!Documentation:
- N. Y. Geneological & Biographical Record, Vol. 53, 1922.
Ellwood geneology. It is believed that Richard Ellwood immigrated about
1748 to America from Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire, England in both of
which counties there are branchies of the Ellwood family. The Ellwoods
of Clayton Priory, Sussex, England are of the same family. It is claimed
that Richard Ellwood came from England with his wife and two children;
but the dates of births of his children do not substantiate this fact.
It is also believed that Richard Ellwood built, in 1750, a stone house
below St. Johnsville, Montgomery Co., N.Y., now known as Fort Klock, and
his name or initials and the date are chiseled in a stone over one of the
windows in the front of the house. He died in 1754 and the house passed
out of family's possession for some reason. Perhaps the deed was never
recorded. This may account for the claim of the Klocks of an unbroken title
from the crown of England to 1922. In 1755 the Klocks built a wing to the
original house and this date is over the main door of this wing. This house
has always been pointed out to the Ellwood descendants as the home of their
emigrant ancestor. Richard Ellwood had 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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!Information provided by Mrs. Ennie Ellwood Field indicates:
- In 1746/47, 3 young brothers of a sir Frederick Ellwood came to America,
settling in Canada, Conn. and N. J.
- Richard Ellwood came to America about 1747 and moved to Minden, N.Y.
about 1748.