Ellis-Ellsworth-Giddings Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameBarzillai Ellis , of Dartmouth 
Birth23 Jun 1747, Plympton, Plymouth, MA. (see notes).
Death19 Jun 1826, Cassadaga, Chautauqua, N.Y.
BurialChristian Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chautaugua, N.Y.
FatherJoel Ellis (1710-1783)
MotherPhebe Freeman (1713-1792)
Misc. Notes
Sources & Information:
Item 1.Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War.
Archives from Secretary of Commonwealth.
Ellis, Barzillai. Private, Capt. Manasseh Kempton's Co., Col. Freeman's regt.;
enlisted Sept. 27, 1777; discharged Oct. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 4 days, at
Rhode Island on a secret expedition. Roll sworn to in Bristol Co. Dischared 29 October 1777.
Item 2.He moved to Conway, Hampshire (now Franklin) County soon after the war.
Known to reside in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts, then moved to Chautauqua
County, New York.
Item 3.Barzillai Ellis Gravestone is in Christian Cemetery, Near Cassadaga, Chautauqua County,
New York.
Item 4.IGI, Ma., pg. 12030 for birth spelling of name as Berzilah Ellis, son of Joell Ellis/Phebe.
Item 5.Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, ECN Summer 1995, pg 46., indicates name as
BERZILAH ELLIS, b 23 June 1747, s/o Joel Jr. and Phebe.
Item 6.The Register, Jan 1968, pp. 60-61.
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution, p. 296.
Mrs. Frank Ellis, Oberlin, Kansas
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
Item 7.Cook Co., Illinois, Biography - Baraillai Ellis having died in 1827.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbiog/jellis.htm
Item 8.Family Group Record <familysearch.org> as of 11 June 2003. [Conflict of dates in this
family].
Item 1.Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War.
Archives from Secretary of Commonwealth.
Ellis, Barzillai. Private, Capt. Manasseh Kempton's Co., Col. Freeman's regt.;
enlisted Sept. 27, 1777; discharged Oct. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 4 days, at
Rhode Island on a secret expedition. Roll sworn to in Bristol Co. Dischared 29 October 1777.
Item 2.He moved to Conway, Hampshire (now Franklin) County soon after the war.
Known to reside in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts, then moved to Chautauqua
County, New York.
Item 3.Barzillai Ellis Gravestone is in Christian Cemetery, Near Cassadaga, Chautauqua County,
New York.
Item 4.IGI, Ma., pg. 12030 for birth spelling of name as Berzilah Ellis, son of Joell Ellis/Phebe.
Item 5.Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, ECN Summer 1995, pg 46., indicates name as
BERZILAH ELLIS, b 23 June 1747, s/o Joel Jr. and Phebe.
Item 6.The Register, Jan 1968, pp. 60-61.
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution, p. 296.
Mrs. Frank Ellis, Oberlin, Kansas
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
Item 7.Cook Co., Illinois, Biography - Baraillai Ellis having died in 1827.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbiog/jellis.htm
Item 8.Family Group Record <familysearch.org> as of 11 June 2003. [Conflict of dates in this
family].