John Ellis, Jr.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ellis-1713

"Lieutenant John Ellis came to Sandwich early with a son John Junior (the subject of this profile) by a previous marriage. He settled in the Sagamore Highlands area near Plymouth line and became active in town affairs, especially in the militia and in construction projects. He made an excellent marriage to Elizabeth Freeman about 1644 and had a large family, descendants of which remain today in Sandwich and throughout the country."[1]

John, child of John Ellis, by an unknown first wife (not proved), b. perhaps about 1637. He died intestate, without issue, before 23 Mar 1676/7. Captain Perry believed he married Joanna Clark and had issue, but there is no documentary evidence to support this.[2]

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

Records in Sandwich refer to a John Ellis, Sr. and Jr.; it is believed that John Ellis, Sr. is the John Ellis who married Elizabeth Freeman; the John Ellis, Jr. is believed to most likely be a son of this John Ellis, Sr, but born perhaps in England, by a first wife which died. His estimated birthdate (1637) would have been too early to have been a son of Sr. John Ellis by wife Elizabeth Freeman: because this John Ellis, Jr. held land in Sandwich in 1658, he would've been at the very least 18 years , and more than likely over 21 years, of age...thus could not have been a son of Elizabeth Freeman who married John Ellis in 1646. This first wife, earlier son theory is supported by Inventories of estates for both John Sr and John Jr, who evidently died timewise in close proximity, and both of whose inventories were presented on the same date by "widow Elizabeth Ellis"; John Ellis, Sr. and John Ellis, Jr. also owned adjoining land. Also, the fact that it was common to name a son after the father, and John Ellis and Elizabeth Freeman had no known son named John, further adds to the theory of a first first-born son named John by a previous wife.

Sources

• 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]