Freeman Ellis

• Father: Lt. John Ellis1 b. c 1620, d. b 23 Mar 1676/77
• Mother: Elizabeth Freeman1 b. 11 Apr 1624, d. 24 Jun 1692
• Birth: circa 1661 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
• Death: 20 June 1728 at Sippican (Rochester), Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

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Origins

EllisGen Database, online http://www.ellisgen.com

http://www.geneajourney.com/ellis.html

Lieut. John Ellis [a] b 14 Sep 1623, St. Butolph, Bishops Gate, London, England, d 2 Apr 1697, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. He md Elizabeth Freeman 4 Jun 1645, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, daughter of Edmund Freeman and Bennet Hodsoll.

Children of John Ellis and Elizabeth Freeman were:

• 1. John Ellis b abt 1646, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; d bef 23Mar1676/77, King Philip's War
• 2. Elizabeth Ellis b abt 1647, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d 2 Nov 1688; md Samuel Briggs abt 1664.
• 3. Bennet Ellis b 27 Feb 1648/49, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d 21 Jan 1701/02; md Obadiah Eddy abt 1688.
• 4. Lt. Mordecai Ellis b 24 Mar 1650/51, Sandwich, Barnstable, d Feb 1709/10, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; md Sarah Clarke abt 1678.
• 5. Manoah Ellis b abt 1652, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d 30 Aug 1748; md Mary Burgess.
• 6. Deborah Ellis b abt 1652, Sandwich, Barnstable, d 21 Jun 1711, Barnstable, MA; md Joseph Doty.
• 7. Joel Ellis b 20 Mar 1654/55, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d abt 1656.
• 8. Matthias Ellis (twin) b 2 Jun 1657.
• 9. Nathaniel Ellis (twin) b 2 Jun 1657.
• 10 Freeman Ellis b abt 1661, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d 20 Jun 1728, Barnstable; md Mercy Winslow abt 1686.
• 11. Gideon Ellis b abt 1663, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d abt 1701/02.
• 12. William Ellis b abt 1665, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d 1716, Middleboro, MA; md Lydia Briggs abt 1696.

SOURCE: EllisGen Database, online http://www.ellisgen.com

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Biography

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Freeman Ellis (1662 - bef. 1728)

Freeman Ellis

Born 1662 in Sandwich, Plymouth

Son of John Ellis and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis

Brother of John Ellis Jr. [half], Deborah (Ellis) Doty, Elizabeth (Ellis) Briggs, Bennet (Ellis) Eddy, Mordecai Ellis I, Joel Ellis, Mathias Ellis, Manoah Ellis, Gideon Ellis and William Ellis

Husband of Mercy (Unknown) Ellis — married about 1686 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Thankful Ellis, Joel Ellis, Dorothy (Ellis) Fish, Elizabeth (Ellis) Swain, Ebenezer Ellis, Patience (Ellis) Wood, Gideon Ellis, Mordecai Ellis, Eleanor (Ellis) Swain and Mercy Ellis

Died before 20 Jun 1728 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Biography

Freeman Ellis was born circa 1661, the son of Lt John Ellis and Elizabeth Freeman of Sandwich, Massachusetts[1] [2].

He moved with his mother to the town now called Rochester while he was a child, and is listed among those who took the oath of fidelity and served on a committee in 1681[3][4] [1]

Freeman's wife was Mercy Unknown[2], who may have been related to the Winslow family, based on land ownership and naming patterns [1]

Some online family trees indicate his wife was Mercy, the daughter of Kenelm Winslow, who married Malatiah White circa 1705 and had a child on March 17, 1706[5]. This information is inconsistent with the facts. Since Mercy Ellis was Freeman's wife when he wrote his will in 1710 and when it was proved in 1728, she could not have been Mercy Winslow, the wife of Malatiah White.

