"At the age of twenty-three, he married, 1785, Ruth Ingalls (8), b. 1767; third daughter of Henry Ingalls, town clerk, who recorded the first and second children, born in Richmond. And as we know that at some time they removed from Richmond, we were able to fix the date at about 1788, for their grandfather Ingalls, the town clerk, certainly recorded all children born in Richmond.
"_____Children:
" (33) Henry Ellis, 1786; evidently died young.
" (34) Rufus Ingalls Ellis, 1787.
" (35) Martin Ellis, 1789.
" (36) Benjamin Ellis, Jr., 1791; m. Lois Palmer, Watertown, 1815.
" (37) Silas Ellis, about 1794; m. Elinor Dickerson, Grand View, Ohio, 1817.
" (38) Rebecca Ellis, about 1797; m. James Ballou Jr., Zanesville.
" (39) Sybil Ellis, b. 1799; m. Henry Babcock.
" (40) Diana Ellis, about 1802; m. Stinson Burris, Matamoras.
" (41) Sabra Ellis, about 1805; m. Andrew Welker.
" (42) Henry Ellis (2nd), b. 1809; not married.
"_____Four of the dates "about" are conjectural; also the order of those four names. They are here arranged according to probability.
"_____The family may have first gone to Vermont, and thence at a later date to Watertown, N. Y.; from which the family tradition says the came to Newport, O. Of this we can find no trace in the Jefferson County, N. Y., history."
