Lieut. John ELLSWORTH

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Excerpt from "Our Ellsworth Ancestors":
Family tradition indicates that John built the house later known as the "ELLSWORTH HOMESTEAD", referred to previously. John was a prominent citizen, serving first as hay warden, member of numerous local committees and constable. One important assignment was as one of a committee to determine the state boundary between Enfield, Massachusetts and Windsor, Connecticut. John was one of the largest landowners in Windsor. A portion of his holdings was inherited from his father.
Tradition tells us that John and his sons, John and Daniel, were developing land in Ellington. They would go to their new holdings on Monday morning with their oxen and cart, spend the week clearing the land, and return to their home in Windsor on Saturday. One Saturday afternoon John asked his sons to gather some turnips and place them in the cart while he went to the marsh to fell a tree. The boys, having completed their assignment, waited for the return of their father. After some time they went to look for him and found the tree had fallen on him and he was dead. The boys placed the body upon the stone boat, taking it to a shanty which had been built as a temporary shelter. There one boy remained with the body all night while the other boy went to Windsor for aid. A stone marks the place with the inscription:
"Lieutenant JOHN ELLSWORTH was killed here by the fall of a tree, 26 October 1720, age 47 years and 15 days."

John married Esther WHITE on 07 Dec 1696 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Esther (daughter of Lieut. Daniel WHITE and Sarah CROW) was born in 1671; died on 07 Sep 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Capt John ELLSWORTH was born on 07 Nov 1697 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Jan 1784.
2. Daniel ELLSWORTH was born on 20 Mar 1699/00 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Jan 1782.
3. Esther ELLSWORTH was born on 9 Mar 1702 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Nov 1791 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
4. Hannah ELLSWORTH
5. Annie ELLSWORTH was born on 27 Apr 1705 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
6. Martha ELLSWORTH was born on 27 Feb 1708/9 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in 1748.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of John Ellsworth and Lucia Bower

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Excerpt from "Our Ellsworth Ancestors": Josiah came to America in about 1646, at the age of seventeen. He made his home in Windsor, Connecticut. he was made a "Freeman" by court order, 21 May 1657. Previous to his marriage Josiah purchased property from Alex Alford (19 March 1654). He and his family lived at this place until it was sold to Cornelius Gillet in 1658 at the time Josiah purchased a lot fro William Phelps. Several years later, in 1664 or 1665, Josiah purchased from Joanna Davison the property which has coe to be known as the "Ellsworth Homestead." The place, also known as "Elmwood," was deeded in 1903 by the heirs of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth to the connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, wh maintain the property as a colonial historical landmark and a museum of revolutionary relics....
Josiah served frequently as a juror, according to the records of the Secretary of State, at Hartford. He served in other public offices of trust, which attest the character of the man. Josiah was the owner of thirteen different peces of land, totaling about two thousand acres. One of the three fort palisades at Windsor was known as the ELLSWORTH FORT. At this place women and chuldren sought refuge from possible Indian attacks. At the tie of his death, 20 August, 1689, att the age of sixty, Josiah was considered to be in the upper group financially. His will, probated 11 November, 1689, listed his property at about $3000. Judging fron the inventory of th estate, Josiah may have been a weaver.....
The wife of Josiah Ellsworth was ELIZABETH HOLCOMB. She was born in 1634 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the daughter of Thomas Holcomb and Elizabeth Ferguson.
Thomas Holcomb, the father of Elizabeth, was one of a company of one hundred forty Puritans who, in march of 1630, assembled at the hospital at Plymouth, Devon County, Englandm for the purpose of developing plans for their voyage to America. they chartered a 400 ton ship, the Mary and John, and soon set sail. After sailing for seventy days the group arrived 30 May, 1630 at Nantasket, Massachusetts. The party possibly settled just south of Boston. They named the area Dorchester. It was later incorporated into greater Boston.
Thomas married ELIZABETH FERGUSON, a widow, in 1632. thomas was made a freeman 14 March, 1634. Within a few years - 1635-1636 - Thomas Holcomb, with sixty other people, settled Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. he sold his Dorchester property 12 Auagust, 1635. Thomas represented hartford County, in framing the constitution of the Colony of Connecticut. Thomas died 7 September 1657, age 57 years.....

Josiah married Elizabeth HOLCOMBE on 16 Nov 1654 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas HOLCOMB and Elizabeth FERGUSON) was born in 1634 in Prob. Dorchester, Massachusetts; died on 18 Sep 1712 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Holcombe and Elizabeth ?

Thomas married Elizabeth FERGUSON in 1632. Elizabeth was born in 1615/6 in England; died on 7 Oct 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]