'Ellis05'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Ellis of Brampton, Ellis of Jamaica, Ellis of Midhope Hall, Ellis of Seaford, Ellis of Sheffield, Ellis of York

                               
The following John, who "went to Jamaica in the reign of King Charles II", was "descended from a family of the name seated at Wrexham, co. Denbigh".
John Ellis of Ellis's Caymanas near Spanish Town, Jamaica (bur 01.09.1706, Major)
m. Martha (bur 27.03.1698)
1. John Ellis of Jamaica (b c1675, bpt 26.12.1678, d after 06.02.1710)
m. Elizabeth Grace Nedham (bpt 12.01.1680, d 1718, dau of Col. George Nedham, Speaker of the House of Assembly)
  A. George Ellis of Jamaica (bpt 20.11.1704, bur 26.03.1740, Chief Justice of Jamaica)
  m. (08.11.1726) Elizabeth (sb Anne?) Beckford (bpt 20.03.1706, d 01.1846 (sic, presumably 1746), dau of Peter Beckford, Speaker of the House of Assembly, sister of of William, Lord Mayor of London)
  i. George Ellis of Jamaica (d 1753)
  m. Susanna Charlotte Long (dau of Samuel Long of Longville, m2. Sir David Lindsay, Bart of Evelick)
  a. George Ellis of Sunning Hill, Berkshire (b 1753-4, dsp 10.04.1815, MP for Sleaford, author)
m. (10.09.1800) Anne Parker (dau of Admiral Sir Peter Parker, 1st Bart of Basingbourn)
  ii. John Ellis of Jamaica (d 1782)
  m. (13.11.1754) Elizabeth Pallmer (d 1782, dau of John Pallmer, Chief Justice of Jamaica)
  a. John Ellis of Hurlingham, Middlesex (b 05.08.1757, d 18.02.1832) had issue
  m. (1795) Antoinette Parker (d 09.1829, dau of Admiral Sir Peter Parker, 1st Bart of Basingbourn)
(1) Elizabeth Margaret Ellis (d 12.12.1816) probably of this generation
  m. (28.01.1813) Rev. Henry John Ridley
  b. Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Lord Seaford of Seaford, Sussex (b 19.12.1771, d 01.07.1845)
  m1. (02.08.1798) Elizabeth Catherine Caroline Hervey (b 01.08.1780, d 21.01.1803, dau of John Augustus Hervey, son of 4th Earl of Brtistol & 5th Lord Howard de Walden)
  (1) Charles Augustus Ellis, 2nd Lord Seaford, 6th Lord Howard de Walden (b 05.06.1799, d 29.08.1868) had issue
  m. (08.11.1828) Lucy Joan Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott (b 08.1808, d 29.07.1899, dau of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 4th Duke of Portland, by Henrietta, dau/coheir of Gen. John Scott of Balcomie)
  (2) Augustus Frederick Ellis (b 17.09.1800, d 16.08.1841, Lt. Colonel) had issue
  m. (25.06.1828) Mary Frances Thurlow Cunynghame (d 12.09.1851, dau of Sir David Cunynghame, 5th Bart, m2. Wilhelm, Baron Von Munster)
  (3) Eliza Ellis (d 1820)
  m2. (02.10.1840) Anne Louisa Emily Berkeley (d 02.11.1877, dau of Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, widow of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart)
  iii. William Beckford Ellis of Jamaica (bur 16.12.1764)
  m. (15.12.1757) Susanna Addenbrooke
  a.+ issue - William Beckford (b 1761, d 06.1795), Anna Maria (b 1759, d 1782)
  iv.+ other issue - Robert Julines (d young), Bathsua Hering (d unm 1783)
  B.+ other issue
2. Martha Ellis (b 14.01.1684)
  m. (16.09.1701) Francis March of Jamaica (a 1721)
3.+ other issue - George (b 26.08.1677, a 17014), 2 sons (d young?), 6 daughters (d young?)

 

 

?? Ellis of Midhope in Bradfield (a temp Henry 8 who r. 1509-1547)
1. Charles Ellis of Midhope Hall (a 1565)
  m. Ann
  A. Charles Ellis of Midhope Hall
  B. Thomas Ellis of Langsett had issue
  The way the pedigree is shown in FMG is unclear as to whether it was this Thomas or his cousin George (a 1565) who was father of Francis, Sir George of York, etc..
  C.+ other issue - John of Midhope, Ann, Jennet
2. ?? Ellis
  A. George Ellis (a 1565)
  i. Francis Ellis
  a. George Ellis of York (dsp)
m. Frances
  b.+ other issue - John of Moor End, daughter
  ii. John Ellis of Brampton near Wath
  m. Alice probably parents of ...
  a. George Ellis of Brampton (b 1627, dsp 05.04.1712)
  m. Ann Rodes (dau of Sir Edward Rodes of Great Houghton)
  iii. Sir George Ellis of York (b 1567, d 22.05.1626)
  In the pedigree, FMG shows just one wife for Sir George, Margaret Lepton, showing her as mother of Catherine, but then notes that his daughter's mother was probably a former wife ...
  m1. (09.04.1599) Christian Gylmynge
  a. Catherine Ellis
  m2. Margaret Lepton (dau of Roger Lepton of York, possibly m1. Thomas Harrison, later m. Edmund Clough then George Anby)
  iv. Ralph Ellis of York (a 01.1622)
  m. Isabel (mother of Robert Faile)
  v. daughter
  m. _ Thornborough
  a. George Thornborough
  vi. Ann Ellis
  m. _ Jenkinson
3. daughter
  m. Thomas Hawkhirst

 

 

William Ellis of Sheffield (a 1684, master cutler)
1. Seth Ellis (bpt 28.04.1672, curate of Brampton)
  A. Seth Ellis (b c1711, d 20.01.1791, curate of Brampton & Great Hale)
  B. Jonathan Ellis of Sheffield (dsp)
  m. (30.06.1751) Isabella Maria Wilson (dau of John Wilson of Bromhead, m2. ?? Asline)
  C. Sarah Ellis
  m. John Parkin of Elms & Shire Green
  D. Elizabeth Ellis
  m. George Coke of Kirkby Hall
  E. Anna Maria Ellis (bpt 25.04.1723, d 13.10.1794)
  m. Anthony Highmore of Wincheap
2. William Ellis (bpt 13.09.1674, d 11.09.1743, Parish Clerk of Sheffield)
  m. Elizabeth (b 1667-8, d 03.05.1743)
  A. son (cleric)
3. Mary Ellis (b 30.09.1695)
  " Q(uery) if not wife of Boote, Sutter, & Ashforth".
4.+ other issue - John (bpt 15.02.1676, bur 13.09.1711?), Helen (b 24.06.1681)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (originally uploaded to EZmisc03 on 20.11.08) : BP1934 (Howard de Walden)
(2) For middle section (originally uploaded to EZmisc04 on 03.05.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS328, 'Ellis', p798+)
(3) For lower section : FMG (vol 2, MS341, 'Ellis', p826+)
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