The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-21

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Ellis.
v'pish9p Meade IN his 3la chnsshss Ct
sketch ta Of s the G Ellis family lily one o. the
oldest and most familiar to vlrglnians;
Sspssa S aaa
so fortunate as to have that most val
liable work. We take the descent Of the
Complete which We supplement from other
Burke. in his Landed Ian, Gentry Of o Eng;
from Tyngad, son OF Terdyr Trevor, Of
North Wales. The ninth in dircct. de-
scent was Rich, Of Howell s,, whose greaf a
Grandson was John Ellis, Of oxford, whose
grandson. John Thomas Ellis, was vas. porn
1756. This agrees with The family rec
ords, which state that the family are OF !
Welst, extraction ana are from the above
David Ellis appears to have been !; the ! Q
over in the Second supply from Engl
He ls recorded among the early emi q q Us
as living lin the mines. near James
t tH@n men sent ans a captain Smith to build
a house for King Powhatan9 on.the YORK
River. John ELLIS. his son. born 1861 set
Va and appeared at yarina, the then her
county seat. at court on. October y, lesS.
His wifes name was 1,,s n tne.r
Henry, James Joseph, Mary and Charles
John Ellis the eldest. ma rried Eliza
beth Ware relation !. or !, BaaoWin a,ho
owned the land in the CITY I, !, K ch1ion NJ
after. them John Ellis was q magistrate
Mentioned na one i Non committee Ito procession
! and review the bounds of all lanns on
James River between Westham and the
back as far as Gordons road, that leads
up to Rocketts. ~ . "a,
His eldest son. also named ohm. IN
lie fell Nto&one 3of his granddaught ers.. who
\ married John Bowles, Of Louisa county
The land on which was built was g pat at
and sold BY him to Il ohm Ellis for two
4 thousand pounds Of tobacco.
liam. second son Of the hrst = ohn,
II lived to be eighty three. and left four
sons and four daughters. His grandson.
Il iWilliam{ Burton Ellis, married Elizabeth
4 west. and lived at Tuckahoe in his 18TH
A year. William Ellis, is also mentioned N
ILenrlco parish records as pro s haI her
4 a Thomas Ellis, third son OF John Qst.
4 was inspector !, OF tobacco ut Shockoe
Pits coal property. He married Eliza-
beth Patterson. and had two sons son a ana
4 three daughters This Thomas was also
4 a 15rocessioner for lands by order OF Hen en-,
Il rico Court In 1880. he being In the First
Precinct and was assigned the same duty
Fin 1867 and 17G8. 81 :, x,
i Henry, the fourth son OF John dsD, !
never married. He died in l76s ne Is
- . III {CE
as among tbs COMMITTEES for
4 lands in the parish in 174o and 1853:
James Ellis, the fifth son, married, pu p !;
died without issue Joseph! the !, SIKH ;sla
4 q large family. His grand son, Daniel
Ellis born May 2, 1774, lived near Wat
4 kinsville, in Goochland county. HIS Will,
dated nth June, l7Se. was wa proved IN court
4 Mary Ellis, seventh child and only
daughter Of John qsD. married John
Smith. who owned the fine farm calie lea
Hill near K'ehm mon ' whsh
4 Edmond. Charles. the seventh son, :, and ~ .
i great-grandfather Of Mr.. Thomas Ellis
Of Richmond (the author Of these notes.,
born in ,b aen RaS W u 9 s stah wao
i Susan Harding, daughter of Thomas
4 Harding and Mary Giles, in the year 1850
4 They had two sons and eight daughters.
the year IT, he moyeh wtn m5
i and settled at the old family seat. called
i ''Red HILL" on Pedlar River. lie died
4 1863 and buried Mt Red Hill. His widow
I lived to her nlnety-ffth year. Their chil.
Il dren were: Hannah, VINO married Wllllull
i Haynes. II,
4 susannah. married Isaac Wright.
3. Josiah, married Jane Shelton.
4 Mary Ann, married Peter. Carter.
Il Charles, married, first, Elizabeth Wa
4 tiers; second, Sarah Tucker.
4 Sarah, married John Harrison, .,,,,,,.
Rethena married win, Tho - ,,a Roa.
4 annah married Charles Davis. The son
Re Of Mr T es9ata and nd
d az there there, HIS wife. Jane Shelton, born
4 September i. 1747. was daughter OF
Richard Shelton. They were married on
the Sd Of April. 17d6, their children being
1 josiah. S Nary Wright, Thomas Harding;
A Jane Shelton, Lewis. Joshua Shelton and
Powhatan. u. z. ~.
last and youngest OF ms elg ,1f,I sons hs
4 came an eminent jurisr and polltician q 9
4 moved to mississippi and was sent (. tine
United states Senate lsso, nnd was ,ass aetlT e
\ the new States. lie was sen 3as ambassa y
4 dorsto Mexico but remained but q short
while. and returning to Virginia he set.
ia iSI II Il is said he was named Powhatan
4 great ancestor. David Ellis. had built me
King S mansion at Weyewecomico on the
Many Of the children and grandchildren
OF the above families of Ellis, Settle led m
spotsylvania, as we find there recorded ts
n Robert, Benjamin. George, Hezeklah and
a William, Jr together with their wives
A and children. who were living In the
" Tha coat Of arms as given for the fam
I lly is taken from Burke s Landed Gentry,
and described as follows.
i'Armo- Ermine q lion passant 6 uaraa NJ
eulcs, Crest-Out OF q ducal coronet, or
SNiion's head, g,iles, crowned, Or motto:
Forte OF Fldela (stronE and taithfuD.''
This motto. with some Of the armorlal
bearings, are found on the arms for Baron
Talbot de Malaludi. one Of whose descend
ants married into the Ellls fan1l
Travis.
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