Rowland Ellis (1650 - abt. 1731)

Born 1650 in Bryn Mawr, Dyffrydan, Merionethshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret ferch Robert (Humphrey) Ellis — married about 1678 in Wales

Died about Sep 1731 at about age 81 in Gwynedd, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Rowland was a Friend (Quaker)

This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.

Rowland Ellis, Gent.

Father Ellis ap Rees^[1][2] (alias Ellis Price), Gent., of Bryn Mawr, Merionethshire^[3]

Mother Anne Humphrey,^[1] daughter of Humphrey ap Hugh ap David ap Howell ap Gronw[y], Gent. and Elizabeth Powell^[2][3]

Rowland Ellis was a Quaker Minister born at Bryn Mawr, Dyffrydan, Marionethshire, Wales, in 1650, who immigrated to Pennsylvania with his second wife and family in 1697.^[2][3] He became a Quaker in 1672 and was imprisoned^[1] in 1676.^[3] He visited Pennsylvania with his son Rowland in 1687, and returned to Wales,^[3] leaving his young son in Pennsylvania in the care of his uncle, John Humphrey.^[2] Rowland immigrated with his family ten years later and settled in Bryn Mawr, Merion County, Pennsylvania,^[3] leaving his paternal estate in Wales with his daughter by his first marriage.^[2]

Rowland Ellis was a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly,^[4] representing Merion in 1700.^[1][3] Ellis translated the first Welsh book printed in America, Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru, appearing in 1727 under the title A Salutation to the Britains.^[1] Rowland sold his Merion plantation and bought land in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, where they made their home.^[1]

Rowland Ellis, Gent., died in September 1731,^[3] at the home of his son-in-law, John Evans in Gwynedd^[1][5] (Richardson says he died at Plymouth, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania).^[3] He was buried at the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting grounds there.^[3]

Marriages and Children

1st Marriage

He married first, about 1672, Margaret ap Ellis, daughter and heiress of Ellis Morris of Dolgun, Wales.^[1][3] They had two daughters:

• Anne, wife of Rev. Richard Johnson^[2][3] of the P.E. Church and had issue^[5]
• Jane^[2][3]

2nd Marriage

He married second about 1678 to Margaret Roberts, daughter of Robert ap Owen ap Lewis, of Dyffrydan township, Merionethshire, Wales.^[3] They had two sons and three daughters:

• Rowland^[2][3]
• Robert^[3]
• Elizabeth^[2][3]
• Eleanor/Ellen, wife of John Evans^[3] of Gwynedd^[2]
• Catherine,^[3] probably born after 1697^[2]

Lineages

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Owen, R. "Ellis, Rowland (1650-1731), Welsh-American Quaker" in Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Accessed 30 Mar 2020 at Biography.Wales.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} "Notes & Queries - Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, of Bryn Mawr, from his own Manuscript, 1697" in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 14., Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1890. Online at Google Books, pages 199-200.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. II, page 111, ELLIS 20.
4. ↑ Wikipedia : Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Charles H. Browning. "Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania". Online at Google Books, page 239.
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11} Thomas Allen Glenn. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. Online at Google Books, pages 146-147.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Richardson, "Royal Ancestry", (2013), vol. II, page 493.
• Glann, T.A. Merion in the Welsh Tract. (Norristown, PA: Herald Press, 1896). Online at Archive.org, pages 205-234.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 March 2020), memorial page for Rev Rowland Ellis, Sr (1650–1 Jul 1731), Find A Grave: Memorial #53892820, citing Plymouth Meeting Friends Cemetery, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Jack Gilchrist (contributor 47124171): photo of meeting house.
• Wikipedia: Rowland Ellis.

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Rowland Ellis is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, page xxv) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray (vol. II, pages 110-111 ELLIS). This trail was developed by David Douglass in 2018 and was reviewed, approved and badged by the Magna Carta Project in March/April 2020. See the Magna Carta Trails section below for a list of profiles in that trail.

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Gateway Ancestor Rowland Ellis (badged/100% 5-star)

1. Rowland is the son of Ellis ap Rees (badged 2020)

2. Ellis is the son of Rees ap Lewis (badged 2020)

3. Rees is the son of Lewis ap John (badged 2020)

4. Lewis is the son of John (Gruffydd) Nannau (badged 2020)

5. John is the son of Jane ferch Humphrey (badged 2020)

6. Jane is the daughter of Humphrey ap Hywel (badged 2020)

7. Humphrey is the son of Mary Kynaston (badged 2020)

8. Mary is the daughter of Elizabeth Grey (badged/100% 5-star)

9. Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry Grey (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Henry is the son of John Grey (badged/100% 5-star)

11. John is the son of Joan Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Joan is the daughter of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

13. John is the son of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

14. John is the son of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

15. John is the son of Roger de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Roger is the son of Roger de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Roger is the son of Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray