Elderkin Family

Included below are links to important resources on the Elderkin ancestry of Adaline Knight, wife of Gilbert Belnap:

Elderkin Family Publications

• Elderkin, John. John Elderkin, One of the Founders of Connecticut and Some of His Descendants (1896) (PDF)
• Elderkin, Dyer White. Genealogy of the Elderkin Family, with Intermarriages, Containing Family Records From John 1st, Who Came From England in A.A. 1637 and Located in Massachusetts (1888) (PDF)
• Weaver, William L. History of Ancient Windham, Elderkin Genealogy Parts XC-XCII, Elderkin Historical Series: Number One
• Alt, Ruth Elizabeth von Rodeck. John Elderkin (1612-1687) of Connecticut and Descendants (1996)
• Snow, Nora E.; Jillson, Myrtle M., comp. “John Elderkin Family.” Snow-Estes Ancestry, vol. I (1939), Appendix, pp. 447-50
• Follansbee, Peter. “A Seventeenth-Century Carpenter’s Conceit: The Waldo Family Joined Great Chair.” American Furniture (1998)
• Walton, Steven A. “Of Chairs and Mills: The interconnection of trades in Colonial America”
• Milwaukee Art Museum, chair, attributed to John Elderkin
• MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Dedham (1981)
• Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of New London County, Connecticut (1882), passim

Elderkin Census Records

• James Elderkin (1725-1807)
  • 1790 U.S. Federal Census, Norwich, Hampshire, MA
• Rodolphus Elderkin (1750-1829)
  • 1820 U.S. Federal Census, Otsego, Otsego, NY
• Artemas Elderkin (1767-1836)
  • 1810 U.S. Federal Census, Sharon, Litchfield, CT
  • 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Camillus, Onondaga, NY

Elderkin Family Internet Links

• Elderkin Family Genealogy Forum
• John Elderkin
  • John Elderkin: Research Notes
• Wikipedia: Mother Brook
• Wikipedia: History of Dedham, MA
• Connecticut Waterfalls: Yantic Falls, Norwich, CT

Photographs and Images

• Headstone: Franklin, CT Cemetery: John Elderkin
• Chair, attributed to John Elderkin (about 1616-1687)
  • Additional Image

Last update:  7 May 2020