HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL


MOTHER'S LOVE

by Helen Steiner Rice
A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .


STILL IN THE HEART

I have this Lady friend
Whose Mother passed away
Moving to a better place
And, a peaceful day.
I know about the pain
That, she is going through
Because the loss of "Mom"
Is the saddest, that is true.
Sometimes, it is a blessing
When their "life" is in decline
Not, what it used to be
When, "everything" worked fine.
But still, it hurts so much
When Mother goes away
When you know you won't see
Her For, forever and a day.
But the memories will be there
And will help, to get you through
When, you're thinking of Mom
And, feeling kind of blue.


IF SHE'S STILL WITH YOU

God gives us one Mother
There will never be another.
She's one of the few things in life
That can never be replaced
She's led us down those life's paths
That can never be retraced.
Too many take their Moms for granted
And think they'll always be around .
They don't know how She'll be missed
When, one day She's Heaven-bound.
Why we celebrate this special day
Only this one time a year?
When everyday our Mom is special
And we should tell Her, make that clear.
So, if you are a lucky one
Whose Mom is still with you
Tell her everyday you love her
For, that's the least that you can do.

Happy Easter!
Matthew 28:2-6
There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
Notice how the angel of the Lord bypasses the guards and speaks to women about the resurrection.
God chose to reveal His truth to a people group who, in that day, could not testify in a court of law. God's love challenges our paradigms in order to free us to be the children of God.
As the apostle Paul writes, there is neither male nor female in Christ. What was scandalous in the 1st Century becomes freeing for all of eternity.
The resurrection is an event that includes everybody! Happy Easter!
Today's commentary by:Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, Grace NYC

My husband's grandfather
Chester Arthur Ellison

May 10, 1888-February 07, 1928

Baldwin, Nassau Co., New York

The first born of Smith and Frances Ellison. He was Honorably Discharged from the United States Coast Guard on the twenty-third day of November, 1915 in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations for the government of the Coast Guard in Bay Shore, New York. He had served as a surfman at Point Lookout. He was listed as 5 foot 10 inchs weight 160 pounds with brown eyes, dark hair and light complexion. He had a mole on his left axilla (armpit).

On his WWI Registration Card he stated he was born on Milburn Ave., Baldwin, New York on May 10, 1888. He was a Captain of a passenger boat working for Freeport Ferry Company in Freeport, New York. Thea Bedell, Jr. signed his card on June 5, 1917.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name: Chester Authur Ellison

City: Not Stated

County: Nassau

State: New York

Birthplace: New York;United States of America

Birth Date: 10 May 1888

Race: Caucasian (White)

Roll: 1753851 DraftBoard: 3

Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers.com posted a quick referance sheet on how to properly cite your sources. I highly recommend you go to his site and download his paper. Citing your sources is very important.
http://www.geneabloggers.com/genealogy-source-citation-quick-reference-card/
The main components of a citation are the author, title, publisher and page number or numbers of a source. Always cite your source as soon as you can. Waiting till later sometimes means you might not find it again. It is even a good idea to put the date you found the source.

I hope the information I have found from databases, books, court papers, and even cemeteries will help others researching the same family line. I hope they may contact me and we may fill in the missing pieces together. I do try to verify what ever evidence I present but mistakes can be made. Please feel free to contact me if you find I have made one.

I have been using the program Family Tree Maker 2003 edition. I like the program very much and would recommend it to any new genealogist. It has all your information in one quick easy to retrieve place. It has a scrapbook, a place for notes, facts, addresses, lineage and any medical information you may have.

This is my husband Herb on his sixty-first birthday, May 27, 2003, a month after he had his sixth stomach surgery. That's me with him at Cajun's Wharf. Our daughter Betty and her family took us out. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but when they opened him it was not to be found. They went ahead and removed his gall bladder and appendix. One week later they had to go back in as he had an intestinal blockage.

He underwent surgery again January 2005 for an arota by pass down both legs. This time he spent 6 weeks in intensive care. He seemed to be doing good and then Mother's Day of 2006 he started being sick again. He was diagnosed with heart failure June 6, 2006 and passed away on September 8, 2006.





This was us June 1961 at my prom in Orleans, France. He was soooo handsome. My dad had to write a note giving his permission for Herb to take me to the prom since he was a GI and was the driver of my school bus. I think he had more fun than I did that night.

I started this blog in 2006, just a few months before my husband's death. In the upheavel of my life, as I knew it, I forgot about it. Now that I am back I plan on continuing where I left off. I want to help the budding genealogist out there to fine the wealth of information that is one click away. There is so much out there and it can become very confusing on where to start. I have a few places that I am sure you will love as much as I do.
A really great site is the genealogy blog finder and can be found here
http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/ Just play around and you just might find a gem. Right now it is tracking over 1,300 geneaology blogs.
A good website to look up death records and obituaries is
http://www.deathindexes.com/alabama/index.html You may have to pay a subscription for some of the records but a lot are free.

