Joel Ellis

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• Name	Joel Ellis
  Birth	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Dec 1731	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684222994	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Freeman Ellis,   b. 1662, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 20 Jun 1728, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mercy,   b. 1666, Rochester, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America d. 16 Jul 1755, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	1686	Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Gatchell,   b. 1693, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America d. 08 Aug 1744, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	05 May 1715	Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
  Children	1. Thankful Ellis,   b. 26 Mar 1716, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Abt. 1800, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 83 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   2. William Ellis,   b. 04 Dec 1717, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. 15 Jan 1795, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 77 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   3. Elizabeth Ellis,   b. 14 Dec 1719, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 1762, Dutchess, New York, British Colonial America (Age 42 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   4. Dorothy Ellis,   b. 02 Sep 1722, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Feb 1778, Massachusetts, United States (Age 55 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   5. Joel Ellis,   b. 14 Nov 1724, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. Mar 1808, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 83 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   6. Peace Ellis,   b. Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F2540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Burial note &ltb&gtU.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current &lt/b&gtName: Capt Joel Ellis Sr Birth Date: 17 Jan 1679 Birth Place: Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Death Date: 21 Jun 1763 Death Place: Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Cemetery: Cemetery at The Green Burial or Cremation Place: Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Has Bio?: Y Spouse: Elizabeth Ellis Father: Lieut Matthias Ellis Children: Thomas Ellis Ens Matthias Ellis Marriage note &ltb&gtMassachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 &lt/b&gtName: Joel Ellis Gender: Male Spouse: Elizabeth Churchill Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1710 City: Plymouth County: Plymouth Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0416330-0416336. &ltb&gtMassachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 &lt/b&gtName: Joel Ellis Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1710 Marriage Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts Spouse Name: Elizabeth Churchell &ltb&gtThe New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 &lt/b&gtName: Elizabeth Churchill Event Type: Marriage Father's name: John Churchill Mother's name: Rebecca Delano Churchill Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1710 Marriage Place: USA Spouse Name: Joel Ellis Spouse Father Name: John Ellis Page Number: 97 Volume Number: 120 &ltb&gtU.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 &lt/b&gtName: Joel Ellis Gender: Male Birth Place: MA Birth Year: 1679 Spouse Name: Elizabeth Churchill Spouse Birth Year: 1687 Marriage Year: 1710 Number Pages: 2 Death note &ltb&gtFamily Data Collection - Individual Records &lt/b&gtName: Joel Ellis Spouse: Ellis Eliza Parents: Nye Matthias Mercy Birth Place: Barnstable, Sandwich, MA Birth Date: 17 Jan 1679 Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1710 Death Date: 21 Jun 1763 From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. !1. Information obtained from Benson Fam !1. Information obtained from Benson Family records by F. H Benson and submitted by Mrs. Allen Huffaker Rt # 1 Lorenzo, Idaho. 2. Benson Family Records, Benson 1920. P. 116-119. Boston Transcript, 31 Jan 1916, 21 Mar 1917, Rochester Vital Records to 1850, Vol, pp. 124-25, Rochester Vital, Vol. 2 page 381, N. E. his and Gen reg Vol. 120, pp. 110-112. 974B2ne. 3. Child # 1 William md Patience Mendall, 4 Jan 1743. 4. Child # 2 Elizabeth md William Benson 22 Mar 1739. 5. Child # 3 Dorothy md Elnathan TABER, 24 Dec 1741. 6. Child # 4 Joel md 910 Elizabeth CLAP, 2 May 1754. 7. Child # 6 Peace md Benjamin CLIFTON, 4 Jan 1753. 8. Child # 7 Thankful md Stephen BEWOLF, 10 Mar 1735. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA female proxy for male? female proxy for male? Inventory of estate Sources: Fred H. Benson Book, pg. 118 The inventory of his estate taken March 14, 1731, by Joseph Benson, Elisha and Samuel Wing. The widow, Mary Ellis, died about 1744. Her son William, appointed administrator of the estate of his father Joel and his mother Mary, August 8, 1744.There were 32 acres of land laid out December 6, 1738 to the heirs of Joel Ellis atGreat Neck, Sippecan originally laid out to Elizabeth Ellis. The date of their marriage not found. They were early colonists in Sandwich, Barnstahl, MA Birth note &ltb&gtMassachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 &lt/b&gtName: Joel Ellis Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 17 Jan 1679 Birth Place: Sandwich, Massachusetts Father Name: Matthias Ellis Mother Name: Mercy &ltb&gtThe New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 &lt/b&gtName: Joel Ellis Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 17 Jan 1679 Birth Place: USA Father's name: Matthias Ellis Mother's name: Mercy Nye Page Number: 265 Volume Number: 119 &ltb&gtFamily Data Collection - Births &lt/b&gtName: Joel Ellis Father: Matthias Ellis Mother: Mercy Nye Birth Date: 17 Jan 1679 City: Sandwich County: Barnstable State: MA Country: USA !The Family of Lt. John & Elizabeth (Fre !The Family of Lt. John & Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass. compiled by Col. Harry H. Ellis copyright 1983 Santa Clara, Ca. Public Library GS 929.2 E471. #23 Person note &ltb&gtCapt Joel Ellis, Sr &lt/b&gtOFFICER IN THE MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA A BIOGRAPHY OF JOEL ELLIS, Sr., by Larry Overmire (7th great grandson), Aug. 2008: Joel Ellis, Sr., was born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on Jan. 17, 1679/80, the eldest of nine children of Lt. Matthias Ellis and Mercy Nye. On Apr. 6, 1710, at Sandwich, 30-year-old Joel married 23-year-old Elizabeth Churchill, the daughter of Sgt. John Churchill and Rebecca Delano. Elizabeth is a distant cousin of Sir Winston Churchill and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Joel and Elizabeth had eight children: Joel Jr., John, Samuel, Matthias, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Charles, Thomas. Joel was an officer in the Massachusetts Militia. He died in Middleboro, June 21, 1763, at the age of 84 and was buried at Cemetery At The Green.