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Biography
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Ellicott was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania , on April 17, 1765.
In 1789, at approximately 24 years old, he accompanied his brothers Andrew and Joseph Ellicott in 1789 to the British Province of Upper Canada in a survey to determine the western boundary of the State of New York .[1]
During 1791, 1792 and 1793, he assisted his brothers in the survey and mapping of the future City of Washington and in the survey of the original boundaries of the 100 square miles (260 km 2 Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia .[1] [2]
During November–December 1792, he led a survey that helped settle a boundary dispute within the present Ontario County in Western New York , which was resolved with the establishment of the Preemption Line .[3] draftsman for the Holland Land Company , assisting his brother Joseph in surveys of the company's lands in western Pennsylvania .[1] [4] Western New York .[1] Court of Common Pleas of Genesee County, New York in Batavia .[1]
Ellicott was elected as a Democratic-Republican representative from New York to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819) for the 21st District.[1] [5] Seventeenth Congress and succeeded by Nathaniel Allen .[1] [5]
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He then retired from active life, and in 1826 moved to Williamsville, New York , where he died December 10, 1827.[1] [5] [5] Batavia Cemetery in Batavia, New York , in 1849.[1] [5]
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^ (1 ) Henry, Marian S. (February 25, 2000). "The Phelps-Gorham Purchase" . Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2012 . 2 ) Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1893). George S. Conover (ed.). History of Ontario County, New York 94 At Google Books .
^ (1 ) "Holland Land Company Maps" . New York Heritage. 2013. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014 .2 ) Weissend, Patrick R. (2002). "The Life and Times of Joseph Ellicott" (PDF) . Holland Land Office Museum . Batavia, New York: Holland Purchase Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014 .
^ a b c d e "Ellicott, Benjamin, (1765 - 1827)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014 .
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