John Clarn Ellis (1661-1719)
John Clarn Ellis, II was the son of John Clarn Ellis, I and Elizabeth Joanes. He was born 29 Jul 1661 in St. Pauls Parish, Kent, Maryland and died 04 Feb 1719 or between 1 Feb 1719 to 19 Mar 1719. in Kent, Maryland, United States. He married Susannah Ware (believed to be Susannah Ware) around 1681. He he later married Margaret Elizabeth Coffin on 02 Apr 1703.
Children of John Clarn Ellis, II and Susannah Ware are:
- Benjamin Ellis, b. 1682, Kent County, Maryland, d. 1719, Kent County Maryland
- Jane Ellis, b. 1686, Kent County, Maryland
- Thomas Ellis, b. 1684, Kent County, Maryland, d. 1719 Kent County, Maryland.
Children of John Clarn Ellis, II and
Margaret Elizabeth Coffin are:
- William Ellis, b. 12 Aug 1704, Seawalls Branch, Kent Co., Maryland, United States904, d. 28 Dec 1761, Rowan, North Carolina, United States904.
John died after February 1, 1719 and before
March 19, 1719 at age 57.
He married twice, first wife believed to
have been Susannah married about 1681 by
whom he fathered Benjamin, Thomas and James.
From Ken Co., MD, Probate Records #1 - Vol.
16. p.343 dated February 1, 1719, proved
March 17, 1719: John Ellis Will: 1. To son,
Benjamin Ellis and Heirs, 300 acres of land
located on Little Duck Creek in Pennsylvania
that John Ellis had purchased from William
Nileson.
To son William Ellis and Heirs, 500 acres of
land located in Kent Co., MD, that John
Ellis had purchased from Arthur Miller, plus
100 acres of land of the dwelling
plantation,
To son, Tom Ellis, 100 acres of land in Kent
Co., MD.
To Godson, Abraham Cockeral and Heirs, 200
acres of land adjacent to the 100 acres of
land devised to the son William Ellis and
out of the same tract.
To daughter, Jane Burroughs, 400 acres of
land in Kent Co., MD, being the residue of
the dwelling plantation.
To Elizabeth Cockeral, a life interest in
the land bequeathed to Abraham Cockeral
aforesaid.
Executors: William Ellis and residuary
legatee. Test: George Glives, Anne Kineday,
John Flolerty.
From notes by J. D. Ellis, John Ellis and
siblings lost their mother sometime after
the birth of Mary in 1665 and were orphans
by November 6, 1669. The Kent Isle County
Court assigned Alexander Maxwell as Adm. of
John's estate and assigned John Griffith(?)
as Guardian of the orphaned children. Later
at a Talbot County Court, Thomas Emerson and
John Mitchell posted 20,000 pounds of
tobacco as security for John Griffith which
the said Griffith must pay to the orphans
when they came of age.
In 1676 John Ellis, age 15, petitioned the
court to assign Michael Miller as his
guardian. Michael Miller was a prominent
lawyer, landowner and planter in Kent County
and a member of the Vestry of St. Paul's
Parish. It is not known why this man, who
was a devout member of the Church of
England, would elect to be the guardian of
the son of a persecuted Quaker.
John Ellis, son of the Quaker John, did
embrace the faith of the Church of England
probably due to the early actions of his
quadroon, Michael Miller.
Sources:
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/i/l/Nanette-L-Riley-beppler/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0068.html
- http://sovelenkowilliams.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I5856&tree=T1&PHPSESSID=33932bb32a496fd9f2c561af79f23436
Children of Benjamin Ellis and Rachel Presnell were:
- Rachel Ellis
- Isaac Ellis
- Mary Ellis
- Benjamin Ellis
- Jacob Ellis
- Sarah Ellis
- Willis Presnell Ellis
- James Ellis
- Abraham Ellis
- Grace Ellis
- Isaac Spencer Ellis
- John Willis Ellis
Source:
(1) Ancestory.Com
(2) Rachel Presnell