Nathaniel (Ellyson) Ellison DD

Born [date unknown] in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

Ancestors

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Biography

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Nathaniel (Ellyson) Ellison DD was born in Northumberland, England.

Nathaniel Ellison, DD. (d. Jun 1721), was the Vicar of St. Nicholas at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, co. Northumb and the Prebendary of Durham. He is also the ancestor of the Ellisons of Otterburn.^[1][2]

Parents

Nathaniel was a younger son of:

• Robert Ellison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and of Hebburn, co. Durham (bp. 02 Feb 1613/4 St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - d. 01 Jan 1677/8, age 64; bur. St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 15 Jan 1677/8);
• and Elizabeth Gray (d. 30 Jun 1665)

Marriage

m. (27 Apr 1691 St. Andrews, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Elizabeth Isaacson (d. Mar 1712/3), dau. of Anthony Isaacson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.^[1]

children

Nathaniel and his wife had three (3) sons and seven (7) daughters.

sons:

• 1. John, Vicar of Bedlington (d. 1744).^[3][4]

m.

• Robert of Otterburn (bp. 13 Oct 1696 St John's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne).^[3][5][6]

m.

• Nathaniel, A.M., Vicar of Kirkwhelpington (will: 27 Apr 1770, probate: 1775).^[3][7]

m. Dorothy ...^[7]

daughters:

• Anne (bp. 09 Jul 1700 St. John's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - bur. 28 Jul 1726 Woodhorn).^[8]

m. (1724 as first wife) Rev. William Simcoe, AB. (b. c. 1676 - d. 08 Mar 1766 Woodhorn Vicarage, age 90), of Christ's College, Cambridge; Vicar of Woodhorn and chaplain to prisoners of Newgate, Newcastle.^[8]

Will

Nathaniel ELLISON, prebendary of Durham, rector of Whitburn in the county of Durham, vicar of Newcastle upon Tyne, clerk, of Durham [Durham, County Durham; Whitburn, County Durham; Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland].^[9]

• Date of probate: 1721

will, 17 March 1719,^[10] with codicil, 11 January 1720 with codicil, 17 April 1721 wrapper.^[11]

Notes

desc.

•  ???? >> Elizabeth Ellison m. Maj. John Werge of the 38th Regiment of Foot.^[12]

Sources

• "Pedigree of Ellison," in Vis. of England & Wales, VI, pp. 196-200. Google Books.
• Eneas Mackenzie, 'St Nicholas' church: Clergy and lecturers', in Historical Account of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Including the Borough of Gateshead (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1827), pp. 276-291. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/newcastle-historical-account/pp276-291 [accessed 10 July 2019].

Notes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} for Nathaniel's descendants see: Surtees, II:79.
2. ↑ "Genealogical memoir of the Hon. Mrs. Venables Vernon," (1834, March). The Court magazine and belle assemblée, p. 91. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Burke, B. (1852). "Ellison of Hebburn." Google Books.
4. ↑ John (d. 1744), B.A. in 1719, was the eldest son of Nathaniel and the grandfather of Rev. Noel Thomas Ellison, MA (b. c. 1718 - d. 12 Aug 1858), rector of Huntspill, co. Somerset in 1823 ... Noel was the son of Nathaniel.[1][2]
5. ↑ "Rob Ellison, 13 Oct 1696 St John's Newcastle-upon-Tyne, co. Northumb." - FHL microfilm 95,014, 95,015;[3] FHL microfilm 2,193,54.[FHL microfilm 2,193,54]
6. ↑ "In 1745 Reynald Hall left the Tower by will to Robert Ellison of Newcastle. At that time there was only one small house on the west side of the river, located at the end of the wooden bridge which crossed the brook at the foot of the castle garden.
   Robert’s son Henry Ellison, a merchant of Whitehaven and High Sheriff of Cumberland, succeeded him. Henry Ellison built a four-room house to the west of the river for his Agent.
   Henry Ellison sold the property to James Storey of the Low Lights, North Shields. Storey was a shipbuilder who obtained a patent for a machine to be fixed on pumps by which two men could easily do the work of six (Newcastle Courant 1773).
   James Storey built the village of Otterburn," (Otterburn Castle. www.otterburncastle.com. PDF.
   see also: Wikipedia:Otterburn Hall#History -- 'An older Otterburn Hall existed at least as early as 1777,' that was owned by Henry Ellison.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 'Nathaniel ELLISON, clerk, of Kirk Whelpington in the county of Northumberland [Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland] ... registered copy of will, 27 April 1770 (DPR/I/2/23 p400-401 - North East Inheritance database (pre-1858 Durham Probate Records))
   NOTE: Will names wife Dorothy.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, p. 303. Google Books. (Simcoe of Wolford Lodge, co. Devon).
   Simcoe remarried to Jane Lawson (b. 12 Oct 1688 Bothal, co. Northumb. - d. 01 Oct 1772 North Seaton, co. Northumb), 2nd dau. of John Lawson of Longhirst and Oldmoor & Barbara, dau. of Edward Cook of Amble Newhall. ... Jane was the widow of Ralph Watson of Lynemouth (b. 29 Oct 1689).[4]
9. ↑ North East Inheritance database (pre-1858 Durham Probate Records)
10. ↑ DPR/I/1/1721/E1/1-6
11. ↑ DPR/I/1/1721/E1/7
12. ↑ "Carr-Ellison of Hebburn Hall & Dunston Hill, co. Durham & of Hedgeley, co. Northumberland," in Vis. of England Wales, p. 159. Hathitrust.org. eBook.