Item 1.Luke 5 Ellis was a Revolutionary War soldier. He enlisted in Capt. Thomas Crandon's company, Col. John Hathaway's regiment 24 July 1775; service 5 months, 10 days; in Capt. Hanry Jenne's company, Col. John Hathaway's regiment 2 August 1780; service 6 days on an alarm at Rhode Island. He is listed in the 1790 census as the head of a Rochester family of one male over 16, one under 16 and four females. Her died in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Item 2.Last checked into on 05-26-2001 & nothing further found.

Item 3.Luke Ellis (born around 1755, died after 1784): private in a Massachusetts unit; married (1st) to Naomi Briggs and (2nd) to Elizabeth Macomber.

Item 4.Sources: The Register, July 1968, p. 198.
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution, p. 310.
D.A.R. application of Mrs. Josephine Ellis Hoyt.
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
The Ellis Family, The American Genealogical Research Institute, Arlington, Virginia, pg. 81.