LAWRENCE ELLISON and his sons (3 filed for Letters of Administration when Lawrence died intestate 1664/1665) were in Hempstead by 1657 as he was taxed for 29 acres of land in that year. Letters of Administration were granted January 2, 1665/6 to Richard, Thomas and John.
Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Henry Whittemore, 1967:
Lawrence Ellison, of Windsor, 1643, removed to Hempstead, L. I., perhaps there died 1665. Had sons Richard, Thomas and John.
A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. II, by James Savage, 1965: Ellison, or Elisson, Lawrence, Windsor 1643, rem. perhaps to Hempstead, L.I. there died 1665. His sons Richard, Thomas, and John were Administrators.
From "The History of the Alison or Allison Family" AD 1135-1893 by L A Morrison
[1893]:249. Lawrence Ellison, the progenitor of this branch of the Allisons, according to "Thompson's History of Long Island, N. Y.," was a Puritan, and came from Watertown, Mass., to Weathersfield, Conn.; removed from there to Stamford, thence to Hempstead, L. I., with other emigrants who accompanied Rev. Richard Denton in 1644. Most of the early families of Hempstead were under his leadership, and came from Hemel, Hempstead, England, about twenty miles from London. Some, however, came from Halifax, County of York, whence Rev. Richard Denton himself emigrated. The latter was for a time minister in Coley Chapel, Halifax. These emigrants are supposed to have been a part of the colony which came across seas with Robert Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall in 1630.
In June, 1643, Lawrence Ellison obtained a verdict of £4 damages against Thomas Marshfield, in particular court, Connecticut. In 1657 he was taxed in Hempstead for twenty-nine acres. From the Hempstead, L. I., town records in 1658, Lawrence and John Ellison became sureties for the good behavior of Lawrence's son-in-law and John's brother-in-law, John Ellington. On Nov. 29, 1658, he had ten acres of land allotted him in Hempstead, L. I. Lawrence Ellison was chosen townsman in 1659. Not long did this early 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."
"Immigrants to America before 1750" by Frederick Virkus, page 43: ALLISON (ELLISON), LAWRENCE (b. perhaps in Yorkshire, England - d. Hempstead, Long Island, 1664) came from Watertown, Massachusetts, to Wethersfield, Connecticut, thence to Stanford, Connecticut, finally with Reverend Richard Denton to Hempstead 1644; taxed for 29 acres there 1657; townsman 1659; married and had issue: 1-Richard (b. about 1620-d. Hempstead between 1682 and June 13, 1683 when will was proved) married probably in Braintree, Massachusetts about 1645, Thomasin _____; 2-Thomas (b. about 1622-d. Hempstead 1697), owned 270 acres 1696; married Martha _____, six children; 3-John (b. about 1624-d. after 1678 no will) was one of the founders of Hempstead; held offices of various kinds; married and had issue (of record): 1-John, Jr. (d. 1754) spelled name "Allison", large landowner in Orange (now Rockland) County, New York, ancestor of numerous progeny in Haverstraw and vicinity; the Barlow Genealogy credits John, Sr. With another son Thomas; 4-Catherine Ellison, married Henry Linnington; resided in Hempstead.
New York City Wills, 1665-1707
Page 4.--LAURENCE ELLISON, of Hempstead, died intestate, and his sons Richard, Thomas, and John petition for Letters of Administration, which were granted January
2, 1665/6.
PROBATE: Liber 1-2:4, 2 Jan 1665/6 NY Historical Society Collection [1892]:2.
DEEDS: D:102 Isaac Smith deposition 10 Aug 1747 declaring he knew Richard Ellison, John Ellison, Thomas Ellison sons of Lawrence Ellison, Queens Co Land Records (published).
Lawrence was b. January 2, 1599/1600 Lancaster, England d. bef January 1664/1665 Hempstead, Long Island he married June o8, 1621 to Mary Rishton b. abt 1601 Lancaster, England d. abt 1666 Hempstead, Long Isand. 4 known children:
1. RICHARD Ellison b.abt 1621 Lancaster, England d. bef June 13, 1683 m. Tamison abt 1643 in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Will dated 14 Feb 1680 probated 13 Jun 1683 & recorded NYC, Collections of the New York Historical Society [1893:126-7].
Page 473. -- RICHARD ELLISON, Sr., Hempstead. Leaves to wife Tamison £10. Leaves to son John 150 acres of land "lying at the bottom of the Bevill," also "a lot of meadow which was John Smith's, Blue," lying at new bridge. Leaves to son Richard "50 acres of land at the bottom of said Beville." To son Thomas "22 acres of land, delivered to him by John Tredwell, and one acre had of Jonathan Smith, Rock." To son in law Joshua Janock, 10 acres "in lieu of a cow James Pine left for his wife, which cow is long since dead." Rest of estate is left to his wife for life and then to his sons Richard and Thomas, and his daughter Rachel. (Not dated.)
Witness, Joseph Smith. Proved June 13, 1683.
[NOTE.--The allusion to Jonathan Smith, "Rock," and John Smith "Blue," may be explained by the fact that at a very early date there were in the town of Hempstead three or more distinct families of Smith, and distinguished by as many different nick names. The "Rock Smiths," derived their name from the tradition that their ancestor used a large rock for the back of his fire place. The "Blue Smiths" were so called because their ancestor wore a coat of that color. --W. S. P.]
END OF LIBER 1-2.
The History of the Allison Family AD 1135-1893 by L A Morrison [1893]:249.
Colonial Families of Long Island and Connecticut by Herbert F Seversmith
[1948]:923-4. DEEDS: RECORDS OF THE TOWNS OF NORTH AND SOUTH HEMPSTEAD LONG ISLAND NY edited by Benjamin D Hicks [1897]2:348-9
Richard & Thomas Ellison b/o Hempstead Long Island sold to Henry Allin 15 acres on Madnans neck land ownded by our father Richard Ellison late of Hempstead 1 Apr 1706 Richard & Thomas both signed their names. 2::456 Thamason Elison widow of Richard .. 3 youngest children Richard, Thomas and Rachel. [19083:73-4 .. our Decesed fathe Richard elison .. Last will & testament .. bequeath to my self my brother Thomas & our sister Rachell .. deliver unto my brother Thomas ellison .. meadow on a neck called neubri neck .. Land & apurtinanses .. sd neck & .. gas .. belong to our deceased father on sd cow neck .. & .. plow Land .. north side of Town .. three acars w't ye fencing & appurtinances .. equal half part of hollows .. plains right of upland devided and undivided .. pattin of hempstead .. December the nintenth day .. 1701. Richard Elison (S) witnesses were Joseph Petted, Timothy Holsted, Richard Smith.
2. THOMAS Ellison b. abt 1622 Lancaster, England d.abt May 1697 Hempstead, Long Island m. abt 1650 Martha Honor Champion b. abt 1632 d. abt 1698 Hempstead, Long Island. Records say they had 6 children.
On 5 May 1675, at a similar court, Thomas Ellison brought suit against Robert Bedell. The plaintiff claimed that he had kept a company of "Mat" Bedell's cattle for three or four days and that he should have been paid 3 shillings a day for his service. Robert Bedell was named as defendant because, Ellison alleged, Robert had promised to pay the charge if Matthew did not, and that neither had done so. The court found for the plaintiff.
3. CATHERINE Ellison b. bef Dec. 19, 1623 Lancaster, England m. abt 1656 to Henry Linnington b. abt 1620 England
4. JOHN Ellison b. abt 1624 Lancaster, England m. unknown had 1 son (on record)named John (spelled name Allison) d. abt.1754 in Orange Co., New York
