Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Rev. John ELLIS | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John, Jr. Ellis married Bethiah Palmer Oct 24, 1749 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA [ref 23:0496864] (children 1754-68: Benjamin, Hannah, Bethia, Joseph, Daniel, William, Samuel, Jonathan, Sarah, Stephen, John) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Feb 1751 owned covenant, First Church of Cambridge; 5 Sep 1753 ordained; minister at Rehoboth MA and Franklin CT only chaplin to served the entire war: 6 Jul 1775 joined 8th CT at Roxbury as Chaplain; 1 Jan 1776 reenlisted in 17th Continentals, later transferred to 1st Connecticut; May 1777 became brigade chaplain; winter at Valley Forge; 31 Oct 1783 resigned; accepted five years' pay instead of half-pay for life practiced unpopular infant baptism; was outspoken; from the diary of Jazez Fitch, during the civil war: I liked the fore part of his discourse vastly well, such better than I had ever done any of performances before, but as he drew toward a close he meddled a little with matters of religion and also gave some broad hints in the military way, in both of which according to his wonted practice he made very blundering work. . . Mr. Ellis took breakfast with us, and while we were waiting, we had a little dispute concerning ecclesiastical establishments, which he spoke slightly about, on which the parson signified that if I was of such sentiments he wish'd I was in Rome or some other country, on which I told him I chose to be here and let those bigots who so much resembled the church of Rome go there, so as to enjoy their own opinions and have these established by human or rather inhumane laws. The old fellow then replied "You have given tit for tat." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Bethia PALMER | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bethiah Palmer, d. of Stephen, bp. Sept. 12, 1725 Cambridge [ref 12] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bethiah Palmer baptism 12 Sep 1725 Cambridge Middlesex /d of Stephen [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 12 Oct 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |