Sources & Information:
Item 1.Note spelling of name as follows; WILLIAM ELIS, son of JOEL ELIS/MARY, b.
4 Dec. 1717, Plymouth, Rochester, MA., IGI pg. 12104.
Item 2.William Ellis is usually described in deeds as carpenter or housewright and
always as "of Rochester" He is not to be confused with his slightly younger
cousin, William 4 Ellis who is always described as "Junior" because he also
lived in Rochester, nor with another cousin, William 4 Ellis who lived at Monomet
Ponds, called "yeoman of Plymouth," who also had a wife named Patience. Our
immediate subject William 4 Ellis died testate in Rochester, MA 1778 and will
was dated 13 July 1778 and proved 2 September 1778.
Item 3.Vital Records, Rochester, MA., Vol. II, page 124, Births Marriages, and Deaths.
The Register, Apl. 1967, pp. 129-131.
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
Item 4.NEHGS Cemetery Records, Whitehorse Cemetery, Plymouth, Ma.