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    Joseph Ellicott (November 1, 1760 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania – August 19, 1826 in New York City) was an American surveyor, city planner, land office...
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    Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Part of the...
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  • Andrew Ellicott. Joseph Ellicott (miller) (1732–1780), together with his brothers John and Andrew, founded Ellicott's Mills, Maryland in 1772 Joseph Ellicott...
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  • Joseph Ellicott (1732–1780) was one of three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Province who purchased land on the Patapsco River and set...
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    The Ellicott Square Building is a historic office complex, completed in 1896, located in Buffalo, New York. It is found within the Joseph Ellicott Historic...
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    Ellicott is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 8,771 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Joseph Ellicott...
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    Joseph Ellicott Historic District is a local historic district in Buffalo, New York. It is in the vicinity of Niagara Square, which was designed by Joseph...
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    of the east–west New York State Route 5 (NY 5). American surveyor Joseph Ellicott had the "Great Iroquois Trail", an ancient path from the Hudson River...
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    Meriwether Lewis. Andrew Ellicott was born in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania as the first of nine children of Joseph Ellicott (1732–1780) and...
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    memos "tuition" and "school") to three women, one of whom was 18. Joseph Ellicott, an associate of both Gaetz and Greenberg, pleaded guilty in January...
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    removed Iroquois title to lands west of the Genesee River in 1797, Joseph Ellicott surveyed land at the mouth of Buffalo Creek. In the middle of the village...
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  • Ellicott remarried in 1800 at the opening of the Quaker Meeting House. John Ellicott was the uncle of surveyors Andrew Ellicott and Joseph Ellicott....
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    National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is located within the Joseph Ellicott Historic District. In 1851, the city bought the property at the northwest...
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    been declared a National Historic Landmark and is located within the Joseph Ellicott Historic District. The 13-floor building, 167 feet (51 m) high, was...
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    adult member of his household. In 1772, brothers Andrew Ellicott, John Ellicott and Joseph Ellicott moved from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and bought land...
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  • Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East. The Ellicott brothers helped...
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    named for agent Theophilus Cazenove Ellicott, a town in Chautauqua County, named for surveyor Joseph Ellicott Ellicottville, a town and its village...
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    Ellicott Creek is a stream in Western New York, United States. It is a tributary of Tonawanda Creek, which in turn flows into the Niagara River. Ellicott...
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    Saint Joseph Cathedral is located at 50 Franklin Street in downtown Buffalo, New York within the Joseph Ellicott Historic District, and is currently the...
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    members of the Holland Land Company never travelled to America. In 1795, Joseph Ellicott was hired as the chief surveyor for the company. Beginning in 1798...
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    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...
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    calling the area Hamilton in honor of Alexander Hamilton. In a letter to Joseph Ellicott in 1804, Hoops discusses the name Olean from the local Oil Springs...
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    The population was 1,317 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Joseph Ellicott, principal land agent of the Holland Land Company. The town of Ellicottville...
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    under the supervision of Joseph Ellicott, a monumental task and the biggest land survey ever attempted to that time. Ellicott, as agent for the company...
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    direction of President Washington, Major Andrew Ellicott, assisted by his brothers Benjamin and Joseph Ellicott, Isaac Roberdeau, Isaac Briggs, George Fenwick...
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    population was 284 at the 2020 census. The village is named after Joseph Ellicott, principal land agent of the Holland Land Company. It lies in the southwest...
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    (Batavia) and Asa Ransom (Clarence) based on the recommendations of Joseph Ellicott, Resident Land Agent for the Holland Land Company in Batavia. The committee...
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    Mohawk River valley with support from Joseph Ellicott (agent for the Holland Land Company in Batavia). Ellicott realized that a canal would add value...
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    separated from the town of Hamburg in 1850 and was first named "Ellicott", after Joseph Ellicott, an agent of the Holland Land Company. Within months, the name...
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  • and largest real estate acquisition to date. The Ellicott Square Building was named after Joseph Ellicott, the planner and surveyor who laid out the then-village...
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