Generation One
1. William1
Ellery was born circa 1643 at England. He married Hannah
Vinson, daughter of William Vinson, on 8 Oct 1663 Gloucester,
MA. He married Mary Coit, daughter of John
Coit and Mary Stevens, on 13 Jun 1676 Gloucester, MA. He died
on 9 Dec 1696 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.
He lived at Ellery's Cove in Gloucester. Register article goes down son John's
line. He was Possessed a sloop, Selectman 1689-90, 1692-93. Estate Account No
inventory preserved, but settlement includes "rum, wine, sider and Shug and Spis
for funnerall 2 pounds 5 s, and or 8 pairs of gloves 16s. Will on 9 Dec
1696.
Hannah Vinson died on 24 Dec 1675 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.
Children of William1 Ellery and Hannah Vinson were as follows:
Mary Coit was born on 4 Jun 1655 at Gloucester, Essex Co.,
MA. She died before 5 Sep 1744 at Living at Ellery's Cove, Gloucester.
Children of William1 Ellery and Mary Coit were as follows:
Generation Two
4. Benjamin2
Ellery (William1) was born on 6 Sep 1669
at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. He married Abigail Wilkins on 30
Jul 1696. He died on 26 Jul 1746 at Newport, RI, at age 76.
Removed to Rhode Island, grandfather of William, Signer. Will.
Abigail Wilkins was born in 1676 at Boston. She died on 15 Dec
1742 at Newport, RI.
Children of Benjamin2 Ellery and Abigail Wilkins were as
follows:
6. Mary2
Ellery (William1) was born on 24 Feb
1675/76 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. She married Samuel
Stevens on 12 Jan 1692/93 Gloucester, MA. She married Edmund
Grover on 16 Mar 1758 Gloucester, MA. She died on 1 Jun 1758 at Gloucester,
Essex Co., MA, at age 82.
Samuel Stevens was born at of Gloucester, MA.
Children of Mary2 Ellery and Samuel Stevens are as follows:
There were no children of Mary2 Ellery and Edmund Grover.
7. Abigail2
Ellery (William1) was born on 20 Mar
1678/79 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. She married John (Capt.)
Prince in 1704. She died on 4 Dec 1744 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA, at age 65.
John (Capt.) Prince was born in 1677. He died in 1767.
Children of Abigail2 Ellery and John (Capt.) Prince are:
8. John2
Ellery (William1) was born on 25 Jun
1681 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. He married Jane Bonner on
30 Aug 1710 Boston. He died on 20 Jul 1742 at Boston at age 61.
NEHGS Register article goes down this line. He was Mariner in Newport and later
merchant in Boston. Will on 11 Dec 1741.
Jane Bonner was born on 2 May 1691. She died in 1739.
Children of John2 Ellery and Jane Bonner all born at Boston
were as follows:
9. Nathaniel
(Capt.)2 Ellery (William1)
was born on 31 Mar 1682/83 at of Gloucester. He married
Abigail Norwood on 1 Jan 1710/11 Gloucester, MA. He married
Ann Sargent, daughter of William Sargent 2nd and
Mary Duncan, on 16 Feb 1720/21 Gloucester, MA. He died on 30 May 1761 at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA, at age 78. He was buried at First Church Cemetery,
Centenial Ave, Sargent plot.
He was "Shipwright", trade & commerce. He lived on western corner of Hancock and
Middle, now the YMCA, moved in 2 pieces, one near the Boulevard and the other
half off Gloucester Ave near top of Mansfield Ct., tall pale green house.
Abigail Norwood was born on 30 Jan 1689/90. She died on 1 Apr
1711 at age 21.
There were no children of Nathaniel (Capt.)2 Ellery and
Abigail Norwood.
Ann Sargent was born in 1692. She died on 8 Oct 1782 at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. She was buried at First Church Cemetery, Centenial
Ave, Sargent plot. Circa 1766 Portrait painted by John Singleton
Copley, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Children of Nathaniel (Capt.)2 Ellery and Ann Sargent all born
at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA, were as follows:
13. William
(Capt.)2 Ellery (William1)
was born on 17 Mar 1693/94 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. He married
Dorcas Elwell, daughter of Elias Elwell and
Dorcas Low, on 22 May 1719 Gloucester, MA. He married
Abigail (Mrs.) Allen on 1 Oct 1739 Gloucester, MA. He died on
20 Sep 1771 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA, at age 77. He was buried at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.
He lived at Grant Circle. In 1740 purchased from James Stevens a tavern,
building still (1860) in possession of his descendents.
Dorcas Elwell was born on 16 Sep 1695 at Gloucester, Essex
co., MA. She died on 13 Feb 1732/33 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA, at age 37.
Children of William (Capt.)2 Ellery and Dorcas Elwell are as
follows:
Children of William (Capt.)2 Ellery and Abigail (Mrs.)
