Stephen Decatur Ellis (1822 - 1851)

Born 22 May 1822 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Betsy Nickerson (Young) Ellis — married 4 Nov 1847 (to Oct 1851) in Harwich, Barnstable, MA

Died Oct 1851 at age 29 in At sea

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Biography

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Stephen was born May 22, 1822 in New York. He married Betsy Nickerson Young on November 4, 1847. He died at sea in 1851 and they had no children.

Notes

found on 1850 Harwich Census with wife Betsy.They are living with Prince Young, age 45, mariner, property $300, and his wife Betsy, age 40.This is her mother's brother. Their children are Prince M., age 16, Mariner, James M., 11, Levi M., 9, Lydia M., age 7, Betsy, age 4 and Rosetta, age 2- Stephen's death was by drowning and James Young is included on the list as death by drowning at age 11. Thomas Burgess, son of Joshua and Hope is also on this list as are three sons of Jonathan Eldredge and Rebecca Wixon. Josiah Eldredge on my tree is listed as having died on October 6, 1851.There are fifteen on the list. Most of these are listed as having been lost off the Grand Banks so it must have been a terrible storm.

Occupation: Mariner

According to census, all were born in MA

Sources

Birth: Harwich Vital Records, Sixth Book of Records, p. 438, [p. 64]

• Source: S205 Louise H. Kelley & Dorothy Straw, Vital Records Town of Harwich, Massachusetts 1694-1850 (Harwich, MA: Harwich Historical Society, Inc., 1982)

Death: found in Harwich HVR's under deaths recorded for 1851,, Journal p. 6 Line 60

• Katherine W. Hiam, Burgess Genealogy, Descendants of the Four Sons of Thomas and Dorothy (Waynes) Burgess (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1997)