ellicott) Lea (daughter of George Ellicott), and Thomas Lea, of the Lea Brandywine mills...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Chief Little Turtle visited George Ellicott's home in 1807

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The then famous Native American chief Little Turtle (c1752-1812) and other chiefs visited Ellicott mills during Christmas week 1807 after ...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Martha Ellicott Tyson - Swarthmore founder, writer, Quaker elder

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Martha (Ellicott) Tyson (1795-1873) was born in Ellicott’s Mills to George Ellicott, son of one of the founders, and younger sister of E...
Monday, March 5, 2018

Elizabeth Ellicott Lea and the first Maryland cookbook in 1845

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Elizabeth (Ellicott) Lea (1793-1858) was born in Ellicott’s mills to George and Elizabeth (Brooke) Ellicott, the son of one of the f...
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Monday, January 22, 2018

Elkridge Quaker meeting house in Ellicott City

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The Ellicott family donated four acres for a Quaker meeting house and a cemetery on 'Quaker Hill'. Excerpts from Martha Ellicott T...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Lilly (Tyson) Manly Elliott turned the Patapsco Female Institute into a 60 room home, then hotel

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Lily or Lilly Tyson (1852-1924) was a descendant of two prominent Quaker milling and merchant families – the Tysons of Jericho Mills north...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Benjamin Banneker's almanac and the Ellicotts

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George Ellicott, his brother Elias Ellicott and their cousin Major Andrew Ellicott each helped to get Banneker's first almanac publish...