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Elizabeth Ellis (Freeman)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Ellis"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Billingshurst, Sussex, England
Death: after June 24, 1692
Probably, Rochester, Plymouth Colony, Masachusetts
Place of Burial: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edmund Freeman, Sr. and Bennett Freeman
Wife of Lt. John Ellis of Sandwich
Mother of Elizabeth Briggs; Bennett "Sally" Ellis; Lt. Mordecai Ellis; Deborah Doty; Manoah Ellis and 5 others
Sister of Alice Paddy; Edmund Freeman, Jr.; Maj. John Freeman; Bennett Freeman, (died young); Nathaniel Freeman (died young) and 7 others
Half sister of Mary Perry

Occupation: Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
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About Elizabeth Ellis

Elizabeth Freeman. Born ca 1624 in England. Elizabeth was baptized in Billinghurst, Sussex, Eng., on 11 Apr 1624. (280) Elizabeth died aft 24 Jun 1692 in prob. Rochester, MA. (280)

Parents: Edmund Freeman "The Immigrant" (ca. 1596-1682) and Bennett Hodsoll (ca. 1597-1630).

Married:

  1. bef 4 jun 1645 Elizabeth married Lieut. John Ellis in Sandwich, MA. John died bef 23 Mar 1676/7 in Sandwich, MA.(280)

10 children include:

  1. John, b. abt 1637 - not proved - maybe born in England by a prior wife
  2. Elizabeth, b. c. 1645, m. 1664 Samuel Briggs. He was an original settler of Scippican, held land in common with William Ellis, andnamed two daughter Elizabeth and Bennet, after her mother and grand mother
  3. Bennet b. 27 Feb 1648/9; m. c 1668 Obadiah Eddy
  4. Mordecai b. 24 Mar 1650/1
  5. Deborah b. c 1652; d. Rochester 21 Jun 1711; m. Joseph Dotey
  6. Joel b. 20 Mar 1654/5; died young.
  7. Matthaias b. 2 June 1657
  8. Manoah b. about 1659
  9. Freeman Ellis, had land which belonged to Widow Ellis first.[1]
  10. Gideon Ellis, had land which belonged to Widow Ellis first and is called son of Elizabeth in the town records[1]
  11. William, Elizabeth calls him son in a Plymouth County Deed (Vol II p 83)[1]

Notes

MATTAPOISETT AND OLD ROCHESTER MASSACHUSETTS: BEING A HlSTORY OF THESE TOWNS AND ALSO IN PART OF MARION AND A PORTION OF WAREHAM- PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ACOMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT- Mary Hall Leonard, Copyright, 1907, By the GRAFTON PRESS.

Source Pages 67 and 87

Pg 67 "Those who drew home lots at Sippican were the Minister, the Ministry, Elizabeth Ellis, James Clarke, Wilham Clarke, Samuel Briggs, Seth Pope, William Paybody, Joseph Burge, Benjamin Foster, Benjamin Bartlett, Kenelm Winslow, Ralph Powel, Joseph Dunham, Thomas Clark and Aaron Barlow."

Pg87 "Among the proprietors who drew house-lots in Sippican, the first mentioned is Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis, a widow, whose husband, John Ellis, of Sandwich, died in 1677. In1687 Mrs. Ellis was living on her land in Sippican, but her descendants two or three generations later were clearing lands and breaking up the virgin soil in the Ellis neighborhood of Mattapoisett."

References

  • http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_034.htm#P7638
  • 280. Lydia Brownson and Maclean McLean, “Lt. John and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass.,” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., 119 (1965): 161-173, 260-275; 120 (1966): 26-38, 97-122, 272-292.
  • Alternate Data, omitted during merge of 12/5/09: Birth Location(s): PULBOROUGH, ESSEX, ENGLAND , DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND Death Date(s):c. 4/20/1714 Death Location(s): Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  • https://mhollick.typepad.com/slovakyankee/2014/12/john-ellis-ca-162...
  • ”Lt. John and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass.” by Lydia B. Brownson and Maclean W. McLean New England Historical & Genealogical Register 119 (1965):161-173.
  • The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn (Boston, NEHGS, 2001), II:576-82. [Freeman]
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 16725761
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Elizabeth Ellis's Timeline

1609
August 27, 1609
Pulborough, Sussex, England
1624
April 11, 1624
Billingshurst, Sussex, England
April 11, 1624
Pulborough, Sussex, England
April 11, 1624
Billinghwist,Sussex,England
April 11, 1624
Billingshurst, Sussex, England
April 11, 1624
Billingshurst, Sussex, England
April 11, 1624
Billinghurst, Sussex, England
April 11, 1624
Billingshurst, Sussex, England
April 11, 1624
Billinghurst, Sussex, England
April 11, 1624
Billingshurst, Sussex, Eng