Richard Ellis and Jane Phillips

Town Records

Name:    Ebenez. <Smith>
Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
Birth Date:    04 Oct 1734
Father's Name:    Chiliab Smith
Mother's Name:    Sarah
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:    C73736-3
System Origin:    Massachusetts-VR
GS Film number:    186152
Reference ID:    p 26

Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-9ZD : 4 December 2014), Chiliab Smith in entry for Ebenez. <Smith>, 04 Oct 1734; citing , p 26; FHL microfilm 186,152.

name: Remember Elles
gender: Female
birth date: 01 May 1735
birthplace: Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts
father's name: Richard Elles
mother's name: Jean Elles
indexing project (batch) number: I00973-2
system origin: Massachusetts-ODM

Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCG-M8Z : 4 December 2014), Remember Elles, 01 May 1735; citing Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 1,059,951.

Name: Mehetable Scott
Gender: Female
Christening Place: SUNDERLAND, FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS
Birth Date: 03 May 1722
Birthplace: Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Richard Scott
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C54150-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-VR
GS Film number: 768338
Reference ID: bk 1 p S1

Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQG-2Y7 : 10 February 2018), Elizabeth in entry for Mehetable Scott, 03 May 1722; citing Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, bk 1 p S1; FHL microfilm 768,338.

Name: Hannah Ellis
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 21 Oct 1750
Christening Place: DEERFIELD,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS
Father's Name: Richard Ellis
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50172-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
GS Film number: 0873741 IT 3

Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXL-CYR : 10 February 2018), Richard Ellis in entry for Hannah Ellis, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873741 IT 3.

Name: Matthew Ellis
Spouse's Name: Anna Clark
Event Date: 03 Jan 1774
Event Place: Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50178-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 873740

Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMJ-FXX : 9 February 2018), Matthew Ellis and Anna Clark, 03 Jan 1774; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 873,740.

Name:    Ebenezer Smith
Event Type:    Marriage
Event Date:    01 Jul 1756
Event Place:    Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Gender:    Male
Spouse's Name:    Remembrance Allis
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Gender:    Female
Reference ID:    Vol 1 Pg 251
GS Film Number:    186146
Digital Folder Number:    007009216
Image Number:    00151

Source: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT2-3KP : 4 November 2017), Ebenezer Smith and Remembrance Allis, 01 Jul 1756; citing Marriage, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,146.

Name: Reuben Ellis
Event Date: 04 Jun 1749
Event Place: Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mahitable Scott
Reference ID: bk 2 p 6
GS Film Number: 768338
Digital Folder Number: 004255446
Image Number: 00108
Marriage record of Reuben Ellis and Mehitable Scott

Marriage record of Reuben Ellis and Mehitable Scott

Source: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCST-F47 : 10 February 2018), Reuben Ellis and Mahitable Scott, 04 Jun 1749; citing Marriage, Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 768,338.

Name: Benjamin Elles
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 17 Nov 1730
Event Place: Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name: Richard Eles
Mother's Name: Jean Eles
Reference ID: 18
GS Film Number: 1059951
Digital Folder Number: 007009786
Image Number: 00028

Source: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR4-Z9J : 5 November 2017), Jean Eles in entry for Benjamin Elles, 17 Nov 1730; citing Death, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 1,059,951.

Name:    Ebenezer Smith
Gender:    Male
Spouse:    Remembrance Allis
Marriage Date:    1 Jul 1756
City:    Deerfield
County:    Franklin
Source:    Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0760648 & 1887384.

Name:    Matthew Ellis
Gender:    Male
Spouse:    Anna Clark
Marriage Date:    3 Jan 1774
City:    Colrain
County:    Franklin
Source:    Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0873740.

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.

Name:    Richard Elles
Event Type:    Marriage
Marriage Date:    6 Oct 1728
Marriage Place:    Easthampton, Massachusetts
Spouse Name:    Jane Phillips
Marriage record of Richard Elles and Jane Phillips

Marriage record of Richard Elles and Jane Phillips

Note: Place indexed as Easthampton but image shows that the town was actually Easton. MB

Name:    Joan Phillips
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    1 Jul 1709
Birth Place:    Easthampton, Massachusetts
Father Name:    John Phillips
Mother Name:    Elizabeth

Birth records of Joan Phillips

Note: Place indexed as Easthampton but image shows that the town was actually Easton. MB

Name:    Ebenezer Smith
Event Type:    Marriage
Marriage Date:    1 Jul 1756
Marriage Place:    Deerfield, Massachusetts
Spouse Name:    Remen Brance Allis

Name:    Reuben Ellis
Event Type:    Marriage
Marriage Date:    4 Jun 1749
Marriage Place:    Sunderland, Massachusetts
Spouse Name:    Mehitable Scott

Name:    James Fulton
Event Type:    Death
Birth Date:    abt 1749
Death Date:    Mar 1834
Death Place:    Colrain, Massachusetts
Death Age:    85

Family Registers at Easthampton, Massachusetts:
Ellis Family Register

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Name:    John ELLIS (Allis)
Spouse:    Mary Dimock
Marriage Date:    19 Jul 1763
Marriage Place:    Ashfield
Source:    Vital Records of Ashfield
Full Text:    John and Mary Dimock [ Demmick], both of Hunstown, July 19, 1763. [Dimick, ]

Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Name:    Jane Phillips Ellis
Death Date:    1760
Burial Place:    Ashfield
Source:    Ashfield

Name:    Richard Ellis
Death Date:    7 Oct 1797
Burial Place:    Ashfield
Source:    Ashfield

Name:    Reubin Ellis
Death Date:    21 Apr 1786
Burial Place:    Ashfield
Source:    Ashfield

Name:    Mehitable Ellis
Death Date:    2 Dec 1804
Burial Place:    Ashfield
Source:    Ashfield

Name:    John Ellis
Death Date:    17 Aug 1827
Burial Place:    Ashfield
Source:    Ashfield

Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

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John Phillips, son of Samuel & Damaris Phillips, born 21 May 1734

Page 18
Ruben Elles, son of Richard & Joan Elles, born 5 Nov. 1728
Benjemin Elles, son of Richard & Joan Elles of Easton, born 26 Sept. 1730
Benjemin Elles, son of Richard Eles of Easton, died 17 Nov. 1730
Mary Ellis, daughter of Richard & Jean Ellis, born 28 March 1731/2
Remember Ellis, daughter of Richard & Jean Ellis of Easton, born 1 May 1735
Jean Eles, daughter of Richard & Jean Eles, born 11 Nov. 1737
Matthew Elis, son of Richard & Jean Ealis, born 19 Dec. 1739

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John Elis, son of Richard & Jean Elis of Huntstown, born in Dearfield [no date]

Source: Maltby, John A. (trans.), Easton, Massachusetts Vital Records Transcription, 2002, http://www.maltbyfamily.net/records/easton_vital_records.html, retrieved 20 Dec 2018.

Ashfield
Ellis
Births:
Richard, "The first settler in Ashfield," h. Jane Phillips, Aug. 16, 1704, G.R.6.
Jane Phillips [____], w. Richard, July 1, 1709, G.R.6.
Mehitable [____], w. Reuben, May 3, 1722, G.R.6.
Deaths:
Reubin, Apr. 21, 1786, C.R.2. [Reuben, in 58th y., G.R.6.]
Mehitable, w. Reuben, Dec. 2, 1804, G.R.6.
John, Lt, Aug. 17, 1827, a. 85, G.R.6.
__, wid., __, 1827, a. 88, C. R.1. [Molly D., w. Lt. John, Sept. 8, a. 89, G.R.6.]

Colrain
Fulton
Deaths:
James, Mar. __, 1834, a. 85 y. C. R. 1.

Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Publisher Date: 2001-2010.

Name: John Phillips
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Feb 1805
Event Place: Newfane, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 71
Birth Year (Estimated): 1734
Spouse's Name: Jane Phillips
GS Film Number: 27655
Digital Folder Number: 004705242
Image Number: 02242

Source: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8ML-NKM : 5 November 2017), Jane Phillips in entry for John Phillips, 14 Feb 1805, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,655.
Note: Index card for this record states age as 71 years, 3 months, 7 days. MB

Name: Jane E Phillips
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Jul 1832
Event Place: Newfane, Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 94
Birth Year (Estimated): 1738
Spouse's Name: John Phillips
GS Film Number: 27655
Digital Folder Number: 004705242
Image Number: 02211

Source: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8ML-NNT : 5 November 2017), John Phillips in entry for Jane E Phillips, 01 Jul 1832, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,655.

Indexed marriage record of Job Haskell and Anna Ellis

Indexed marriage record of Job Haskell and Anna Ellis

Source: Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records, 1871–1908. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Name:    Matthew Ellis
Gender:    Male
Death Date:    15 Apr 1800
Death Place:    Keene, New Hampshire
Clerk Locality:    Keene, New Hampshire
Event Type:    Death
FHL Film Number:    1001075

Source: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. "Death Records, 1654–1947." Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784–1949." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

Matthew Ellice family register

Source: Image of Matthew Ellice's family register from Halifax, Massachusetts, posted by dellis531, Ancestry, 18 Sep 2011.

Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis

Pages 6-25:
RICHARD ELLIS, the subject of this sketch, was, according to his own account, born in Dublin, Ireland, August 16th, 1704. His father was a native of Wales, England, and his mother may have been a Welsh or Irish woman.

Richard said that his father was an officer in one of the many armed forces which at that time were numerous throughout the British dominions. Just at what time his father went to Ireland does not appear from any record which is now accessible.

Richard's youth was spent in Dublin, and he mentioned having traveled in other portions of Ireland. This unhappy country then, as now, was the scene of much disorder. The strife was mostly between Catholics and Protestants, or those in favor of or against whoever happened to occupy the throne. Richard said that it was a common occurence, seemingly enjoyed as a pastime, for the officers of the army to order, in the morning, before breakfast, a squad of prisoners "drawn in quarters," hanged or shot. Such scenes were made public spectacles, and were said to give the officers a relish for their meals.

