Sources & Information:
Item 1. Vital Records, Rochester, MA., Vol. II, Births pg. 125, Marriages pg. 125.
Stone Grave Marker. George Ellis is a 4th cousin 4 times removed to Edward Dale Ellis.
Item 2.Family Group Record <familysearch.org>, George H. Ellis and Almira Peckham and children
George Robinson Ellis, Elmira Emogene Ellis, Rufus King Ellis and Charles Peckham Ellis.
Item 3.Visual/Design Assessment, First Parish Cemetery located at the southwest corner of the
intersection at Dexter Lane and New Bedford Road in Rochester Center. The focus of the
cemetery is the centrally-located obelisk inscribed on all four sides with members of the
George Ellis family, as follows.
West Side: George Ellis, Born Jan 27, 1793, Died in California, Jan. 27, 1850.
South Side: Elmira Peckham, His Wife, Born June 6, 1800, Died May 7, 1887.
East Side: George R. Ellis, Son, Born Nov. 27, 1828, Lost at sea, Dec. 25, 1845.
North Side: Rufus K. Ellis, Born Nov. 8, 1834, & Charles P. Ellis, Born May 22, 1839.