HAPPY HUNTING!

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

Smith and Francis Ellison had 5 children all born Queens (Nassau) Co., New York:
Chester Arthur Ellison b. May 10, 1888 d. Feb. 07, 1928. He married before June 1917 Florence Louise Schmidt b. July 10, 1894 d. Nov. 1974. Both buried at Greenfield Cemetery Uniondale, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York.
They had 2 children:
Juliet Ellison b. Feb 26, 1918 d. Aug. 6, 2003. She married Edward Vieser and had 2 sons.
Chester Arthur Ellison b. June 11, 1921 d. May 18, 1984. He married March 16, 1940 Nancy Ruth Brambach b. March 30, 1923 d. Sept. 24, 1991.
They had 5 children:
Robert Roger Ellison b. May 18, 1940 m. Anne Marie Finkenberg. They had 2 sons. Divorced.
Peter Ellison b. Feb. 22, 1941 m. Elaine Ruege. They had 3 sons. Divorced. m. Janis Brower
Herbert David Ellison b. May 27, 1942 d. Sept. 8, 2006 m. Feb. 1, 1963 Barbara Jean Allen b. July 13, 1943. They had 9 children.
Chester Arthur Ellison b. Feb. 3, 1944 m. Suzanne They had 3 children. Divorced.
Nancy Ruth Ellison b. May 9, 1947 m. William Conlon. They had 3 children. Divorced.

Grandma's Family Tree

~Author Unknown~

They think that I should cook and clean,

and be a model wife.

I tell them it's more interesting

to study Grandpa's life.

They simply do not understand

why I hate to go to bed.

I'd rather do two hundred years

of research work instead.

Why waste the time we have on earth,

just snoring and asleep?

When we can learn of ancestors

that sailed upon the deep?

We have preachers, lawmen, soldiers,

more than just a few.

And yes, there's many scoundrels,

and a bootlegger or two.

How can a person find this life

an awful drudge or bore?

When we can live the lives

of all those folks who came before?

A hundred years from now of course,

no one will ever know,

whether I did laundry,

but they'll see our Tree and glow...

'Cause their dear old granny left for them,

for all posterity,

not clean hankies and the like,

but a finished family tree!

My home may be untidy,'

cause I've better things to do...

I'm checking all the records

to provide us with a clue.

Old great granny's pulling,

roots and branches out with glee,

her clothes ain't hanging out to dry,

she's hung up on the Tree!!!

Charles Franklin Bedell b. July 1855 d. before 1920. He and Jane had Edward Bedell3 b. June 1877. Jane's mother, Hannah Ellison Doty, is living with her on 1900 census. They were living on Bay View Avenue in the Village of Freeport, New York. Jane and Frank had been married 24 years and she had 3 children and 1 was living. Jannie DeMott born May 1889 listed as a niece is living with them on 1900, 1910 and 1920 census. On 1910 census Edward is still at home with his parents age 31 and single. Jane said she had 3 children and 1 was living. Frank's father Charles is also living with them. On 1920 census Frank and his father have both passed away. Son Edward is age 42, single and still living with his mom and his cousin Jannie E. DeMott.

Joseph Ellison2 m. abt 1887 Mary McElroy b. May 1864 Ireland. They had:
Anne Ellison3 b. nov. 1888--Francis Joseph Ellison3 b. June 30, 1890--Caroline Ellison3 b. Nov. 1893.

My husband's family decends from the Ellison's that were in Hempstead in 1673. See list below. I have been able to connect him to Charles Ellison1 b. c. 1818 and Hannah ? b. c. 1828.
Their children were: Charles H. Ellison b. Feb. 1841 d. before 1920--Samuel B. Ellison b. March 1849--Margaret Ellison b. c. 1850--Maria Ellison b. c. 1852--Ann Ellison b. c. 1854--George Ellison b. August 1855--Mary Ellison b. c. 1858--Jane Ellison b. August 1859--Joseph Ellison b. June 1862.

Charles H. Ellison2 married abt 1864 Maria ? b. September 1840.
They had four sons: Smith Ellison3 b. April 1865, Charles H. Ellison b. August 1867, Elbert B. Ellison b. December 25, 1876, William Ellison b. March 22, 1879.

Samuel B. Ellison2 married about 1886 unknown d. before 1900. They had Maude Ellison b. January 1887.

