Born in Surry, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Ellis
and Elizabeth (Rogers) Ellis
Sister of
Mary (Ellis) Proctor, Benjamin Ellis, Priscilla (Ellis) Blow, Jeremiah Ellis, Joseph Ellis, Susannah Ellis, William Ellis, Benjamin Ellis, Sarah (Ellis) Andrews, Mary Ellis and Jonathan Ellis
Wife of
Samuel Lancaster
— married
1730 in Surry, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
William Lawrence Lancaster, Micajah Lancaster, Samuel Lancaster, Levi Lancaster and Mary (Lancaster) Clark
Died
at about age 46
in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia
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Biography
Elizabeth Ellis, referred to in records as Eliza, was the daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Elizabeth Rogers. She married Samuel Lancaster around 1730 and together they had nine known children.
Sources
- "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRPL-M3S : 10 February 2018), Eliza in entry for Mary Lancaster, 02 Oct 1741; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 30,161.
- "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRPL-6B9 : 10 February 2018), Eliza in entry for Levi Lancaster, 20 Jan 1738; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 30,161.
- https://familysearch.org/tree-data/pdf/family-group/KHLP-Z1X/spouse/MCZ8-PFS?locale=en
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eliza:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eliza:
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~1.56%
Innis (Carr) Leslie
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lois (Oliver) Rundle :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #147765
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~0.39%
Peter Rosen :
23andMe, GEDmatch MU5686891 [compare]
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~0.39%
Ruth Eggert :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Lois (McBride) Haywood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A156341 [compare], Ancestry member LOISBCUZ
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~0.39%
Kellie Lunsford :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Suzie (Howell) Simonson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Vicki (McCrory) Kennedy :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #643731
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edited by Vicki (McCrory) Kennedy
Difference in data to be noted in the biography until a primary source can be added.