Ruth (Pike) Ellis (1751 - 1785)

Born 14 Dec 1751 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Blackwell Ellis — married 15 Mar 1774 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1785 at about age 33 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

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Birth

Date: 14 December 1751

Place: Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Parents: Leonard and Sarah Pike^[1]

Ruth Pike married Benjamin Ellis on 15 March 1774 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.^[2]

Ruth and Benjamin had the following children:

1. Stephen Ellis b 1775 d 1837
2. Lurenca Ellis b 1777 d 1853
3. Moses Ellis b 1780 d 1849; m 1) Elizabeth Judd ^[3] 2) Desire (Niles) Harris^[4][5],^[6]
4. Daniel Ellis b -- d 1812
5. Benjamin Ellis, Jr. b 1784 d 1859
6. Reuben Ellis b 1786 d 1845
7. Mehitable Ellis b -- d --
8. Chelometh Ellis b-- d -- [Note: This was the wife of Walter Avery (abt.1787-)]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch, Ruth Pike, 14 Dec 1751; citing Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,376,017.
2. ↑ Ellis, E. R. (Erastus Ranney) Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his Descendants 1888 Detroit : W. Graham, page 81
3. ↑ Ellis, E. R. (Erastus Ranney) Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his Descendants 1888 Detroit : W. Graham, page 26
4. ↑ Anne McKee Niles. Some Descendants of Reverend Robert R. Niles of Connecticut and New York (2004, Springfield, Missouri) page 21
5. ↑ Subscription - Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941
6. ↑ Ellis, E. R. (Erastus Ranney) Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his Descendants 1888 Detroit : W. Graham, page 20