John Ellis ( -1788) was a boatswain on the Alexander when he arrived at Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet.
Ellis died at sea on 4 November 1788 on the homeward voyage.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 119
'Ellis, John (?–1788)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/ellis-john-31096/text38467, accessed 27 April 2025.