When Richard was thirteen years of age, his father having died, his mother undertook to send him to Virginia where he had an uncle with whom she expected he would find a home. With this view she paid for him a cabin passage to this country, but the captain of the vessel violated his trust, and landing at a sea-port in Massachusetts, he, in accordance with a custom then somewhat prevalent, sold the boy, or his services, until he became of age, ostensibly to pay for his passage.*
* For a slightly different version of this, see Appendix, Note 2.

Richard said that he became a member of the family of a miller who was a very stern man, and often harsh with his own children, consisting of several daughters, yet to him he always showed the utmost consideration and kindness.t Of his mistress he always spoke highly, especially of her efforts for his mental and moral improvement. He had made some progress in education in Dublin, but of this he said nothing, thinking thereby that his new teacher would give him more attention. On several occasions he excited her surprise by pronouncing difficult words in advance of her instructions.
t See Appendix, Note 3.

After Richard attained his majority, he went to Easton, Bristol county, Mass., where in 1728 he married Jane Phillips, daughter of Capt. John Phillips, and sister of Thos. Phillips, who afterwards was the second settler in Ashfield. Richard lived in Easton until about 1740, when he removed to Deerfield in the same State. Six of his children were born in Easton, and one or more in Deerfield. Altogether he had nine children, but one — Benjamin — died at two months of age.

Richard's father-in-law, Capt. John Phillips of Easton, was one of the soldiers in the expedition against Quebec in 1690, and consequently was among those who became entitled to "rights" of land mentioned in another part of this work. This fact probably was what led Richard and family, and his brother-in-law, Thomas Phillips, to settle in Ashfield, (then called Huntstown,) which he, Richard, did about 1745. (Richard's son John, born in Deerfield, 1742, said his father removed to Ashfield when he was three years of age.) Ashfield was then a wilderness and Richard was the first settler* The locality where he selected his "right " and made his home is about one and one-half miles north-east of what is now known as Ashfield Plain, and is in the north-east part of the township. At this point two roads cross at right angles, and Richard's house and farm was on the southeast corner where, forty years ago, Hiram Belding, Esq.,t lived, and where Mr. Leonard D. Lanfair now resides. Richard's house was about six rods south easterly from Mr. Lanfair's home. One-half mile, or less, west of this point is Bellow's Hill, and eighty rods north, Bear river runs from west to east. Opposite Richard's house on the north side of the road, and about forty rods east, is an ancient burying ground where lie the earthly remains of Richard Ellis and wife and several of their descendants.
* There is some evidence that Richard began his settlement in Ashfleld one or two years earlier than this date, while his family was yet in Deerfield. See Appendix, Note I.
t Hiram Belding was the father of "Belding Brothers," the most extensive manufacturers of sewing silk in this country. See Appendix.

Of the scenes and incidents among the pioneers of this rough and rugged country, much has come down by tradition to the present time. The country was mountainous, being on the eastern slope of the Hoosac range. The roads consisted mostly of trails and cow-paths; the snows were deep and the winters most rigorous. Added to all the other obstacles which the early settlers had to encounter, was the greatest of all, the danger from the tomahawk and scalping-knife of the Indians. On one occasion Richard was alarmed by the Indians while in his sugar-bush, and, it is said, he made quick time to a place of safety with his five-pail kettle on his back.

Richard related that, not unfrequently, messengers would ride swiftly through the country giving warning to the inhabitants that the Indians were coming down upon them. At such times the women and children would be quickly placed on pack-horses and started for the old fort at Deerfield, some ten or twelve miles easterly from the Ellis settlement. Then the men and boys would rally with their guns and drive back the savage foes. These Indians were from New York and Canada, and were very jealous of the encroachments of the white man. The old Fort at Deerfield was constructed in early times, as a defense against the Indians, and did good service for more than a century.

Few of this generation can realize the privations and dangers encountered by the heroic men and women who pushed their way into these wilderness regions. Nearly all the conveniences of modern life were unknown among them. Simple and rude were all their implements. Going to church, to town, to mill, or on a neighborhood visit, was either on foot or horseback. Sometimes, in the spring of the year, from backwardness of the season, provisions became exhausted, and some of the inhabitants were obliged, it was said, to subsist for a time on the buds and tender leaves of basswood trees until crops could be grown. Not all even had salt for such a repast as this, and those who had were regarded as quite fortunate. But in spite of all their privations, they grew up a most vigorous race of men and women, whose posterity have gone out and made a creditable mark on all the institutions of this country, and the wealth of character developed by these sturdy men and women, has been a rich inheritance for their children. No privations or obstacles seemed to daunt them, and in some ways unnecessary exposures were sought and encouraged as evidences of manly strength and in the belief that their systems were improved thereby. It is related that with some it was a lifetime custom, even in mid-winter, to jump out of bed in the morning, and without dressing, rush out to the wood pile, kick off the snow, and gather wood and kindling for the morning fire. They fancied that by such means their constitutions were invigorated; and certain it is that many of them lived to a great age.*
* The subject of this sketch was a good example of the sturdy race from which he sprang. Plutarch, a Roman historian of the first century, says "The ancient Britons were so habitually regular and temperate that they only began to grow old at one hundred and twenty years."

Richard Ellis was a true and loyal subject of the King of England, and in 1754 when war broke out between England and France and extended to this country, and known as the "French and Indian War," Richard was for about three years an officer in the commissary department of the English or Colonial service in New England and New York. Richard Ellis, it is said, was a man of strong will and remarkable memory; his physical vigor and mental powers were retained in a high degree up to the last years of his life. His grandson, Dimick Ellis, who was born in Ashfield in 1776, was familiar with Richard during the last twenty years of his life, and from him the writer (his grandson) obtained most of the items for this sketch. About the year 1764, Richard kept a country store and ashery in the north-east part of Colerain, a town about 15 miles in a north-easterly direction from Ashfield. His ledger or book of accounts covering the period from 1764 to about 1777, together with some correspondence had with him and others before and during the great Revolution, are now in possession of his great grandson, Mr. Lewis Ellis, of Belding, Mich. These books are quite a curiosity at this late day and give one quite an insight into what constituted articles of consumption in those times.* In them are found the names of nearly two hundred persons who were residents at that time, of Colerain and adjoining towns. Rum and tobacco were articles then, as now, of too frequent use, judging from the charges in these books. It is probable that this mercantile experience of Richard's was not a financial success, which may be accounted for from the fact that, according to his books, the largest part of pay for his goods he took in ashes, which he converted into pot and pearlash in his ashery.
* For specimens of these accounts, see Appendix.

It also appears that Richard engaged in the milling business, in company with Mr. Chileab Smith, Sr., who was the third settler in Ashfield. Their mill was the first one built in that section, and was located on Bear river, about one hundred rods north of Richard's house, and about twenty rods east of the bridge on the roadway running north toward "Baptist Corners," as the neighborhood where Mr. Smith lived was called. This grist mill was a very primitive structure, as were all similar mills in those times. The grinding stones were run by water power, but the bolting and elevating was done by hand or manual labor.

In later years this mill came into the ownership of Richard's son Lieut. John Ellis and one of the Smiths, son of Chileab Smith,* who conducted it for a number of years. It would seem that the milling business was hereditary among Richard Ellis' descendants. Besides Lieut. John, Richard's youngest son Caleb, who settled at Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, about 1795, built mills there.
* This was Chileab Smith, Jr., who was born in 1742, and died in Ashfield, in 1843.

Also Richard's grandsons (sons of Reuben), Benjamin and Richard, and Benjamin's sons, Stephen, Moses and Benjamin Jr., were millers nearly all their lives. The latter built and operated grist and saw-mills, in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, as do several of their descendants down to the present time.

About the year 1760 Richard's wife, Jane Phillips, died, and some twelve years afterwards he married Mary, widow of John Henryt of Deerfield, a town adjoining Colerain where he then lived, and had his store and ashery. Some years later, probably during the period of the Revolution, Richard returned to Ashfield, where he spent the remainder of his days with his son John and grandsons Benjamin, Richard and David Ellis (sons of Reuben), and grand-daughter Jemima Smith Annable, wife of Lieut. Edward Annable of Ashfield.
t For an account of Mrs. Henry and her family, sec Appendix, Note 4.

That Richard Ellis' father was Welsh admits of no doubt, for besides Richard's own statement to that effect most of his descendants resemble that people and some of them show marked peculiarities of the Welsh race down to the sixth generation.*
*The writer of this sketch was once asked "how long he had been over,"' by a Welshman, who said that he strongly resembled Ellises in Wales whom be knew.
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Of Richard Ellis' religious proclivities the writer knows little more than that he was an ardent Protestant, and it is fair to surmise that the ideas of religious liberty which brought the pilgrims to this country fully impressed him as a youth and extended to his manhood as well as through his entire life. Among the first settlers in Ashfield and even in the same neighborhood where Richard made a settlement, the Baptists were the first to organize their church and erect a meeting house, and from that time to the present that denomination has held a leading part in the religious sentiment of that part of the town of Ashfield. Three-fourths of a mile north of Richard's house was located the meeting house of this sect, and from that time to this that locality has been known as "Baptist Corners." The first minister located there was Rev. Ebenezer Smith, who married, in 1756, Remember, the second daughter of Richard Ellis.

