Freeman and Ellis

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The Freeman and Ellis Line
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nancy-ellis-1781
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The Abigail, 1635, and the founding of Sandwich
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Pulborough, Sussex
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1596
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Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
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1637
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On the Abigail, 1635
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Middleborough, Massachusetts
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1722
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
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1781
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The family of Nancy (Ellis) Holbrook (1781-1864), mother of Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook Sr., and the ancestry of her father, George Ellis (1747- after 1808) of Middleborough and Plymouth. It runs from Edmund Freeman the elder, a Pulborough woodbroker who died in 1623, through his son Edmund, a London merchant who sailed on the Abigail in 1635 and founded Sandwich, to the Ellis family of Sandwich and Middleborough. The wives bring in the Hodsolls of London and Cowfold; probably the Nyes and Tuppers of Sandwich; the Churchills of Plymouth, with Philip Delano of the Fortune and William Pontus of the Leiden congregation; and Lucy Bennett of Middleborough, whose family, back to John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower, is the Bennett and Howland line.

The scope starts at Nancy and walks every ancestor, but stops at her mother, Phebe Stephens: Phebe's Stephens, Churchill, Harlow, Rider, Bartlett and Warren ancestors are in the Warren and Bartlett line. It stops too at her grandmother Lucy Bennett, whose Bennett, Howland and Tilley ancestors are in the Bennett and Howland line. Nancy's first husband, Richard Blackmer, and their children Sarah, Nancy and George Ellis Blackmer belong here. Mollie Pfeiffer's typescript names George but does not trace his ancestry; all of this side is new since her time.

The line at a glance

Edmund Freeman the elder (d. 1623) = Alice Coles > Edmund Freeman (1596-1682) = Bennett Hodsoll (daughter of John Hodsoll) > Elizabeth Freeman (1624- after 1687) = Lt. John Ellis (d. 1677) > Lt. Matthias Ellis (1657-1748) = Mercy [Nye?] > Capt. Joel Ellis (1679/80-1763) = Elizabeth Churchill > Matthias Ellis (1719/20-c. 1790) = Lucy Bennett > George Ellis (1747- after 1808) = Phebe Stephens > Nancy Ellis (1781-1864) = Capt. Gideon Holbrook > Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook Sr. (1821-1894)

Every step from Edmund the elder to Nancy is documented: the Pulborough baptism and the elder Edmund's will; John Hodsoll's will; Edmund's will naming "my Daughter Elizabeth Ellis"; the Sandwich birth of "Matthias Ellis the son of John Ellis" and Edmund's deed of gift to his grandson; Matthias's will and Joel's receipt as "one of the Children of Mathias Ellis"; Joel's 1759 deed of gift to "my Loving son Matthias"; the Middleborough birth of George to Matthias and Lucia; and the 1785 warning-out and 1805 quitclaim naming Nancy.

Early-ship ancestors on this side

  • Abigail 1635: Edmund Freeman; and, if Mercy was a Nye, Thomas Tupper and Benjamin Nye.
  • Fortune 1621: Philip Delano, through Rebecca (Delano) Churchill.
  • Mayflower 1620: John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, John Tilley and Joan Hurst, through Lucy (Bennett) Ellis, in the Bennett and Howland line.
  • William Pontus of the Leiden congregation, twice on this side (through his daughters Hannah Churchill and Mary Delano, whose children married each other) and once more through Phebe Stephens.

The weakest links

  • Mercy, wife of Lt. Matthias Ellis, as Mercy Nye (probable): Brownson and McLean and the 1907 Nye genealogy; no record names her maiden name, and a 1704 Nye deed reportedly provides for an unmarried "daughter Mercy." Everything in the Nye and Tupper families depends on it.
  • Sgt. John Churchill Jr.'s parents and Rebecca Delano's (probable): The Churchill Family in America (1904) and Pane-Joyce.
  • Joel's son Matthias's birth date (7 Mar 1719/20) is compiled; the link itself rests on the 1759 deed.

