Lt. Richard Ellis

Abt 1621 - 1694  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Richard Ellis  [1]
  Prefix	Lt.
  Birth	Abt 1621  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Oct 1694	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I42602	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	(Unknown) Ellis
  Mother	(Unknown wife of unknown man named Ellis)   d. Bef 14 May 1658
  Marriage	Bef 1620  [2]
  Family ID	F24914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth French,   b. 1629   d. 21 Jun 1697 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1650	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Ellis,   b. 23 Jul 1651, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 1 Dec 1719 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F24913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He presumably arrived in New England in 1636 with his mother, settling in Dedham. He was a wheelwright, and evidently educated, as was his brother Joseph Ellis, who became Dedham's schoolmaster. He served in several public offices, included deputy to the Massachusetts general court in 1692.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3022] The Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, ed. Don Gleason Hill. Dedham, Massachusetts, 1886. [S692] The Scott Genealogy by Mary Lovering Holman. Boston: 1919.