Richard died Oct. 7, 1797, in his 94th year, at the house of his grandson Richard, the fourth son of Reuben Ellis. This Richard was born 1760 in Ashfield, and soon after his grandfather's death moved to the northern part of Pennsylvania, where he engaged in milling and founded the town of Ellisburg, Potter Co., where he died in 1841. His daughter Lucretia, who was born in 1806, and who is now the wife of Rev. John Stipp, a Presbyterian minister of Scio, Oregon, gives the following account of the last days of Richard Ellis, the subject of this sketch. The letter is dated Scio, May 26, 1884:

"I do not know how old my great grandfather was when he came to live with my father in Ashfield, but I have heard my father say that he was very spry and at 80 years of age could jump upon a horse from the ground as easily as a boy. He always appeared well: the night before he died he called my father, at least father thought so, but when he went to him he said he had not called him. The second time likewise he thought he heard him call, but was again mistaken but at the third time my great grandfather said. 'Well, go to bed, child, it is a token of my death, I have not called you?' He died in the morning about nine o'clock apparently without pain."

[For an account of the Ellises of the old country, as well as some in this country not related to Richard Ellis, see Appendix.]

JANE PHILLlPS, who married Richard Ellis in Easton, Mass., in 1728, was born July 1, 1709. Her parents were Capt. John Phillips and Elizabeth Drake, his wife, and her grandparents (on her father's side), were Richard and Elizabeth (Packer) Phillips of Weymouth, near Boston, and Richard was a son of Nicholas Phillips.

Jane Phillips' sister and brothers were as follows: Experience, born 1699; Samuel, 1702; Joshua, 1704; Caleb, 1707; Thomas, 1712; Richard, 1713.

It does not appear whether Jane Phillips was born in Easton or Weymouth, but more probably the latter place.

It is said that she was a good woman and devoted to her family. She died in Ashfield about 1760. The Phillips family, of which she was a member, were numerous and influential in Easton and in Ashfield. For a more full account of them see Appendix.
* In the town records of Easton and of Capt. Phillips' family, this name is written Jane, Jean and Joan.

Genealogical Record of Richard and Jane Ellis and their Descendants.

Following this Record there will be Personal Sketches of every one mentioned herein, so far as the same can be obtained. The numbers at the head of each name in the Record refer to the same number and person in the Sketches.

FIRST GENERATION.

(I.) RICHARD ELLIS Born, 1704; Died, 1797
(2.) JANE PHILLIPS " 1709; " *1760

Married in Easton, Mass., in 1728.

SECOND GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND JANE ELLIS

4. Reuben Ellis                                                        Born, 1728;               Died 1786
6. Benjamin                                                           "      1730;                   "    1730
7. Mary                                                                      "      1732;                   "     ....
9. Remember                                                           "      1735;                  " 1795
11. Jane    " 1737;                  " 1832
13. Matthew                                                             "       1739;                  " ....
15. John                                                                    "       1742;                  " 1827
17. Hannah                                                              "        1750;                  "    1839
19. Caleb                                                                 "        1754;                  "    1813

The first six of these children were born in Easton. The record is found in the handwriting of Mrs. Ellis' father (Capt. John Phillips), who was town clerk. He adds to the above the following : "John Ellis, son of Richard Ellis of Huntstown, born of his wife Jean in Deerfield." Hannah was probably born in Huntstown, (afterwards Ashfield,) as her parents resided there at that time. Caleb may have been born there, or elsewhere, as it was about this time that the French and Indian war began, when all the settlers left Huntstown, and went to the older settlements east and south for three years. See Appendix, Note I.

Names or dates with this mark (*) may not be exactly, but are very nearly, correct.

THIRD GENERATION.
(4) REUBEN ELLIS......................Born, 1728; Died, 1786
(5) MEHITABLE SCOTT..............Born, 1722; Died, 1804

Married in Sunderland, Mass., in 1749.

THEIR CHILDREN.

21. Martha Ellis.........................Born, 1750; Died, 1832
22. Benjamin ".........................." 1751; " 1834
25. Reuben "............................" 1752; " 183-
26. Jonathan "........................." 1754; " 1812
28. Submit ".............................." 1756; " 1834
29. Richard "............................" 1760; " 1841
32. David "..............................." 1763; " 1843
The first two of the above children were born in Sunderland, and the others in Ashfield.

(7) MARY ELLIS........................Born, 1732.
No report from her or her descendants, if she had any.

(9) REMEMBER ELLIS......................Born, 1735; Died, 1795
(10) Rev. EBENEZER SMITH............" 1734; " 1824

Married in Deerfield, in 1756.

THEIR CHILDREN— All born in Ashfield.

34. Irene Smith..............................Born, 1757; Died, 1834
36. Preserved " ............................." 1759;         " 1834
38. Jemima " ................................" 1761;         " 1835
40. Rhoda " .................................." 1762;         " 1837
42. Ebenezer, jr. " ........................." 1766;         " 1855
44. Obed " ...................................." 1770;        " 1828
46. Richard " ................................." 1774;        " 1800

(11) JANE ELLIS..............................Born, 1737; Died, 1832
(12) JOHN PHILLIPS........................" 1734;        " 1805

Married in Easton, Mass., about 1759.

THEIR CHILDREN—All born in Easton.

47. John Phillips, Jr.........................Born, 1761; Died, 1841
49. Molly........................................." 1763;         " 1831
51. Enos.........................................." 1765;         " ....
53. Percis (a son)..........................." 1767;         " 1829
55. Hannah...................................." 1770;         " 1856
57. Marcy......................................." 1773;         " 1832
59. Phebe......................................." 1777;         " 1863
61. Sally..........................................." 1780;         " 1862

(13) MATTHEW ELLIS.......................Born 1739.
No report from him or his descendants, if he had any.

(15) JOHN ELLIS..............................Born, 1742; Died, 1827
(16) MOLLY DIMICK........................" 1780;         " 1862

Married in Ashfield, in 1763.
THEIR CHILDREN— All born in Ashfield.

63. Hannah Ellis..............................Born, 1764; Died, 1839
65. Dimick......................................." 1766;         " 1773
66. Jane.........................................." 1769;         " 1812
68. John, Jr......................................" 1771;         " 1848
70. Edward......................................" 1773;         " 1801
72. Dimick........................................" 1776;         " 1857
75. Sylvia.........................................." 1779;         " *1831

Names or dates with this mark (*) may not be exactly, but are very nearly, correct.

(17) HANNAH ELLIS..........................Born, 1750; Died, 1839
(18) JAMES FULTON........................." 1749;         " 1834

Married in Ashfield or Colerain, Mass.
THEIR CHILDREN— All born in Colerain.

77. Robert Fulton.............................Born, 1773; Died, ....
79. James, Jr...................................." 1775;         " 1838
80. Caleb........................................." 1777;         " 1863
81. David.........................................." 1779;         " ....
83. Lucretia......................................" 1782;         " 1843
85. Daniel........................................." 1784;         " *1865
87. Elijah..........................................." 1788;         " 1829
89. Nathan......................................." 1790;         " 1844
91. Jesse..........................................." 1792;         " 1834
95. Sarah.........................................." 1797;         " 1872

19 CALEB ELLIS.................................Born, 1754; Died, 1813
(20) MARY CROUCH......................." 1757;         " 1813

Married about 1779.
THEIR CHILDREN— Born, some in Central New York and some at Ellisburg, Jefferson County, N. Y.

97. Daniel Ellis...................................Born, 1780; Died, 1862
99. Hannah......................................." 1782;         " ....
101. John.........................................." 1784;         " 1847
105. Jane.........................................." 1786;         " 1849
108. Thomas......................................" 1788;         " 1877
111. Squire........................................." 1790;         " 1813
112. James........................................" 1792;         " 1823
115. Robert........................................" 1794;         " 1863
118. Polly............................................" 1796;         " young
118. Sally............................................" 1798;         " "
118. Betsey........................................" 1800;         " "

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SECOND GENERATION.

Children of Richard and Jane Ellis and their wives and husbands.

(4.) REUBEN ELLIS, was born in Easton, Bristol Co., (formerly Plymouth Co.) Mass., Nov. 5th, 1728.

When about 11 years of age his parents moved to Deerfield, Franklin Co., (then Hampshire Co.) Mass. While his father's family were in Deerfield, his father made a location in Ashfield (at that time called Huntstown) and removed his family there about 1745. It is probable that Reuben remained in Ashfield with his father until near his majority. According to the records of the town of Sunderland, which is the first town south of Deerfield, Reuben Ellis was married to Mehitable Scott, June 4th, 1749. There in Sunderland they lived for about three years where their two eldest children, Martha and Benjamin, were born, as shown by the records of Sunderland.

About 1751 Reuben removed to Ashfield, as on the records of that town are found the names and dates of birth of all his children except the first two, his third child, Reuben, Jr., being born in Ashfield, Feb. 12th, 1752, and his youngest David in 1763. About this time Reuben purchased of his father, Richard Ellis, a lot of land known as No. 56 of the 50 acre "Rights" as the land was then divided. The deed was dated Dec. 25th, 1751. This probably is a part of the farm where Reuben lived and raised his family, and where after his death his youngest son, David Ellis, lived until 1818, when he sold out to Mr. Jesse Ranney and removed to Springfield, Erie Co., Penn.

Reuben Ellis was a man of worth and highly respected. In the French and Indian War from 1754 to 1757 he was an ensign in the Colonial service and was in several engagements. On one occasion, himself and several companions took captive a squad of French soldiers. Two of the guns taken were retained by Reuben and were in the possession of his sons, Benjamin and Jonathan, 60 years afterwards. They were old fashioned guns, but would carry a ball with great accuracy over a mile. When the Revolutionary war for American independence was opened he was too old for military service, but records in possession of his descendants show that he contributed liberally to the support of the cause. His three sons, Benjamin, Richard and David were soldiers in the Revolutionary army. He died April 21st, 1786, in the 58th year of his age. A stone in the Ellis neighborhood burying-ground* opposite where his father made tli2 first settlement, marks his grave.

