Item 1.Marvel Ellis was a Revolutionary War soldier. At the age of only eleven he volunteered along with his brother Lyman to serve as a fifer. His service included: fifer, Capt. Moses Knap's company, Col. Joseph Read's regiment, 20 May to 25 September 1775; fifer, Capt. Perez Cushing's company, Col. Thomas Craft's artillery regiment 1 November 1776 to 8 May 1777; Capt. Cushing's company, Col. Thomas Craft's regiment, July 1777, 11 days; same company. August and September 1777; same company, November 1777 - April 1778; same company and regiment, September - December 1778; same company and regiment, 1 January 1780 to 8 May 1780; private, Capt. Philip Ammidon's company, Col. Tyler's regiment 28 July 1780 to 2 August 1780; fifer, Capt. Philip Ammidon's Company, Col. Dean's regiment from 4 March to 18 March 1781.

Item 2.Marvel Ellis (birth and death dates unknown): soldier in a Massachusetts unit; married to Cynthia ____; pension appl. (16250) submitted by his widow.

Item 3.Sources:
The Register, October 1968, pp. 263-264.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, p. 310.
Col. Harry H. Ellis, Dallas, Tx.
The Ellis Family, The American Genealogical Research Institute, Arlington, Virginia, pg. 81.