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Stukely Ellsworth

American politician (1769-1837)

Summary

American politician (1769-1837)

Field	Value
name	Stukely Ellsworth
state	New York
state_senate	New York
district	6th
term_start	January 4, 1825
term_end	January 6, 1829
predecessor	Farrand Stranahan
successor	John F. Hubbard
state_assembly1	New York
district1	Otsego County
term_start1	November 7, 1820
term_end1	January 1, 1822
alongside1	Joshua Babcock, , ,
predecessor1	Samuel Caldwell, , , ,
successor1	John Blakeley, ,
term_start2	January 5, 1818
term_end2	January 5, 1819
alongside2	Joshua Babcock, , ,
predecessor2	Henry Albert, , , ,
successor2	John Blakeley, , , ,
birth_date
birth_place	West Greenwich, Rhode Island, British America
death_date
death_place	Hartwick, New York, U.S.
spouse
children	{{unbulleted list
father	Judiah Aylworth
mother	Rosanna (Edwards) Aylworth

| Leonard Ellsworth | | Waterman A. Ellsworth | | Stukely S. Ellsworth Jr. | | Chester F. Ellsworth | | Orlando Ellsworth | Stukely Stafford Ellsworth, Sr., (September 26, 1769March 31, 1837) was an American politician from New York state. He served two terms in the New York State Assembly, representing Otsego County, and later served in the New York State Senate.

Biography

Stukeley Ellsworth was born September 26, 1769, in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. He was raised and lived most of his life in Otsego County, New York, living first at the town of Laurens, then Hartwick.{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/arthuraylsworthh00ayls/ |title= Arthur Aylsworth and His Descendents in America |year= 1887 |publisher= Narragansett Historical Publishing Company |editor-last1= Aylsworth |editor-first1= Homer Elhanan |editor-last2= Arnold |editor-first2= James N.

He was a justice of the peace and town supervisor before being elected to the New York State Assembly in 1817 and 1820. He served in the 41st and 44th legislative sessions. In 1824, he was elected to a four-year term in the New York State Senate.

He was injured in a stage coach accident during one of his trips to the Senate, and never fully recovered from the injury. He died suddenly while chopping wood at his home on March 31, 1837.

Personal life and family

Stukeley Ellsworth was the 11th child of Judiah Aylworth, who served in the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1776. Stukeley's mother was Judiah's second wife, Rosanna (** Edwards), she had previously been the widow of Stukeley Stafford, who became his namesake.

Judiah Aylworth was a grandson of Arthur Aylsworth, an English settler who emigrated to the Rhode Island Colony in 1681.

Stukeley Ellsworth married Mercy Harrington in 1795. They had eight children. Two of their sons also served in elected office—Waterman Ellsworth served in the New York State Assembly representing Chautauqua County in 1839, and Orlando Ellsworth served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Milwaukee County in 1858.

Stukeley's grandson via his son Orlando was Eugene Stafford Ellsworth, the namesake of Ellsworth Community College in Iowa.

References

Werner, Edgar A.. (1886). "Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York". Weed, Parsons & Co..
(1993). "A Collection of Abstracts from Otsego County, New York Newspaper Obituaries, 1808–1875". Heritage Books.

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