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Female Eleanor Ellis Click to view Eleanor Ellis in the family tree

Eleanor was born on September 7th, 1703 in Rochester, Ma.1   Eleanor's father was Edmund Freeman Ellis and her mother was Mercy Winslow.  Her paternal grandparents were Lt. John Ellis and Elizabeth Freeman; her maternal grandparents were Kenelm Winslow and Mercy Worden. She had five brothers and three sisters, named Thankful, Joel, Gideon, Mordecai, Ebenezer, Dorothy, Elizabeth and Mercy.


Eleanor's family with Stephen Swain

‌Eleanor and Stephen were married in a religious ceremony on November 24th, 1723 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Ma.2   They had two sons and three daughters, named Reuban, Stephen, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Hepzibah.

1 New England Historic Genealogical Society Register @ 119:270
2 Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record @ 1723
3 Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868 @ p. 96 (1724)
4 Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868 @ p. 96
5 Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record
Further source/citation:
New England Historic Genealogical Society Register @ 16:272 July 1862

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