*This burying-ground was nearly opposite where Richard Ellis made the first settlement in this town. (See page ii.) It was in the Ellis neighborhood and will be mentioned in this work as the "Ellis' burying-ground." In after years it was known as the Belding burying-ground from Mr. John Belding having long resided where Richard Ellis first settled. The Beldings have all left Ashfield, but the members of the extensive silk-manufacturing firm of "Belding Brothers" (grandsons of John) were raised on this farm and as they occasionally visit Ashfield, this burying-ground is kept in order mainly at their expense.

Reuben's residence was built upon the rise of ground about 60 to 80 rods south-west of the large house which now stands on that farm near the main roadway. This house like all houses in those early times, was built of logs. The remains of the cellar and the stone chimney were visible as late as 1840, when the writer, a small boy, visited that locality. It is said that up to the present time some relics of the old orchard, which was near the house, are to be seen.

Reuben's farm was considered one of the best in this part of Ashfield, and he displayed good judgment in erecting his house on a pleasant elevation of ground. Its healthfulness was evident from the vigor and longevity of his wife and children.

His farm comprised much more than the original 50 acre Right which he purchased of his father. In 1818 Mr. Jesse Ranney, father of Mrs. Hannah Ranney Ellis (240), purchased this farm of David Ellis (32). About 1790, David Ellis and his brother Jonathan (26) built the large two story square house which yet stands on the northerly roadway from Conway to Ashfield Plain. It is said that the brick used in the construction of the chimney, arches, oven and fire places, would be sufficient to build an entire house on the modern plan.

Here Mr. Ranney raised his family of ten children. He died in 1857. His son, Charles Ranney, succeeded to the farm, which he sold to Mr. John Mann, about 1860. Mr. Mann now owns and resides on this farm,

(5.) MEHITABLE SCOTT, wife of Reuben Ellis, was born in Sunderland, May 3rd, 1722, and died in Ashfield, Dec. 2nd, 1804, in the 83d year of her age. Her parents, Richard and Elizabeth Scott, were among the early settlers in Sunderland. She was said to have been a good and christian woman. It is probable that both she and her husband Reuben were members of the Baptist church. She was burried beside her husband in the Ellis neighborhood burying ground. Sketches ot their children and families may be found from Nos. 21 to 32.

(6.) BENJAMIN ELLIS, second child of Richard Ellis, was born in Easton, Mass., Sept. 26th, 1730, and died Nov. 17th of the same year.

(7.) MARY ELLIS, third child of Richard Ellis, was born in Easton, March 28th, 1732. Of her descendants the writer gets no trace. It is most likely that she married in the eastern part of Mass., and was but little known to the Ashfield relatives. That she lived to mature years, is quite evident from a letter written in 1850 by Aaron Smith of Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., whose grandmother was Remember Ellis, (9) a daughter of Richard. Aaron Smith was born in Ashfield in 1792. and in the letter above referred to says: "Richard Ellis had eight children, four of whom John, Jane, Hannah and Remember I have seen."

(9.) REMEMBER ELLIS SMITH, fourth child of Richard was born in Easton, May 1st, 1735. She was about ten years of age when her father settled with his family in Ashfield, where she lived the rest of her life. July 1st, 1756, she was married to Elder Ebenezer Smith, a son of Mr. Chileab Smith, Sr., the third settler in Ashfield. The following account of their marriage, found in the records of the Smith family, has been sent to the writer. "There being no minister or magistrate at Ashfield at the time, on the wedding day the groom took the bride behind him on horseback and guided by marked trees rode from Ashfield to Deerfield to have the ceremony performed. His father Chileab Smith went before them on another horse with his gun to guard them from the Indians. She was reported in the family as a person of uncommon worth."

She died at Ashfield, Sept. 15, 1795, aged 60 years. She had seven children. Her husband

(10.) ELDER EBENEZER SMITH, was born in South Hadley, Mass., Oct. 4th, 1734, and died in Stockton, N. Y., July 6th, 1824. He was a Baptist minister, began to preach when 19 years of age, and was ordained Aug. 20th, 1761.

When a young man he served in the army in the French and Indian War, and assisted in building a fort around his father's house, which was a resort of the neighborhood against the Indians for about three years. After the death of Remember Ellis, his first wife, in 1795, Elder Smith married Lucy Shepardson, June 15th, 1796. She died Oct. 5th, 1808, aged 68 years. Jan. 5th, 1809, he married Esther Harvey, and she died Oct. 14th, 1814, aged 78.

Elder Smith was a pure and noble man and was held in high esteem by all who knew him, and he was extensively known throughout New England and New York. Elder Supply Chase, of Detroit, Mich., a Baptist minister now over 86 years of age, says: " Elder Ebenezer Smith's is one of the sanctified names in the Baptist denomination." Both he and his father, Chileab Smith, were pioneers in the Baptist faith in western Mass. The persecution they suffered on account of their religious belief was almost incredible. This extended over a course of about ten years and required them to make repeated journeys to the General Court at Boston for redress of their grievances. Their orchards were torn up and lands sold to pay tithes for the support of other churches than their own. Warrants for their arrest on fictitious charges were issued, but in each instance they were completely vindicated. A year before his death Elder Smith wrote quite a full account of his ministry and trials, extracts from which may be found in the Appendix.

Elder Ebenezer Smith was a son of Chileab Smith, Sr., who was born in South Hadley, Mass., in 1708, and he, Chileab, was a son of Preserved Smith, who was born in 1679,who was a son of Preserved Smith, born Jan. 27th, 1637, and the latter was a son of Rev. Henry Smith, of Wethersfield, Conn., who emigrated from England in 1636. In crossing the ocean they encountered such violent storms that all hopes of their reaching land was lost. However they were providentially preserved, and having a son born on the voyage, they gave him the name of Preserved, which has been a frequent name in the Smith family in every generation since.

Mr. Chileab Smith, Sr., was a very positive character, and the most noted man in Ashfield's history. On account of a schism in the church at Weathersfield, Conn., a large portion of the congregation removed to Hadley, Mass. Years afterwards another schism took place at Hadley, when Chileab moved to Ashfield in 1750 — then called Huntstown. At the age of 80 years he was ordained a Baptist minister by his sons Elders Ebenezer and Enos Smith. At the age of 85 he married his second wife. He died in Ashfield in 1800, aged 92 years. His first wife, and mother of his children, was Sarah Moody. One of his sons, Chileab, Jr., was born in Hadley in 1742, and died in Ashfield in 1843, aged 100 years and seven months.

Elder Ebenezer Smith was a minister of the gospel 72 years, and preached 10,920 sermons, and rode one horse over 25,000 miles. He preached in Ashfield nearly 40 years. When 76 years of age he made a visit to Cayuga County, N. Y., where several of his children had settled. He made the trip on horseback and was gone 120 days, and preached as many sermons as he was day's gone. At Throopsville, Cayuga Co., N. Y., he preached to the settlers there in the hollow of a large buttonwood tree* which held an audience of 32 persons. From this as a beginning the Baptist church there was founded.

His last sermon in Ashfield was "delivered May 22, 1815, before a large assembly." He was then in his 81st year. The sermon was printed and reads like a good, old-fashioned, strictly orthodox discourse. The next year he removed to Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where his son Ebenezer, Jr., had settled in 1815. Every Sabbath thereafter, until his death, he rode his horse to, the place of worship. He died at the house of his son Ebenezer, Jr., July 6th, 1824, aged 89 years, 9 months, and two days, in the full vigor of his mental powers, and as full of honors as of years. While he deplored his lack of educational privileges in his youth, he knew the advantages of early education and his eldest son. Preserved, and youngest son, Richard, went to Brown University, where they graduated. He raised seven children, and a year before his death estimated his posterity then living at 100 souls. Personally Elder Smith was about five feet eight inches tall, thick set and dark complexioned. For an account of his children and their descendants, see Nos. 34 to 46. For a more full account of the Smiths of Ashfield, see Appendix.

*I was at the tree in 1813. There was a door on one side.

— Letter from Aaron Smith, 1850.

(11.) JANE ELLIS PHILLIPS, third daughter of Richard Ellis, was born in Easton, Nov. 11th, 1737. She probably was married in Easton, as all her eight children were born there. In after years several of her children settled in Windham Co., Vermont. After the death of her husband, in 1805, she lived in Newfane, Vt., many vears. At the time of her death she was living with her son, John Phillips, Jr., in Marlboro, Vt., which is about 25 miles north of Ashfield, Mass. One of her grandsons, James Charter, of Williamsville, Vt., now 77 years of age, writes "I was well acquainted with her. She was a very devoted Christian of the Baptist denomination." She lived to the age of 95 years. She was very smart and could walk a mile up to a week of her death. She was of medium height and weight, light complexion and blue eyes. For an account of her children see Nos. 47 to 61. Her husband

(12.) JOHN PHILLIPS, was born in Easton, May 21st, 1734. He died Feb. 14th, 1805. He was a son of Samuel Phillips, who was born in Easton in 1702,and a grandson of Capt. John Phillips of Easton. Whether he died in Easton or in Vermont does not appear. For a more full account of the Phillipses of Ashfield and Easton, see Appendix.

