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"ELISHA (27) De WOLF, son of the emigrant Nathan, was born
at Saybrook, Conn., 5*^ May 1756. He married, i""* September 1779,
Margaret daughter of Captain Thomas Ratchford of Cornwallis.
" Their children were :
53 "I. Ljdm Kirtland, born 14*'' July 1780; who died if^ March
1784.
54 "2. William, born s''' December 1781.
55 "3. Olivia, born 23'' September 1783; who married Capt. Joseph
Barss.
56 "4. Thomas Leonard, born 19*'' December 1785.
57 "5. James Ratchford, born 14*'' September 1787.
58 "6. Sophia Henrietta, born 13"' August 1789; who married Simon
Fitch Esq. of Horton.
59 " 7. Nancy, born 25*^ July 1791; who died young.
60 "8. Anne Ratchford, born 21" December 1792; who married : i"*,
Thomas Woodward ; and, 2'^'^, Charles Randall.
61 "9. Thomas Andrew Sira7ige, born 19**" April 1795.
62 "10. Margaret Maria, born 23* September i 798 ;
James Calkin ; and, 2*'^,- Joseph Starr.
63 "II. ElisIia,\)Oxx\ 14*'' March 1801.
64 " 12. Mary L^icilla, born 13*'^ March 1803.
65 " 13. Desiah, who died young.
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married : i"',
" Elisha DeWolf was High Sheriff of King's County from 1784 to
1789, and was elected to Parliament 26"' March 1793, and again ii**"
February 1819. He was Post-master, Collector of Excise, and Justice of
the Peace.
" For many years Mr. DeWolf was assistant Justice of the County
Court of King's County. He was a landed proprietor, and in his
earlier years was extensively engaged in agricultural and commercial
pursuits.
"Judge DeWolf had the honour of entertaining, at his mansion in
Wolfville, His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, father of
Her Majesty Queen A^ictoria.
"His residence, which he built in 1779, is still in good preservation,
and is now occupied by William O. Haliburton Esq. Here the worthy
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