Samuel
Ellis
Born about in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Mordecai Ellis I
and Sarah (Unknown) Ellis
Brother of
John Ellis, Josiah Ellis, Sarah (Ellis) Blackwell, Mary (Ellis) Clark, Mordecai Ellis II, Rebecca (Ellis) Tupper, William Ellis and Benjamin Ellis
Husband of
Mercy (Gibbs) Churchill
— married
about 1717 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died
at about age 49
in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.
Samuel, son of Mordecai and Sarah (birth surname unknown) Ellis, was born at Sandwich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ca 1696. He married Mercy Gibbs in about 1717 and they had seven children whose births were recorded at Plymouth.[1]
Children
- Mary (Mercy) Ellis b 08 Jun 1718; m Nathaniel Morton
- Esther b 13 Apr 1721; m Eleazar Holmes
- Samuel Ellis b 13 Oct 1722
- Remember Ellis b 31 Mar 1725
- Jane/Jean Ellis b 17 Aug 1728; m Benjamin Bartlett
- Rebecca b ca 1729; m Ichabod Holmes
- Mercy Ellis bap. 6 May 1733; m John Bartlett
Probate
His will is dated 27 January 1745/46 and proved on 6 March 1745/56 in Plymouth. He mentions his children, Mary, Esther, Jane, Rebecca, Mercy, and Samuel. He bequeaths the continued enslavement of his Indian boy (not named) to his son Samuel.[2]
His inventory was taken on 23 May 1746 in Plymouth.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Brownson, Lydia B. Phinney. "Lt. John1 and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume 120, January 1966. Page 34. (Online database: American Ancestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11703/34/23526937
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-8LQG : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 66-67 of 611; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-8LS6 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 90 of 611; State Archives, Boston.
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~0.39%
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