William Ellsworth (1752 - 1812)

Born 13 Nov 1752 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Potter) Ellsworth — married 30 Mar 1773 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1812 at age 59 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Biography

William Ellsworth, a son of Thomas Ellsworth and Lucy (Hidden) Ellsworth, was born on 13 Nov 1752 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1][2]

On 30 Mar 1773, William married Mary Potter.^[3] They had at least one child:^[4]

• William Ellsworth (1779-1856), m. Esther Noyes

Private William Ellsworth served with 26th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

William Ellsworth is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A037985.

William Ellsworth was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He marched on the Lexington Alarm, 19 Apr 1775, with the men of Rowley in Captain Thomas Mighill's Company. He continued to serve with Captain Mighill in Colonel Loammi Baldwin's Regiment.^[5][6]

William Ellsworth died on 21 Feb 1812 at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[7][1] No record of the location of his grave has been found to date.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pg. 89.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (15 January 2020), William Elsworth, 1752.
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), William Elsorth and Mary Potter, 30 Mar 1773; citing Marriage, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468.
4. ↑ Blodgett, George Brainard, 1845-1918, and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: a Genealogical Record of the Families Who Settled In Rowley Before 1700, With Several Generations of Their Descendants. Rowley, Mass., 1933., p. 114.
5. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, database with images, FamilySearch (24 January 2018), Massachusetts, vol 5, Duarell, David-Foys, William > image 324 of 972; citing various published state rosters, United States.
6. ↑ Service Record of William Ellsworth
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (18 October 2022), William Elsworth, 21 Feb 1812; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.