When Ziba Ellis was born on 29 June 1774, in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Ellis, was 36 and his mother, Jemima Eldredge, was 36. He married Rhoda Nickerson on 14 January 1797, in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pierrepont, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 18 February 1852, in Carlton, Orleans, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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