ELLISON, Robert (1614-78), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Hebburn, co. Dur.

Family and Education

bap. 2 Feb. 1614, 2nd s. of Cuthbert Ellison, merchant (d.1628), of Newcastle by Jane, da. of Christopher Ile, merchant, of Newcastle. m. (1) 29 Mar. 1635, Elizabeth (d. 30 June 1665), da. of Cuthbert Grey, merchant, of Newcastle, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 7da.; (2) 27 July 1672, Agnes, wid. of James Briggs, merchant, of Newcastle, s.p.R. E. and C. E. Carr. Hist. Fam. Carr, iii. 118-19.

Offices Held

Member, merchant adventurers of Newcastle 1634, asst. 1645 – 48, gov. 1676 – d.; freeman, Newcastle 1635; sheriff, Newcastle 1644, co. Dur. 1658 – July 1660; commr. for sequestration, Newcastle 1644, assessment, Newcastle 1645 – 48, co. Dur. 1657, Newcastle and co. Dur. Aug. 1660–1, Newcastle 1677 – d., northern assoc., Newcastle 1645, accounts 1645; member, hostmen’s co. of Newcastle 1645; commr. for militia, co. Dur. and Newcastle 1648, co. Dur., Northumb. and Newcastle Mar. 1660; j.p. co. Dur. 1657 – 59; c.-in-c. militia, Newcastle Jan. 1660, member of Eastland Co. 1663.Newcastle Merchant Adventurers (Surtees Soc. xciii), 136, 146; (ci), 253; Reg. of Freemen (Newcastle Recs. iii), 18; R. Welford, Men of Mark ’twixt Tyne and Tweed, ii. 168; R. Howell, Newcastle and the Puritan Revolution, 187; Newcastle Hostmen (Surtees Soc. cv), 269; Cal. Cl. SP, iv. 526.

Parlimentarian

ELLISON, Robert (1614-78), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Hebburn, co. Dur.

Main residences: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.; Hebburn, co. Dur.

Author

M.W.H.

G.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

ELLISON, Robert (1614-78)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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