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250 JOHN ELLISON, OF HEMPSTEAD, N. Y.
Henry Pierson, Robert Jackson, Thomas Sherman, and Francis
Yates, in 1644, composed a colon}^, which, according to
the history of Stamford, Conn., were aggrieved at the limited
franchises granted the town of Stamford by the New Haven
colony, left the jurisdiction of England, and took up land
under the Dutch government, on the south side of Long
Island, N. Y. This was in 1644. In 1647 land was
apportioned to him in Hempstead. In 1656 he signed legal
documents "
by his mark." In 1658 he became one of the
sureties for the good behavior of his brother-in-law, John
Ellington. On Nov. 29, 1658, ten acres of land were allotted
to him in Hempstead. He was chosen townsman in 1662,
and in 1663 land was granted to him and others at Mad Nan's
Neck, and this same year he was taxed for thirty acres, and
on ten acres, two oxen, and four cows. In 1676 he was chosen
overseer. He was granted four acres of land, for which he
was required to furnish the town with two gallons of rum to
drink. At a public meeting in Hempstead, in 1677, land
was given to him, and also land on Hempstead Plains. In
1678 he was chosen constable and .real estate valuator. He
made no will and his property went to relatives.
CHILD.
1G46. John Ellison, Jr.= (1656). Eps. Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y.
In 1677, at a public meeting in that town, land was allotted to
him.
1647. Thomas Ellison,^ jjerhaps his son. (From Family Genealogy Jonathan
Barlow and Plain Kogers of Delaware Co., N. Y., by
George Barlow of Wall street, New York, N. Y. Page 347.)
1648. Richard Ellison 3
[1636] (Richard,^ Lawrence i
)•
He was born in Braintree, Mass., "•
7-2-1660," and went early
in life to Hempstead with his parents. He was one of a committee
to lay out Hempstead Plains in 1685. He then resided
in Hempstead. On March 17, 1715, as appears from the
records of Queen's county, Long Island, New York, he con-
veyed land in Hempstead, and signed his name Richard Ellison,
but his name was written Richard Allison in the body of
the deed. He was called Tlllison by the witnesses and was
indexed Allison. He probably emigrated to Monmouth
county, N. J., shortly afterward, as it appears from the
records of that county previous to 1804, which are in the sec-
retary of state's office in Trenton, N. J. (as are all other county
records of that state previous to that date and after that date
at the county seats) ; he emigrated to Freehold, Monmouth