Andrew Ellicott (miller)
| Ellicott, Andrew | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ellicott, Andrew 1733 Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 1809 |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | George, Johnathan, Elias[1] |
Andrew Ellicott (1733 – 1809) was one of three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania who chose the wilderness up river from Elk Ridge Landing (known today as Elkridge, Maryland) to establish a flour mill.[2] John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East.[3]
The Ellicott brothers helped revolutionize farming in the area by persuading farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and also by introducing fertilizer to revitalize depleted soil.[4] Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was an early influential convert from tobacco to wheat.[5] Andrew worked principally as a financier leaving his interests to his sons. [6] His sons Jonathan and George Ellicott built their home by the river in Oella, Maryland.[7]
Andrew Ellicott was the uncle of the famous surveyors Andrew Ellicott and Joseph Ellicott.
Notes
- ↑ Tyson, p. 44.
- ↑ Tyson, pp. 5-6.
- ↑ Tyson, p. 3.
- ↑ Tyson, p. 12.
- ↑ Tyson, p. 13.
- ↑ James Clark Jr. Jim Clark Soldier Farmer Legislator. p. 23.
- ↑ Janet P. Kusterer, Victoria Goeller. Remembering Ellicott City: Stories from the Patapsco River Valley. p. 27.
References
Tyson, Martha Ellicott (1871). A Brief Account of the Settlement of Ellicott's Mills, with Fragments of History therewith Connected: Written at the request of Evan T. Ellicott, Baltimore, 1865: Read before the Maryland Historical Society, Nov. 3, 1870. Maryland Historical Society: Fund-Publication, No. 4 (Baltimore: Printed by J. Murphy: Printer to the Maryland Historical Society). p. 44. OCLC 2311761. Retrieved 2016-02-21.