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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edmund Trowbridge Dana was born 26 Sep 1779 (son of Francis Dana and Elizabeth Ellery).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Francis Dana was born 13 Jun 1743, Charlestown, MA; died 25 Apr 1811, Cambridge, MA.

    Notes:

    Francis Dana was Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1791 - 1806.

    Francis married Elizabeth Ellery 5 Aug 1773, Hampton, NH. Elizabeth (daughter of William Ellery, Jr. and Ann Remington) was born 13 Aug 1751; died 30 Aug 1807. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Ellery was born 13 Aug 1751 (daughter of William Ellery, Jr. and Ann Remington); died 30 Aug 1807.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Ellery Dana was born Abt 1775.
    2. Francis Dana, Jr. was born 14 May 1777.
    3. 1. Edmund Trowbridge Dana was born 26 Sep 1779.
    4. Martha Remington Dana was born 3 Oct 1784, Cambridge, MA.
    5. Richard Henry Dana, I was born 15 Nov 1787, Cambridge, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William Ellery, Jr. was born 22 Dec 1727, Newport, RI (son of William Ellery, Sr. and Elizabeth Almy); died 15 Feb 1820, Newport, RI; was buried , Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI.

    Notes:

    According to his gravestone, William died at age 92. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1747, and was among the signers of the Declaration of Independance.

    The inscription on his gravestone reads as follows:
    "In memory of William Ellery born December 22 1727, graduated Harvard College 1747, early in the contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies, he left the practice of Law to represent this State in Congress. He was an active and influential member of that body for many years and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He died after an illness of four days February 15 1820. He was in full possession of his powers to the close of his long life, rarely unfitted by disease for study, society, or official duties and waiting for death with the hope of a Christian."

    Information on William's life and his gravesite can be found at findagrave.com.

    William married Ann Remington 11 Oct 1750. Ann (daughter of Jonathan (2) Remington, II and Lucy Bradstreet) was born 19 Feb 1724/25, Cambridge, MA; died 7 Sep 1764. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Ann Remington was born 19 Feb 1724/25, Cambridge, MA (daughter of Jonathan (2) Remington, II and Lucy Bradstreet); died 7 Sep 1764.

    Notes:

    From findagrave.com:
    To the Memory of ANN ELLERY Consort of WILLIAM ELLERY of Newport Rhode Island Mercht and Daughter of the late Judge REMINGTON In every Relation of Life She exhibited a becoming Behaviour was Sensible & Quick of Apprehension Sprightly & agreable in Conversation Hospitable Charitable Sincere & Pious Died Sept. 7th 1764 AEtat 39.

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Ellery was born 13 Aug 1751; died 30 Aug 1807.
    2. Lucy Ellery was born 21 Sep 1752.
    3. Ann Ellery was born 17 Apr 1755.
    4. William (1) Ellery was born 1757; died 3 Sep 1759.
    5. Almy Ellery was born 14 Feb 1759; died 25 Dec 1839, Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA.
    6. William (2) Ellery was born 9 Oct 1761; died 9 May 1836; was buried , Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI.
    7. Edmund Trowbridge Ellery was born 2 Nov 1763; died 24 Mar 1847.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William Ellery, Sr. was born 31 Oct 1701, Portsmouth, RI (son of Benjamin Ellery and Abigail Wilkins); died 15 Mar 1764, Newport, RI.

    William married Elizabeth Almy 3 Jan 1721/22. Elizabeth (daughter of Job Almy and Ann Lawton) was born 1 Aug 1703, Portsmouth, RI; died 13 Jul 1783, Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Elizabeth Almy was born 1 Aug 1703, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of Job Almy and Ann Lawton); died 13 Jul 1783, Newport, RI.
    Children:
    1. Benjamin Ellery was born Abt 1725; died 12 Dec 1797; was buried , Coggeshall Cemetery, Newport, RI.
    2. 6. William Ellery, Jr. was born 22 Dec 1727, Newport, RI; died 15 Feb 1820, Newport, RI; was buried , Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI.
    3. Christopher Ellery was born 22 Apr 1736; died 24 Feb 1789; was buried , Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI.
    4. Ann Ellery was born Abt 1738; died 1806, Bristol, RI.

  3. 14.  Jonathan (2) Remington, II was born 27 Jul 1677, Cambridge, MA (son of Jonathan Remington, I and Martha Belcher); died 20 Sep 1745.

    Notes:

    Martha A. Benns notes that Jonathan Jr. had at least two children: Jonathan, and H. C. 1736 - 1738.

    Jonathan was a Harvard professor (1696ff); Selectman 1712 and 1715-1719; Representative in the Massachusetts General Court 1714-1728; Judge of Probate, Boston 1725-1733; Judge of Appellate Court 1733-1745; he also served in other official capacities.

    Judge Remington was cousin to Governor Belcher.

    Jonathan married Lucy Bradstreet 5 Sep 1711, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Lucy (daughter of Simon Bradstreet and Lucy Woodbridge) was born Abt 1680; died 18 Apr 1743, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Lucy Bradstreet was born Abt 1680 (daughter of Simon Bradstreet and Lucy Woodbridge); died 18 Apr 1743, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.

    Notes:

    Inscription on her gravestone at the Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA:

    "Here lyes ye Body of Mrs
    Lucy Remington
    Wife of ye Honble Jonathan
    Remington, Who
    Departed this Life,
    April ye 18th, Anno Dom. 1743
    in ye 63d Year of Her Age."

    Children:
    1. Lucy Remington was born 17 Aug 1712, Cambridge, MA; died 16 Jan 1785.
    2. Martha Remington was born 24 Jul 1714, Cambridge, MA; died 31 Jul 1772, Cambridge, MA.
    3. Jonathan Remington, III was born 11 Jun 1716, Cambridge, MA; died 24 Dec 1738, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.
    4. Mary Remington was born 22 Jul 1718, Cambridge, MA; died 27 May 1763, Kittery, ME.
    5. John Remington, Sr. was born 24 Oct 1720, Cambridge, MA; died 6 Apr 1789, Watertown, MA.
    6. Simon Remington was born 31 Jul 1722, Cambridge, MA.
    7. 7. Ann Remington was born 19 Feb 1724/25, Cambridge, MA; died 7 Sep 1764.