Allen are as follows:
14.
Dependence2 Ellery (William1)
was born on 24 Jan 1696/97 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. He married
Sarah Warner on 4 Jan 1721/22 Gloucester, MA. He died circa
1761.
He was Sea captain, merchant.
Children of Dependence2 Ellery and Sarah Warner are as
follows:
Generation Three
17. William
(Hon.)3 Ellery (Benjamin2,
William1) was born on 31 Oct 1701 at
Bristol, RI. He married Elizabeth Almay on 3 Jan 1721/22
Newport, RI. He died on 15 Mar 1764 at Newport, RI, at age 62.
He was Judge and Deputy Governor of RI. He was educated in 1722 at Harvard.
Children of William (Hon.)3 Ellery and Elizabeth Almay were:
18. Susannah3
Stevens (Mary2 Ellery,
William1) married
David Pierce on 20 Jan 1735/36.
David Pierce was born on 5 Oct 1713 at Gloucester, Essex Co.,
MA.
Children of Susannah3 Stevens and David Pierce are:
19. Mary3
Stevens (Mary2 Ellery,
William1) was born in 1694. She married
(--?--) Ingersoll.
Children of Mary3 Stevens and (--?--) Ingersoll are:
27. Mary3
Ellery (Nathaniel2,
William1) was born on 21 Jun 1723 at Gloucester, Essex
Co., MA. She married John (Rev.) Rogers on 28 Jan 1747/48
Gloucester, MA. She died in 1766 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.
Children of Mary3 Ellery and John (Rev.) Rogers were as
follows:
29.
Nathaniel3 Ellery Jr. (Nathaniel2,
William1) was born on 20 Oct 1726 at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. He married Rachel Stevens on 20
Oct 1747 Gloucester, MA. He married Mary Parsons, daughter of
William (Deacon) Parsons and Mary (Davis)
Harraden, on 17 Sep 1751 Gloucester, MA. He died before 3 May 1779 at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.
Military service Rev. war vet. served in company formed for defense of the town,
DAR Patriot. House still standing. He was Prominent merchant, but Rev War
destroyed his wharves & warehouses at inner Fort Point. He lived at 1 Western
Ave. & Fore St., Gloucester, now an office. Will on 21 Sep 1771.
Rachel Stevens was born in 1731. She died on 1 Jul 1750 at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.
Children of Nathaniel3 Ellery Jr. and Rachel Stevens were as
follows:
Mary Parsons was born on 28 Feb 1729/30 at Gloucester,
Essex Co., MA. She died in 1802 at Gloucester, Essex co., MA.
Children of Nathaniel3 Ellery Jr. and Mary Parsons were as
follows:
32. Daniel3
Ellery (Nathaniel2,
William1) was born on 9 Aug 1732 at Gloucester, Essex Co.,
MA. He married Mary Matchett, daughter of
(--?--) Matchett and Mary Ingersoll, after 20 Dec 1754
Gloucester, MA.
Mary Matchett was born in 1734 at of Boston.
Children of Daniel3 Ellery and Mary Matchett are:
33. Lucy3
Ellery (William2,
William1) married Samuel (Rev.)
Foxcroft.
Samuel (Rev.) Foxcroft was born circa 1734. He died on 2 Mar
1807 at Gloucester, Essex co., MA. He was Minister in New Gloucester, ME.
Children of Lucy3 Ellery and Samuel (Rev.) Foxcroft were:
Generation Four
54. William
(Signer)4 Ellery (William3,
Benjamin2, William1)
was born on 22 Dec 1727 at Newport, RI. He married (--?--)
Abigail. He married Ann Remington on 11 Oct 1750. He died on
15 Feb 1820 at Newport, RI, at age 92.
He was educated in 1747 at Harvard. In 1776 Signer and delegate to Continental
Congress.
(--?--) Abigail was born circa 1742. She died on 27 Jul 1793
at Newport, RI.
Children of William (Signer)4 Ellery and (--?--) Abigail are
as follows:
Ann Remington was born circa 1725. She died on 7 Sep 1764
at Newport, RI.
Children of William (Signer)4 Ellery and Ann Remington all
born at Newport, RI, were as follows:
56. Mary4
Ingersoll (Mary3
Stevens, Mary2
Ellery, William1) was born in 1713.
She married (--?--) Matchett.
Children of Mary4 Ingersoll and (--?--) Matchett are:
63. John
Stevens4 Ellery (Nathaniel3,
Nathaniel2, William1)
was born on 28 Sep 1748 at Ellery House in Gloucester. He married
Esther Sargent, daughter of Winthrop (Capt.) Sargent and
Judith Sanders, on 22 Oct 1772 Gloucester, MA. He died on 18
Nov 1845 at New York at age 97.
Prominent merchant living in Dale House, later the Commonwealth Club,
Gloucester.
