Dea. Richard Ellis1

#7379, (20 March 1805 - 26 March 1878)
Father*Dea. Dimick Ellis1 (1776 - 1857)
Mother*Polly Annable1 (1774 - b 1826)

Family

Hannah Ranney b. 1805, d. 1891
Children 1.Dimick Ellis7 (c 1830 - )
 2.Erastus R Ellis7 (c 1832 - )
Birth*20 March 1805He was born on 20 March 1805 at Ashfield, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*November 1827He married Hannah Ranney, daughter of Jesse Ranney and Ruth Flower, in November 1827.2 
1828He and Hannah Ranney lived in 1828 at Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., New YorkG.3 
1844He and Hannah Ranney removed to Otisco, Ionia Co., MichiganG, in 1844.4 
20 September 1850He and Hannah Ranney appeared on the census of 20 September 1850 at Otisco, Ionia Co., MichiganG.5 
14 August 1860He and Hannah Ranney appeared on the census of 14 August 1860 at Otisco, Ionia Co., MichiganG.6 
Death*26 March 1878He died on 26 March 1878 at Ionia Co., MichiganG, at age 73.1 

Citations

  1. [S265] E.R. Ellis, editor, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis (Detroit, Michigan: W. Graham Printing Co., 1888), p. 173-75.
  2. [S1882] Charles Collard Adams, Middletown Upper Houses (New York: The Grafton Press, 1908), p. 352.
  3. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, pp. 173-174.
  4. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, pp. 173-174. "May 1st, 1844, he started with his family, wife and two children, for Otisco, Mich, where his sister, Desiah had settled in 1840 and his brother Lewis in 1842. They went up the Erie canal to Bufialo, by steamboat to Detroit and thence with ox teams to Otisco, 140 miles northwesterly from Detroit. They reached their new home after a journey of 21 days. The same trip can now be made in 24 hours. Dea. Ellis purchased about 200 acres of new land and began its improvement. His farm is on the north side of Flat River, a part of which is now in the thriving village of Belding."
  5. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Richard (48), b. MA, farmer; Hannah (44), b. MA.
  6. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Richard (55), farmer; Hannah (54) [no birth location given].
  7. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.