(13.). MATTHEW ELLIS, sixth child of Richard Ellis, was born in Easton, Dec. 19th, 1739. He was about two or three years of age when his father moved to Deerfield and but seven or eight when he settled in Ashfield. From no account which the writer can obtain does it appear with certainty what became of Matthew or where he settled. It is known that after the death of his mother in Ashfield (then Huntstown) his father removed to Colerain, in the same county, about 15 miles north-easterly from Ashfield. He took with him his two youngest children, Hannah and Caleb. That Matthew also went with them, or was there for a time, is evident from a charge found in his father's account book, under the date of Nov., 1768, in acct. with "William Clark, the First: * To stoneing your well 15 shillings. To Matthew one day at ye well 6 shillings and sixpence."
* "Richard Ellis lived near Mr. Clark's. My father bought the farm of Wm. Clark. I have been many times to the well spoken of. I was born here in 1812. My father, grandfather and great grandfather have lived here since the first settlement of the town. There are no Fultons or Ellises here now." — Letter from Hugh B. Miller, Colerain, June, 1885.

It is probable that Matthew Ellis was not married at this time, although he was 28 years of age, for no trace of him or his descendants are found in Colerain. Circulars of inquiry have been quite extensively sent throughout the States, from which the following response has been received from Indiana. Whether the writer is one of the descendants of Matthew Ellis of Ashfield, has not as yet been decided but it seems probable that such is the case. Further inquiry will be made, the result of which will have to be deferred to the Appendix, as it is too late for this part of the book:

Jackson, Tipton Co., Ind., Dec. 16th, 1885.

Dear Sir: — I have before me a circular handed to my .son, W. D. Ellis, making inquiries about the descendants of Richard Ellis, of Ashfield, Mass. My father's name was Eliphalet and his father was Matthew Ellis, who was, I think a son of Richard Ellis of Ashfield. My father Eliphalet was born in 1787, and settled in Indiana, about the year 1822, and died in 1844. I have heard him speak of Ellisburg, and of his brothers Enos, Seth and Levi, and sisters Ann and Sarah, but I do not know where they lived. His children were George, born 1815, Ann, 1817, William, 1819, Enos, 1S21, David, 1823, Matthew, 1830, Reuben (myself) 1834, Levi, 1836, and Sally, 1838.

My father, Eliphalet Ellis, was in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Sackett's Harbor. I think he was born in New York or Vermont. My older brothers are all dead and I have no knowledge of any more distant relatives. I will make inquiries and let you know if I learn anything further.

Yours &c., REUBEN ELLLS.

To Dr. E. R. Ellis, Detroit, Mich.
Note. — My aunt, Sarah Kulton Franklin [95]. of (luilford, Vt., used to say that: ''Levi Ellis and one they called "Liph" Ellis [most likely Eliphalet,] were in the battle of Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson Co.. N. V. [.May 29, 1813.] 'Liph' was then living in or near Carthage, Jefferson Co., N. Y." — Letter from Robert Fulton, Green River, Vt., April, 1886.

Jabez Franklin, of Guilford, Vt., now 90 years of age, who married Sarah Fulton, of Colerain, a grand-daughter of Richard Ellis, says that "some of the Ellises moved into Vermont, but he has lost the run of them." If these were related to Richard Ellis they must have been descendants of Matthew, as all the other Ellis families are accounted for.

(15). LIEUT. JOHN ELLIS, seventh child of Richard Ellis, was born in Deerfield, Mass., Jan. 23rd, 1742, and died in Ashlield, Aug. 17th, 1827, aged 85 years.

He said his father moved from Deerfield to Ashfield when he was three years old. July 19th, 1763 (records of Ashfield) he married Mary* Dimick. About this date he bought the farm 100 rods west of the corners where his father first settled. He built a log house about 15 rods west of where the present farmhouse now stands, in which all his family were raised. Remains of this log house were visible up to 40 years ago. About 1795 the present house was built, in which he resided until his death.t He was a man of quite large business capacity for his time. Besides farming he engaged in the milling business. On Bear river, which runs through the north part of his farm, he had a saw mill, and lower down the stream, about 20 rods below the roadway bridge, was the old grist mill erected by his father and the Smiths, which was later — about the time of the Revolutionary war — in his charge. He was one of the first to declare for the Independence of the Colonies and to take up arms in behalf of the cause. At this day we can hardly appreciate the moral heroism required of the Colonists to break away from and resort to arms against the mother country. At first many of the old and influential residents of Ashfield were opposed to the rebellion, as they called it. Families were divided and near and dear relatives opposed each other in the early part of the conflict. Some of the most noted and outspoken tories in Ashfield had sons who had already gone to the front in the patriot army, and had laid down their lives in its service.
*This name is also written Molly and Polly in various instances among the early generations.
t Mr. Charles Rogers now owns and resides on this farm. In the rear of the house stands an apple-tree ten feet and six inches in circumference, six feet above the ground. This tree, some years, produces 75 bushels of apples, and Mr. Lewis Ellis of Belding, Mich., who was born on this place in 1811, says that in the early years of his recollection it had been known to grow 150 bushels annually. It may be said that the hill-sides of that mountainous region were famous for growing fruit, principally apples.

Lieut. John Ellis was commissioned an officer in the war of the Revolution and did service during the whole conflict. He was in several engagements in Eastern New York about Saratoga and Lakes George and Champlain. From 1777 to 1780 he was, a portion of the time, detailed for home duty in raising recruits and provisions to carry on the war. In the Appendix will be found some interesting accounts left by him, bearing on this subject. He was said to have been a man of good judgment and large influence, which he exerted most judiciously in the support of the cause of independence. He understood and acted upon the highest principles of liberty. At various times irresponsible but over-zealous patriots proposed violence toward some of the leading tories. Lieut. Ellis condemned this vigorously and declared that every man's liberty was sacred so long as he committed no overt acts of hostility to the cause of independence. About 1800 he visited Central New York, where he bought tracts of land on which two of his sons settled. About this time there was quite an emigration from Ashfield, many of the residents seeking new homes in Cayuga and Onondaga Counties, N. Y. Among these were several of the Ellises, Annables, Bartletts, Phillipses and others from the Ellis neighborhood in Ashfield. Of these mention will be made in other parts of this work. Lieut. John Ellis in personal appearance was rather short in stature, thick set and of a hardy and vigorous constitution. He was a Methodist in religious belief and a class leader, so called, among the members. Headstones in the Ellis burying ground mark the graves of himself and wife. For sketches of his children, see Nos. 63 to 75.

(16). MOLLY DIMICK,* wife of Lieut. John Ellis, of Ashfield, was born in Barnstable, Mass., Dec. 6th, 1838, and died in Ashfield, Sept. 8th, 1827. At what time she came to Ashfield does not appear, but probably about a year before her marriage, for her brother-in-law, Samuel Annable, Jr., who married her older sister Desiah, settled in Ashfield about 1762. It is probable that Molly or Mary Dimick came at the same time. She was from "the Cape," as Barnstable Co. was called. Old letters from relatives there indicate that she had brothers, Edward, Charles, and Constant Dimick in or near Barnstable, and an older sister, who married an Agry, who lived in Hollowell, Maine. Mrs. Ellis was a very devoted mother, a respected and beloved neighbor, and a sincere Christian woman.
* The name Dimick is found in old writings, Dimock, Dimmick and Dymock. Elder Thomas Dymock was early identified with the history of Barnstable. He died in 1658 leaving several children. He was probably the ancestor of all the Dimicks of the Cape. A further account of them will be found in the Appendix.

(17). HANNAH ELLIS FULTON, eighth child of Richard Ellis, was born Oct. 13th, 1750, and died in Guilford, Vt., in 1839. After the death of her mother in Ashfield her father removed to Colerain.t She went with him and her youngest brother Caleb. She was then about 15 years of age and was her father's housekeeper until her marriage in 1772 to James Fulton, of Colerain. They lived in the north-east part of the town, where they raised a family of ten children. She lived here until the death of her husband, when she went to her daughter, Sarah (95) in Guilford, Vt. She was rather short, weight 160 lbs., and of fair complexion. For an account of her children, see Nos. 77 to 95. Her huband,
t This town probably received its name from Colerain, Antrim Co., in the extreme north of Ireland, from whence some of its earliest settlers emigrated.

(18). JAMES FULTON, was born May 24th, 1749, and died in Colerain, March 20th, 1834. He was a son of Robert Fulton, who was one of the first settlers of the town. In early times the Fultons were numerous and influential in Colerain. They lived in the north-east part of the town. In Richard Ellis' account book are found the names of William, John. Robert and Sarah Fulton, residents there previous to the Revolution. James Fulton was a farmer, as were nearly all the residents of Colerain at that time and up to the present. He was tall and large, weight about 200 lbs., blue eyes, fair complexion, and curly hair, which he wore long done up in a cue, the Continental style.

(19.) CALEB ELLIS, ninth and youngest child of Richard Ellis, was born August 16th, 1754, and died in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y., in March, 1813.

It is not probable that he was born in Ashfield, for at the time of his birth the settlers of that town had gone to the older settlements, to avoid the Indians during the period of the French and Indian war. However this may be, it is evident that he was with his father in Colerain early in life, and on the 24th of Jan., 1777, at which date his name is found in his father's books. He was then 22 years of age. He early joined the Revolutionary army, in which he served several campaigns. He was under Generals Gates and Ethan Allen at Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga, and when Burgoyne surrendered. He served through most of the Revolutionary war. About 1779 he married Mary Crouch and, it is said, lived for some time in Vermont. He next moved to Oneida Co., N.Y., near Litchfield, and in 1795 he settled permanently in Jefferson Co., N. Y., at a place which was named after him, Ellisburg. Here he purchased 500 acres of land and built a grist mill. This was his home until his death in 1813. He probably learned the milling business with his father. It is evident that he was a man of industry, courage, and perseverance, for it requires all these qualities to succeed in so wild and remote a region as Jefferson County was when he settled there. Here he raised his family of eleven children, and quite a number of his descendants now reside there and at Belleville, in the same county. (See Nos. 97 to 118).

(20.) MARY CROUCH, wife of Caleb Ellis of Ellisburg, N. Y., was born Aug. 4th, 1757. Where she was born or where married does not appear from any records found. She died in Ellisburg, N.Y., in April, 1813. She and her husband are said to have been members of the Methodist church.

