Joseph Ellis III

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Ellis III was born in 1744, in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Joseph Ellis Jr, was 32 and his mother, Lydia Ellis, was 24. He married Bridget Hammond on 4 April 1771, in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 5 February 1829, in his hometown, at the age of 85, and was buried in Four Corners Cemetery, Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Ellis III
1744–1829
Bridget Hammond
1750–1778
Marriage: 4 April 1771
Bridget Ellis
1772–1772
Abiah Ellis
1773–1849
Bathshua Ellis
1775–1824
Joseph Hammond Ellis
1778–1852

Sources (30)

  • Joseph Ellis, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Joseph Ellis, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Joseph Ellis, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"

World Events (6)

1773

Oldest Grave seen in Memorials List

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .

English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .

Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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