Charles Ellis (1772 - 1840)

Born 19 Jun 1772 in Amherst, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Keeling (Nimmo) Ellis — married 13 Nov 1813 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1840 at age 68 in Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Charles was born about 1772. He is the son of Josiah Ellis and Jane Shelton.

Henley, Bernard J. . Married- At Norfolk on Saturday Last, Mr. Charles Ellis, Merchant of This City, to Miss Margaret Nimmo, Daughter of James Nimmo, of That Place. (p. 3, c. 5). N.p., 1819. Print.^[1]

"Josiah, (my grandfather,) above named, inherited the "Red Hill" estate, and lived and died there. His wife---- a daughter of Richard Shelton (Jane) ----was born September 1, 1747. They were married on the 3d of April, 1766, and had issue John, Nancy, Charles, Richard Shelton, Josiah, Mary Wright, Thomas Harding, Jane Shelton, Lewis, Joshua Shelton, and Powhatan." This written in 1857 by Thomas Harding Ellis and quoted from Old Churches Ministers and Families of Virginia, by Bishop William Meade, vol II, p 462, published by Genealogical Publishing Co , Inc

Dictionary of Virginia Biography^[2] gives some circumstantial background ... "Thomas Harding Ellis (6 September 1814–11 April 1898), president of the James River and Kanawha Company, was the son of Charles Ellis, a Richmond merchant, and Margaret Keeling Nimmo Ellis and was born at his uncle's Clover Green plantation in the part of Campbell County that later became Appomattox County. He received his early education at private schools and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1833. He joined his father's business, but left in the spring of 1836 to become private secretary to his uncle Powhatan Ellis, the United States chargé d'affaires..."

He passed away in 1840.

• Fact: Burial (after 22 November 1840) Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond City, Virginia, United States
• Fact: AFN; 1NKP-11F

Sources

1. ↑ https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com
2. ↑ https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ellis_Thomas_Harding

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 October 2019, 14:55), entry for Charles Ellis(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZK1-Q87); contributed by various users.
• The Munford-Ellis Family Papers, 1777-1942. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, NC. Collection overview - http://bit.ly/2T2c9FZ
• Old Churches Ministers and Families of Virginia, by Bishop William Meade, vol II, pp 461, 462, published by Genealogical Publishing Co , Inc
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57162588
• https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ellis_Thomas_Harding
• https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com