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| At the court held on 20 Aug 1644 in Sandwich John was accused of fornication, and the record shows that "A warrant [was] sent forth to bring in the bodies of ...[witnesses].. to give evidence in John ellis and his wife's case." "John Ellis of snadwich.. and his now wife.. is censured to be whipt at publicke post and Elizabeth his wife to stand by whilst execucon of the sentence is pformed; which was accordingly done. And the said John Ellis for his long and tedious delayes occaioning much trouble and charge to the contrey, for that he would not confess the truth untill the present, fyned 5 li" John Ellis served 5 June 1651 on the Grand Enquest. With others he was appointed by the Court "to lay out the convenientest Way from Sandwich unto Pylmouth, 24 Feb 1652." John Ellis was approved by the Court to bee leiftenant of the military companie att Sandwidge, 9 June 1653. An agreement dated 13 Dec 1653 orders "that Richard Chadwell, Thomas Dexter, John Ellis, these three men are to have ye whales yt come up within ye limits & bounds of Sandwige and for ye sd whales they are to pay to ye town £16 apiese... provided any of them have notis given them by any man that hath seen ye whale ashore or aground & returns to ye whale staying one ower by ye whale and this on oeth is to be taken for the truth and certainty of ye thing, to make these three persons above mentioned liable to pay... in case one of them doe not goe along with him that brings the word there is a whale cast up, but if any of them returns with him that give them notis, then the person yt gives them notis, hee shall help to seize the whale & ye person whoever hee be yt will doe accordingly to give notice in ye towne's behalf shall have paid him for his paines and care herein twenty shillings,..." "The 1st of March 1654 [ie. 1654-6] John Ellis, William Swift, William Allen & James Skeff: these four men doe hereby ingage ourselves equally in the building of a mill, to defray and discharge all disbursements about the building of the same & for the present ingage ourselves to pay twenty pounds apiece in whete & befe to be ready to make paiment of the same by the last of November next issuing." On 29 May 1655 John was included in a list drawn up of men who engaged themselves to contribute toward "the building of a place of publick meetings" in Sandwich. In February 1657-8 Leftenant Ellis was indebted to the town 14s. 8d. and he was appointed "to build and carry on work for thge Meeting House, the which he the said Ellis accepted of." On 2 March following Pete Gaunt, Daniel Winge, Ralph Allen, Jr., and William Allen were summoned before the Court "to Answer for a tumultuous carriage att a meeting of the Quakers at Sandwich." They were admonished and fined 20s. each, but upon examination at the same time "Leift. Ellis, Steven Wing and Thomas Butler... found not soe faulty as was supposed" were admonished and cleared. 3 May1659 - "John Ellis is allowed by athe Court to keep an ordinary att Sandwich for thge entertainment of strangers and travellers and he is to provide conveniencyes for that end, and may sell strong waters and wine for such purposes, but is prohibited to permitt towne dwellers to staye drinking unnecessaryly att his house." On 11 Aug 1670 an Indian called William complained "that the oxen of Lieuft. Ellis" had broken into his corn at Break Heart. Hill. Elisha Hedge confirmed the damage. At a town meeting 26 Aug 1674 there were given "unto Fieftenant Joh Ellis twenty akers of land beginning at his cow yard at the Western side of his fence going down to the beach, the hie way excepted, or another hie way as convenient as the old... is. and Job Bourn and Thomas Tupper are chosen to lay out the land." On 28 Feb 1675 a town meeting was held to consider what steps should be taken to protect the people against Indian attacks in connection with King Philip's war. It was ordered that Lt. John Ellis should make provision for the inhabitants to come to safety into the garrison on Town Neck in times of danger. There are no records to indicate whether John was killied in the war, but his widow Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis left the comparative safety and comfort of Sandwich at the age of nearly sixty, to pioneer in the settlement of Sepican. This land was a part of the grant made by the general court to veterans of King Philip's war. At any rate Lt. John Ellis was dead before 23 March 1676-7, when his widow presented to the probate court an inventory (not including real estate) valued at £46. 11s. | ||||||||
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