Matthias Ellis (1739 - bef. 1782)

Born 2 May 1739 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rachael (Tupper) Ellis — married 15 Feb 1759 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 24 May 1782 before age 43 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.

Matthias was born in 1739. He was the son of Malachi Ellis and Jane Blackwell.^[1] He married Rachel Tupper at Sandwich in 1759^[2] and they had nine children. The children were baptised in Sandwich, but the family later moved to Middleborough where Matthias was referred to as "junior" to differentiate from his cousin Matthias. Five of the children died there of smallpox in 1775.^[3]

Matthias died sometime between the birth of his son Joshua and his wife's remarriage in 1782.^[3]

Children

1. Elizabeth b 24 Nov 1759; died at Middleborough in 1775, age 16, of smallpox
2. Thankful b 01 Apr 1761; m Benjamin Gurney
3. Hannah bap. 12 Jun 1763; died May 1775, probably of smallpox
4. Samuel bap 06 Jul 1766; In 1782, Samuel, aged 16 years, made the choice of Samuel Rider of Rochester to be his guardian.^[4]
5. Joshua bap 25 Jul 1773; died 1775, prob of smallpox
6. Rachel bap 25 Jul 1773; died 1775, prob of smallpox
7. Hannah b Oct 1775; died age 15
8. Rowland b 10 Sep 1776
9. Joshua b 04 May 1779

Probate

His inventory was taken on 8 October 1782 in Middleborough. Nathaniel Sprague was the administrator of his estate. His estate was represented as insolvent. A list of claims and creditors was recorded. His widow, Ruth, now wife of Benjamin Haskins of Rochester received her dower. An account of his estate by Nathaniel Sprague was recorded which included the sale of real estate, necessaries to the widow, a doctor in his last sickness, and administration fees. The balance was proportioned to the creditors.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-R799 : 18 February 2020), Matthias Ellis, 02 May 1739; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC96-YQQ : 24 January 2020), Matthias Ellis, 1759.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Brownson, Lydia B. Phinney. "Lt. John¹ and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume 121, January 1967. Page 40. (Online database: American Ancestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11666/40/23542430
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-XQBL : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 252 of 549; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6C29 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 245-247 of 638; State Archives, Boston.