Esther Sargent was born before 11 May 1755 at Gloucester,
Essex co., MA. She died on 30 Nov 1811 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
Children of John Stevens4 Ellery and Esther Sargent are:
64. Rachel
Stevens4 Ellery (Nathaniel3,
Nathaniel2, William1)
was born on 12 Mar 1749/50. She married Daniel Rogers in
1770.
Children of Rachel Stevens4 Ellery and Daniel Rogers are as
follows:
65.
Nathaniel4 Ellery (Nathaniel3,
Nathaniel2, William1)
was born on 13 Feb 1753 at Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. He married
Sarah (Sally) Cunningham. He died on 22 Feb 1833 at Gloucester, Essex Co.,
MA, at age 80.
Military service Rev War Pension Roll of 1835, & 1840 Mass State troops and
militia. Will. He was Gentleman "good penman and accountant" employment in
writing. He was educated in 1772 at Harvard.
Sarah (Sally) Cunningham was born circa 1762. She died at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. She was buried on 30 Dec 1841.
Children of Nathaniel4 Ellery and Sarah (Sally) Cunningham
are:
68. Nancy4
Ellery (Nathaniel3,
Nathaniel2, William1)
was born on 14 Feb 1760. She married Samuel (Capt.) Calder,
son of Samuel Calder and Ruth Coffin, on 7
May 1791 Gloucester, MA. She died on 18 Dec 1828 at
Gloucester, Essex Co., MA, at age 68. She was buried on 24 Dec 1828 at
Gravestone at Summer St. Cemetery, West Gloucester.
2nd cousin of William Ellery, signer of Declaration of Independence. Census 1820
MA, Essex, Gloucester, widow, 3 children.
Samuel (Capt.) Calder was born on 24 Jul 1762 at Nantucket,
MA. He died on 21 Dec 1817 at Gloucester, MA, at age 55. He was buried at Summer
St. Cemetery, West Gloucester. He was Shipmaster Merchant Service, Surveyor of
the Port. Census 1810 MA, Gloucester. He lived in 1817 at Middle St. 1st Parish,
Gloucester. Will on 16 Dec 1817. Estate Appraisal on 21 Jul 1818 Real Estate &
property $5423 (RE $3,955) copy in file.
Children of Nancy4 Ellery and Samuel (Capt.) Calder were as
follows:
72. Epes4
Ellery (Nathaniel3,
Nathaniel2, William1)
was born before 30 Oct 1768. He married Nancy Odell on 11 Sep
1794 Gloucester, MA. He died on 20 Feb 1846.
He was Representative in Gloucester.
Children of Epes4 Ellery and Nancy Odell were as follows:
Generation Five
82. Lucy5
Ellery (William4,
William3, Benjamin2,
William1) was born on 21 Sep 1752 at
Newport, RI. She married William Channing in May 1773. She
died on 25 May 1834 at age 81.
Children of Lucy5 Ellery and William Channing are:
88. Mary5
Matchett (Mary4
Ingersoll, Mary3
Stevens, Mary2
Ellery, William1) was born in 1734
at of Boston. She married Daniel Ellery, son of
Nathaniel (Capt.) Ellery and Ann Sargent,
after 20 Dec 1754 Gloucester, MA.
Daniel Ellery was born on 9 Aug 1732 at Gloucester, Essex
Co., MA.
Children of Mary5 Matchett and Daniel Ellery are:
90. John5
Rogers (Rachel4 Ellery,
Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2,
William1) married
Judith Rogers.
Children of John5 Rogers and Judith Rogers are:
95. George5
Calder Sr. (Nancy4
Ellery, Nathaniel3,
Nathaniel2, William1)
was born on 29 Nov 1799 at Gloucester (1850 census says Boston), MA. He married
Martha Ann Leland, daughter of Lewis
Leland and Martha (Patty) Smith, on 6 Dec 1827 New York, NY.
He died on 21 Jul 1884 at Lancaster, PA, at age 84.
Martha Ann Leland was born on 15 Apr 1809 at Boston, MA. She
died on 4 Aug 1903 at Lancaster, PA, at age 94.
See Calder Family
103.
Nathaniel5 Ellery (Epes4,
Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2,
William1) was born on 18 Jan 1807 at
Exeter, N.H. He married Eliza Jane Downs circa 1842. He died
on 30 Jul 1881 at Gloucester, MA, at age 74.
Census 1850 Newbury, MA, mariner.
Eliza Jane Downs was born circa 1817.
Children of Nathaniel5 Ellery and Eliza Jane Downs are as
follows:
Generation Six
107. Daniel
Cornelius6 Rogers (John5,
Rachel4 Ellery,
Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2,
William1) married
Sarah Dodge Stanwood.
Children of Daniel Cornelius6 Rogers and Sarah Dodge Stanwood
are:
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