ELLIS
Families
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Sometimes spelled Elis,
Ellice,
Elliff, Allice
Hosted by John E. Ellis, Mobile, Alabama
USA
website: www.ellises.org
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In memory of Dixie McCrary without whose
work we would all be lost.
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This site focuses on the Ellis family
from
England or Wales to Jamestown, Virginia (1636-1642)
(Surrey or Sussex counties) migrating
down
through Warren County (on Hawtree Creek), North
Carolina
(1750-1770)
and to Nashville (on
Hamilton
Creek), Davidson County, Tennessee (1795-1819).
If you're in this line we want to hear
from
you.
Common given names are Edward, Benjamin,
Jeremiah, John, Joshua, Littleton, Albert & Alfred Hardy
View
charts of this family line
View
photos of 1770 home in Warren County, North Carolina and Hawtree Creek
Location
of Ellis family cemetery in Davidson County, Tennessee
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We only have information for the above
specific areas.
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If
your Ellis line is not in the above family then try ECN below:
We will also provide some various links
to
others who specialize in researching
the ELLIS family name in the US and UK.
The main research group for this family
is
ELLIS COUSINS NEWSLETTER in Grand Prarie, Texas.
Their internet homepage is: http://www.worthey.net/ellis
We are ECN members and totally supportive
of their efforts and recommend you subscribe.
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Here
are some interesting Ellis things:
*4 Miles west of
West Point, Mississippi 
on north side of Hwy 50 off US Hwy 45
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Roster of Confederate Soldiers named Ellis Click
Here
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Additional family names I'm
researching
in Alabama and as noted:
Carley, Owen, Patrick, John &
James (circa 1850 from New Orleans, Louisiana);
Petithory, James (circa 1850
France
through ?? through Ohio to Mobile);
Singleton, Joseph (Joe) T.
(father,
Richard, Sr.)& Robins, Delilah (Clarke County,
Ala) (Click
here--Singleton webpage)
Sawyer, Dionysious (father Wiley)
& Daniel, Elizabeth (Monroe County, Ala);
(Click Here for list of
Confederate Sawyers)
Alexander, Benjamin and son Obediah
&
Morgan, Rachael (circa 1821 from North Carolina);
Grimsley, William Dixon (circa
1821 originating in Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky)
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Found this but don't know of any
connections:
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Some interesting links to visit:
One of the greatest sources of information
on the web: Places,
rivers, cemeteries, etc. with the name of Ellis
Some
descendants of Edward Ellis of Virginia (from 1636) hosted by Sharon L.
Cords
Other contributors are:
Lisa
Douglas-Lenk of Richmond, WA; Ethel Ellis of Hollow Rock, TN;
Steve Flowers of Pinto, MD; Lynda
Campos of Jacksonville, NC
Much of this info is also in
Dixie
McCrary's 1978 book on the Surry-Sussex, Virginia Lines.
Ellis Geneology
Discussion
Group-- check it out
Ellis County
Texas---Govt.
Info
Ellis
County Texas
Ellis
County Texas: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txellis/
Ellis,
Idaho---Yahoo search
Ellis County
Kansas Local Homepage
Ellis
County Oklahoma--Yahoo search
Ellisville,
Missouri--Yahoo search
Ellisville,
Mississippi--Yahoo search
Ellis
County Kansas--Yahoo search
Search Engines' results of the input of
'Ellis'
These are recommended as they found us in the
top 2 rankings. The other search engines didn't come close.
Obviously these do a better job of ranking hard
to find sites.
HotBot http://hotbot.com/?MT=ellis&SM=MC&DV=0&LG=any&DC=10&DE=2&clickSrc=search&_v=2&OPs=MDRTP
Ask Jeeves
http://ask.com/main/askjeeves.asp?ask=ellis&origin=0&site_name=Jeeves&metasearch=yes&ads=&Ask%21.x=17&Ask%21.y=10
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