Matthias Ellis

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name
Matthias Ellis
aka
[Mathias Ellis, Ensign Matthias Ellis, Matthias Elles]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Of Middleborough, called "Ensign Matthias Ellis" in 1770, who in 1759 received land there from his father, Joel Ellis, and bought the 65-acre homestead of the late Joseph Williams. He married Lucy Bennett in 1743; six of his sons probably served in the Revolution. He died at Middleborough by March 1790, a "Gentleman" whose estate was insolvent. Father of George Ellis, who married Phebe Stephens.
born
date
7 Mar 1719/20
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-pane-joyce, article-brownson-mclean-1965-ellis]
note
The place is not in the research; Joel was of Plymouth in 1714 and of Middleborough by 1722.
died
date
by Mar 1790
place
Middleborough, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[probate-matthias-ellis-1790]
residences
date
1758
place
Middleborough, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[deeds-ellis-bennett-heirs-1758-1763]
note
He and "Lucy Ellis his wife" sold a share of her family's Bennett land.
events
what
Newport expedition
date
Sep-Oct 1777
place
Newport, Rhode Island
sources
[book-massachusetts-soldiers-and-sailors]
note
Probably the private in Capt. Nehemiah Allen's company, 31 days on the secret expedition to Rhode Island, aged 57.
father
id
joel-ellis-1680
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[deeds-joel-ellis-1722-1759]
research
research/freeman-ellis/Freeman_Ellis_Line_Research.md
note
Deed of gift, May 1759 (acknowledged 22 May 1759), "Joel Ellis of Middleborough" to "my Loving son Matthias Ellis of Middleborough." Earlier read as 1750.
mother
id
elizabeth-churchill-1687
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-pane-joyce, article-brownson-mclean-1965-ellis]
note
Born in 1719/20 during Joel's marriage to Elizabeth (1710-1753), and listed among their children by Brownson and McLean.
spouses
id
lucy-bennett-1725
married
date
7 Apr 1743
place
Middleborough, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-brennan-bosworth, book-weston-1906-history-of-middleboro]
note
Citing Genealogies of Mayflower Families 1:665. The marriage entry (MD 30:8) has not been seen. Weston has "m. 1743."
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-middleborough, deeds-ellis-bennett-heirs-1758-1763, probate-matthias-ellis-1790]

Of Middleborough. From his father in May 1759 he received 48 acres in the Twenty-six Men's Purchase, 4 acres in the Five Men's Purchase, "formerly sold by Samuel Samson unto Mr Samuel Prince and sold by said Prince unto Mr Thomas Hutchinson and Mr Daniel Oliver and of them sold to me," and half an eight-acre meadow lot in the Lower Meadow; on 29 May 1759 he bought from John Williams of Lebanon, Connecticut, "all that the farm or Homestead that my honored father Joseph Williams Late of Middleborough Died Seized of," 65 acres, for £140. In 1758 and 1763 "Matthias Ellis & Lucy Ellis his wife" sold shares of her family's Bennett land with her sister and brother.

The Middleborough clerk entered several of their children's births with the day of the week: "Cornelius Ellis the Son of Matthias Ellis & by Lucy his wife was born Wednesday October ye 18th 1749"; Ebenezer "Thursday January ye 15th 1752"; Betty "Sunday may ye 12th 1754"; Gamaliel "Tusday September ye 27th 1757"; Daniel "Tuesday September ye 17th 1760" (FamilySearch 3:1:3QHK-P31H-S52D).

"Ensign Matthias Ellis" in a 1770 estate account. Probably the "ELLES, MATTHIAS, Middleborough. Private, Capt. Nehemiah Allen's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.; service, 31 days, on a secret expedition to Rhode Island in Sept. and Oct., 1777," when he would have been 57. Excused from serving as constable in 1783 (the research does not give the source for the 1770 and 1783 entries).

Six of his sons probably served in the Revolution (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors 5; the service records are documented, but that each man is his son is the research's inference): Joseph, a corporal of the Middleborough minute company on the Lexington alarm; George, at Bristol in 1776 and Newport in 1777; Cornelius, at Rhode Island in 1777; Ebenezer and Gamaliel, who enlisted together on 20 June 1775 in Capt. Josiah King's company; and Daniel, at Camp Hull in 1776 aged 15-16, and in the guard at Boston in 1778 while Burgoyne's surrendered army was held at Cambridge.

Died by March 1790, "Mathias Ellis late of Middleborough ... Gentleman deceased," his estate represented insolvent. His son Joseph administered it, and his widow Lucy's dower was set off in April 1791.

Not the Matthias Ellis, labourer, of Middleborough (died by 1782; son Samuel aged 16 in 1782), nor Matthias Ellis Jr. of Sandwich (b. 1739, m. Rachel Tupper 1759).

