Person:Robert Ellis (4)
Robert Ellis
b.25 Sep 1794 Greene, Tennessee, United States
d.25 Feb 1874 Grant, Indiana, United States
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m. 10 Aug 1774
  1. Robert Ellis1794 - 1874
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m. 20 Nov 1817
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m. 2 Dec 1819
  1. Seth Hockett Ellis1830 - 1904
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Facts and Events
Name Robert Ellis
Gender Male
Birth? 25 Sep 1794 Greene, Tennessee, United States
Marriage 20 Nov 1817 Clinton, Ohio, United Statesto Susannah Lewis
Marriage 2 Dec 1819 Clinton, Ohio, United Statesto Anna Hockett
Occupation? Farmer
Death? 25 Feb 1874 Grant, Indiana, United States
Alt Death? 25 Mar 1874 Jonesboro, Grant, Indiana, United States
Burial? Fairmount, Grant, Indiana, United StatesBack Creek Cemetery
Religion? Greene, Tennessee, United StatesQuaker - New Hope MM

Robert Ellis was born on 25 September 1794 in Greene County, Tennessee. He might have been born at Big Sinking Creek, Greene County, Virginia. He is also said to have come "from the Carolina's" early in the 1800s.

He was a Friend (Quaker).

He moved with Nehemiah Ellis and Sarah Thornbrough circa 1812 from Tennessee to Warren County, Ohio.

He was granted a certificate to Ceasar's Creek Monthly Meeting with his parents, Nehemiah Ellis and Sarah Thornbrough, on 25 November 1813 by Clear Creek Monthly Meeting, Clinton County, Ohio.

He married Susannah Lewis, daughter of Enoch Lewis and Sarah (--?--), on 20 November 1817 in Clear Creek Meeting House, Clinton County, Ohio.

He was received on certificate from Clear Creek Monthly Meeting on 28 October 1819 by Newberry Monthly Meeting, Clinton County, Ohio.

He married Anna Hockett, daughter of Jonathan Hockett and Mary Williams, on 2 December 1819 in Newberry Meeting House, Clinton County, Ohio.

He was disowned for "disunity" on 23 October 1837 by Newberry Monthly Meeting, Clinton County, Ohio.

He was reinstated at his own request on 22 August 1842 by Newberry Monthly Meeting.

He and Anna Hockett moved circa 1847 to Clinton County, Ohio.

He moved circa 1852 to Grant County, Indiana.

He was disowned on 13 July 1854 in Springboro Monthly Meeting, Warren County, Ohio. [Should this be instead that he was disowned at Back Creek?]

He was reinstated on 18 May 1865 in Back Creek Monthly Meeting, Grant County, Indiana.

He died on 25 March 1874 in Jonesboro, Grant County, Indiana, at age 79.

Children:
Susan (Coffin Coleman)
Sarah (Green)
James,
Dorcas (Miller)
Jonathan W. Seth who at the age of maturity adopted the middle name of Hockett
Jehu
Lydia Ann (Jones)
Nancy (Jay-Helm)In the records of the Back Creek Friends Cemetery, described as a former member of the BCMM.


Location of the Back Creek Meeting House:

Directly across from the Fairmount Veterinary Clinic (in 2010). Headstones facing west for the most part towards Back Creek, right on the edge of the cemetery. The creek has what appear to be a number of tall ash and maple trees in the land in between the cemetery and the creek. The creek cuts through that land. On the other side of the creek is a vast swath of farm land. There will be corn growing there in a few months. Back Creek was surrounded by farms on all sides, sits right in the midst of farmland, very quiet. North of town of Fairmount. many stones are illegible or barely legible. Quite a bit of restoration work done on many of the headstones. Best time to read the inscriptions is in the afternoon. Already at noon they were significantly more legible than in the morning.

References
  1.   Benjamin Thornbrough families, in Rootsweb Message Boards.
  2.   Descendants of Thomas Hutton, in Rootsweb Message Boards.
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