Solomon Ellis (abt. 1744 - 1838)

Born about 1744 in Maryland

Husband of Margaret (Unknown) Ellis — married 1776 in Sugarland Hundred, MD

Died 1838 at about age 94 in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.

Samuel and Mary Hoagland Ellis lived in Sugarland Hundred in 1776, which was in present day Montgomery County but adjacent to Sugar Loaf Hundred. Samuel´s 1798 will lists his wife as Mary and his children as

1. Solomon Ellis,
2. James Ellis,
3. Joshua Ellis,
4. Zephaniah Ellis,
5. Samuel Ellis Jr.,
6. Cassandra (Ellis) Summers,
7. Anne (Ellis) Summers,
8. Jemima (Ellis) Wilson,
9. Kesiah Greenfield.

Though segregated by gender, the children are otherwise listed in order of birth.

The 1776 Sugarland Hundred includes Solomon and Margaret Ellis, both born in 1744. Solomon was the first born son of Samuel and Mary. The children listed with Solomon and Margaret were:

1. James and Verlinder (twins?), born 1764;
2. Martha, born 1766;
3. Ann, born 1768;
4. Charles, born 1772;
5. Solomon, born 1774.

Solomon Ellis, the oldest surviving son of Samuel and Mary Hoagland Ellis, migrated to Iredell County sometime after 1790. Solomon died there in 1838.

Sources

• Ellis Surname DNA Project: Follow Up of Results in Haplogroup R1b, Groups 2 and 9: Old Questions Answered, New Ones Arise, revised 3 July 2103, by Robert L. Ellis. Available at Link
• Will of Samuel Ellis, Sr., Montgomery County, Maryland, dated 1798, Book ?, page
• "Maryland Provincial Census of 1776: Frederick County, Sugar Land Hundred." Solomon Ellis household; p 218. Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus, M.S. M.D., Compiler. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources. Volume 1 (Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore, MD; 1915) Archive.org (Full view)