Richard Ellis1

#7165, (16 August 1704 - 7 October 1797)

Family 1

Jane Phillips b. 1709, d. c 1760
Children 1.Reuben Ellis+9 (1728 - 1786)
 2.Benjamin Ellis9 (1730 - 1730)
 3.Mary Ellis9 (1732 - )
 4.Remember Ellis+9 (1735 - 1795)
 5.Jane Ellis9 (1737 - 1832)
 6.Matthew Ellis9 (1739 - )
 7.Hannah Ellis9 (1750 - 1839)
 8.Caleb Ellis9 (1754 - 1813)

Family 2
Child 1.Lt. John Ellis+1 (1742 - 1827)

Family 3

Mary _____
Birth*16 August 1704He was born on 16 August 1704 at Dublin, Ireland.1 
circa 1717He migrated to MassachusettsG from Ireland circa 1717.2 
before 1728He removed to at Easton, Bristol Co., MassachusettsG, from Boston before 1728.3 
Marriage*6 October 1728He married Jane Phillips, daughter of Capt. John Phillips and Elizabeth Drake, on 6 October 1728 at Bristol Co., MassachusettsG.4,3 
circa 1740He and Jane Phillips removed to at Ashfield (then Huntstown), Franklin Co., MassachusettsG, from Easton, becoming the first permanent settlers there circa 1740.5 
circa 1745He and Jane Phillips removed circa 1745 to Ashfield.5 
circa 1764He removed circa 1764 Colerain, nearer to Deerield, where he had his store and ashery.6 
Marriage*1772He married Mary _____ in 1772.7 
Death*7 October 1797He died on 7 October 1797 at Franklin Co., MassachusettsG, at age 93.8 

Citations

  1. [S265] E.R. Ellis, editor, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis (Detroit, Michigan: W. Graham Printing Co., 1888), p. 9.
  2. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 9 ff; "When Richard was thirteen years of age, his father having died, his mother undertook to send him to Virginia where he had an uncle with whom she expected he would find a home. With this view she paid for him a cabin passage to this country, but the captain of the vessel violated his trust, and landing at a sea-port in Massachusetts, he, in accordance with a custom then somewhat prevalent, sold the boy, or his services, until he became of age, ostensibly to pay for his passage."
  3. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 10;"After Richard attained his majority, he went to Easton, Bristol county, Mass., where in 1728 he married Jane Phillips, daughter of Capt. John Phillips, and sister of Thos. Phillips, who afterwards was the second settler in Ashfield. Richard lived in Easton until about 1740, when he removed to Deerfield in the same State. Six of his children were born in Easton, and one or more in Deerfield. Altogether he had nine children, but one — Benjamin— died at two months of age."
  4. [S985] Easton, Massachusetts: Marriages, 1720–1802, online AmericanAncestors.org, Elles, Richard of Easton & Phillips, Jane of Easton     Oct 6, 1728, Easton, MA.
  5. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 10: "After Richard attained his majority, he went to Easton, Bristol county, Mass., where in 1728 he married Jane Phillips, daughter of Capt. John Phillips, and sister of Thos. Phillips, who afterwards was the second settler in Ashfield. Richard lived in Easton until about 1740, when he removed to Deerfield in the same State. Six of his children were born in Easton, and one or more in Deerfield. Altogether he had nine children, but one — Benjamin— died at two months of age."
  6. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 14, 361.
  7. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 14.
  8. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 15.
  9. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 17; Hannah prob. b. Ashfield, Caleb poss. b. Ashfield (War was breaking out and the population resettles to older settlements for three years).