Biography:
1. Stephen Ellis was employed in 1808 as a Puntman earning 2/-d per day, and allowed to watch in turn.
2. Employed in setting and drawing stoves and in the willow plantations etc., by September 1810, he was paid 2/-d per day and allowed to watch in turn. (Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810).
3. Employed as a Labourer in August 1812 "drawing and setting stoves and in the willow plantation", he was then paid 2/8d per day and allowed to watch in turn (Supply 5/229 dated the 29th August 1812). This was also the case in 1814 according to Supply 5/230 dated the 13th February 1814.