Rachel Ellis

From "Richard Ellis and his Descendants, 1888".

"Rachel Weiser, was a daughter of Nicholas Weiser and Margaret Walrad, his wife. They were from the Mohawk valley in Montgomery County, NY, but settled in Ellisburgh early in the present century. Nicholas Weiser was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and famous as a scout, and was greatly feared by the Indians and Tories. His father, Conrad Weiser, a man of learning and genius, came from Germany in 1711, and settled in New York. Mrs. Rachel Weiser Ellis raised a family of four children, three of whom are now living. She died in Ellisburg in 1858."