Ellis-Ellsworth-Giddings Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameRev. Jonathan Ellis 
Birth1 May 1717, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.
Birth30 Jun 1717, Bapt., prob Sandwich, MA.
Death7 Sep 1785, Little Compton, Newport, RI., USA.
BurialOld Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport, R.I.
FatherJohn Ellis (1680-1758)
MotherSarah Holmes (1680-1762)
Misc. Notes
Jonathan Ellis, son of John Ellis/Sarah Holmes, b. 01May1717, Barnstable, Sandwich, MA., I.G.I., pg. 12063.
Jonathan Ellis took his A.B. Degree at Harvard with the Class of 1737. He was chosen by the Congregation of the Monument Ponds Church and was ordained 8 Nov. 1738, the day the church was formed into a new parish. He was caught up in the Great Awakening, a controversial theological development. His congregation was poor and his salary insufficient for his needs. He moved to Little Comption, R.I. about 1749 where that church declined under his preaching having only 26 new members in 36 years. His will was proved 4 Oct 1785. He died testate, in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
The Register, Jul 1966, pp. 191-193.
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
Individual Records ---
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1st.& 2nd Listing: RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Lt John Ellis of Sandwich, MA. shows: “ELLIS, Jonathan. b: 1 MAY 1717 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA d: 7 SEP 1785 in Little Compton, Newport, RI.”
Jonathan Ellis took his A.B. Degree at Harvard with the Class of 1737. He was chosen by the Congregation of the Monument Ponds Church and was ordained 8 Nov. 1738, the day the church was formed into a new parish. He was caught up in the Great Awakening, a controversial theological development. His congregation was poor and his salary insufficient for his needs. He moved to Little Comption, R.I. about 1749 where that church declined under his preaching having only 26 new members in 36 years. His will was proved 4 Oct 1785. He died testate, in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
The Register, Jul 1966, pp. 191-193.
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
Individual Records ---
<http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/af/individual_record.asp?recid=12780312 >.
<http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/PRF/individ...f.asp?recid=70705220 >.
1st.& 2nd Listing: RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Lt John Ellis of Sandwich, MA. shows: “ELLIS, Jonathan. b: 1 MAY 1717 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA d: 7 SEP 1785 in Little Compton, Newport, RI.”
Spouses
Birth4 Oct 1717, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.
Death14 Apr 1795, Little Compton, Newport, R.I.
Marriage11 JAN 1738/39, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.