Lawrence ELLISON
- Born: Abt 1590, Blackburn, Lancashire, England 36
- Marriage: Mary RISHTON on 8 Jun 1617 in England 36
- Died: 1664, Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY about age 74 952
General Notes:
Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eatern Massachusetts, Volume II. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, ©1908. (p.1061)
Lawrence Ellison, the immigrant ancestor of the Ellison families of New York and New England, was born in England about 1590. He settled first in Watertown, Massachusetts, and went thence to Wethersfield, Connecticut, and Stamford, and later to Hempstead, Long Island, with others in the party of the Rev. Richard Denton in 1644. Most of these families who located at Hempstead were from Hemel, Hempstead, England, a town twenty miles from London. Others were from Halifax, Yorkshire, whence Mr. Denton himself came with Sir Richard Saltonstall in 1630. Ellison was taxed at Hempstead in 1657, and became a townsman in 1659. He died there in 1664 and his estate was administered by Richard, Thomas and John, the second estate listed upon the surrogate's books of that county, New York. Children: 1. Richard, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born about 1622, resided at Hempstead. 3. John, born about 1624. 4. Daughter, married John Ellington.
Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1892, New York, ©1893
Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office: City of New York, Volume I, 1665 ? 1707, p.2
Page 4 - LAURENCE ELLISON of Hempstead died intestate and his sons Richard, Thomas, and John petition for Letters of Administration which were granted January 2, 1665/6.
Lawrence married Mary RISHTON on 8 Jun 1617 in England.36 (Mary RISHTON was born about 1595 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England 36 and died about 1665 36.)
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