Andrew Miller Elsworth

1843 - 1912  (68 years)

• Name	Andrew Miller Elsworth
  Birth	Oct 1843	Woolland, Dorset, England
  		Andrew Miller Elsworth birth 1843
  Christening	25 Dec 1843	Woolland, Dorset, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jun 1912	Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland
  Burial	St. Matthews Anglican Cemetery, Rocky Harbour, West Coast, Newfoundland   [2]
  Notes	formerly of Dorsetshire, England. Andrew and Esther were formerly married by a layman on 18 Sept 1871. Andrew was confirmed at age 30 on 14 Sept 1874 From "The Early Settlers on the Southwestern Shore of Newfoundlandt" Ellsworth We have been told that Andrew Ellsworth, who was born in Shillingstone, Dorsetshire, sailed from Hampshire when he was 13 years old. He came to Harbour Le Cou where he was apprenticed to a Mre Buckle. Next he came to Bonne Bay and married Esther Roberts, one of John and Sarah Payne's great-grandchildren. Later they moved to Rocky Harbour and settled at Bear Cove. We have been told that his cousin, Eli Ellsworth, may have been with him, as he al so come out as a young man of 13 or 14 years old. Eli married Esther's sister, Rose Ella, and they _also lived in Bear Cove, Rocky Harbour.
  Person ID	I2111	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Charles Elsworth,   b. 23 Dec 1810, Woolland, Dorset, England d. 10 Apr 1886, Sturminster Newton, North Dorset District, Dorset, England (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Miller,   b. 7 Mar 1814, Woolland, Dorset, England d. Jan 1887, Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1833	Woolland, Dorset, England
  Documents		Charles Elsworth and Elizabeth Miller marriage 1833
  Family ID	F849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Roberts,   b. 1850, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland d. 11 Feb 1903, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1874	Bonne Bay, Newfoundland   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Charles Samuel Ellsworth,   b. 10 May 1872, Bear Cove, Newfoundland   2. Elizabeth Ann Ellsworth,   b. 29 Jul 1873, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland   3. George Ellsworth,   b. 6 Apr 1875, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland   4. Martha Jane Ellsworth,   b. 4 Jun 1876, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland   5. Andrew Ellsworth,   b. 26 Jan 1878, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland   6. Emma Ellsworth,   b. 8 Jan 1881, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland + 7. Seth Ellsworth,   b. 6 Aug 1885, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland d. 27 May 1915, Mount Moriah, Newfoundland (Age 29 years)   8. Sabina Ellary Ellsworth,   b. 1886   d. 9 Jul 1906, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland (Age 20 years)   9. John Silas Ellsworth,   b. 8 Nov 1888, Bear Cove, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland d. 21 Nov 1969 (Age 81 years)   10. James Albert Ellsworth,   b. 5 Oct 1891, Bear Cove, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland   11. Roselia Ellsworth,   b. 19 Oct 1894, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland
  Family ID	F659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Oct 1843 - Woolland, Dorset, England Christening - 25 Dec 1843 - Woolland, Dorset, England Marriage - 25 Apr 1874 - Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Death - 15 Jun 1912 - Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Burial - - St. Matthews Anglican Cemetery, Rocky Harbour, West Coast, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		1851 Dorset Census
  		Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland Tenth General Assembly List of Inhabitants of the French Shore, Newfoundland 1873 White Bay to Bay of Islands https://www.assembly.nl.ca/HouseBusiness/Journals/ga10/LCJ_ga10session4.pdf see also page 527 of this document

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] England BMD, Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 - Woolland, page 15, entry no. 114. [S5] NGB, http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cemetery/cem-rocky-hr-st-matthews-ang-stb.shtml. [S11] Newfoundland Vital Statistics, Vol 93 St Barbe - Bonne Bay Church of England Marriages 1871-1897.