Suffolk County, Massachusetts, probate files of the Ellingwood family, 1753-1790

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Suffolk County, Massachusetts, probate files of the Ellingwood family, 1753-1790
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probate
date
1753-1790
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FamilySearch, "Suffolk, Massachusetts, Probate Records"
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dockets 10462-10465, 18305, 18396, 18559-18562, 19424; vol. 84 pp. 694-695; vol. 89 p. 71
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  • 8 June 1753 (dockets 10462-10465): Israel Ellingwood, mariner, appointed guardian of his children for their portions "in right of his Grandfather Robert Rand late of Boston Joyner", "your Son Richard Ellingwood a minor aged about 11 years", Susannah "about nine."
  • 5 Nov 1784 (docket 18305): "Sarah Ellingwood of Boston Widow" administratrix of "Richard Ellingwood late of Boston Cooper deceased", with Enoch James, blacksmith, and Asa Stoddard as sureties. The inventory is a small household (a black walnut desk, a mahogany table, six flag-bottom chairs, a dozen china plates, pewter, silver teaspoons, a bed), with no real estate.
  • 19 Mar 1785 (docket 18396): the will of "Israel Ellingwood of Boston ... Mariner", proved before Judge Oliver Wendell: a third to his wife Hannah for life (she had died in December), the rest to "my beloved Children Richard Susanna Ralph & Sarah in equal shares"; Robert Hitchborne executor. The appraisals: at Beverly (3 May 1785), "one half a dwelling House and about twenty two poles of Land ... on the south side of the way that leads from the Ferry to Ellingwoods point", £162 10s; at Boston (Dec 1785), "Two Tenements with the Land thereunto belonging near the head of Cross Street", £600, and a quarter of a lot near Black Horse Lane.
  • 22 Nov 1785 (vol. 84 pp. 694-695, dockets 18559-18562): Enoch James of Boston, blacksmith, guardian "unto Richard Ellingwood a Minor above 14 years of age Son of Richard Ellingwood late of said Boston, deceased"; "unto Ralph Ellingwood a minor above 14 years of age Grand Son of Israel Ellingwood late of said Boston deceased"; "unto William Ellingwood a minor above 14 years of age (now out of this State) Grandson of Israel Ellingwood"; and "unto Joseph Ellingwood a minor under 14 years of Age Son of Richard Ellingwood late of said Boston deceased."
  • 19-26 Jan 1790 (vol. 89 p. 71, docket 19424): the estate of "Joseph Ellingwood late of said Boston", £86 12s 4d in cash, distributed "To Sarah, the wife of Isaac Downs, the Mother of said deceased ... one third ... To Richard Ellingwood, and Ralph Ellingwood, brothers of said Joseph", £23 5s 1½d each. Sarah signed by mark.

Together they carry the line from Israel through Richard the cooper to the Richard and Ralph who appear on the Penobscot from 1787.

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  2. title: "Suffolk County, Massachusetts, probate files of the Ellingwood family, 1753-1790"
  3. type: probate
  4. date: "1753-1790"
  5. repository: "FamilySearch, \"Suffolk, Massachusetts, Probate Records\""
  6. reference: "dockets 10462-10465, 18305, 18396, 18559-18562, 19424; vol. 84 pp. 694-695; vol. 89 p. 71"
  7. seen: image
  8. access: public
  9. ---
  10. Read in the research file (`Ellingwood_Master_Research.md`, October 2026), image by image on FamilySearch.
  12. - **8 June 1753** (dockets 10462-10465): Israel Ellingwood, mariner, appointed guardian of his
  13. children for their portions "in right of his Grandfather Robert Rand late of Boston Joyner",
  14. "your Son Richard Ellingwood a minor aged about 11 years", Susannah "about nine."
  15. - **5 Nov 1784** (docket 18305): "Sarah Ellingwood of Boston Widow" administratrix of "Richard
  16. Ellingwood late of Boston Cooper deceased", with Enoch James, blacksmith, and Asa Stoddard as
  17. sureties. The inventory is a small household (a black walnut desk, a mahogany table, six
  18. flag-bottom chairs, a dozen china plates, pewter, silver teaspoons, a bed), with no real estate.
  19. - **19 Mar 1785** (docket 18396): the will of "Israel Ellingwood of Boston ... Mariner", proved
  20. before Judge Oliver Wendell: a third to his wife Hannah for life (she had died in December),
  21. the rest to "my beloved Children Richard Susanna Ralph & Sarah in equal shares"; Robert
  22. Hitchborne executor. The appraisals: at Beverly (3 May 1785), "one half a dwelling House and
  23. about twenty two poles of Land ... on the south side of the way that leads from the Ferry to
  24. Ellingwoods point", £162 10s; at Boston (Dec 1785), "Two Tenements with the Land thereunto
  25. belonging near the head of Cross Street", £600, and a quarter of a lot near Black Horse Lane.
  26. - **22 Nov 1785** (vol. 84 pp. 694-695, dockets 18559-18562): Enoch James of Boston, blacksmith,
  27. guardian "unto Richard Ellingwood a Minor above 14 years of age Son of Richard Ellingwood late
  28. of said Boston, deceased"; "unto Ralph Ellingwood a minor above 14 years of age Grand Son of
  29. Israel Ellingwood late of said Boston deceased"; "unto William Ellingwood a minor above 14
  30. years of age (now out of this State) Grandson of Israel Ellingwood"; and "unto Joseph
  31. Ellingwood a minor under 14 years of Age Son of Richard Ellingwood late of said Boston
  32. deceased."
  33. - **19-26 Jan 1790** (vol. 89 p. 71, docket 19424): the estate of "Joseph Ellingwood late of said
  34. Boston", £86 12s 4d in cash, distributed "To Sarah, the wife of Isaac Downs, the Mother of said
  35. deceased ... one third ... To Richard Ellingwood, and Ralph Ellingwood, brothers of said
  36. Joseph", £23 5s 1½d each. Sarah signed by mark.
  38. Together they carry the line from Israel through Richard the cooper to the Richard and Ralph
  39. who appear on the Penobscot from 1787.
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