Sources & Information:

Item 1.Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Archives from
Secretary of Commonwealth.
Ellis, Atkins, Harwich. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from
2nd Barnstable Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Abijah Bangs and Maj. Zenas Winslow,
sworn to in Barnstable Co., Feb. 24, 1778; residence, Harwich; engaged for town of
Harwich; joined Capt. G. Webb's co., Col. Shepard's regt.; term to expire in 1780; also,
list of men mustered by Joseph Otis, Muster Master for Barnstable Co., dated April 30,
1777; Capt. Benson's co., Col. Putnam's regt.; mustered April 15, 1777; term, during war;
reported received State and Continentl bounties; also, Corporal, Capt. Joshua Benson's
co., Col. Rufus Putnam's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 10,
1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Benson's co., Col. Putnam's (4th) regt.; muster return
dated Nov. 120, 1780; age, 27 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, light; hair, brown;
residence, Harwich; term, during war; reported deserted March -, 1780; also, affidavit sworn
to in Kennebec Co., March 4, 1820, signed by said Ellis, stating that he was 68 yrs. of age,
a resident of Industry, Maine, that he enlised in Feb., 1777, at Harwich, as a Corporal in
Capt. Joshua Benson's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's regt. to serve during the war; that he served
until Dec. - 1779, when he was furloughed for 60 days; and that he had never received the
delayed wages and interest due him; affidavit endorsed "the account on books imperfect and
he left service irregularly, being fourloughed and not returned;" Ebenezer Billings of Boston,
given power of attorney to receive money for said Ellis.

Item 2.He is listed in the 1790 census as the head of a Harwich family of two males over 16, four
under 16 and four females. About 1791 he sold his Harwich property and removed to Falmouth,
Maine. He was in indigent circumstances and his large family suffered for the common necessities.

Item 3.N.E.H.G.S. Register, July 1968, pg. 203-204
Item 4.Col. Harry H. Ellis, Deceased, Dallas, TX.
Item 5.Eric J. Ellis, Box 538, Gardiner, Maine 04345
Item 6.E-mail < cornerstonepress@@juno.com >
Item 7.ECN Summer 1999, Query, pg. 55.
Item 8.Family Group Record <familysearch.org>, Atkins Ellis and Patience Chase of Harwich.