Individual Details
Elisha Calkins
(14 Mar 1775 - 11 May 1865)
Calkins Family of Colden, NY
https://archive.org/details/historyoforigina00brig/page/334
Elisha and his wife Elizabeth Cross Calkins came from Vermont and settled in Clinton County, NY. In the fall of 1828 they moved to Buffalo, NY; not liking the low lands in the vicinity they only stayed through the winter and in the spring of 1829 came to the town of Colden and settled on a farm on South hill. Their family consisted of eight children, OLIVE, POLLY, WILLIAM, MOSES, SALLY, HARRISON, JOHN AND BETSEY. The girls married and settled in Colden; two of them are still living there, Mrs. Thomas Buffum and Mrs. Jesse Hedges.
-Moses married Elizabeth Abbott and settled on the hill; he is now living at Colden Village. he has one son, A.C. Calkins living in Buffalo.
-John married Susan Southworth of Boson and lived on a farm on the hill. In the fall of 1856 was kicked by a horse and died of injuries, leaving two sons, John D. and Earl, who are now living at South Bend, Indiana.
-Harrison married Elizabeth Cunningham, of Concord and lived on the hill near Glenwood. He died of consumption in 1853 and left one son. Hon. Elisha C. Calkins, now living at Kearney City, Nebraska.
-William A. cleared a farm in the town of Concord, attending the Springville Academy in 1833, when Parsons was Principal. His health failing he went down to Staten Island and taught school for one year and married Eliza Randolph Rollo of Staten Island. He came back and went to farming on his farm in Concord and after five years, sold and moved into the town of Colden. source: Brigg's History of Concord, NY. Calkins Family; pub. aft 1884.
History of the Original Town of Concord: Being the Present Towns of Concord ...
By Erasmus Briggs
p 335
https://archive.org/details/historyoforigina00brig/page/334
Elisha and his wife Elizabeth Cross Calkins came from Vermont and settled in Clinton County, NY. In the fall of 1828 they moved to Buffalo, NY; not liking the low lands in the vicinity they only stayed through the winter and in the spring of 1829 came to the town of Colden and settled on a farm on South hill. Their family consisted of eight children, OLIVE, POLLY, WILLIAM, MOSES, SALLY, HARRISON, JOHN AND BETSEY. The girls married and settled in Colden; two of them are still living there, Mrs. Thomas Buffum and Mrs. Jesse Hedges.
-Moses married Elizabeth Abbott and settled on the hill; he is now living at Colden Village. he has one son, A.C. Calkins living in Buffalo.
-John married Susan Southworth of Boson and lived on a farm on the hill. In the fall of 1856 was kicked by a horse and died of injuries, leaving two sons, John D. and Earl, who are now living at South Bend, Indiana.
-Harrison married Elizabeth Cunningham, of Concord and lived on the hill near Glenwood. He died of consumption in 1853 and left one son. Hon. Elisha C. Calkins, now living at Kearney City, Nebraska.
-William A. cleared a farm in the town of Concord, attending the Springville Academy in 1833, when Parsons was Principal. His health failing he went down to Staten Island and taught school for one year and married Eliza Randolph Rollo of Staten Island. He came back and went to farming on his farm in Concord and after five years, sold and moved into the town of Colden. source: Brigg's History of Concord, NY. Calkins Family; pub. aft 1884.
History of the Original Town of Concord: Being the Present Towns of Concord ...
By Erasmus Briggs
p 335
Events
| Birth | 14 Mar 1775 | New London, Connecticut | |||
| Death | 11 May 1865 | Colden, Erie, New York |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cross (1781 - 1866) |
| Child | Polly Calkins ( - ) |
| Child | William Calkins ( - ) |
| Child | Olive Calkins ( - ) |
| Child | Moses Calkins ( - ) |
| Child | Sally Calkins ( - ) |
| Child | Harrison Calkins ( - ) |
| Child | John Calkins ( - ) |
| Child | Betsey Calkins ( - ) |