Person:John Ellis (11)

His father, also named John, was born in England and died 1677 in Sandwich. His mother was Elizabeth Freeman born 4 1 1624 in England of Edmund and Bennett (Hodsell) Freeman. She died 1677 in Sandwich. They were married 1645.

The father, John, came to America in the "Fortune" in 1621 and was one of the first settlers of Sandwich in 1643. He was appointed to train militia in what was then called the Sandwich Train Band. He was a lieutenant and commanding officer for many years.

Another source believed his parents to have been Mordecai and Sarah Ellis.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

JOHN, Sandwich, m[arried]. a[bout]. 1645, Elizabeth d[aughter]. of first Edmund Freeman, had, perhaps, Bennet, b[orn]. 27 Feb. 1649; but certain Mordecai, 24 Mar. 1651; Joel, 20 Mar. 1655; and Matthias, 2 June 1657; d[ied]. 1677, then call[ed]. j[unio]r. yet wh[o]. was the sen[ior]. is unkn[own]. His w[ife]. surv[ived]. and with Mordecai admin[istered]. the est[ate].

1. ↑ Vital Records of Plymouth, Mass.
   207.
2. ↑ Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints. LDS Ancestral File.
3. ↑ National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

   Descendants of Mr. John Holmes, Messenger of the Plymouth Court by Eugene A. Stratton, C.G., F.A.S.G.

4. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
   Vol. 2, p. 113-114.
5. ↑ William T. Davis. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families. (1895; 1975)
   p. 142.