John Ellis Jr1

#5205, (19 September 1771 - 10 April 1848)
Father*Lt. John Ellis2 (1742 - 1827)
Mother*Molly Dimick3 (1738 - 1827)

Family

Abilena Phillips b. 1776, d. 1854
Children 1.Vespasian Ellis17 (1797 - 1818)
 2.Sylvia Ellis17 (1798 - 1937)
 3.Azel Ellis17 (1799 - 1863)
 4.Harriet Ellis17 (1801 - 1801)
 5.Tamer Ellis+17 (1802 - 1855)
 6.Hiram Ellis17 (1804 - 1874)
 7.Elisha Ellis+17 (1805 - 1880)
 8.Richard Ellis+17 (1806 - 1853)
 9.Pitts Ellis17 (1808 - 1876)
 10.John J Ellis+17 (1810 - 1887)
 11.Charles Ellis17 (1811 - 1812)
 12.Benjamin Ellis+17 (1813 - 1881)
 13.Ebenezer Ellis+17 (1815 - 1898)
 14.Ruth Ellis+17 (1818 - 1899)
 15.Anthony Wayne Ellis+1 (1820 - 1901)
Birth*19 September 1771He was born on 19 September 1771 at Ashfield, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.4 
between 1790 and 1795He was "in the army with Gen Anthony Wayne, and was in the campaign against the Indians in Ohio and Indiana from 1793 to 1795" between 1790 and 1795.4 
Marriage*30 December 1795He married Abilena Phillips, daughter of Vespasian Phillips and Abilene Belding, on 30 December 1795 at Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.5,1 
between 1799 and 1805He participated in the early settlement of Sempronius (later also Niles), New York between 1799 and 1805; the early settlement of Sempronius (later also Niles), New York.6 
1800He and Abilena Phillips appeared on the census of 1800 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; neis. Asahel Phillips ln. 20; Edward Ellis p. 674, ln. 1; Vespasian Phillips p. 670, ln. 25. The.7 
13 May 1800He appeared on the census of 13 May 1800 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; (Tax Roll.)8 
5 April 1802He appeared on the census of 5 April 1802 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; (Samuel Phillips also in Lot 44, Barnabas Annable Lots 44 and 45, Rufus Johnson Lot 44, David Annable Lot 83.)9 
8 June 1802He appeared on the census of 8 June 1802 at Cayuga Co., New YorkG; (Tax Roll.)10 
27 May 1803He appeared on the census of 27 May 1803 at Cayuga Co., New YorkG; (Tax Roll.)11 
26 June 1803He appeared on the census of 26 June 1803 at Cayuga Co., New YorkG.12 
1810He and Abilena Phillips appeared on the census of 1810 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; poss., ages wrong; nei. Benj. Ellis.13 
1830He and Abilena Phillips appeared on the census of 1830 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; (nei. Matthew Vanderbilt.)14 
Death*10 April 1848He died on 10 April 1848 at Cayuga Co., New YorkG, at age 76; (poss. 1849.)15,16 
Burial*circa 12 April 1848He was buried circa 12 April 1848 at West Niles Rural Cemetery, Cayuga Co., New YorkG.16 