Open questions

  • Where was he born? His birth date is from Brownson and McLean via Pane-Joyce; no record of it has been seen. The colonial tree marks the date as documented; the page keeps it compiled until the record is found.
  • Is the 1777 Rhode Island private this Matthias? He would have been 57.
  1. ---
  2. name: Matthias Ellis
  3. aka: [Mathias Ellis, Ensign Matthias Ellis, Matthias Elles]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Of Middleborough, called "Ensign Matthias Ellis" in 1770, who in 1759 received land there from his
  8. father, Joel Ellis, and bought the 65-acre homestead of the late Joseph Williams. He married Lucy
  9. Bennett in 1743; six of his sons probably served in the Revolution. He died at Middleborough by
  10. March 1790, a "Gentleman" whose estate was insolvent. Father of George Ellis, who married Phebe
  11. Stephens.
  12. born:
  13. date: 7 Mar 1719/20
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [online-tree-pane-joyce, article-brownson-mclean-1965-ellis]
  17. note: The place is not in the research; Joel was of Plymouth in 1714 and of Middleborough by 1722.
  18. died:
  19. date: by Mar 1790
  20. place: Middleborough, Massachusetts
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [probate-matthias-ellis-1790]
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "1758"
  26. place: Middleborough, Massachusetts
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [deeds-ellis-bennett-heirs-1758-1763]
  30. note: He and "Lucy Ellis his wife" sold a share of her family's Bennett land.
  31. events:
  32. - what: Newport expedition
  33. date: "Sep-Oct 1777"
  34. place: Newport, Rhode Island
  35. sources: [book-massachusetts-soldiers-and-sailors]
  36. note: "Probably the private in Capt. Nehemiah Allen's company, 31 days on the secret expedition to Rhode Island, aged 57."
  37. father:
  38. id: joel-ellis-1680
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: proven
  41. sources: [deeds-joel-ellis-1722-1759]
  42. research: research/freeman-ellis/Freeman_Ellis_Line_Research.md
  43. note: "Deed of gift, May 1759 (acknowledged 22 May 1759), \"Joel Ellis of Middleborough\" to \"my Loving son Matthias Ellis of Middleborough.\" Earlier read as 1750."
  44. mother:
  45. id: elizabeth-churchill-1687
  46. basis: compiled
  47. confidence: probable
  48. sources: [online-tree-pane-joyce, article-brownson-mclean-1965-ellis]
  49. note: Born in 1719/20 during Joel's marriage to Elizabeth (1710-1753), and listed among their children by Brownson and McLean.
  50. spouses:
  51. - id: lucy-bennett-1725
  52. married:
  53. date: 7 Apr 1743
  54. place: Middleborough, Massachusetts
  55. basis: compiled
  56. confidence: probable
  57. sources: [online-tree-brennan-bosworth, book-weston-1906-history-of-middleboro]
  58. note: Citing Genealogies of Mayflower Families 1:665. The marriage entry (MD 30:8) has not been seen. Weston has "m. 1743."
  59. basis: documented
  60. confidence: proven
  61. sources: [vital-records-middleborough, deeds-ellis-bennett-heirs-1758-1763, probate-matthias-ellis-1790]
  62. ---
  64. Of Middleborough. From his father in May 1759 he received 48 acres in the Twenty-six Men's Purchase,
  65. 4 acres in the Five Men's Purchase, "formerly sold by Samuel Samson unto Mr Samuel Prince and sold
  66. by said Prince unto Mr Thomas Hutchinson and Mr Daniel Oliver and of them sold to me," and half an
  67. eight-acre meadow lot in the Lower Meadow; on 29 May 1759 he bought from John Williams of Lebanon,
  68. Connecticut, "all that the farm or Homestead that my honored father Joseph Williams Late of
  69. Middleborough Died Seized of," 65 acres, for £140. In 1758 and 1763 "Matthias Ellis & Lucy Ellis his
  70. wife" sold shares of her family's Bennett land with her sister and brother.
  72. The Middleborough clerk entered several of their children's births with the day of the week:
  73. "Cornelius Ellis the Son of Matthias Ellis & by Lucy his wife was born Wednesday October ye 18th
  74. 1749"; Ebenezer "Thursday January ye 15th 1752"; Betty "Sunday may ye 12th 1754"; Gamaliel "Tusday
  75. September ye 27th 1757"; Daniel "Tuesday September ye 17th 1760" (FamilySearch 3:1:3QHK-P31H-S52D).
  77. "Ensign Matthias Ellis" in a 1770 estate account. Probably the "ELLES, MATTHIAS, Middleborough.
  78. Private, Capt. Nehemiah Allen's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.; service, 31 days, on a secret
  79. expedition to Rhode Island in Sept. and Oct., 1777," when he would have been 57. Excused from
  80. serving as constable in 1783 (the research does not give the source for the 1770 and 1783 entries).
  82. Six of his sons probably served in the Revolution (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors 5; the service records
  83. are documented, but that each man is his son is the research's inference): Joseph, a corporal of the
  84. Middleborough minute company on the Lexington alarm; George, at Bristol in 1776 and Newport in 1777;
  85. Cornelius, at Rhode Island in 1777; Ebenezer and Gamaliel, who enlisted together on 20 June 1775 in
  86. Capt. Josiah King's company; and Daniel, at Camp Hull in 1776 aged 15-16, and in the guard at Boston
  87. in 1778 while Burgoyne's surrendered army was held at Cambridge.
  89. Died by March 1790, "Mathias Ellis late of Middleborough ... Gentleman deceased," his estate
  90. represented insolvent. His son Joseph administered it, and his widow Lucy's dower was set off in
  91. April 1791.
  93. Not the Matthias Ellis, labourer, of Middleborough (died by 1782; son Samuel aged 16 in 1782), nor
  94. Matthias Ellis Jr. of Sandwich (b. 1739, m. Rachel Tupper 1759).
  96. ## Open questions
  98. - Where was he born? His birth date is from Brownson and McLean via Pane-Joyce; no record of it has
  99. been seen. The colonial tree marks the date as documented; the page keeps it compiled until the
  100. record is found.
  101. - Is the 1777 Rhode Island private this Matthias? He would have been 57.
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