Thomas Ellison, Son, testified in suit 20 Mar 1696/7 between Adam Mott & Richard Ellison. Thomas Stated that his father was Lawrence Ellison who had Richard, Thomas (deponent), and John.
Lawrence was of Windsor Conn, then to Hempstead by 1657.
The History oft he Alison or Allison Family by L A Morrison, Lawrence was a Puritan, and came from Watertown, Mass, to Weathersfield, Conn, then removed from there to Stemford, thence to Hempstead, L.I. in 1644.
Most of the early families of Hempstead were under the leadership of Richard Denton, and came from Hemel, Hempstead, England. Some came from Halifax, York, England. These emmigrants are supposed to have been a part of the colony which came across seas with Robert Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall in 1630.
A Mary Rishton chr. 25 Dec 1607 St. Mary's, Blackburn, Lancashire, England.