George Ellison2 married abt 1877 Anna E. Nutz b. March 1857 d. before 1920. They had:
Charles Augustus Ellison b. Oct. 12, 1878--Nellie M. Ellison b. May 1881--Mary Frances Ellison b. Dec. 1887--Martha Amelia Ellison b. Feb. 1891--George Ellison b. May 9, 1892--Emily M. Ellison b. Feb. 1898.

Jane Ellison2 married Charles Franklin Bedell

In the bold print are my husband's direct ancestors that were in The Town of Hempstead in 1673. The Bedell's are his maternal side and the Ellison's his fraternal side. Along the way the Smith's, Valentines, Carman's and the Gildersleeve's married into the Ellison family.

NAMES OF INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD-1673 [Vanderkemp's Transl. Of Dutch Rec. XXII.]
John -------- John Hobbs Jan Roelossen John Smith Blew John Langd
Elbert Hubssen Richard Geldersley, Senr Jonathan Semmes Lewis Noit ------ ------- John Bordes John Ellison, jun Vrolphert Jacobs Robbard Marisseu Thomas Seabrook Jan Carman Mos Hemmery Samuel Jackson John Symons, jun John Beets carpenter John Pine Robert Jackson Samuel Embry Peter Jansen Symon Tory Matthew Beedel William Ware John Smith Matthew Beedel Comes Solomon Semmar Peter janse Schol ThoEllison mas Teunis Smith Richard Gildersly Philip David Richard Valentin jun Robbert Beedill ----------- Hopkins Joseph Wood George Hallet -------------- ----------- Herman Flouwer Samuel Allen Adam View William Dose Richard Valentyn Edward Titus Symon Foster Kaleb Carman Richard Ellison Henry Mott John Williams John Seavin Wm Fourmer Thomas Richmore Thomas Teasey Joseph Small John Ellesson Thomas Ireland Walter Pine Edward Spry Thomas Ellison Josia Carman William Osborne Joseph Gem John Peacock Edward Remson Thomas Champion John Quakerson John fossaker Joseph Pettet Thomas Daniels John Sorram Richard Fotter John Napper James Payne John Bedell Richard Osborn William Fixton Thomas Southward George Robbert Samuel Denton John Beates Charles Abram Robberd Hobbs Calvet Goullet Thomas Appelbe Thomas Sodderd Christoffel Yeomans Samuel Smith John Smith jun John woully ----------- Persell Joseph Williams Edward Banbury Adam Mott Junr Ralph Haal Thomas Gowes Sameul Jackson Daniel Beedell John Mavein Joseph Truax John Jackson Wm Thorne Joseph Hoyt & Jonathan Smith Joshua Watske Nine others whose names are lost.
Source: "Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York," by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, 1860.
O'Callaghan, E. B., The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. 1, (Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1850) pp. 427-428.

COMBS &c. Families of Hempstead, Queens-Nassau Cos, NY: " Apr 1740 -21 Aug 1740. Hempstead Records 3:228. Deed. Richard ELLISON Sr. to Richard ELLISON, Jr., both of Hempstead, land in Hempstead. Witnesses: John COMES, by mark, and Peter TITUS Jr.; both grantor and grantee lived in Hempstead. acknowledged 21 Aug 1740; no date of recording. (GDAC, 1925).
Notes: This 1740 record is the first Hempstead Record of a John COMBS presented by GDAC since the 1706 deed, a full 34 years later. Note, however, that on 1716, John COMBS and wife Elizabeth of Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ, deeded land in Freehold to Richard ELLISON of Hempstead Twp. Is this John COMBS I (Richard1) returned to Hempstead, or perhaps his son? (GDAC is confusing in this regard). Is Richard ELLISON, Sr. the same who was deeded land by John in 1716 in Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ?"

COMBS &c. Families of Hempstead, Queens-Nassau Cos, NY: "31 Jul 1716 NJ Deeds. John COMBS (and wife Elizabeth) of Freehold [Monmouth Co, NJ] to Richard SLLIFON (SLLISON, ELLISON) of Hempstead Twp, Long Island for L50, 96 acres land purchased from John EMMONS on 4 May 1716, originally owned by Nathaniel SLOCUM. Witnesses: John REID & Wm. MADOCK. Memorandum attached verifies (proves) the deed dated Jan 23, 1732, Wm. MADOCK's testimony. (Combs Researcher Kate C. DiBlassio)
Notes: This was likely John COMBS I, s/o Richard I. No record is found of him after 1706 in Hempstead (the next record of a John not being until 1740 (which is also a record with a Richard ELLISON!), and he appears to have removed to Monmouth where he disappears from that county's records after Oct 1727. Also note that the 15 year delay in proving this deed may have come about as the result of John having either removed from Monmouth or died. Also note the Richard ELLISON of 1769 Hempstead (below) was a Quaker."