Peres Ellis (abt. 1766 - 1838)

Born about 1766 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hathaway) Houston — married 17 Dec 1788 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 13 May 1838 at about age 72 in Hartford, Oxford, Maine, United States

Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Myles Standish.

This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.

Birth

Perez (or Peres) Ellis was born about 1766, based on his age at his death on his gravestone.^[1] He was the son of Philip Ellis and Mary (Staples) Ellis of Raynham, Massachusetts.^[2] His name appears in the records as both "Peres" and "Perez," with about equal frequency.

Marriage

Perez Ellis married Mary "Polly" Hathaway at Raynham, Massachusetts, on 17 Dec 1788.^[3]

Residences

Perez and Polly Ellis remained at Raynham, Massachusetts, for several years after their marriage. They were there at the time of the 1790 census,^[4] At some point, they moved to Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts),^[5] and they recorded children there through 1802.^[6] By October 1804, they had moved to Hartford, Maine,^[7] and were living there at the time of the 1820 census.^[8]

Death

Perez Ellis died on 13 May 1838 at Hartford, Maine, and is buried at the Poland Corner Cemetery in Hartford, where his gravestone gives his age at his death as 72.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Photo of gravestone of Peres Ellis (Find A Grave: Memorial #150104949)
2. ↑ Lydia B. Brownson, and MacLean W. McLean, “Lt. John¹ and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass.,” New Englnad Historical and Genealogical Register, 121:268 (1967) (subscription required)
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), Raynham, page 39
4. ↑ United States Census, 1790, database with images, FamilySearch, Massachusetts > Bristol > Raynham > image 1 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874), page 42
6. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 94; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 77 of 718
7. ↑ Birth record of Betsey Ellis, in Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch, Betsey Ellis, 13 Oct 1804; citing HARTFORD, OXFORD, MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,031
8. ↑ United States Census, 1820, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Hartford > image 2 of 5; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-V9S : accessed 5 February 2022), Peris Ellis, Livermore, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 190, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 218,676.