William Gordon Ellis Sr (1704 - 1761)

Born 12 Aug 1704 in Kent, Maryland

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Died 28 Dec 1761 at age 57 in Rowan, North Carolina

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.

William was born in 1704. William Ellis ... He passed away in 1761. ^[1]

Research Notes

Removed listed son John Ellis born 1792 (after mother's death date) Ellis-5740

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49937496/margaret-elizabeth-ellis

Online Ancestry Tree also has son William Ellis born 1738 died 1809 but no sources was listed

William Gordon was born about 1704. William Gordon Ellis ... He passed away about 1761.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Lenny Darnell, Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/notes/LKQV-LTQ
• William Gordon ELLIS

Sex: M Birth: 12 AUG 1704 in in Sewall's Branch, Maryland Death: 28 DEC 1761 in Rowan, North Carolina Occupation: Carpenter

Father: John Clarn ELLIS b: 29 JUL 1661 in St. Paul's Parish, Kent, MD Mother: Margaret Elizabeth COFFIN b: ABT 1665 in Kent, Maryland

Marriage 1 Mary CLARK b: 10 MAY 1707 Married: ABT 1723 2 Children Benjamin Bigman ELLIS Sr b: 19 SEP 1741 in Kent County, Maryland James ELLIS John ELLIS

NOTES: Text: Statement executed in Orange Co, NC and recorded in Kent Co MD,Chancery Court Record Vol B63p 886; dated 14 Sep 1770: "NorthCarolina - On the twelfth day of September, Orange County,Anno, Domini seventeen hundred and seventy, came Mary Ellisbefore me the subscriber and made oath upon The Evangelists of Almighty God that she was sister to Henry Clark of Kent County and province of Maryland and the widow of William Ellis son of John who left the said County of Kent about twenty years ago and that he the said William Ellis died Intestate inTyron a County in the Province aforesaid on the twenty eight day of December seventeen hundred and sixty one, and the said deponent at the same time did also depose and say thatJohn Ellis was eldest son and heir to the said William Ellis and that she was informed and verily believed that the said John lived in Tyron County on Kings Creek of the first named Province and that he had there lived for the last one year past.John McGill, J.P.. See EDN Winter "92. 1759 Tax List RowanCo, NC "William Ellis is believed to have been the youngest child of John Ellis (son of John Ellis, immigrant). John was born 29 July 1661, died Feb/Mar 1719 in Kent Co, MD. Will records show that William's father and brother Thomas were deceased in 1719 and his oldest brother Benjamin was deceased in 1720. J.D. Ellis believed that these were victims of the Great Smallpox Epidemic of that area." William Ellis was a carpenter, like his father and brother Benjamin. One of his landmark structures was St. Andrew's Chapel in Sudlersville,Queen Anne's County, which was completed in 1730 for a fee of 21,000lb of tobacco. See also:

• Copied from "Branham Family", Thomas Clay Branham, 1999 by Robert Branham, Wednesday, Mar 18, 2015.
• Archive of web page by the Nutts, avid Ellis researchers. https://web.archive.org/web/20000306211051/http://dnutt.com/index.html specifically: https://web.archive.org/web/20001213092400/http://dnutt.com/ellis/fam00212.htm