Ellis-Ellsworth-Giddings Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameEbenezer Ellis 
Birth25 Jul 1742, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA.
Deathaft 1810, Tioga Co., N. Y.
FatherChristopher Ellis (1717-)
MotherPriscilla Chase (1720-)
Misc. Notes
Sources & Information:
Ebenezer Ellis, son of Christopher Ellis and Priscilla Chase of Yarmouth, Barnstable Co.
(Cape Cod), Massachusetts. Born 25 July 1742 at the same place. Was considered a loyalist.
Resettled at Warwick, Orange Co., New York 1773-1774. Also shows up in Hardyston,
Sussex Co., New Jersey Sept. 1774, May 1780 and Jan. 1781 on tax list
He sided with the British and then he moved to Wyoming Valley, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania 1
Feb. 1787 and at Chemung Town, Montgovery Co., New York (now Tioga Co.) in 1790 (Fed. Census).
Found on a 12 July 1793 land petition in Canada dated 12 July 1793 with son Cornwall.
Returned to Barton, Tioga Co., N.Y. just before 1800. Died after 1810 and was buried in what
later became a gravel pit on the property of Joh Hanna in that same town.
Married Betsey ..........? who was born before 1756 and she died after 1800 and is buried with
Ebenezer at same location. Children were:
Ebenezer J. b. 1765, Samual b. 1770, Cornwall (Conway) b.c. 1776, Jesse b. before 1784,
William b. 1787, Abigail and possibly 7 other children.
Inquisition against him and others on 10 March 1779, Sussex Co., New Jersey, published
in N.J. Gazette at Trention, N.J. He was also put into jail for a time. Source - SGRS and
The New Loyalist Index Volume III, Paul J. Bunnell, F.A.C.G., U.E., Heritage Books, Inc.
See Ellis Cousins Newsletter article by Chuck Spence in Fall 1993, pg. 74.
Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850. Page 90 "Birth of children of Cristiopher and Pricalah Eles Ebenezer Eles he was born July the 25th 1742."
Ancestry.Com: Trees > OneWorldTree > Ebenezer Ellis, 5/14/08. This gives wife as just Betsey, born: abt 1730, Died: 10 Mar 1812, you now have a diference in dates above. Also does not show an Abigail Ellis as we had previously recorded. Samuel Ellis b: given as 14 May 1775 a difference. Cornwell Ellis date of b: given as 1763 a difference. William Ellis b: given as 14 Jan 1768, N.Y., USA, a difference. These differences are minor but should be kept in mind working with this family.
Ebenezer Ellis, son of Christopher Ellis and Priscilla Chase of Yarmouth, Barnstable Co.
(Cape Cod), Massachusetts. Born 25 July 1742 at the same place. Was considered a loyalist.
Resettled at Warwick, Orange Co., New York 1773-1774. Also shows up in Hardyston,
Sussex Co., New Jersey Sept. 1774, May 1780 and Jan. 1781 on tax list
He sided with the British and then he moved to Wyoming Valley, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania 1
Feb. 1787 and at Chemung Town, Montgovery Co., New York (now Tioga Co.) in 1790 (Fed. Census).
Found on a 12 July 1793 land petition in Canada dated 12 July 1793 with son Cornwall.
Returned to Barton, Tioga Co., N.Y. just before 1800. Died after 1810 and was buried in what
later became a gravel pit on the property of Joh Hanna in that same town.
Married Betsey ..........? who was born before 1756 and she died after 1800 and is buried with
Ebenezer at same location. Children were:
Ebenezer J. b. 1765, Samual b. 1770, Cornwall (Conway) b.c. 1776, Jesse b. before 1784,
William b. 1787, Abigail and possibly 7 other children.
Inquisition against him and others on 10 March 1779, Sussex Co., New Jersey, published
in N.J. Gazette at Trention, N.J. He was also put into jail for a time. Source - SGRS and
The New Loyalist Index Volume III, Paul J. Bunnell, F.A.C.G., U.E., Heritage Books, Inc.
See Ellis Cousins Newsletter article by Chuck Spence in Fall 1993, pg. 74.
Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850. Page 90 "Birth of children of Cristiopher and Pricalah Eles Ebenezer Eles he was born July the 25th 1742."
Ancestry.Com: Trees > OneWorldTree > Ebenezer Ellis, 5/14/08. This gives wife as just Betsey, born: abt 1730, Died: 10 Mar 1812, you now have a diference in dates above. Also does not show an Abigail Ellis as we had previously recorded. Samuel Ellis b: given as 14 May 1775 a difference. Cornwell Ellis date of b: given as 1763 a difference. William Ellis b: given as 14 Jan 1768, N.Y., USA, a difference. These differences are minor but should be kept in mind working with this family.
Spouses
Marriagep n/k