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Peter Lenn Eller

Peter Lenn Eller[1, 2]

Male 1746 - 1799  (52 years)

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  • Name Peter Lenn Eller  [3] 
    Born 1 Apr 1746  Frederick County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Possibly born in Rowan County, NC [4]
    Gender Male 
    Died 1799  Ashe County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Peter Eller lived in the part of Ashe County that was once part of Wilkes County.
    Buried Eller Cemetery, Ashe County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5  George Michael Eller
    Links To This person is also Peter Lenn Eller (I2046) in the Jacob Eller 3 tree on this site  
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father George Michael Eller,   b. 22 May 1722, Rhineland, Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 25 Aug 1778, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 56 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria "Salome" Schneider,   b. 22 May 1722, Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1778, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married Abt 1745  Lancaster, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth "Betsy" Dick,   b. 1749, Frederick Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1844, Ashe Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married Abt 1767  Rowan Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Melchor Eller, Sr. ,   b. 1767, Frederick County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1823, Purlear, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Elizabeth Eller,   b. About 1779, Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Catherine Martha Eller,   b. 06 Mar 1773, Rowan Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1850, Jackson County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 78 years)
    +4. Peter B. Eller, Jr.,   b. 6 Mar 1773, Frederick County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1851, Wilkes County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     5. Barbara Eller,   b. About 1781, Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jacob Eller,   b. About 1776, Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Nov 1855, Ashe County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     7. Mary Eller,   b. About 1785, Rowan Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1872, Henry Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
     8. Henry Eller,   b. 1786, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1855, Ashe County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     9. George Eller,   b. 1790, Wilkes County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1841  (Age < 50 years)
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2020 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Eller, Peter (abt 1752-1799) Land Warrant & Land Survey    		Eller, Peter (abt 1752-1799) Land Warrant & Land Survey
    Left: Land warrant to Peter Eller for 125 Acres on the south side of Reedy Creek in Rowan County. #2939 Dated 20 Nov 1785.
    Right: Survey of 124 acres to Peter Eller dated 21 Nov 1785.
    Eller, Peter (abt1 752-1799) Land Warrant & Survey    		Eller, Peter (abt1 752-1799) Land Warrant & Survey
    Left: Land warrant to Peter Eller (#2949) for 325 acres on the South Fork of Reedy Creek in Rowan County, NC. Dated 17 Dec 1785.
    Right: Land survey for the above dated 17 Jun 1788.

    Headstones
    Eller, Peter Lenn (1746-1799)    		Eller, Peter Lenn (1746-1799)

    Books
    'Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections'
    'My Eller Cousins' Descendants of Peter Lenn Eller of Ashe County, NC

    EFA Research - People
    Michael Graybill, Sr. and Mary 'Polly' Stoker     		Michael Graybill, Sr. and Mary "Polly" Stoker
    A biography of this couple. Mary Stoker was the daughter of Peter Eller, son of George Michael Eller.

  • Notes 
    • If all facts were known they might show that George Michael Eller was married three times and that his first son Peter was a child by his first wife and all others by his second, Peter was a grown man with a wife and child as early as the late seventeen sixties. [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Eller, A. William "Bill" ; "Descendants of George Michael Eller, the immigrant, following only the lineage of Robert Tracy Eller", (Family Search Website), p.16-17.

    2. [S273] "Heritage of Ashe County", Peter Lenn Eller (4th Great-Grandson), ol 1, 1984. Bio 196.
      "Peter, my fourth great grandfather was born in 1746 in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina." [CORRECTION; "Born 1 Apr 1746, Frederick, Maryland and death date as 1799 Wilkes, North Carolina."]
      "Peter married Elizabeth Dick in 1767.
      "Peter was an active citizen in the part of Ashe that was once Wilkes county, where he owned as much as 700 acres of land. To the union of Peter and Elizabeth were born nine children"

    3. [S4] Dahl, Devon N. & Carma (John), 18152 Santa Arabella, Fountain Valey, CA 92708.

    4. [S106] Ancestry: "Hamilton Family Tree" , Mary Jane H.

    5. [S97] "Eller Family in America", Reese, Michael Alan, (Donning Company, 184 Business Park Drive, Suite 206, VA Beach, VA), ISBN: 978-1-57864-1., p.15.

    6. [S100] Eller, A. William "Bill" ; "Descendants of George Michael Eller, the immigrant, following only the lineage of Robert Tracy Eller", (Family Search Website), p.17.