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(13.) MATTHEW ELLIS, third son and sixth child of Richard Ellis, of Ashfield, was born in Easton, Mass., Dec. 19th, 1739. When the earlier pages of this book were printed but very little trace of him, and none of his descendants, had been found. (See pages 17 and 74.) Diligent inquiry since then has enabled the writer to give herewith some account of him and his posterity. His name and date of birth is found, with that of Richard Ellis' other children, in Easton. In the early records of Huntstown (now Ashfield), where Richard Ellis settled in about 1742, Matthew's name is found in several places. When Richard left Huntstown, and settled in Colerain, Mass., about 1764, Matthew went with him, and according to later reports remained there until his death, about the year 1800. About 1775 Matthew Ellis married Miss Hannah Clark, of Colerain. (Her name is given as Hannah and Anna Clark.)

As to Miss Clark's parentage, or to which family of Clarks she belonged, does not now appear. She may have been a daughter of the William Clark mentioned on page 75. The Clarks were numerous in Colerain.

As stated on page 13, Richard Ellis kept a country store in Colerain from 1764 to about the close of the Revolutionary War. In his account book the writer finds the names of Clarks as follows, under dates from 1765 to 1768 : William Clark the First, William Clark the Second, James Clark, George Clark, John Clark, Alexander Clark, all of Colerain; Samuel Clark, John Clark and James Clark, Jr., of Halifax, and Alexander Clark, of Deerfield. (Halifax is in Vermont, and is the first town on the north of Colerain. Deerfield is about ten miles southeast from Colerain.)

In Richard Ellis' account book is found these charges: "Jan., 1773. — Wiliiam Clark, Dr., to cutting rail-cuts by Matthew, 155." "May, 1769. — John Stewart, Cr., by paid Matthew, £1 : 155."

Matthew Ellis had ten children — seven sons and three daughters, as follows : Jane, Noah, Seth, Levi, Lurena, Enos, Eliphalet, Reuben, Sally and David, all born in Colerain. The youngest, David, was born in 1798. When he was about two years of age his father died. Soon after his mother, Matthew's widow, married a Mr. Haskell, and removed with her children to Keene, N. H., about forty miles northeasterly from Colerain. Some years later she removed to Thetford, Vt., which is near the Connecticut river and about ninety miles north of Colerain. As her children grew up they scattered to various parts of the country, except Noah and Seth, who settled on farms in Thetford, where they raised families and lived to old age.

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The first regular church formed in the town was of the Baptist denomination. It was constituted July, 1761, consisting of nine members. In the following August Rev. Ebenezer Smith, the eldest son of Chileab Smith, was ordained its pastor.

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NOTE II.*

In the traditions of the Annable family, (Lieut. Edward Annable's wife, Jemima Smith, was a granddaughter of Richard Ellis. See No. 38, page 92,) it was related of Richard Ellis, of Ashfield, "that his parents were Welsh, his father being an officer under Cromwell, who overturned the English government, which at that time was strongly Catholic. After the downfall of Cromwell many of his adherents had to leave the country, among whom was Officer Ellis, who fled to Ireland, where the son Richard was born."
*See page 10.

It is hardly probable that such was the fact, so far as Richard's father being an officer under Cromwell.

Oliver Cromwell, one of the most noted personages in English history, was the son of a country gentleman, and was born in 1599. He was a strict Puritan, a sect or class of people who desired a wide departure from both the English and Roman Catholic churches. Charles I. was on the English throne from 1625 to 1649, and he attempted to crush the Puritans. This created civil war. Cromwell was a leader against Charles, and when the latter was dethroned and beheaded, in 1649, Cromwell was elected head of the government under the title of Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. Charles II., Prince of Wales, was the rightful heir to the crown, but did not succeed in establishing his cause until 1660, after Cromwell's death. The latter died in 1658, when his son, Richard Cromwell, was at the head of the Commonwealth about one year, when he abdicated.

Charles II. was then crowned and reigned until 1685. He died without heirs, when his brother, James II., was crowned, and reigned until 1685.
James was a thorough Catholic, and through religious dissensions he was overthrown, and William of Orange, a Holland Prince, was invited to the English throne. Prince William was a leading Protestant, and he had married, in 1688, Mary, eldest daughter of King James II., just dethroned. They were jointly crowned, as William and Mary, in 1689. Very soon thereafter war arose between England and France, on account of the King of France, Louis XIV., espousing the cause of James II. of England. This was called King William's war, mentioned on page 277. The conflict extended to the American Colonies, and led to the expedition against the Canadas by those who were afterwards granted rights of land in Ashfield. In 1694 Mary died, and William was sole monarch of England. During the last quarter of the seventeenth century was the bloodiest era in English history. Protestants and Catholics were in constant strife. King William had many conflicts with James II. and his supporters, who were trying to recover the throne. James was driven into Ireland, whence he and many of his followers fled to France and never returned. Celebrated among their battles were Boyne and Aughrim, William died in 1702, and, as he had no heirs, Anne, sister of Mary and daughter of James II., became Queen.

In 1692 William and his army followed James into Ireland, and it is more reasonable to believe that Officer Ellis (Richard's father) was connected with him than that he was a soldier under Cromwell, whose career ended nearly forty years before.

The account of Richard Ellis' boyhood, as given by Rev. Mr. Shepard, in his Sketches of Ashfield (see page 278), does not differ materially from that above, nor that on page 10, which the writer derived from those closely related to Richard, and which may be taken as very nearly, if not exactly, the true account of him. While he was born in Dublin, there is no doubt that his father was Welsh.

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LAND SOLD BY RICHARD ELLIS, 1751.

No. 1. — Warranty deed by which Richard Ellis conveyed fifty acres of land in Ashfield to his eldest son, Reuben, in 1751. The same being the 56th lot or "Right."

Know all men by these Presents, that I, Richard Ellis, of Hunts Town, so Call'd, in ye County of Hampshire, in his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, for and in consideration of Twenty pounds Lawful money, To me in hand before Sealing and Delivering hereof, well and truly Paid by Reuben Ellis of Sunderland in ye County and Province aforesaid, the Rec't w'rof I do hereby acknowledge. Have Given, Granted, Bargained, Sold and Confirmed, and by these Presents Do Give, Grant, Bargain, Sell, make over and Confirm unto him the s'd Reuben Ellis, his Heirs and Assigns, A Certain Lot of Land Lying and Being in ye Township of Hunts Town Afore S'd, and is the fifty-sixth Lot in Number known by the name of fifty acre Rights: To Have and To Hold the s'd Granted and Bargained premises with the Privileges and Appurtenances Including, but Half of the after Draughts belonging or may hereafter be drawn upon S'd Lot and No more: and he the S'd Reuben Ellis Doth by these Presents Promise to pay to his Brethren when they come of age the Sum of Thirteen pound Six Shillings and Eight pence of Lawful money in Dollars* at Six Shillings apiece: and I the said Richard Ellis, for my Self, my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, Do
hereby Promise and Covenant all and Every the S'd Granted and Bargained premises unto him ye S'd Reuben Ellis his Heirs, Executors and Administrators Against the Lawful Claims and Demands of any Person or Persons Whatsoever for Ever hereafter to Warrant and Defend.

In Witness Wr of— I the S'd Richard Ellis have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this Twenty-tifth Day of Decem'r, Anno Dom. 1751, and in ye Twenty-fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the faith, &c.

RICHARD ELLIS, [seal.]

Signed, Sealed and Delivered
          in Presence of us,
                Isaac Hubbard,
              *Simeon Scott.
Hampshire, ss., April ye 27, 17(52. Taen Richard Ellis appeared and acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free act and deed.

ELIJAH WILLIAMS,

Justice of the Peace.

Hampsh'r, ss.

Springfield, May 14, 1765.

Rec'd and Recorded in Libr. 6, folio 3. and Examin'd,

Per EDW'D PYNCHON, Reg'r.

*The Dollar was originally a German coin, which is said to have been first coined at a town called Dale.
*This Simeon Scott was probably Reuben Ellis' brother-in-law.

LAND BOUGHT BY RICHARD ELLIS, 1753.

No. 2. — To All People to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting: Know ye that I Joseph Melton of Hull in the County of Suffolk in New England, yeoman, For and in Consideration of the sum of five pounds to him in hand before the ensealing hereof, well and truly paid by Richard Ellis of Huntstown in ye County of Hampshire and Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith fully satisfied and contented, and thereof and of every part and parcel thereof, have given, granted, sold, conveyed and confirmed unto him the said Richard Ellis, his heirs and assigns forever, one single lot of land, excluding all other lands, lying and being in the Township of Huntstown in the County of Hampshire in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay aforesaid, being Number Seven containing fifty acres be it more or less, it being a house lot and no other lands or Rights but that only. * * * In witness hereof I now set my hand and seal ye first day of March in the year 1753 and in the twenty-sixth year of his Majesty's Reign George the Second.

JOSEPH MELTON.

Caleb Loring,
Joseph Melton, Jr.,
Witnesses.
No. 3. — December 6th, 1782, Reuben Ellis deeded to John Ellis 50 acres, being the north half of lot No. 53, in the third division of house lot No. 9.
No. 4. — October 27th, 1790, Nathaniel Beale, of Braintree, sold to John Ellis and Edward Annable, lot No. 12, in the second division, containing 100 acres by estimate, bounded south by George Ranney, northerly by Seth Waite and John Sherwin. Consideration, 200 pounds.
No. 5.— January 25th, 1798, Barnabas A unable sold to John Ellis about seven acres of Land, being a part of lots Nos. 12 and 13, lying on the north side of highway, by which it is bounded, the north side of the same piece of land is the land of Philip Phillips and John Ellis' bounds, excepting the dwelling-house now on it, which I engage to move off. Consideration, $200.
April 23d, 1763, Nathaniel Gunn, and Hannah Gunn, his wife, sold to John Ellis fifty acres. [This was probably the old Ellis homestead, where John, Jr., Edward and Dimick were born.]

