Thomas was born about 1781. He is the son of Josiah Ellis and Jane Shelton.
"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, Jordan 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
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