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==Later life and death==
==Later life and death==
Oliver Ellsworth moved into the family home, Elmwood, in 1782.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9fILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA314 The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 8]</ref> Elmwood was built around 1740 by David Ellsworth, on land owned by the Ellsworth family dating back to 1665.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pfw1AAAAMAAJ&q=oliver+ellsworth+elmwood+1740&dq=oliver+ellsworth+elmwood+1740&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibgKzGybnOAhXK1x4KHbD_COI4FBDoAQhAMAg Old houses of New England]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4J8IAQAAMAAJ&q=%22David+ellsworth%22+1740&dq=%22David+ellsworth%22+1740&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2997Ty7nOAhXKHR4KHcLiBKQ4ChDoAQgfMAE Historic and memorial buildings of the Daughters of the American Revolution]</ref>
[[Image:Ellsworth House 1903.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Early photograph of Elmwood]]
Oliver Ellsworth moved into the family home, Elmwood, in 1782.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9fILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA314 The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 8]</ref> Elmwood was built around 1740 by David Ellsworth, on land owned by the Ellsworth family dating back to 1665.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pfw1AAAAMAAJ&q=oliver+ellsworth+elmwood+1740&dq=oliver+ellsworth+elmwood+1740&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibgKzGybnOAhXK1x4KHbD_COI4FBDoAQhAMAg Old houses of New England]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4J8IAQAAMAAJ&q=%22David+ellsworth%22+1740&dq=%22David+ellsworth%22+1740&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2997Ty7nOAhXKHR4KHcLiBKQ4ChDoAQgfMAE Historic and memorial buildings of the Daughters of the American Revolution]</ref> In 1903, the home was transferred to the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution.<ref>[http://www.ellsworthhomesteaddar.org/pb/wp_c59f15ea/wp_c59f15ea.html http://www.ellsworthhomesteaddar.org/pb/wp_c59f15ea/wp_c59f15ea.html]</ref>
Ellsworth died in his Windsor home on November 26, 1807, at the age of 63.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rVE6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182 Founding Federalist: The Life of Oliver Ellsworth]</ref>
Ellsworth died in his Windsor home on November 26, 1807, at the age of 63.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rVE6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182 Founding Federalist: The Life of Oliver Ellsworth]</ref>