Edward
Ellis
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jeremiah Ellis I
Died about
at about age 60
in Surry, Virginia
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| Created 22 Sep 2010
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Biography
Edward Ellis was a Virginia colonist.
This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.
No known documentation proves the parents of Edward Ellis. Although there is a record of an Edward Ellis christened in Chislehurst, Kent, England on 4 March 1603, the Ellis surname is not uncommon, and we have no verificaion that he was the same person who later settled in Surry County, Virginia.[1] There is also no known evidence to prove the identity of Edward's wife. Surry County records indicate that he died about 1670 and had one known son, Jeremiah I Ellis.[2]
Benjamin Carrill first transported Edward Ellis to the Colony of Virginia about 1636.[3] It appears that Carrill had originally transported Ellis to Virginia in or prior to 1636 and had traded or sold the headrights to Nathan Martin in 1636, who, in turn, sold them back to Carrill in 1638.[4]
By 1655, Edward Ellis owned land in Surry County, Virginia, and later records show that his land was inherited by Jeremiah Ellis Sr. These records indicate that Edward Ellis died about 1670.[5]
Sources
- ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- ↑ McCrary, Dixie L. The Ellis Line From Surry-Sussex in Virginia, 1978, pp. 1-7. Sheek, Ann Ellis. History of twelve generations of the Ellis family, 1636 to 1974, self-published. 1974. pp. 5–19.
- ↑ Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer. Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935 page 41.
- ↑ The Ellis Family
- ↑ McCrary, Dixie L. The Ellis Line From Surry-Sussex in Virginia, 1978, pp. 1-7. Sheek, Ann Ellis. History of twelve generations of the Ellis family, 1636 to 1974, self-published. 1974. pp. 5–19.
- Ellis Families of Blount Co., AL by Bruce Jordan, 7/16/1998, Route 1, Box 59, Prairie Hill, TX 76678.
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Date of birth is listed as 1615 in Wales.