Ellis (Johnson) Fitzsimmons

Ancestors

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Biography

According to Leggett^[1], She was the sister of William Henry Johnson 1st Bt (1715-1774) She is mentioned in the will of Sir William as one of "my Sisters Dease, Sterling, Plunkett & Fitzsimmons"^[2]. " Your sister was married to my school fellow, William Fitzsymons..." ^[3] She passed away before 1793.

Sources

1. ↑ Leggett, Edward H., Sir William Johnson, Memoranda as to Brothers and Sisters of Sir William Johnson and their Descendants, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. United States: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1918. pg. 389-390, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographic/EtgUAAAAYAAJ?hl ,accessed 29 Jul 2021.
2. ↑ FamilySearch Library, Title No 296341, Creator Dailey, W. N. P.; White, William Pierrepont; Simms, Jeptha R. (Jeptha Root) 1807-1883, Sir William Johnson, Baronet, Enterprise and News, Johnstown, NY, 1930, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/615088-sir-william-johnson-baronet?viewer=1&offset=104#page=3&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= , Contains a full transcript of his will.
3. ↑ Charles Lewis Reily to William Johnson, Papers of Sir William Johnson, prepared for publication by The Division of Archives and History, James Sullivan, Director and State Historian (New York), ed., Volume I, State University of New York, Albany, 1921. pg 245 https://nysl.ptfs.com/data/Library1/88694.PDF