Elishama Tozer (July 3, 1741 – 1833) was an American politician from

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Life

He was born on July 3, 1741, in Lyme, New Hampshire, the son of Thomas Tozer (born 1711) and Deborah (Bates) Tozer (born 1718). In 1761, he married Mary, and they had several children. They lived in Whitehall, New York. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a lieutenant in the Green Mountain Boys under Maj.

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. He was a member from Charlotte County of the

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in 1778-79 and a member of the

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(Eastern D.) in 1779-80. About 1801 he moved to

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. He died in 1833, and was buried at the Rest Cemetery in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

Sources

Ancestors of Stephen Gregg Parker
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by Joyce M. Tice
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 111 and 158; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) ame given as "Elishamer Towser" on page 158, and "Elishamer Towzer" on page 310

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tozer, Elishama 1741 births 1833 deaths People from Lyme, New Hampshire Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators People from Whitehall, New York People from Waverly, Tioga County, New York