Colonel Timothy Crosby Ellis, Sr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW HAMPSHIRE with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor # A037860

Timothy was a Colonel in The Continental Army from 1775 to 1783. He with his sons fought at the battle of Bunker Hill on June 16-17 1775. He was also a vetren of the French and Indian wars. (1754-1763). After retiring from military service, he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1776. He died in Keen, N.H. in 1817 at age 93.

Taken from "A History of the Town of Keene [New Hampshire] from 1732"

Timothy Ellis 14 September 1724–13 July 1817

Birth • 2 Sources 14 September 1724 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Age 92 Death • 2 Sources 13 July 1817 Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Timothy Ellis, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Timothy Ellis 1724-1817

Marriage: about 1746 Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Elizabeth Soames Millet 1723-1810

Children (15)

Timothy Ellis 1746-1816

Timothy Crosby Jr. 1746-1814

Caleb Ellis 1748-

Benjamin MIllet 1751-1812

Benjamin Blackwell Ellis 1751-1812

Joshua Ellis 1753-1824

Joshua 1753-1826

Elizabeth Ellis 1755-

Julietta Ellis 1757-

Millet Ellis 1759-1846

Millet 1759-1848

Eleazer Ellis 1760-

Eleazer 1760-

Robert Millet 1764-

Drucilla Ellis 1766-

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Eleazer Ellis Jr. 1692-1745

Marriage: 5 June 1718 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Mary Crosby 1699-1772

Children (10)

Mary Ellis 1719-

Mehitable Thurston Ellis 1720-1758

Timothy Ellis 1724-1817

Hannah Ellis 1727-

Eleazer 1729-1735

Eleazer Ellis 1729-

Rachel Ellis 1733-

Eleazer Ellis 1735-

William 1738-

William Ellis 1738-

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Profile last modified 19 Jun 2020 | Created 28 Jan 2012 | Last significant change: 19 Jun 2020

Col. Timothy Crosby Ellis Sr.

Born 14 Sep 1724 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Eleazer Ellis Jr DNA confirmed and Mary (Crosbey) Ellis

Brother of Mehitable Thurston (Ellis) Griggs and Timothy Crosby Ellis [half]

Husband of Elizabeth Ellis — married about 1746 (to 29 Apr 1810) in Needham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Father of Timothy Ellis Jr., Caleb Ellis, Benjamin Ellis, Joshua Lutus Ellis, Elizabeth Ellis, Julitia Ellis, Julitia (Ellis) Balch, Millet Ellis, Eleazer Ellis and Drusilla Ellis

Died 13 Jul 1817 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

18:11: Bernard Ellis edited the Biography for Timothy Crosby Ellis Sr. (1724-1817). [Thank Bernard for this]

Biography

SAR insignia Timothy Ellis Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: P154213 Rank: Colonel Excerpted from: Biographical Sketches of Dover, MA Soldiers Printed by the Town 1909

"TIMOTHY .ELLIS, (9) son of Eleazer, Jr., and Mary (Crosby) Ellis, was born on his father's farm, the Rev. Benjamin Caryl place, Sept. 14, 1724[1]. He was descended in the fourth generation from Richard Ellis, who was a settler in Dedham in 1642.

Timothy Ellis gave an extended service in the- last French and Indian War. He was a sergeant in Capt. Eliphalet Fales' Company in the Crown Point Expedition. He enlisted May 7, 1755, and served to Nov. 18, 1755. He was a lieutenant in Capt. Simon Slocom's Company from Mar. 31, 1759, to April 2, 1760, and served at Fort Cumberland. He also served in Capt. Slocom's Company from June 1, 1760, to Sept. 26, 1760. His Revolutionary service is found in New Hampshire, where he was a Major in the Sixth Regiment of the Militia, in 1777. He marched with the volunteers to Ticonderoga in May, 1777 and was appointed Major of Nichols' Regiment under Stark, and commanded his battalion at Bennington. Was muster master of the Continental troops from Cheshire County. He was made a colonel of the Sixth Regiment, February 24, 1783, Selectman of Keene, 1770-4, Delegate from Keene to the Provincial Congress at Exeter in April, 1775, Representative to the Legislature 1776-7-8. Was one of the Committee appointed in 1778 to take possession of the confiscated estates of tories in Cheshire County. He lived on 'The Hills', four miles from the village of Keene, on what was the Westmoreland road.

