Cornelius Ellis and wife Mercy (Atkins) Ellis; resided in the sixth school district of
Harwich where the school was open for instruction of the children for 22 weeks of the
year; was much interested in land holding; joined with others in 1746 in a petition to
the General Court to divide Harwich into two precincts so that those living in South
Harwich could have a church in their own neighborhood; which petition was granted
Jan. 16, 1757-58; the full record of children and birth dates was not found but we are
able to record the children shown. He is listed among the householders of the Sixth "Remove: or school district into which Harwich was divided in 1726. They lived all their lives in Harwich and their children are recorded there.

The Register, April 1966, Pg... 108; Charles Roscoe Howland, Late President of The Pilgrim John Howland Society.

Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, TX.

Family Group Record <familysearch.org>, Cornelius Ellis and Mercy Atkins, plus
children Cornelius, Isaac, and Mary Ellis. We have a PROBLEM in that this report
shows Cornelius Ellis's father as Matthias Ellis and mother Mary Burgess. This leaves us half way correct.