Corrections to older accounts

  • Lt. Matthias Ellis's wife was Mercy, not "Mary Burgess" (Freeman 1875; Davis 1899).
  • Capt. Joel Ellis was a son of Matthias, not of Samuel Ellis of Plympton (Davis).
  • The 1659 fine for refusing to help Marshal Barlow against the Quakers was on Edmund Freeman Jr.
  • Edmund Freeman was baptised in 1596, not born in 1590 as on his grave tablet.
  • No record calls George Ellis "George David" or Nancy "Nancy Stevens."
  • Lt. John Ellis was not the son of John Ellis and Blandina Masterson of Sandwich, Kent.

Open questions

  • Was Mercy, wife of Lt. Matthias Ellis, a Nye? Read Brownson and McLean (NEHGR 119) and the 9 June 1704 Nye deed.
  • Was Mary, wife of Edward Perry, Edmund Freeman's daughter, or was Perry his stepson?
  • Who was Edmund Freeman's second wife ("Elisabetha Raymer" of Shipley?)?
  • Lt. John Ellis's parents and English origin; why he was "Junior" in 1677.
  • When and where did George Ellis die? A probate might name his children and settle whether Ziba and Isaac Ellis were Phebe's.
  • Where was Matthias Ellis (b. 1719/20) born?
  1. ---
  2. title: The Freeman and Ellis Line
  3. access: public
  4. main: true
  5. scope:
  6. - from: nancy-ellis-1781
  7. follow: all
  8. stop_at: [phebe-stephens-1750, lucy-bennett-1725]
  9. research: [research/freeman-ellis/, research/holbrook/Mollie_Typescript_Review.md]
  10. tagline: The Abigail, 1635, and the founding of Sandwich
  11. # Where the line went, oldest first: the places it lived, when, and who was there.
  12. route:
  13. - place: "Pulborough, Sussex"
  14. when: "1596"
  15. who: edmund-freeman-1596
  16. - place: "Sandwich, Plymouth Colony"
  17. when: "1637"
  18. who: edmund-freeman-1596
  19. via: "On the Abigail, 1635"
  20. - place: "Middleborough, Massachusetts"
  21. when: "1722"
  22. who: joel-ellis-1680
  23. - place: "Plymouth, Massachusetts"
  24. when: "1781"
  25. who: nancy-ellis-1781
  26. ---
  28. The family of Nancy (Ellis) Holbrook (1781-1864), mother of Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook Sr.,
  29. and the ancestry of her father, George Ellis (1747- after 1808) of Middleborough and Plymouth. It runs from Edmund Freeman
  30. the elder, a Pulborough woodbroker who died in 1623, through his son Edmund, a London merchant who
  31. sailed on the *Abigail* in 1635 and founded Sandwich, to the Ellis family of Sandwich and
  32. Middleborough. The wives bring in the Hodsolls of London and Cowfold; probably the Nyes and Tuppers
  33. of Sandwich; the Churchills of Plymouth, with Philip Delano of the *Fortune* and William Pontus of
  34. the Leiden congregation; and Lucy Bennett of Middleborough, whose family, back to John Howland and
  35. Elizabeth Tilley of the *Mayflower*, is the Bennett and Howland line.
  37. The scope starts at Nancy and walks every ancestor, but stops at her mother, Phebe Stephens: Phebe's
  38. Stephens, Churchill, Harlow, Rider, Bartlett and Warren ancestors are in the Warren and Bartlett
  39. line. It stops too at her grandmother Lucy Bennett, whose Bennett, Howland and Tilley ancestors are
  40. in the Bennett and Howland line. Nancy's first husband, Richard Blackmer, and their children Sarah, Nancy and George Ellis
  41. Blackmer belong here. Mollie Pfeiffer's typescript names George but does
  42. not trace his ancestry; all of this side is new since her time.
  44. ## The line at a glance
  46. Edmund Freeman the elder (d. 1623) = Alice Coles > Edmund Freeman (1596-1682) = Bennett Hodsoll
