Ebenezer Witter b. 1815 NY. Lived in Wyoming Co., NY
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Source: HISTORY OF WYOMING CO., NY
BY: F. W. BEERS, 1880
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EBENEZER WITTER was born in Scipio, Cayuga Co., NY, April 4th, 1815. Feb. 23rd, 1837, he married ELIZA ELLSWORTH, daughter of Daniel C. and Eunice (Jones) Ellsworth, who died March 6th, 1878. He removed from Cayuga Co., NY to Livonia, Livingston Co., NY, to La Grange, NY to Burke Hill and to his present location. He is a well known farmer, and a member of the Baptist church of La Grange, with which his late wife was also identified. Of six children which have been born to him, only three are living; Ebenezer D. Witter, born in 1839, Volney S. Witter, born in 1842, and William Ellsworth Witter, born in 1853. Mr. Witter's father was born in Preston, CT, May 7th, 1788, and in 1813 married Lovisa Reed. He came with his father to Cayuga Co., NY, where he took up a mile square of land and erected a log house. Ebenezer Witter, his grandfather, enlisted in the company of his father, who was a captain, and served during the greater part of the Revolutionary war. He is also an active supporter of missions among the heathen. Volney S. Witter, one of Mr. Witters above mentioned sons, served in the 9th N.Y. volunteer cavalry, under Captain H. K. Stimpson, during a portion of the late war.
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I have no further information on this family. The source of where this information was obtained is listed at the top of this posting.
Denise Perkins Ready
(Transcriber)