Thomas Jefferson Ellison, ^^[1]

1806 - 1867  (61 years)

• Name	Thomas Jefferson Ellison  [2]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	6 Jan 1806	{Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Big Tom
  Death	31 Mar 1867	{Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [3, 4]
  	Morse reports that he "was placed in a coffin too large for the front door of his home" -- which begs the question: "How did they get him out?"From the Minutes of the Town of Brookhaven Trustees: "Whereas Thomas J. Ellison of Fireplace member of
  Burial	Middle Island (Union Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  Person ID	I140	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Ellison, ^,   b. 1786, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America d. 23 Oct 1813, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 27 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hulse, ^,   b. 23 Mar 1786, Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 15 Sep 1861, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1808  [6]
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Serifita Ellison(), ^,   b. 27 May 1813, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 27 Jan 1883, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1833
  Children	1. Elizabeth J Ellison,   b. 1827, New York, United States d. 29 Jun 1865, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Phebe Melisse Ellison(),   b. 12 Dec 1808   d. 26 Sep 1844 (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S2644] Hess Family Tree, Elizabeth J. Ryder. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 115. [S93] George Perley Morse, Early Photographs of the Hamlet of Brookhaven collected by George Perley Morse 1945-1959 and given to the Brookhaven Free Library." (1945-1959). [S94] tombstone, Union Cemetery, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ();. [S3] Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National, p. 206. Age 54. [S3619] Kay, Eviston, Elkins, Chamberlin, Howard, Burton, Blumenschein, Kleiber BACKUP FILE - SEE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED, Robert Ellison.