Joseph Ellis (1691 - 1757)

Born 23 Nov 1691 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Province

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Partridge) Ellis — married 12 Dec 1716 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Tamerson (Adams) Darling — married 16 Jun 1719 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1757 at age 65 in Medway, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Province

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Biography

Joseph was born to Joseph and Lydia (Lovell) Ellis in Medfield, Massachusetts on Nov. 23, 1691^[1]

Joseph married 1st Elizabeth Partridge in Boston on 12 December 1716. Elizabeth died in Medway on January 14, 1718, nine days after the birth of their son Joseph. ^[2]

• Joseph, b. 5 Jan 1717, Medway, Norfolk, Mass.; m. Melethiah Metcalf, 13 Jan 1740, Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass; d. 13 Nov 1807, Wrentham.

Joseph Ellis married 2nd Tamerson Adams, in Boston, on June 16, 1719. Documented in the record is their marriage by Mr. David Demming. ^[3] Joseph and Tamerson had, in Medway, nine children born between 1720 and 1741: ^[4]

• Benoni, b. 29 Jul 1720; d. 29 Jul 1720
• William, b. 14 Jun 1722; d. 14 Jun 1722
• Lydia, b. 18 Apr 1725; m. Lieut. Joshua Fairbanks of Douglas (b.Sherborn, 5 Apr 1727, he d. 5 Jul 1783)
• Elisha/Elihu, b. 22 Apr 1729; d. 1808, Medway; m. 4 Jul 1754, Dinah Pond at Wrentham
• Jonathan, b. 27 Feb 1730; m. Mary Keith, 2 Feb 1757, Medway; He may have married 2nd Rhoda in Medway and they had dau. Rhoda, b. 15 Feb 1759
• Elizabeth, b. 1 Dec 1732; m. Ebenezer Sumner
• Henry, b. 10 Nov 1737
• Hannah, 13 Jun 1741; m. Elias Thayer, Bellingham, Norfolk, Mass; m. Elias Thayer 16 Mar 1763, Milford, Worcester, Mass.; d. 23 Oct 1822, Bellingham;
• Tamerson,b. 18 Apr 1725; m. 1st John Hudson; m. 2nd Isaiah Blood, 9 Nov 1768, Oxford, Mass.; d. aft 1772

19 Jun 1727 Joseph Ellis signed a petition on behalf of the inhabitants "asking for a division of Suffolk County and came before the House of Representatives." ^[5] No action was taken until the 26th of the following December when the House of Representatives granted the Petitioners power and instructed them "to bring in a bill for constituting the country towns into a separate county," but the Council refused to concur. Also signing the petition were: W. Dudley, John Chandler, Joseph Write, Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Ware, Samuel White, John Morse and John Brown.

Amidst boundary disputes and "disgruntled neighbors" on 11 Mar 1735 Medfield is "set off" to Medway. ^[6]

Joseph died and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Suffolk County (now Norfolk), Massachusetts Bay on Mar. 13 or 14, 1757. ^[7][8]

Research Notes
Note: In past iterations this profile has been confounded with one Joseph Ellis of Camden, New Jersey.

Geography: Medway, Massachusetts is about 17 miles southwest of Dedham. Medfield is about halfway between Medway and Dedham.

Sources

1. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p. 47
2. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 305: "Ellice - Elizabeth, w. Joseph"
3. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 306
4. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts to the year 1850, pp. 55
5. ↑ Cook, pg. 36-37.
6. ↑ Blake, Mortimer, (1813-1884) "A History of the town of Franklin, Mass. from its settlement to the completion of its first centure, 2 Mar 1878..." pg.22. Pub. 1879, Franklin, Mass., The Committee of the Town. E-book available in the public domain at: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownoff00blakrich/page/21/mode/1up?q=Ellis
7. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 306: "Joseph, h. Thamerson, Mar. 14, 1757. [Mar. 13, a. 65. GR2]" Note, death in 65th year in 1757 per gravestone calculates to birth in 1692, within one year of his recorded 1691 birth.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 January 2021), memorial page for Joseph Ellis Jr. (23 Nov 1691–13 Mar 1757), Find A Grave: Memorial #14592390, citing Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) .

• Cook, Louis A. (Louis Atwood), (1847-1918), ed. "History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918" Available in the public domain at: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HzoWAAAAYAAJ/page/n53?q=early+Medfield%2C+Massachusetts

Acknowledgemewnts

• WikiTree profile Ellis-2147 created through the import of Mears Family Tree as Oct 200.ged on Dec 24, 2011 by David Mears.
• Contributions by direct ancestor Johnson-43462