Elizabeth (Chew) Ellis (bef. 1714 - aft. 1766)

Born before 1714 in Virginia [uncertain]

Wife of William Ellis — married [date unknown] in Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1766 after age 52 in Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth _ was the wife of William Ellis. She is named in a land record and will, however her last name is not given.

In various family trees, she is suggested to be Elizabeth Chew, estimated as born about 1705-1715 likely in Virginia, based on William's information. That last name is listed here for consideration, but is without evidence. Some family trees confuse her with a different person Elizabeth Beverly Chew.

She married William Ellis. Some trees suggest that she and William married in 1729 in Middlesex, Virginia. However no source is identified to support this.

William Ellis and Elizabeth, his wife, acquired 470 acres of land in St. George's Parish, Spotslyvania County, Virginia on 2 Jul 1751.^[1]

William Ellis of Spotslyvania County, Virginia, died 19 May 1766, will probated 4 Aug 1766. His will identifies his wife Elizabeth, sons Hezekiah, William and John Ellis, daughters Mary Proctor, Elizabeth Hawkins, Ann O'Neal, and Agnes Ellis. His will indicates that one of his sons was under twenty years old. Also names Col. Joseph Brock. Wife Elizabeth exec. (Will Book D, p. 241) ^[2]

"ELLIS, WILLIAM, Spotsylvania co., d. May 19, 1766, p. Aug. 4, 1766. Wit. W. Wood, John Gordon, Isaac Wilson, James Dudley. Ex. wife, Elizabeth; sons Hezekiah and William Ellis, Col. Joseph Brock. Leg. Daughter Mary Proctor; son Hezekiah Ellis; daughter Elizabeth Hawkins; daughter Ann O'Neal; son William Ellis; son John Ellis (when he is of age, meaning under 21); daughter Agnes Ellis (when she is of age). If my wife should die before my son arrives at the age of twenty years, I desire that Robert O'Neal take his estate into possession. (Page 241). If wife dies or remarries before Agnes is of age, Hezekiah to be her guardian"

As Elizabeth is named in William's 1766 will, she would have died after 1766, likely in Virginia.

Known children per William's 1766 will, assumed to be his children with Elizabeth:^[2]

• Hezekiah Ellis
• William Ellis
• John Ellis
• Mary (Ellis) Proctor
• Elizabeth (Ellis) Hawkins
• Ann (Ellis) O'Neil
• Agnes Ellis

Sources

1. ↑ William Ellis and Elizabeth, 1751 land acquisition, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. from Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912. Ancestry Record 7832 #39129
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} William Ellis, Will book D, p.241. Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Abstract available here at Ancestry.com

Research notes on son Hezekiah and his children

also see (as seen 9/18/23) https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bianco/Resources/hez71fgs.html

Family Group Sheet HUSBAND: HEZEKIAH ELLIS BORN: DIED: 07 NOV 1771 IN: SPOTSYLVANIA CO., VA BURIED IN: SPOTSYLVANIA CO., VA FATHER: WILLIAM ELLIS MOTHER: ELIZABETH (CHEW/WRIGHT?) The will . . . . WIFE: MILDRED BURBRIDGE MARRIED: IN: SPOTSYLVANIA CO., VA BORN: DIED: 01 APR 1811 IN: FAYETTE CO., KY FATHER: THOMAS BURBRIDGE MOTHER: SARAH "SALLY" SHARP After the death of Hezekiah, Mildred married Benjamin Robinson in Virginia and they came to Kentucky with The Traveling Church in 1781. William Ellis, son of Mildred was the military leader of The Traveling Church.

M CHILD 1: WILLIAM ELLIS BORN: 1760 IN: SPOTSYLVANIA CO., VA DIED: 01 OCT 1802 IN: FAYETTE CO., KY BURIED: IN: ELLIS-SHIPP GRAVEYARD ON ELLIS FARM ON LEXINGTON-WINCHESTER PIKE REF BIBLE, WILL REF TAX ROLLS SPOUSE: ELIZABETH SHIPP MARRIED: 18 JUN 1786 IN: FAYETTE CO., KY Dudley Shipp's Family Bible states William Ellis died 1 Oct 1801 but I have found him on the pp tax rolls for 1802 and his will is also dated 1802. In 1803 his widow is on the pp tax rolls. His will was burned when the court house in Fayette Co. burned but one of his descendents in Missouri had copy of his will. William was the Military Leader of The Traveling Church when it moved to Kentucky from Virginia.

M CHILD 2: THOMAS ELLIS BORN: 1762 IN: VIRGINIA DIED: AUG 1821 IN: KENTUCKY BURIED: SPOUSE: LUCY DUVALL MARRIED: 1789-1794 ? IN: Thomas Ellis was gr-grandfather of Lane W. Carter the wife of Paul E. Shipp. The will of Thomas is dated 02 August 1821 and recorded 25 October 1821 in Fayette Co., Ky. The names of the children on the fgs are taken from the abstract of Will of Thomas Ellis.

F CHILD 3: ELIZABETH ELLIS BORN: 1764 IN: VIRGINIA DIED: 03 OCT 1835/6 SPOUSE: JOSEPH MC CANN MARRIED: 30 APR 1784 IN:

F CHILD 4: MILDRED ELLIS BORN: 1766 DIED: SPOUSE: EDWARD DARNABY MARRIED: IN:

F CHILD 5: SARAH ELLIS BORN: DIED: SPOUSE: O'NEAL MC CANN MARRIED:

M CHILD 6: HEZEKIAH ELLIS, JR. BORN: 15 SEP 1769 IN: SPOTSYLVANIA CO., VA DIED: 11 OCT 1857 IN: FAYETTE CO., KY SPOUSE: NANCY DUVALL MARRIED: 08 APR 1800 IN: FAYETTE CO., KY Birth and death dates for this family are from records of Paul E. Shipp that were taken from the family Bible of Hezekiah Ellis in possession of Ellis B. Brown in 1928, from epitaphs in H. Ellis graveyard on Graves farm near Chilesburg, Fayette Co., Ky and from letter written 17 July 1939 by Mary Davis Ellis to the compiler. Mary was great-granddaughter of Hezekiah (1769-1857).