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LATER YEARS OF RICHARD ELLIS' LIFE.

About the close of the Revolution Richard Ellis returned from Colerain to Ashfield, where he lived the balance of his days, with his son, Lieut. John Ellis, and his grandchildren. The latter consisted of Richard and David Ellis (sons of Reuben), aud Jemima Smith Annable, wife of Lieut. Edward Annable. Jemima was a daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Smith and his wife, Remember Ellis (Richard's daughter. See page 71).

It is probable that Richard's ashery and mercantile business in Colerain had not proven a success; at least, not sufficient to have given him a competency for the remaining years of his life. The disorder and instability of all business pursuits, consequent upon the prolonged war for independence, would account for this. Hence his return to his children and grandchildren in Ashfield, to pass his remaining years in quietude with them.

It is apparent that they formed an agreement among themselves to provide for him a home, and at the same time leave him in perfect freedom to pass his time among them or others, and come and go at his pleasure. According to this agreement each one rendered his account at stated times and was allowed by the others due compensation therefor. They associated together under the name of "The Brethren," evidence of which is found among their accounts of the time, one of which is as follows:
                                                                                                                                                     £    s. d.
July ye 6, 1790.           The Brethren Dr. to keeping Father Ellis four weeks.........................*1 : 4 : 0
Oct. 2,        "                To 4 weeks' and 2 days' keeping.......................................................*1 : 5 : 6
Feb. 26, 1791.              " 8 weeks' keeping by Edward Annable............................................2 : 8 : 0
Aug. 10,     "                 " 8   "           "..........................................................................................*2 : 8 : 0
Jan. 2, 1792.                " 8   "           " by David Ellis....................................................................2 : 8 : 0
Jan. 27,      "                 " 8   "          board.................................................................................*2: 8 : 0
Oct. 13,      "                 " 8   "              "      by Richard Ellis.........................................................1 : 16 : 0
Apr. 3,1793.                  " 8   "              "......................................................................................*2 : 8 : 0
Sept. 25,   "                   " 8    "             " by Richard Ellis.............................................................
Mar. 5,1794.                 " 8    "             " by David Ellis................................................................
                                      " Squire Phillips, for charges................................................................t0 : 12 : 0

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LIEUT. JOHN ELLIS, OF ASHFIELD.

Commission of John Ellis (son of Richard), of Ashfield, as a Second Lieut. in the Revolutionary Army:
Colony or the }
Massachusetts Bay. }

The Major Part of the Council in the Massachusetts Bay in New England,
To John Allis,* Gentleman, Greeting:

You being appointed Second Lieutenant of the Sixth Company, whereof Benjamin Phillips is Captain, in the Fifth Resiment of Militia, in the County of Hampshire, whereof David Field, Esq., is Colonel, By Virtue of the Power vested in us, We do by these Presents (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct) Commission you accordingly. You are therefore carefully and dilligently to discharge the Duty of a second Lieut, in leading, ordering and exercising said company in Arms, both inferior officers and soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their second Lieut, and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from the major part of the Council and your Superior Officers.

Given under our Hands and Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown,

the Third day of May, in the year of our Lord 1776.

By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.

JOHN LOWELL, Dep'y Sec'y.

[seal.] James Otis, W. Spooner, Caleb Cushing. J. Winthrop, B. Chadbourn, T. Cashing, John Whitcomb, James Prescott, D. Taylor, S. Hatten, Jabez Fisher, B. White, Moses Gill.
*This name was a clerical error, afterwards corrected.

Lieut. John Ellis was, a portion of the time during the Revolution, on duty in Ashfield, where he was assigned to service ordered by the General Court, in session in Boston. Among his papers is a memorandum as follows:
"Fines collected agreeable to an order of Court of Aug. 15th, 1777:"
                                   £
Ashei Amsden          15
Eli Colton                   15
Jedediah Sprague   15
Lieut. P. Phillips          15
Seth Waite                15
Reuben Ellis               15
Thomas Phillips          15
Joseph R. Paine        15
Ebenezer Belding     15
Daniel Belding          15
John Sherwin             15
Jeremiah Waite        15
Moses Smith               15
Samuel Belding         15
Dea. Isaac Shepard 15
David Alden              15

"Fines paid agreeable to an order of Court of June 10th, 1778:"
                                     £
John Belding              10
Oliver Cook                10
Samuel Cranston       10
Lieut. Philip Phillips      10
Isaac Shepard            10
Philip Matigan            10
Abner Phillips              10
Daniel Bacon             10
Abel Smith                  10
Vespatian Phillips       10
Johnson Pelton          10
Silas Lilly                      10
John Ames                 10
Samuel Truesdel        10
Abel Cook                 10
Josiah Cook               10
Samuel Batchelder   10
Samuel Belding         10
Seth Waite                 10
Jesse Edson               10

"Fines paid agreeable to an order of Court of June 20th, 1778:"
                                     £
Samuel Belding          20
Ebenezer Belding, jr   20
David Alden, jr           20
John H. Blackmer      20
Ashel Amsden           20
Chileab Smith            20

"Fines paid agreeable to an order of ("ourt June 5th, 1780:''
                                     £
Johnson Pelton          150
Seth Waite                 150

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PARTIAL LIST OF VOTERS IN 1798.
In the records of Ashfield for 1798 the list of voters is given. In this list of names are the following (there being then a property qualification, this list does not include the names of all the men of the proper age for voting): ...Chipman Smith, David, Chileab, Jr., Chileab, 3d, Jeduthan, Elijah, Martin, Abner, Jonathan and Ebenezer Smith, Jr.;...

Source: Ellis, Erastus Ranney, Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the first settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his descendants, Detroit, MI: W. Graham, 1888.

Bolton's Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775

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HENRY, John, of Colraine, Mass.; from Ireland ? before 1750; brother of Hugh Henry, q.v.; m. MaryMcCrellis from Ireland; m. 1. ----- Foster, 2. ----- Workman, 3. John Henry, 4. Richard Ellis, d. May 11 1802, aet. 96; Children: William, James, John, Andrew; d. cir. 1750.--McClellan's Colraine, p. 74.

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WORKMAN, John, of Colraine, Mass.; from Ireland, before 1750; son of Mary (McCrillis) (Foster) (Workman) (Henry) Ellis; m. Phoebe Stewart, daughter of James Stewart.--McClellan's Colraine, p. 75.

Source: Bolton, Ethel Stanwood, Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775, originally published Salem, MA, 1931, reprint Westminter, MD: Heritage Books, 2007.

Henry Genealogy

JOHN McCRILLIS.

John¹ McCrillis and Margaret Burnside were married in Londonderry, Ireland, and had a family of at least seven children, all born there: —
i. John² McCrillis, m. Margaret Harvey; d. in 1759, aged 59.
ii. William McCrillis, m. Jean Kelsey.
iii. Martha McCrillis, m. Capt. Hugh Morrison.
iv. Esther McCrillis, m. (1) Archibald Pennill; m. (2) Dea. Andrew Lucas,
v. Margaret McCrillis, m. Ebenezer Wells of Greenfield.
vi. Mary McCrillis, m. JOHN HENRY.
vii. Jean McCrillis, m. Henry, and was living in Ireland in 1752.

After the death of his wife, Margaret, John McCrillis came to America bringing with him at least five children, leaving Mary and Jean behind. They sailed from Port Rush, Ireland, Aug. 7, 1726, arriving in Boston, Oct. 8. They settled in Nottingham, N. H.

JOHN HENRY

John¹ Henry married (1) ----- McCulloch. She died about 1732, and he married (2) Mary* McCrillis, who had been married twice before. When quite young she married -----Foster, and had a daughter, Margaret Foster (who married in May, 1751, Lieut. Ezekiel Foster of Deerfield, born Lebanon, Conn., 1727). Her husband dying, she married William Workman and had a son, John Workman (who married Phebe Stewart, sister of James Stewart, Jr.). Being again left a widow she married John Henry. They had two children born to them in Ireland, William in 1734, and Martha in 1737. In 1738, with their five children, John Henry, Jr., Margaret Foster, John Workman, William and Martha Henry, they came to Colrain, Mass., and bought a fifty acre lot in the first division on the North River. The will of John Henry was dated Sept. 11, 1754, and was presented for probate, Sept. 9, 1755. The witnesses were Thomas McGee, Hugh Bolton, and Robert Wilson. The widow, Mary, married for her fourth husband, Richard Ellis, born in Ireland, Aug. 16, 1704, whom she outlived. She spent her last days with her youngest son, Andrew Henry, in Leyden, Mass., and died there, May 11, 1802, in her 97th year. ...

Source: Eldridge, William Henry, Henry Genealogy: The Descendants of Samuel Henry of Hadley and Amherst, Mass., 1734-1790 and Lurana (Cady) Henry, His Wife, Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1915, pgs. 92-93.

The Early Settlers of Colrain, Mass.

The wife of John Henry was a remarkable woman, and had a most remarkable career. In her early life in Ireland, she married ( — ) Foster, by whom she had one child, a daughter, whom she named Margaret. Being left a widow she than married ( — ) Workman, by whom she had a son, John. Again left a widow, she emigrated with her two children to America, where she married Henry, by whom as I have said, she had five children. After his death she became the wife of Richard Ellis, who lived at onetime on lot No. 10, and who afterward removed, I think to Ashfield. She outlived her fourth husband, spending her last days with her son Andrew Henry, in Leyden, and died there May 11, 1802, in the ninety-seventh year of her age. Her son John Workman, married Phoebe Stewart, sister of James Stewart, Jr., and settled on the farm where Mr. Ariel Hinsdale now lives.

