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Thomas H. Ellis in his 1849 booklet 'A Memorandum on the Ellis Family incorrectly stated Charles Ellis death date as 4 May 1759. Charles Ellis wrote his will (transcription below) on the 8 June 1760 and it was probated on the 14 August 1760 in Albemarle Co. VA. The will names all of his children and his wife.
Information on Charles Ellis
Charles Ellis was not yet an adult when his father, John Ellis died in 1728, as listed in his will:
- All of estate left with sons William and Thomas and my three little sons Henry, Charles and Joseph to live with them until 21.
Henry Ellis settled at "Red Hill" on Pedlar Creek (Virkus)
Death
Between the 8 June 1760 when he signed his will and the 14 August 1760 in that portion of Albemarle Co. VA that in 1761 became Amherst Co. VA.
[Albemarle, Virginia WB 2, pp 79-80 – Will of Charles Ellis 1719-1760]
- In the name of God Amen I Charles Ellis of the County of Albemarle & parish of Saint Anns being in perfect sence & Memory do make & ordain this to be my Last Will & Testament My Will & Desire is that my just Debts be fully paid & Satisfyed. Item I give unto my son Josias Ellis my Tract of Land I now dwell on & all the rest of my Land being on the Southside of Pedlar River to him & his heirs forever also desire he may have a horse & Saddle from my Estate to be of Value twelve pounds Current money which Said Land horse & Saddle I desire he may have when he attains to the age of Eighteen years. Item I Give to my son Charles Ellis Six hundred acres of Land Lying on the North side Pedlar River, four hundred Acres the said land was James Mondeth deced & the other two hundred from Joseph Burton which Land I desire he may have when he all attains to the age of Eighteen years to him & his heirs forever. Item my Will & Desire is that my Land besides what I have mentioned before may be Equally Divided to my Daughters to wit Hannah Ellis, Edy Ellis, Susannah Wright Maryan Ellis , Salley Ellis , Betheony Ellis, Elizabeth Ellis, Rosanna Ellis or to their Survivor to them share & Share alike for them & their heirs forever my desire is that all my Estate not by me yes mentioned both Real & personal after my youngest child do attain to the age of fourteen years that it may be Equally Divided among my Children & Wife To wit Josias Ellis, Charles Mrs. Hannah Ellis , Eddy Ellis , Susannah Wright , Mary Ann Ellis, Salley Ellis, Betheony Alles , Elizabeth Ellis, Rosanna Ellis, & my Loving Wife Susannah Ellis or to their survivors of them to them & their heirs forever, my will & desire that my children before mentioned may have education according to the Discretion of my Executors I do constitute Nominate & appoint my Friends Daniel Burford, Cornelius Thomas & my son Josias Ellis Executors of this my Last Will & Testament Last Will & hereby revoking all former wills by me made declaring this & no other to be my last Will & Testament Witness my hand this Eight day June one Thousand Seven hundred & sixty.
- Charles Ellis ℗
- Signed Sealed, published & Declared In presents of us
- Isaac Wright
- Robert xx Cammell (his mark)
- Rolan R Atkins) (his mark
- At a Court held or Albemarle County the fourteenth day of August 1760 This Last Will & Testament was proved by the Oaths of Isaac Wright & Rolan Atkins two of the Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded & on the motion of Daniel Burford & Conelius Thomas two of Executors therein named who made Oath according to Law Certificate is granted them for Obtaining a Probate thereof giving on which they with James Nevil & Benjamin Howard their Securety entered into & acknowledged their Bond accordingly.
- Test John Nicholas Cl'k
Transcription by Joseph E. Crouch – Lexington, KY
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References
- Jackson Sterett Moorman. Ancestors of Mary Burr Moorman (Harpole), et al. (Louisville, KY, Nov. 15, 1945)
4, 30 Jul 2006. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gissage and Bickley Families, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
10:2(Oct 1901):126-131.
... The maiden name of my father's paternal grandmother was Susannah Harding, daughter of Thomas Harding and Mary Giles, of Henrico county.
She was born in that county in the year 1721-22 ; was married in the "hard winter" of 1739-40 to Charles Ellis of the same county, and removed with her husband and children to Albemarle county (now Amherst) in 1754.
He established the place which has since been known as "Red Hill," situated on the south side of Pedlar River, not far from Pedlar Mills; the same homestead which descended to his son, Major Josiah Ellis, and subsequently to his grandson, Richard Shelton Ellis.
Charles Ellis's will, dated the 8th of June, 1760, was admitted to record in Albemarle County Court on the 14th of August, 1760.
His widow married John Bickley ...
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