William Ellery

22 Dec 1727 - 15 Feb 1820

William Ellery (1727-1820) was born 22 Dec. 1727 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, British Colonial America. He was the son of William Ellery and Elizabeth Alunpin. He married Ann Remington on 11 Sep. 1749 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; widowed 7 Sep. 1764. He married Abigail Carrye on 28 Jun. 1767 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, British Colonial America. He died 15 Feb. 1820 in Newport. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the eminent men for whom Wilford Woodruff initiated proxy temple ordinance work in Aug. 1877.

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