Citations

  1. [S265] E.R. Ellis, editor, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis (Detroit, Michigan: W. Graham Printing Co., 1888), 69. Abilena Phillips was born in Ashfield in 1776. She was a daughter of Vespasian Phillips, of Ashfield. After the death of her husband [John Ellis Jr.] in 1848 she lived with her son Anthony W. Ellis in Niles, where she died in 1854. For sketches of her children see Nos. 206 and 231. (p. 111).
  2. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 17 and p. 22.
  3. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 19.
  4. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 22, 110-11.
  5. [S989] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Ashfield 1750–1895, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, Town Records, Intentions, img 102/122; 29 Nov 1795, John Ellis Jr. and Abilene Phillips, both of Ashfield.
  6. [S957] Elliot G. Storke, History of Cayuga County, New York (Syracuse, N. Y.: D. Mason & Co., 1879), 443–45:
    Niles was formed from Sempronius March 20th, 1833....The first settlements were made in 1792....The Conovers settled about a half mile west of Niles, on the David Pratt farm....
    Edward and John Ellis, brothers, came in from Ashfield, Mass., in the winter of 1795, with an ox-sled....
    Settlements were made in 1802, by David Johnson, Hugh McDowell, John Rooks and Joseph Carr. Johnson, who was five years a Revolutionary soldier, being present at the surrender of Burgoyne and the evacuation of New York by the British, came in from Buckland county, Massachusetts, and settled near West Niles or Pennyville, on the farm now occupied by James Duryee. About 1817 he removed to Twelve Corners, to the place now occupied by his son Roswell, where he died June 22d, 1840. He married Prudence Coburn, who was born in Boston, November 13th, 1765, and died February 12th, 1849, by whom he had nine children, only two of whom are living, viz : Clara, wife of Abraham Van Etten, and Roswell, both in Niles, the latter on the homestead at Twelve Corners.
  7. [S269] 1800 U.S. Federal Census. John (26-44); F (26-44) [Abilena]; 2 m (<10) [Vespasian, Azel]; f (<10) [Sylvia].
  8. [S1732] New York Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799–1804, index and images, Albany, New York, Cayuga Co., 1800, Sempronius, img. 3/9. Assessment Roll made 13 May 1800. John Ellis, real estate (house and lot) value $210, personal estate $0, state tax $0.21, county tax $0.37; New York State Archives, Series B0950 (26 reels), online Ancestry.com.
  9. [S1732] New York Tax Assessment Rolls, 1799–1804, index and images, Albany, New York, Series B0950 (26 reels), John Ellis, Lots 43 and 44, 70 acres, real estate value $196, personal estate $25, tax $0.46, online Ancestry.com.
  10. [S1732] New York Tax Assessment Rolls, 1799–1804, index and images, Albany, New York, Series B0950 (26 reels), Cayuga Co., 1802, Sempronius, img. 5/8. Assessment Roll made 8 Jun 1802. John Ellis: real estate Lots 43 and 44 (70 acres), value $196; personal estate $25; tax $0.46, online Ancestry.com.
  11. [S1732] New York Tax Assessment Rolls, 1799–1804, index and images, Albany, New York, Series B0950 (26 reels), Cayuga Co., 1803, Sempronius, img. 6/18. Assessment Roll made 27 May 1803. John Ellis Junr: real estate value $200, personal estate value $25, tax $0.43. Also John Ellis, non-resident, lot 45 (100 acres), value $250, tax $0.81, online Ancestry.com.
  12. [S1732] New York Tax Assessment Rolls, 1799–1804, index and images, Albany, New York, Series B0950 (26 reels), Cayuga Co., 1803, Sempronius, img. 15/18. Assessment Roll made 26 Jun 1803. John Ellis: Lot 43 (50 acres) and Lot 44 (20 acres), value $216; personal estate $0; tax $0.47, online Ancestry.com.
  13. [S238] 1810 U.S. Federal Census. M (45+) "[Jonathan"], F (45+) [Ruth]; 2m (16-25); f (16-25).
  14. [S116] 1830 U.S. Federal Census. John (50-59); F (50-59) [Abilena]; 2 m (15-20) [Benjamin, Ebenezer], m (10-14) [Anthony]; f (10-14) [Ruth].
  15. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, 69. Abilena Phillips was born in Ashfield in 1776. She was a daughter of Vespasian Phillips, of Ashfield. After the death of her husband [John Ellis Jr.] in 1848 she lived with her son Anthony W. Ellis in Niles, where she died in 1854.
  16. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, old fallen marker. John Ellis / Died / Apr. 10 184_ / Aged 76 yrs / 6 mos 21 ds. Narrative: John Ellis, b. 19 Sep 1771, d. 10 Apr 1849 [actually 1848]. West Niles Rural Cemetery, Cayuga Co., NY. Memorial# 44336339, created by Barbara Richardson Smith, photo added by Harvey Bell.
  17. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 22.