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THE ELLISONS OF NEWBURGH, N. Y, 245
William Ellison, her niece, Elizabeth Floyd. She appointed her brother,
John Ellison, and nephew, Thomas Ellison, executors.
John Allison, of Oxford, county of Sussex, X. J. Sarah Allison
appointed administratrix of his estate, Sept. 1, 1759.
John Ellison of county of Burlington, X. J. Administration on his
estate granted June lo, 176L
John Ellison and wife, llachel Ellison, of the city of New York, sold
land at Perth Amboy, N. J., to John Griggs, Aug. 21, 1765. He was a
sail maker.
John Ellison's will was proven Nov. 17, 17S2, in Dutchess Co., N. Y.
John Ellison's will, dated Dec. 23, 1784, recorded in surrogate's ofifice.
New York, N. Y. He mentions his daughter, Martha Dorland, his
brother, Richard Ellison, his father, Richard Ellison, his brother, Samuel
Ellison, and his sister, Freelove Piatt.
James Ellison of Hempstead, N. Y., will dated Feb. 19, 1780. He mentions
his wife, Elizabeth Ellison, his son, William Ellison, and his surviving
daughters, Freelove Ellison, Mary Ellison, Elizabeth Ellison, Hannah
Ellison ;
one of the witnesses was Richard Ellison.
William Ellison, of New York, N. Y. Cabinet maker. Made a will,
dated Sept. 3, 1788. He had a- wife, Margaret Ellison, and a daughter,
Mary Ellison. He married Margaret Brandt, April 19, 1779.
Seth Ellison, " of the southward of the city of Perth Amboy," N. J.,
made a will March 20, 1770, proven May 24, 1770. He mentions his eldest
son, Thomas Ellison, daughter, Sarah Lumberson; to son Joseph Ellison
one half the land the father lived upon was given. His daughter Martha
Buckalew received land of him in Middletown, county of Monmouth, N.
J. His son, Samuel Ellison, was deceased, but the sons of the latter,
Seth Ellison and Samuel Ellison, were remembered in this will. (See previous
notice of Thomas Ellison and Seth Ellison of Perth Amboy, N. J.
THE ELLISONS OF NEW WINDSOR AND NEWBURG, N. Y.
Cutlibert Ellison ^ was sheriff of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England,
in 1544, and was mayor in 1549 and to 1554. He had
a grandson, Cuthbert Ellison, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The
son of the latter, Christopher Ellison, also a resident of Newcastle,
was born Jan. 26, 1612 ; died 1695. He had a son.
John Ellison, born 1688, emigrated to America and settled
in New York, N. Y. The history of Orange county, N. Y.,
p. 214, says that he secured a claim to property in New Windsor,
Webster county, N. Y., in 1718, by an investment of
£160, and had an additional claim by a loan of £140, in 1721,
and perfected the "title to the property in May, 1723." ^
*In the August number, 1890, Magazine of American History, edited by
Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, 743 Broadway, New Y'ork, N. Y., is a brief account
of the Ellisons of New Windsor, N. Y.
-John Ellison made his will in 1718, but he may not have died till sometime
later. He had a brother, William Ellison, in England, as appears
from that document. See former quotations from probate records,
which give his children. The preceding quotations from probate and
other records relating to the Ellisons throw great light upon the Ellison
family of New Windsor and Newburg, N. Y., and corroborate some of
the information received from a distinct source. The author has not
made a special studij of the history and genealogy of the Ellisons, but