Elkanah Post, ^

1819 - 1894  (74 years)

• Name	Elkanah Post  [1]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	27 Oct 1819  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 May 1894	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  Burial	22 May 1894
  Person ID	I8429	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Caleb Post, †^,   b. 6 Jul 1785, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 Sep 1872, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mary Smith, †^,   b. 17 Feb 1790, Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 5 Dec 1869, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1816	Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henrietta Dater,   b. 1824, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Dec 1851	Sloatsburg, Rockland, NY   [1]
  Children	1. William G Post,   b. 1857, New York, United States d. 3 Jan 1928, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States (Age 71 years)   2. Franklin Caleb Post,   b. 13 Aug 1860, New York, United States d. 13 Jul 1938, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F3974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Richard H. Jones, Some Descendants of James Post (1741-1813) and Mary Huntting (d. 1788) of Southampton and Moriches, L.I. (Unpublished manuscript, Undated). [S161] Van R. Field, History and Genealogy of The Beachfern Road Cemetery, Center Moriches, LI, NY (http://longislandgenealogy.com/beachfern.html, 30 May 2001).