The Ellingwood Line · Ellingtree

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The line

The family’s own surname line, and with it everyone Dick Ellingwood descends from. Ralph Ellinwood came to Salem on the Truelove in 1635 and settled at Beverly; the book The Ellingwood Line follows him and his sons. The Ellingwoods went to sea from Beverly, to Boston, to the Penobscot in Maine, and from there, about 1817, west to Dearborn County, Indiana, where Finley was born in 1852.

The line at a glance

Ralph Ellinwood (c. 1607-1673/4), of Salem and Beverly > Ralph (1657-c. 1741) > Ralph (1694-1728/9), lost at sea > Israel (b. 1714, Beverly), of Boston > Richard (b. 1742, Boston) > Richard (1767-1803), of Frankfort, Maine > Richard (1790-1871), of Manchester, Indiana > Elijah (1819-1872) > Dr. Finley Ellingwood (1852-1920), physician and medical author of Evanston, Illinois > Richard Everett “Cudge” Ellingwood Sr. (1895-1985), of Madison and Spokane > Richard Everett “Dick” Ellingwood Jr. (1929-2019) > John Ellingwood and his children.

The wives’ families: the Rices of Cumberland County, Maine (Finley’s mother); the Elliotts and Adamses of Saratoga County, New York (Jennie Elliott’s); and the Shorts and Pattullos of Ontario (Ruth Short’s).

How sure it is

Ralph I and Ralph II are documented in the Ellingwood book’s research: the Truelove register, the Essex county registers and courts, the Marblehead and Beverly records.
Finley to the present rests on Cudge’s memoir and its records.
Between them, from Ralph III to Elijah, the line comes from the Ancestry tree (exported October 2026) and the Geneanet tree it draws on. It is marked possible link by link until records are found. It fits what the memoir says: Cudge was named for “my great grandfather Richard Ellingwood”, and Richard of Indiana was Finley’s grandfather. The comparison is in research/gedcom/report-ellingwood-mcmillan.md.

Sources

Cudge’s memoir, Cudge (1968-70), is the main source for four generations: his parents, brothers and sisters, his marriage to Ruth Short and their five children. His 1985 obituary confirms the outline. Both are in Books. The censuses of 1880-1930 and the Cook County marriage index come through the Ancestry tree.

Open questions

Israel’s parents. Israel, born at Beverly in 1714, joins the Beverly Ellinwoods to the Boston and Maine Ellingwoods. The Beverly vital records should show his birth and parents.
Richard of Frankfort’s birth in Boston (1767), joining the Maine family to Israel’s.
Records for Elijah: his marriage to Mary Abigail Rice and the censuses of 1850-1870.
The Short side. Ruth’s birth, her parents’ marriage and her father’s death are now in hand, and prove her parents and grandparents. Open: John Short’s parents in Northumberland, the Jeffreys and Lyalls of Berwickshire, Alexander Pattullo’s in Dundee and Jane Robson’s in Roxburghshire (thread).
Records to attach: Dick’s birth (Madison, 1929) and death (2019), and John’s birth.

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People, oldest first

The labels show how each person is tied to the parent above them in the line.

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Lifelines

William Dodgec. 1604–aft. 1685 William Nickersonc. 1604–1689 Anne Busby1607–aft. 1686 Ralph Ellinwoodc. 1607–1673 Humphrey Woodburyc. 1608–1685 Daniel Colec. 1614–1694 Nathaniel Bassettc. 1628–1709 Mary Davisc. 1635–1732 Eleanor Lynnb. c. 1636 Dorcas Joycec. 1640–1707 Hannah Dodge1642–1688 John Wheeler1643–1713 John Cole1644–aft. 1714 Joseph Nickerson1647–1725 Sarah Larkin1647–1725 Ruhamah Jonesc. 1650–aft. 1735 Robert Randc. 1653–1717 Ralph Ellinwood1656–aft. 1741 Abigail Milam1660–1732 Richard Cheever1660–1706 William Woodbury1662–1725 Tabitha Ivoryb. 1663 Martha Rowlandson1666–1712 Joanna Wheeler1671–1748 Joseph Coleb. 1677 Jacob Freerb. 1679 Christian Deyo1681–aft. 1765 Susanna Cheever1682–1748 Robert Rand1686–1752 Sarah Woodbury1690–1788 Ralph Ellinwood1694–1728 Jacobus Deyo1704–bef. 1754 Jannetje Freerb. 1706 Israel Ellingwood1714–1785 Susanna Rand1715–bef. 1752 Joseph Cole1718–1795 Sarah Coleb. 1738 Peter Deyo1739–1812 Job Sylvester1742–1832 Richard Ellingwood1742–bef. 1784 Abigail Warren1763–1846 James Deyoe1764–1841 James Rice1764–1837 Thomas Robsonc. 1765–1841 Job Sylvester1767–1859 Richard Ellingwoodc. 1767–1802/03 Hope Holdershawc. 1768–aft. 1829 Jean Watson1768/71–1852 Lydia Phillips1769–1850 Jean Clarkc. 1770–1844 William Jeffreyc. 1772–1852 Alexander Pattulloc. 1774–1828 Mary Lyall1774–1857 Hannah Brownc. 1786–1871 Peter J. Deyoe1787–1857 Elizabeth Esmond1788–1841 Richard Ellingwood1790–1864 Rufus Rice1794–1840 Mary Sylvester1801–1861 Jane Marian Deyoe1803–1892 John Short1808–1858 Halkett Pattullo1809–1855 Jane Robson1809–1879 Mary Jeffrey1809–1883 Lewis M. Adams1812–1904 Elijah Ellingwood1819–1872 Mary Abigail Rice1822–1874 Charles Franklin Elliott1829–1896 Susan Marriah Adams1837–1926 John Gerald Short1845–1916 Finley Ellingwood1852–1920 Mary Pattullo1852–1932 Jennie L. Elliott1857–1929 Ruth Ethelwyn Short1893–1974 Richard Everett Ellingwood1895–1985 Richard Everett Ellingwood Jr.1929–2019 Chrétien Deyod. 1687 Constance Hopkinsd. c. 1677 Elizabeth Hunterd. 1689 John Holdershawd. bef. 1807 John Nickersond. bef. 1722 John Woodburyd. 1641 Margaret Stetsond. 1818 Nicholas Snowd. 1676 Robert Randd. 1694 Ruth Snowd. 1716 Sarah Slaterd. 1796 Stephen Hopkinsd. bef. 1651 Thomas Ivoryd. 1690 Thomas Ivoryd. 1664 Thomas Rowlandsond. 1682 Thomas Rowlandsond. 1657 Thomas Woodburyd. bef. 1719 William Bassettd. bef. 1667

A bar fades where a birth or death year isn't known. Hover a row for the dates.

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Their families

96 spouses and children

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Small world

Stories of ancestors who crossed paths, from the Holbrook-Low Colonial Tree

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Research notes

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