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Item 1.Ebenezer 5 Ellis is described as "Ebenezer Ellis of Plymouth, Laborer." He enlisted
in June 1775 in Capt. Josiah King's company, Col. David Brewer's regiment of Mass-
achusetts Line and served eight months at Roxbury. Later he served in New York in
1777, in a few short campaignes in Rhode Island and at West Point. He was appoint-
ed Sergeant 30 December 1776. He is listed in the 1790 census as the head of a
Middleboro family of one male over 16, three under 16 and five females. His will was
dated 14 April 1820 and proved 5 February 1821. Original vital records in poor condition.
Item 2.Ebenezer Ellis (born 15 January 1752, died 28 November 1820): private in a Ma. unit;
married to Hannah Wood; pension appl. (21065) submitted by his widow.
Item 3.The Register, April 1968, pp. 137-138.
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution, p. 298.
D.A.R. records.
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
The Ellis Family, the American Genealogical Research Institute, Arlington, Virginia, pg. 75.
Massachusetts birth record on IGI page 12039.
Item 4.See notations under son Ebenezer and potential late delivery in life by mother.
Family Group Record, <familysearch.org>, Ebenezer Ellis and Hannah Wood.