Nathaniel Ellery (1683 - 1761)

Born 31 Mar 1683 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Sargent) Ellery — married 16 Feb 1721 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 30 May 1761 at age 78 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Nathaniel Ellery was the fourth child born, in 1683, to William Ellery and his second wife, Mary Coit Ellery, in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts .

Nathaniel and Abigail Norwood, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Norwood, were married by Justice of the Peace John Newman, in Gloucester, 11 January 1711. She died a few months after their marriage in April 1711.

Ann Sargent, daughter of William Sargent 2nd and Mary Duncan Sargent, married the widowed Nathaniel Ellery, merchant mariner, in 1720/1721, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The couple had children: Ann, Mary, Jane, Nathaniel, Jerusha, William and Daniel Ellery.

Captain Ellery served his community (as selectman) and was prosperous in trade. John Singleton Copley painted a portrait of Ann Sargent Ellery in 1765; it was bequeathed to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by the Estates of Fanny and Henrietta Lawrence in 1971.

He died in his 79th year: "Ellery, Nathaniel, Capt. at Gloucester, 30 May 1761, at 79 years. News-Let." He was buried in First Parish Burial Ground , and his estate was settled in July 1761.

Sources

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Gloucester Births, Marriages and Death, pages 84 - 85.

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Gloucester Vital Record Transcripts, Gloucester Births for Abigail Norwood, page 489.

U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Massachusetts Boston: Various Newspapers, Deaths (Outside Boston), Abbe-Johnson, Ellery, Nathaniel, Capt., page 347.