Ancestry of
John Wesley Johnston

(1834–1917)

Joshua Elderkin

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of John Wesley Johnston — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • John Elderkin 
  • Mother:
  • Susanna Baker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Oct 1720 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Feb 1801 
  • Death Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rachel Wetmore
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Jul 1749 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Joshua Booth Elderkin (Ahnentafel No:12 )

• Sources for Joshua Elderkin

  • ¹ Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, Massachusetts), 19 MAY 1909, p. 25, No. 521.
  • ² Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Death record for Joshua Elderkin.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Windham, p. 83, Marriage of Joshua Elderkin and Rachel Wetmore.
  • ⁴ Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol. 1, p. 96, Birth record for Joshua Elderkin.
  • ⁵ Windham Herald (Windham, Connecticut), 13 FEB 1801, p. 3, Death notice for Dr Joshua Elderkin.
  • ⁶ Weaver, William L., Elderkin Historical Series, No. 1, History of Ancient Windham, Genealogy, Elderkin, n. p.: Republished by Roland D. Elderkin (1949), 18-19.