  47. (daughter of John Hodsoll) > Elizabeth Freeman (1624- after 1687) = Lt. John Ellis (d. 1677) > Lt.
  48. Matthias Ellis (1657-1748) = Mercy [Nye?] > Capt. Joel Ellis (1679/80-1763) = Elizabeth Churchill >
  49. Matthias Ellis (1719/20-c. 1790) = Lucy Bennett > George Ellis (1747- after 1808) = Phebe Stephens > Nancy Ellis (1781-1864) = Capt. Gideon Holbrook > Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook Sr. (1821-1894)
  51. Every step from Edmund the elder to Nancy is documented: the Pulborough baptism and the elder
  52. Edmund's will; John Hodsoll's will; Edmund's will naming "my Daughter Elizabeth Ellis"; the
  53. Sandwich birth of "Matthias Ellis the son of John Ellis" and Edmund's deed of gift to his grandson;
  54. Matthias's will and Joel's receipt as "one of the Children of Mathias Ellis"; Joel's 1759 deed of
  55. gift to "my Loving son Matthias"; the Middleborough birth of George to Matthias and Lucia; and the
  56. 1785 warning-out and 1805 quitclaim naming Nancy.
  58. ## Early-ship ancestors on this side
  60. - *Abigail* 1635: Edmund Freeman; and, if Mercy was a Nye, Thomas Tupper and Benjamin Nye.
  61. - *Fortune* 1621: Philip Delano, through Rebecca (Delano) Churchill.
  62. - *Mayflower* 1620: John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, John Tilley and Joan Hurst, through Lucy
  63. (Bennett) Ellis, in the Bennett and Howland line.
  64. - William Pontus of the Leiden congregation, twice on this side (through his daughters Hannah
  65. Churchill and Mary Delano, whose children married each other) and once more through Phebe
  66. Stephens.
  68. ## The weakest links
  70. - **Mercy, wife of Lt. Matthias Ellis, as Mercy Nye** (probable): Brownson and McLean and the 1907
  71. Nye genealogy; no record names her maiden name, and a 1704 Nye deed reportedly provides for an
  72. unmarried "daughter Mercy." Everything in the Nye and Tupper families depends on it.
  73. - **Sgt. John Churchill Jr.'s parents and Rebecca Delano's** (probable): *The Churchill Family in
  74. America* (1904) and Pane-Joyce.
  75. - **Joel's son Matthias's birth date** (7 Mar 1719/20) is compiled; the link itself rests on the 1759
  76. deed.
  78. ## Corrections to older accounts
  80. - Lt. Matthias Ellis's wife was Mercy, not "Mary Burgess" (Freeman 1875; Davis 1899).
  81. - Capt. Joel Ellis was a son of Matthias, not of Samuel Ellis of Plympton (Davis).
  82. - The 1659 fine for refusing to help Marshal Barlow against the Quakers was on Edmund Freeman Jr.
  83. - Edmund Freeman was baptised in 1596, not born in 1590 as on his grave tablet.
  84. - No record calls George Ellis "George David" or Nancy "Nancy Stevens."
  85. - Lt. John Ellis was not the son of John Ellis and Blandina Masterson of Sandwich, Kent.
  87. ## Open questions
  89. - Was Mercy, wife of Lt. Matthias Ellis, a Nye? Read Brownson and McLean (NEHGR 119) and the 9 June
  90. 1704 Nye deed.
  91. - Was Mary, wife of Edward Perry, Edmund Freeman's daughter, or was Perry his stepson?
  92. - Who was Edmund Freeman's second wife ("Elisabetha Raymer" of Shipley?)?
  93. - Lt. John Ellis's parents and English origin; why he was "Junior" in 1677.
  94. - When and where did George Ellis die? A probate might name his children and settle whether Ziba
  95. and Isaac Ellis were Phebe's.
  96. - Where was Matthias Ellis (b. 1719/20) born?
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