Stukely Stafford Ellsworth, Sr., (September 26, 1769 – March 31, 1837) was an American politician from New York state.
[1] He was a justice of the peace and town supervisor before being elected to the New York State Assembly in 1817 and 1820.
[1][2] He was injured in a stage coach accident during one of his trips to the Senate, and never fully recovered from the injury.
[1][3] Stukeley Ellsworth was the 11th child of Judiah Aylworth, who served in the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1776.
[1] Judiah Aylworth was a grandson of Arthur Aylsworth, an English settler who emigrated to the Rhode Island Colony in 1681.