Gideon Ellis was born February 5 1700/01 (possibly mistranscribed as 1710/11)[1], the son of Freeman and Mercy Elllis of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts[2][3][4]
On February 7, 1719, he married Anna Clarke, the daughter of Thomas Clarke and and Susannah (Miller) Clarke[5][4][3][1], and their children, included:
Abigail, born 19 Nov 1720[6], who married Edmund Muxom, son of Samuel and Abigail (Perry) Muxom[3][1]
Gideon, born 16 Dec 1722[7], who married Rebecca Perry[3][1]
Thomas, born 25 April 1724[8], who died young[3][1]
Eleanor, born 06 Jul 1725[9], who married Moses Perry and founded the community of Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia with her brother Ebenezer[3][1][4]
Elijah, born September 26, 1727[10], who married Hannah Mason and then married Margaret[3][1]
Ebenezer, born 27 May 1729[11], who came to Nova Scotia with his family, Sealed Landers and Moses Perry in the schooner Pompey on June 9, 1761, landing on Crawley's Island, and founded the community of Chebogue, Yarmouth[4][3][1]
Susanna, born about 1731, who was baptised 4 July 1736,and married Timothy Perry, who administered her father's estate[3][1]
Anna, born 1733, who was baptized with Susanna, and died young[3][1]
Elisha, born 19 January 1736[12], who died before his father, without children[3][1]
Anna, born June 5, 1738[13], who married Zaccheus Hatch, Jr, son of Zaccheus Hatch and Mercy Davis[3][1]
On May 15, 1739, Gideon remarried Jemima Wood, daughter of Elnathan Wood and Patience Wood of Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts[14][3][1], and they had children, including:
Elnathan, born January 5, 1739[15], who married Bethia Bassett, daughter of Nathan and Thankful (Fuller) Basset[3][1]
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GHX1 : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis and Anna Clarke, 11 Feb 1719; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQG2 : 13 July 2016), Gidean Ellece in entry for Abigail Ellece, 19 Nov 1720; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQ5J : 13 July 2016), Gedian Ellece in entry for Gideon Ellece, 16 Dec 1722; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQRJ : 13 July 2016), Gedian Ellece in entry for Thomas Ellece, 25 Apr 1724; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQB6 : 13 July 2016), Gedian Ellece in entry for Elener Ellece, 06 Jul 1725; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-G7MJ : 13 July 2016), Gedian Ellece in entry for Elijah Ellece, 26 Sep 1727; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-G7S3 : 13 July 2016), Gedian Ellece in entry for Ebenezer Ellece, 27 May 1729; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQXN : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for Elisha Ellis, 19 Jan 1736; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQFM : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for Anna Ellis, 05 Jun 1738; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3L-HPV : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis and Jemima Wood, 15 May 1739; citing Marriage, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQFD : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for Elnathan Ellis, 05 Jan 1739; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-QQ6 : 4 December 2014), Gideon Ellis in entry for Gideon Ellis, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 3.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-HB3 : 4 December 2014), Gideon Ellis in entry for Nathan Ellis, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 3.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQFR : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for Seth Ellis, 23 May 1742; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQN7 : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for Abiel Ellis, 06 Oct 1744; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQN5 : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for John Ellis, 02 Mar 1745; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQJC : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for Samuel Ellis, 22 Sep 1753; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RQJB : 13 July 2016), Gideon Ellis in entry for Reuben Ellis, 25 Aug 1755; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836
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