Jonathan Elmer

1745 - 1817  (71 years)

• Name	Jonathan Elmer
  Birth	29 Nov 1745	Cedarville, Cumberland County, New Jersey
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Sep 1817	Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey
  Person ID	I23213	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Theophilus Elmer,   b. 1729, Fairfield, Cumberland Co, Now Essex Co., New Jersey d. Bef 10 May 1783 (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Theodosia Sayre
  Family ID	F8869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Seely,   b. 1747   d. 1819 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1769	Fairfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey
  Children	1. Nathaniel Elmer,   b. Abt 1771   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sarah Elmer,   b. 1775   d. 1814 (Age 39 years)   3. William Elmer,   b. 1788   d. 1836 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F8880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Elmer, Jonathan, senator, was born in Fairfield, N.J., Nov. 29, 1745;sonof the Hon. Theophilus Elmer; grandson of the Rev. David Elmer; and brotherofthe Hon. Ebenezer Elmer. He was graduated in medicine from the Universityof Pennsylvania in 1771 and practised in his native state. He served as a delegate in the Continental congress in 1776-78, 1781-84, and1787-88,and on the formation of the government he was elected a U.S.senator,resigning his seat at the close of the 1st congress. He was a member of thestate legislature in 1780 and 1784, and was surrogate of Cumberland county, 1784-1802. Soon after that he was chosen presiding judge of thecountycourt of common pleas, resigning in 1804. He was elected a member oftheAmerican philosophical society in 1772, and president of the New Jerseymedicalsociety in 1787. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1782-95. Hediedin Burlington, N.J., Sept. 3, 1807. Note: The Bibliography states that Jonathan was grandson of Rev. David Elmer.  This is listed in most other records that I have seen as the Rev. Daniel Elmer.