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THE ELLISONS OF NEW YORK, N. Y. 243
On Sept. 15, 1704, be made his will; proved July 18,
1705. He was a resident of New York city, and bad a wife,
Hannab. He bad a brother, Thomas Allison, apparently
deceased, who had a sou,
Robert Allisou, to whom Robert Allison first named gave
one third of his real estate when twenty-one years of age. In
case Robert Allison, the younger, dies before that time, the
property was to go to the "loving sister" of Robert, Sr.,
Sarah Holmes, living in Bridgewater in kingdom of England.
He also remembered Hannah Allison, daughter of his
brother, Thomas Allison. This nephew and niece lived at
his house in New York city.
Rip Van Dam and William Smith, executors.
Inventory of this estate taken March 28, 1706.
THE ELLISONS. UNASSIGNED EECORDS.
The following records were taken in Oct., 1891, by
the author,
from the surrogate's office in the city of New York, and
from the records of the different counties of New Jersey, previous
to 1804, which are kept in the office of the secretary of
state, at Trenton, N, J., and from the records of Suffolk
county, Mass., at Boston, Mass.
William Ellison, of Elizabeth, N. J., sold land Feb, 6, 1688. On Oct. 7,
1695, or Feb. 20, 1696, then of Woodbridge, IST. J., he bought land of
Capt. Samuel Walker, late of Boston, Mass., merchant, now of Piscataqua,
N". J. On March 27, 1707, he made his will, proven Aug. 19, 1707.
He had a wife, Maiy Ellison, and children, Enoch Ellison and Emma
Ellison.
John Ellison, merchant, of the city of Xew Y^ork, bought land of Hannah,
widow of William Barton, in Perth Amboy, X. J., Nov. 22, 1699.
He had, on Nov. 7, 1699, bought land in Middletown, N. J.
John Ellison, of New Y^ork, N. Y^., made his will Oct. 12, 1718. He
mentions his wife, Eleanor Ellison, his son, John Ellison, Jr., William
Ellison, Thomas Ellison, Joseph Ellison, his sister, Elizabeth Finch, and
his brother, William Ellison in England.
John Ellison, Jr., of New Y'ork, N. Y'., was a merchant like his father.
He made his will July 11, 1725. He mentions his wife, Mary Ellison, his
eldest son, John Ellison, Jr., his daughter, Mary Ellison, and his brothers,
William Ellison, Thomas Ellison, Joseph Ellison.
In the previous year, March 2, 1724, the three brothers of this John
Ellison— William Ellison of New Y'ork, N. Y"., a mariner, Thomas Ellison
of the county of Ulster, merchant, and Joseph Ellison of the city of
New York, mariner,—"three of the sons of John Ellison, late of the city
of New Y'ork, merchant," relinquished all claim to some land in Perth
Amboy, N. J. This brother John had relin(iuished to them various
messuages in New Y^ork and elsewhere in that province.
William Ellison made his will Dec. 18, 1725. He mentions liis wife,
Mary Ellison, lands, slaves, etc., in Virginia and North Carolina, and
property in the province of New York. He mentions his brother,
Thomas Ellison, and gives this property to him at the death of his wife,
including "two Indian boys named North and South."