Person:Melatiah Ellis (2)

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Name Melatiah Ellis
Gender Female
Birth[1] 25 Aug 1739 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    p. 67.

    Millitia, ye daughter of Joshua & Elizebeth Ellis, born August 25, 1739.

  2.   Source:Olney, Sandra Sutphin. Passengers on the "Lion" from England to Boston, 1632, p. 203, says that Abner Ellis m. Meletiah, d/o Joshua Ellis and Elizabeth Fisher. This appears to be an error, as Abner's wife died 1775 (Dedham Records, p. 228), but Joshua's daughter Meletiah was granted letters of execution on Joshua's will in 1783 (Dedham Historical Register, p. 3:74).