John Ellison, Sr.

1699 - 1761  (62 years)

• Name	John Ellison
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1699	Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Apr 1761	Mansfield, Burlington Co., NJ   [1, 2]
  Inventory	29 Apr 1761	Burlington Co., NJ   [3]
  	1761, April 29. Inventory, £320.179, made by George Folwell and William Folwell.
  Probate	13 Jun 1761	Burlington Co., NJ   [3]
  	1761, June 13. Ellison, John, of Burlington Co., Int. Adm'r - Joseph Ellison. Fellowbondsmen -- John Ellison and James Ellison; all of Mansfield Twp., said Co. Lib.10, p.176.
  Person ID	I3400	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Ellison, Jr.,   b. 1670, Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY d. 1739 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Cornelia Johnson,   b. Abt 1670   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Jul 1690	NJ   [2]
  Family ID	F1560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Boude,   b. Abt 1700   d. 1795, Burlington Co., NJ (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1725	Monmouth Co., NJ   [2]
  Children	1. Lydia Ellison   2. John Ellison, Jr.   d. Bef 1794   3. Susannah Ellison   4. Joseph Ellison   d. 24 Jan 1810   5. Elizabeth Ellison   6. Hannah Ellison   7. Ezekiel Ellison   d. 1808   8. Ruth Ellison   d. 1795   9. James Ellison, Sr.,   b. Abt 1726, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ d. 27 Dec 1791, Bradshaw Run, Greenbrier Co., VA (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F1497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III, ©1911, p. 201 John Ellison, of near Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey, married there, Susanna, daughter of John and Susanna Boude, of Freehold, who had removed to Monmouth county, New Jersey, from Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1700. In 1748 John Ellison, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth county, purchased land in and removed to Mansfield township, Burlington county, New Jersey, where he died in 1761. His widow Susanna married (second), June 4, 1764, John Atkinson, whom she also survived. Her will dated October 4, 1794, mentions the children of her deceased sons, James and John Ellison; living sons, Joseph and Ezekiel Ellison; and daughters, Elizabeth Ellison, Lydia English and Hannah Beck.

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Harper, Bonnie Blake, Ellison: Some Descendants of John and Susanna Ellison of New Jersey, (Name: Cincinnati, OH;). [S56] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, (Name: ©1911;). [S2520] A. Van Doren Honeyman of Committee on Colonial Documents, editor, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey (Calendar of Wills 1761-1770), (Somerville, N.J.: The Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers, 1928.), 4: 129. (Reliability: 3).