Display Patriot - P-154066 - Caleb ELLIS

Caleb ELLIS

SAR Patriot #: P-154066

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: NH      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
DAR #: A037657

Birth: 16 Aug 1754 / / MA
Death: 14 Apr 1813 Ellisburg / Jefferson / NY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Served as a Private in the company of Captain Jerimiah Stiles, commanded by Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent.
  2. He took the Association Test.

Additional References:
  1. MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume V, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 297
  2. Hammond, Isaac W, The State of NH, Rolls of the Soldiers of the Rev War, Volume 15, NH. Concord: Parson B. Cogswell State Printer, 1885, pg 739-741.
  3. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War. Micropublication M881, Washington: National Archives.
  4. Batchellor, Albert Stillman, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of NH, Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers, Volume 30, NH. Manchester: The John B. Clark Co, 1910, pg 71-72
  5. Ellis, Erastus Ranney, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis, The First Settler of Ashfield, Mass, and His Descendants, Michigan. Detroit: William Graham Printing Co, 1888, pg 17

Spouse: Mary Crouch
Children: James; Daniel; Jane; Thomas; John; Robert;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2013-11-20 NY 56073 Michael Partick Brown (189343) James   
2013-11-20 NY 56074 Clinton Michael Dunsmoor (189344) James   
2013-11-20 NY 56075 Alexander Gabriel Brown (189345) James   
2013-11-20 NY 56076 Charles Hayes Stover (189346) James   
2013-11-20 NY 56077 Christian Thomas Stover (189347) James   
2020-04-07 IN 90590 Arthur Ray King (195825) James   
Burial:
Ellisburg Rural Cemetery (C-0069875)
Location:
Ellisburg / Jefferson / NY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
158051
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
72017547
Marker Type:
SAR Stake; DAR Stake;
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:
  • Original upright stone
  • Photo displayed with permission from Arthur Ray King


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Arthur Ray King
Caleb Ellis was born on August 16, 1754 in Massachusetts, the son of Richard Ellis Jr. and Jane Phillips.  Caleb married Mary Crouch of Ashfield in 1779 and raised six sons, Daniel, John, Thomas, Squire, James and Robert, and five daughters, Hannah, Jane, Mary, Sally and Betsey. 
 
Caleb was the youngest son of Richard Ellis, Jr. who emigrated to North America from Dublin, Ireland in 1717 at the age of 13, landing in Boston, Massachusetts and then later removing to Ashfield, Massachusetts where he resided until his death on October 7, 1797.  Caleb eventually relocated to New Hampshire and then to Ellisburg, New York where he resided until his death.
 
Caleb Ellis was one of the first pioneer settlers of Ellisburg, New York in 1797 and made a purchase of land on the south branch of Sandy Creek, selecting a site where stood the log cabin or hut of a man named Waldo, who was a hunter and squatter in the region.  The town was established on land purchased by Lyman Ellis (not related to Caleb) and formally organized on February 22, 1803.  Caleb was elected to the offices of “Overseer of the Poor” and “Overseer of Highways” at the first town meeting held in 1803.
 
Caleb Ellis was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War having served in several campaigns. According to an old SAR application record, he was in Captain William Toogood’s Massachusetts Company under command of Col. Thomas Nixon reporting to General Gates and Ethan Allen at Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga and when Burgoyne surrendered.  Other Revolutionary War records also show him enlisted October 6, 1775 in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles Company of Col. Paul Dudley Sargent’s Regiment in the Eight Months Army.
 
Caleb died on March 1, 1813 in Ellisburg, New York at the age of 58 and is buried there.  His grave is proudly marked with an SAR bronze marker.  His wife Mary died in April 1813 at the age of 55 and is also buried in Ellisburg alongside Caleb.

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