Joshua "Billiard" Ely
Mary Senior
1st Generation
Children: Mary, John I, George I, Joshua, John II, Elizabeth, Hugh, Sarah, George II
(Descended from John II Ely, Birth 1652)
1685: Joshua and Mary Senior Ely, from Mansfield, Nottingham, England along with Joshua's sister
Rebbeca Ely, and her husband Mahlon Stacye traveled to America, settling their families in Trenton, New Jersey.
1698: Death of Mary Senior Ely
shortly after giving birth to George II
1699: Second Marriage: Joshua "Billiard" Ely and Rachael Lee
Children: Twins, Ruth and Benjamin
Quaker abolitionists; strong followers of George Fox
2nd Generation
John Ely, Sr. and Frances Venable
(John II, the son of Joshua and Mary Senior)
Children: Elizabeth, Mary, William, and John, Jr.
(Descended from John, Jr.)
3rd Generation
John Ely, Jr. and Phoebe Allison
Children: John, Richard, Phoebe I, Mary, William, Joshua, Isaac I, Allison, Phoebe II, Joseph, Isaac II, and George
(Descended from William Ely)
Note: All twelve children came from Phoebe Allision
The Ely Norton Farm
East Windsor Township
4th Generation
William Ely and Mary Hutchinson
Children: Elizabeth, Isaac, Joseph, Mary, Phoebe, Rebecca I, Richard,
John, William and Rebecca II
(Descended from John Ely)
5th Generation
John Ely and Rebbeca Flemming
Children: Caroline, Mary, Milton, Rhoda, Rolin, Sarah, Wellington, and Racine
(Descended from Racine Ely - not John B. Ely (as some others family trees cite)
6th Generation
Racine Ely and Deborah Ann Curtis
Children: Rolina, Ann, Walter, Sarah, John, Wellington, Carrie, Charles and Harrold
(Descended from John Ely, son of Racine Ely)
7th Generation
John Ely and Maragret Thomas Gordon
Children: William Gordon, Rolinda, John Wellington, Mary, Edward Tilton, Walter Curtis, Arthur Milton and Buhela
(Descended from William Gordon)
Note: Maragret's parents did not marry until Maragret was the age of ten. At birth, she was given her mother's maiden name, Thomas.
8th Generation
William Gordon Ely, Sr. and Lillian Joan Sullivan
Children: William Gordon Ely, Jr.
a.k.a. William Gordon McHenry
(Step-father Carl McHenry)
9th Generation
William Gordon Ely, Jr. and Joyce Lois DeBaun
Children: William, Larry, Terry Anne and Scott
