Ellsworth History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Ellsworth, or a variant listed above:

Ellsworth Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Josiah Ellsworth who settled in New England in 1620 and purchased land there
• Sir John Ellsworth, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1629 6
• Josiah Ellsworth, who arrived in Connecticut in 1645 6
• Jeremiah Ellsworth, who arrived in Rowley, Massachusetts in 1650 6
• Theophilus Ellsworth, who arrived in New Netherland(s) in 1652 6

Ellsworth Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• David Ellsworth, who landed in Massachusetts and moved to Boston in 1767

Ellsworth Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• E T Ellsworth, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 6
• H B Ellsworth, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 6
• By 1852 John Ellsworth had traveled across the states to settle in San Francisco
• Thomas Ellsworth, aged 26, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1855 6
• S Ellsworth, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1855 6
• ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ellsworth Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Mr. Frances Ellsworth U.E., "Francis" who settled in Canada c. 1784 7
• Mr. William Ellsworth U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1784 7

• Richard Clark "Dick" Ellsworth (1940-2022), American Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1958, 1960–1966), Philadelphia Phillies (1967), Boston Red Sox (1968–1969), Cleveland Indians (1969–1970), and Milwaukee Brewers (1970–1971)
• Stukely Ellsworth (1769-1837), American politician, Member of the New York Senate (1825-1828)
• Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1796-1800)
• Edmund Lovell Ellsworth (1819-1893), American pioneer member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), American law clerk and soldier, best known as the first casualty of the American Civil War
• Charles Clinton Ellsworth (1824-1899), American politician, U.S. Representative from Michigan (1877-1879)
• John Bradley "Brad" Ellsworth (b. 1958), American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana's 8th District (2007-2011)
• Robert Ellsworth (1926-2011), U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels from 1969 to 1971
• Brigadier General Richard Elmer Ellsworth (1911-1953), United States Air Force commander during the early part of the Cold War
• Lincoln Ellsworth (1880-1951), American explorer, his father spent $100,000US to fund Roald Amundsen's trip to the North Pole in 1925. In exchange, Lincoln was the pilot. He later discovered Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica
• ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

• Samuel Richardson, 1602-1658 and Josiah Ellsworth, 1629-1689, Some Descendants by Ruth Ellsworth Richardson.
• A Study of the Ancestry of Jonathan Ellsworth of Oneida County, New York by Maxine Phelps Lines.