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Item 1.This family moved to the state of Maine the last of the 18th Century. Joshua 5 Ellis was a Revolutionary War soldier serving in Capt. Wood's company, Col. Thomas Carpenter's regiment, July - August 1777; in Capt. Joseph Parker's company, Col. Ebenezer Sproat's regiment, January - March 1778; in Nathaniel Hammond's company, Col. John Dagger's regiment, August - September 1778; in Capt. Edward Hammond's company, August - September 1779. He is listed in the 1790 census as the head of a Rochester family of one male over 16, three under 16 and three females. The family appears to have moved elsewhere after disposing of their Rochester land in 1795.

Item 2. The Register, July 1968, p. 197.
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution, P. 309.
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
Vital Records, Rochester, MA., Vol. II, marriages, pg. 125. Joshua and Azubah Jackson of Middleborough, Intention March 23, 1776.