Revolutionary War soldier, Luke Ellis, served for Massachusetts in the war as a rifleman. He served for the Sea Coast Defense under Capt. Henry Jenne and Col. Hathaway in 2nd Bristol infantry regiment. He responded to an alarm on Rhode Island in 1780. He also served under Capt. Thomas Crandon. He served for five months and ten days.
He was born circa 1755 in Massachusetts to Joseph Ellis and Martha Tinkham. He married Naomi Briggs in 1780 and married Elizabeth Macomber in 1784. His children were Benjamin Read, Joseph Phinney, Charles F., Lovina, Eliza, Sarah, Naomi, Mary Polly (Bennett), Deborah Macomber, and James. He died June 10, 1836, in New Bedford, Mass. He was a Mayflower Descendant.
Submitted for Martha McNeill, a member of the Mason County G.S. Luke’s DAR I.D. No. is A037795. He has five female descendants with DAR member numbers.