William Ellery (December 22, 1727-February 15, 1820), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. He was the son of William Ellery, born in Newport, and graduated from Harvard College at the age of 15. He worked successively as a merchant, a customs collector, and Clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly. He started the practice of law in 1770. He was active in the Rhode Island Sons of Liberty, … Wikipedia
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Bibliography Fowler, William M. William Ellery: A Rhode Island Politico and Lord of Admiralty . Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1973. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000115/
William Ellery , the son of a gentleman of the same name, was born at Newport, on the 22d day of December, 1727. His ancestors were originally from Bristol, in England, whence they emigrated to America during the latter part of the seventeenth century, a www.colonialhall.com/ellery/ellery.php
