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Elkanah Porter 1737–1816 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Jul 1737

Birth Location: Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 18 Nov 1816

Death Location: Columbia, Connecticut, USA

Father: John Porter

Mother: Abigail Knapp

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Elkanah Porter was born in 1737 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA, the child of John Porter And Abigail Keep Knapp. Elkanah Porter passed away in 1816 in Columbia, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Elkanah Porter was born in 1737 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA, the child of John Porter And Abigail Keep Knapp.
  • Elkanah Porter passed away in 1816 in Columbia, Connecticut, USA.

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Elkanah Porter's Ancestors

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Elkanah Porter
1737–1816
Birth Place: Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
Parents
John Porter
1700–1761
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail (Keep) Knapp
1700–
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Vining) Porter
1672–1754
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail Holbrook
1675–1761
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Porter
1641–1672
Sarah Vining
1646–1719
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elkanah Porter's Timeline

2 Records

1737
26 Jul 1737
Birth of Elkanah Porter in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
1816
18 Nov 1816
Age 79
Death of Elkanah Porter in Columbia, Connecticut, USA
Columbia, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Jul 1737
    Event Place: Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Nov 1816
    Event Place: Columbia, Connecticut, USA

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