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Andrew Ellicott (miller)

Miller who founded Ellicott City, Maryland

Summary

Miller who founded Ellicott City, Maryland

Field	Value
name	Andrew Ellicott
birth_date	1733
birth_place	Bucks County
death_date	1809
death_place	Maryland
nationality	American
children	George, Johnathan, Elias

Andrew Ellicott (1733 – 1809) was one of three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania who chose the wilderness up river from Elk Ridge Landing (known today as Elkridge, Maryland) to establish a flour mill. John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East.

The Ellicott brothers helped revolutionize farming in the area by persuading farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and also by introducing fertilizer to revitalize depleted soil. Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was an early influential convert from tobacco to wheat. Andrew worked principally as a financier leaving his interests to his sons. His sons Jonathan and George Ellicott built their home by the river in Oella, Maryland.

Andrew Ellicott was the uncle of the famous surveyors Andrew Ellicott and Joseph Ellicott.

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References

[https://books.google.com/books?id=HVlNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA44 Tyson, p. 44.]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HVlNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5 Tyson, pp. 5-6.]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HVlNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 Tyson, p. 3.]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HVlNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12 Tyson, p. 12.]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HVlNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13 Tyson, p. 13.]
James Clark Jr.. "Jim Clark Soldier Farmer Legislator".
Janet P. Kusterer, Victoria Goeller. "Remembering Ellicott City: Stories from the Patapsco River Valley".

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