Philip Ellis (1750 - 1831)

Born 16 Oct 1750 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Perry) Ellis — married 20 Nov 1771 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1831 at age 80 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

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Philip was the son of Benjamin Ellis and Elizabeth Tupper of Sandwich, Massachusetts^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

On November 20, 1771, he married Rebecca Perry, the daughter of Moses Perry and Eleanor Ellis of Sandwich, and then Yarmouth, Nova Scotia^{[5] [2] [3] [4]}. Their children included:

1. Lois, born October 8, 1772, who married Mr. Stubbs^{[2] [3] [4]}
2. Eleanor, born May 14, 1774, who married George Brown and Capt. Bootland^{[2] [3] [4]}
3. Remember, born November 23, 1775, who married Edward Baker, son of Jonathan^{[2] [4] [3]}
4. Heman, born June 27, 1777^[3], who married Catherine, and then married Sarah (long) Buckley, daughter of Jonathan Long and widow of John Buckley, and settled in Providence^{[2] [4]}
5. Joseph, born March 10, 1779^[4], who went to Yarmouth NS in 1787 with his uncle Silas Clements, where he married Ruth Porter, daughter of Nehmeniah and had a large family^{[2] [3] [4]}
6. Moses, born November 17, 1780^[3], who married Betsey Stubbs^[2] in Nantucket, and then married Frances Taverner and then married Marguerite Hawks^[4]
7. Watson, born October 21, 1782^{[2] [3] [4]}
8. Sarah, a twin, born September 21, 1784^{[3] [4]} , who married Benjamin Stubbs^[2]
9. Ann, a twin, born September 21, 1784^{[2] [3] [4]}
10. Thomas, born July 1, 1787^{[2] [3] [4]}
11. Alden, born September 6, 1789^{[2] [3] [4]}
12. Philip, born November 17, 1792, who married Ann^{[2] [3] [4]}

Philip Ellis served as a private in the Revolution, but this family's story shows the close ties that existed between Yarmouth settlers and their New England relations. He and Rebecca Ellis emigrated to Yarmouth Nova Scotia in 1792^[2], where Philip died April 17, 1831^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Sandwich Volume 2, page 1391 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which lists baptisms in Sandwich, including Philip Ellis Nov 18 1750 Benja & Elizabeth
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} Lt. John 1 and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass. (Continued) published in volume 167, page 265 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (continued from Volume 166). Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; see page 527 for Moses Perry, and page 104 for Rebecca with Philip Ellis and their family
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14} Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton,"Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), This open source shows information that may be otherwise behind a paywall. See Volume Vol. 39 (Palmer to Perry), page 113 for Moses; and page 119 for Rebecca
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Sandwich V1, page 224 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states Philip Ellis and Rebecca Perry both of Sandwich were married by the Revd Mr Williams on Novr ye 20th 1771