The children of Freeman and Mercy (Unknown) Ellis were born in Rochester, including:

1. Thankful, born May 29, 1687, no further record found[6] [1] [2]
2. Joel, born February 5, 1688[7] , who married Mary Gatchell[1] [2]
3. Dorothy, born January 1, 1691[8], who married Nathaniel Fish[1] [2]
4. Elizabeth, born October 2, 1693[9], who married Peter Swain, son of Joseph[1] [2]
5. Ebenezer, born February 7, 1695[10], who married Charity Swain, daughter of Joseph[1] [2]
6. Patience, born August 1, 1699[11], who married Edward Wing and then married William Wood[1] [2]
7. Gideon, born February 5, (1700/1?)[12] [1] [2]
8. Mordecai, born October 7, 1702[13], who married Margaret Swain, daughter of Joseph[1] [2]
9. Eleanor, born September 7, 1703[14], who married Stephen Swain, son of John[1] [2]
10. Mercy, born about 1705[15], no further record found.[1] [2]

His death occurred sometime after 4 April 1716, when he witnessed his brother William's will[16] , and June 20, 1728, when his own will was proved. His will was dated August 4, 1710[17] [1]. His will named his wife Mercy and four sons, Joel, Ebenezer, Mordecai, and Gideon, and mentions daughters but does not name them[18] [17][1]

Sources

• ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Lt John & Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis by Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney) and Mclean, Maclean W. , published in Volume 119, page 268 of the Vital Records from The NEHGS Register Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register). Details for some children are found in Volume 120 of the NEHGR
• ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; This open source shows information that is otherwise found behind a paywall See Vol. 19 (Ellis to Farris), pages 279 and 251 for Freeman, son of John and Elizabeth
• ↑ The history of Cape Cod : the annals of Barnstable county, including the district of Mashpee Main Author: Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Published: Boston : Printed for the author, 1860-62, see pages 73 and 74 for Freeman Ellis
• ↑ Family, Settlement, and Migration in Southeastern Massachusetts, 1650-1805: The Case for Regional Analysis Volume 132, page 176-7 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) This article uses the family of John and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis as an example illustrating migration patterns
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-ML7 : 10 February 2018), Malatiah White in entry for Malatiah White, 17 Mar 1706; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-1N1 : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Thankfull Ellis, 29 May 1687; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-V7C : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Joell Ellis, 05 Feb 1688; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-MTB : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Dorithy Ellis, 01 Jan 1691; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-KQW : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Elizabeth Ellis, 02 Oct 1693; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-97Q : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Ebenezer Ellis, 07 Feb 1695; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-YLY : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Patience Ellis, 01 Aug 1699; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-J2S : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Giddion Ellis, 05 Feb 1710; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-YTB : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Mordecai Ellis, 17 Oct 1702; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-1Y6 : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Ellinor Ellis, 01 Sep 1703; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
• ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-G8J : 10 February 2018), Freeman Ellis in entry for Mercy Ellis, 1705; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2
• ↑ Ellis and Freeman Notes published in Volume 37, page 11 of The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
• ↑ 17.0 17.1 Rochester Case #7230 Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881 Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
• ↑ The Traditional World of the New England Peasants: A View from Seventeenth-Century Barnstable Volume 130, page 12 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.). This article uses the will of Freeman Ellis as an example of one that places more value on sons than on daughters
• http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I16360&tree=Schirado
• http://www.geneajourney.com/ellis.html
• Vital Records of the Towns Barnstable & Sandwich, Volume XIV, 1912, pp 130- 131, Volume XXIX, 1931, p 137;
• The Benson Family Records, p 119, by Fred H. Benson, 1920;
• A Genealogy of the Nye Family, Volume I, p 29, by David Fisher Nye, 1907;
• Mack Genealogy, Volume II Appendix, p 1420, by Sophia Smith Martin, 1904.
• Plymouth & Cape Cod MA Genealogy (http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hhadaway)
• Lt. John & Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass. (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 120 (1966)
• Lt. John Ellis http://www.landersgen.com/landers/5/146.htm