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248 EICHAED ELLISON, OF HEMPSTEAD, N. Y.
of land allotted him in Hempstead, L. I. Lawrence Ellison
was chosen townsman in 1659. Not long did this earlj^ settler
of Hempstead continue with the youthful settlement.
He died in Hempstead, in the North Riding, Yorkshire, Long
Island, N. Y., in 1664. At the court of sessions, held at
Hempstead Jan. 2, 1665, letters of administration .on his
estate were granted to his three sons, Richard, Thomas, and
John Ellison. This is the oldest record but one recorded in
the surrogate's office in the city of New York. In legal
documents he signed his name by "his mark."
CHILDKEN.
1626. Eichard Ellison' (1629), res. Hempstead, N. Y. He was b., presumably,
about 1620.
1627. Thomas Ellison^ (1638), res. Hempstead, N. Y. He wasb., presumably,
about 1622.
1628. John Ellison' (1645), res. Hempstead, N. Y. He was b., presum-
ably, about 1624.
Ellison m. John Ellington ;
res. Hempstead, N. Y.
1629. Richard Ellison 2
[1626] (Lawrence i). He was
born, presumably, about 1620. He was evidently at one
time a resident of Braintree, Mass., and the peculiar and
unusual name of his wife identifies the man. The record of
the births of his children appears upon the Braintree records,
showing that he was a resident there from 1645 to as late a
date as 1660, and that he appears upon the Hempstead
records in 1663. The name of his wife, " Thamasin," appears
on the records of Braintree, and the same is mentioned in his
will. In 1663 he was of Mad Nan's Neck, L. I., a strip of
land which was granted that same year to his brothers, John
and Thomas Ellison, and Thomas Hicks. In 1673 he was
taxed in Hempstead on sixty acres of land. Land was
allotted to him in 1677, and the same year more was allotted
to him on Hempstead Plains; he was living there in 1682.
He made his will Feb. 14, 1680, which is recorded in the
surrogate's office in New York city. This was proven June
13, 1683, showing that he died between those dates. In that
instrument he gave "unto my loving and well-beloved wife,
Tamisen Elison, ten pounds," also the "bed with its furni-
"
ture she now Lyeth on ; to his son John he gave one hun-
"
to his son
dred and fifty acres of land and "one hors ;
Thomas he gave twenty-two acres and he remembered his
;
sons-in-law, Jonathan Smith and Joshua Jannock. In closing,
he recommended his "Dearly beloved children and wife,
aforesaid, to the merciful keeping and protection of our most