Source: McClellan, Charles H., The Early Settlers of Colrain, Mass., Greenfield, MA: W.S. Carson, 1885, p. 75.

1790 Federal Census

Name:    James Fulton
Home in 1790 (City, County, State):    Colrain, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:    6
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:    2
Free White Persons - Females:    2
Number of Household Members:    10

Source: Year: 1790; Census Place: Colrain, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 133; Image: 158; Family History Library Film: 0568144. Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1810 Federal Census

Name:    J Fulton
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):    Colrain, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :    2
Number of Household Members Under 16:    3
Number of Household Members Over 25:    4
Number of Household Members:    8

Source: Year: 1810; Census Place: Colrain, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 19; Page: 200; Image: 00210; Family History Library Film: 0205627. Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1830 Federal Census

Name:    James Fulton
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    6

Source: 1830; Census Place: Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts; Series: M19; Roll: 62; Page: 42; Family History Library Film: 0337920. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Military Records

Name:    Ebenezer Elder Smith
Cemetery:    Stockton Cem
Location:    Stockton NY 16

Source: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 4; Serial: 7119; Volume: 6. Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.

Additional Local Histories

Many of the earliest people buried in this cemetery were members of the Baptist Church. A marble monument across the road from the cemetery marks the location of the original Baptist Church, organized in 1761 by Chileab Smith, Sr. The church building was erected in 1775 about 20 rods north of Chileab's house. His son, Elder Ebenezer Smith, was the first preacher. In 1789 Chileab Smith, Sr. and his son, Enos were ordained as elders and founded a second church in Buckland a few rods north of the Ashfield line. In 1831 the original church building was moved further east to a site on Baptist Corner Road. It later went to decay and the Baptist Corner schoolhouse was moved to this site.

Source: "Baptist Corner Cemetery Gravestones, March Road, Ashfield, Massachusetts," inscriptions read and recorded by Carol Booker and Nancy Gray Garvin, September 2004, The Ashfield Historical Society Museum, http://www.ashfieldhistorical.org/, retrieved 3 December 2017.

The territory comprising this town was granted to Capt. Ephraim Hunt, of Weymouth, as a compensation for services rendered in the Canada expedition of 1690. It was actually conveyed to his heirs forty-six years afterwards, and was settled by a few families in 1742. It was incorporated as a town in 1764; previous to that time it went by the name of Huntstown, from the name of its original proprietor. Richard Ellis, a native of Ireland, was the first permanent settler; Thomas Phillips, with his family, from Easton, was the next; Chileab Smith, from South Hadley, was the third settler. These persons all settled in the north-eastern part of the town. Mr. Chileab Smith settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his son Chaleab, who is 96 years of age, and in good health at this time, (1837.)

The first regular church formed in this town was of the Baptist denomination. It was constituted in July, 1761, and consisted of nine members. In the following August the Rev. Ebenezer Smith, the eldest son of Chileab Smith, was ordained its pastor. He was succeeded in 1798 by elder Enos Smith, who deceased about two years since. The Congregational church in this town was formed by an ecclesiastical council, Feb. 22d, 1763, and Rev. Jacob Sherwin ordained its pastor the same year. Rev. Nehemiah Porter succeeded him in 1774, and died Feb. 29th, 1820, aged 99 years and 11 months. Rev. Alvan Sanderson was ordained colleague pastor in 1808. Rev. Thomas Shepherd succeeded Mr. Sanderson in 1819. Rev. Mason Grosvenor, the next pastor, was installed 1833; he was succeeded by Rev. Burr Baldwin, in 1836. In 1820 an Episcopal society was formed in this town, and they have a handsome church in the center of the place. There is also a small society of Methodists.

Ashfield is a little over six miles square. The face of the township is uneven and hilly, better adapted for grazing than tillage. There is, however; much good tillage land interspersed among the hills. The principal productions are corn, potatoes, oats, and of late wheat. Some of the farmers have large dairies. In 1837, there were in this town 8,021 marino sheep, which produced 24,063 lbs. of wool. There are four churches, 2 for Baptists, 1 Congregational, and 1 Episcopal. The central village consists of about twenty dwelling houses, an Episcopal church, an academy, and a number of mercantile stores. Distance, 18 miles from Greenfield, 18 from Northampton, and 105 to Boston. Population of the town, 1,656.

Source: Barber, John Warner, Historical Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every town in Massachusetts with Geographical Descriptions, Worcester: Warren Lazell, 1848, retrieved from http://history.rays-place.com/ma/franklin/ashfield.htm, Feb 2013.

(II) James, son of Robert Fulton, was born May 24, 1749, and died March 20, 1834, in Colerain. He was a farmer in the northeastern part of that town, and reared a family of ten children. He was tall and large, weighing about two hundred pounds, with blue eyes, fair complexion and curly hair. This he wore in the Continental style, done up in a queue. His wife, Hannah Ellis, was born October 13, 1750, in Ashfield, Massachusetts, which town was first settled by her father, Richard Ellis. The last-named was born August 16, 1704, in Dublin, Ireland, being the son of a Welshman, who was an officer in the British army then stationed at Dublin. Richard Ellis came to America in 1717, and was bound out to a miller, in eastern Massachusetts. In 1728, at Easton, Massachusetts, he married Jane, daughter of Captain John Phillips, who received from the colony several fifty-acre rights of land, as compensation for service in the expedition against Quebec in 1690. Some of these "rights" came into possession of Richard Ellis, who located them in Ashfield. This land was in possession of Mr. Leonard D. Lanfair in 1888. Mr. Ellis was loyal to the British king, and served three years as an officer in the French and Indian war, in New England and New York. After this struggle he kept a store and ashery in Colerain, near its eastern line, and his daughter, Hannah, then about fifteen years old, was his housekeeper, his wife having died about 1760. The latter was born July 1, 1709, in Easton or Weymouth. Her mother was Elizabeth Drake, and her father was a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Parker) Phillips, the former of these two being a son of Nicholas Phillips, who was made a freeman at Weymouth, May 13, 1640, and died in 1672. Richard Ellis died October 7, 1797, in his ninety-fourth year. He could mount a horse from the ground when eighty years old, and appeared well the day before his death.

After the death of her husband, Hannah (Ellis) Fulton lived with her daughter in the adjoining town of Guilford, Vermont, where she died in 1839. She was short in stature, weighed about one hundred and sixty pounds, and had fair complexion. Her children were: Robert, James, Caleb, David, Lucretia, Daniel, Elijah, Nathan, Jesse and Sarah, most of whom became pioneers of Jefferson county. Robert settled in Thetford, Vermont, where he lived to an old age. Lucretia married Abel Carpenter, and lived in Rutland, this county, where both died. They had ten children, and only one of their descendants is left in this vicinity. Jesse lived and died in Colerain. Sarah became the wife of Jabez Franklin, and lived and died in Guilford, Vermont. The others are mentioned in following paragraphs.
...
Caleb, ninth and youngest child of Richard Ellis, was born August 16, 1754, and died March, 1813, in Ellisburg, where he was a pioneer settler. It is possible that he was not born in Ashfield, as his parents, in common with all in the newer settlements, were obliged to seek safety from the Indians in fortified places at the time of his birth, but they returned to Ashfield thereafter. Soon after, Richard Ellis moved to Colerain, and Caleb is mentioned in his books in 1777. Caleb served through most of the Revolutionary war, being under Generals Gates and Allen at Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He married Mary Crouch about 1779, and lived for a time in Vermont, probably in Guilford, and was later in Oneida county, this state. He was the first actual settler in Ellisburg, and built a grist mill below Ellis village in 1798. Like his father and many of the Ellis family, he was a miller by trade, and he must have been a man of much industry, courage and perseverance, as evidenced by his military career and pioneer service in the wilderness. He reared a family of eleven children, of whom Thomas was the fifth, being the third son.

Source: Oakes, Rensselaer Allston, Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York, vol. 2, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905, pgs. 836-7, 843.

Gravestones

Memorial of Richard and Jane (Phillips) Ellis, Beldingville Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (photo credit: Beth Bandy, findagrave.com):
Monument to Richard and Jane Ellis

Gravestones of Reuben and Mehitable (Scott) Ellis, Beldingville Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (photo credit: Anonymous (#47283828), findagrave.com):
Gravestone of Reuben Ellis

Gravestone of John and Molly (Dimick) Ellis, Beldingville Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (photo credit: Anonymous (#47283828), findagrave.com):
Gravestone inscription of John Ellis

Gravestone inscription of Molly D. Ellis

Gravestone of Mary (McCrillis) (Foster) (Workman) (Henry) Ellis, South Leyden Cemetery, Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts (photo credit: GGreene, findagrave.com):
Gravestone of Mary (McCrillis) Ellis

Gravestones of Ebenezer Smith, Evergreen Cemetery, Stockton, Chatauqua, New York (photo credit: Darryl Boyd):
Plaque in honor of Ebenezer Smith

Gravestone of Remember (Ellis) Smith, Baptist Corner Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (photo credit: Anonymous (#47283828), findagrave.com):
Gravestone of Remember (Ellis) Smith

Inscription: "R S AEt. 60; SEPt 15 1795"

Gravestone of John and Jane (Ellis) Phillips, South Newfane Cemetery, South Newfane, Windham, Vermont (photo credit: Sherwood Lake, findagrave.com):
Gravestone of John and Jane (Ellis) Phillips

Gravestones of Caleb and Mary (Crouch) Ellis, Ellisburg Rural Cemetery, Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York (photo credit: Scout, findagrave.com):
Gravestone of Caleb Ellis