His name, together with those of three of his sons, Caleb, Joshua and Timothy, Jr., all of whom were born in Dover, [actually Dedham from which Dover was later subdivided in 1784.[2]][3][4] appears on the bronze tablet erected to the memory of Revolutionary soldiers in the Thayer Memorial Library in Keene."

He had a wife Elizabeth Ellis who as daughter of William Ellis and Abigail MIllet, was his second cousin. [5]Children: Timothy, Caleb, Benjamin, Joshua, Elizabeth, Julitia, Millett, Eleazer, and Drusilla.

He moved from Dedham with his family about 1763 and settled in Keene, New Hampshire. He died July 13, 1817,[6] and is buried in Hurricane Cemetery, Keene.[7]

SAR Patriot #: P-154213[8]

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J8-F2F : 6 November 2017), Timothy Ellis, 14 Sep 1724; citing Birth, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 593,353 ↑ Archive.org.. "The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827 : Erastus Worthington : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive." Archive.org. 1827, p. 75. [1]. ↑ Dedham Vital Records, Birth, Marriages, Deaths, 1635-1777 ↑ Dedham, Vital Records, Births, intentions, marriages, deaths, 1635-1853, pg. 176. ↑ Genealogy of the descendants of Timothy Ellis, Genealogy of the Millet family in England and America. 2018. "Genealogy Of The Descendants Of Timothy Ellis, Grandson Of Colonel Timothy Ellis; Also, Genealogy Of The Millet Family In England And America. : Ellis, Herbert W., 1869- : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Accessed May 13 2019. PP 1 Discusses evidence of Timothy Ellis marriage to Elizabeth Ellis [2] See attached PDF. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSK1-NM4 : 12 December 2014), Timothy Ellis, 13 Jul 1817; citing Keene, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,075. ↑ "Biographical Sketches of Dover, Massachusetts Soldiers, Printed by the Town 1909" 2019. Dunhamwilcox.Net. Accessed February 21 2019. http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/dover_various_wars_ma.htm. ↑ SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004

WikiTree profile Ellis-2259 created through the import of Chadwick1_2012-01-025.GED on Jan 27, 2012 by David Chadwick. See the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others. Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Bernard D. Ellis, FTDNA Kit 905985, Don Ellis, Kit 393923, and Ernest Ellis, Kit 633535 all match, confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor, Richard Ellis/Ellice, 1621-1694.

TIMOTHY ELLIS.

Col. Timothy Ellis, was born in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 14, 1724. and came to Keene in 1765, or earlier; lived on the hills four miles from the village, on what was then called the new, now the old, Westmoreland road; died in 1817, aged ninety-three.

In 1755 he was a sergeant from Dedham in the company of Capt. Eliphalet Fales, in the expedition to Crown Point, and served from May to November. He was a lieutenant in Capt. Simon Slocum's company, Col. Frye's regiment, at Fort Cumberland in Nova Scotia, from March, 1759, to April, 1760-a part of the time second lieutenant in Lieut. Benj. Holden's company. (Massachusetts Archives.)

His name first appears on the records of Keene, in 1765, as "Lieut. Timothy Ellis." He was a major in the Sixth regiment of New Hampshire militia in 1777, marched with the volunteers from that regiment to Ticonderoga in May of that year, and again in July; was appointed major of Nichols' regiment, under Stark, and commanded his battalion in the battle of Bennington; continued to· hold his commission as major of the Sixth militia; was mustermaster of the Continental troops from Cheshire county; rose to colonel of the Sixth regiment, and resigned Feb. 24,1783.

He was selectman in 1770, '74, '77, '79 and '83; delegate from Keene to the Provincial congress at Exeter, in April, 1775; representative to the legislature in 1776-7-8, serving on several important committees; was one of a committee of three in 1778 to take possession of the confiscated estates of tories in Cheshire county; and held many other important positions. He left a large number of descendants, some of whom still reside in town.

His wife was named Elizabeth. She died in 1810.