Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Ellis was born in 1748, her father, Lewis Ellis, was 31 and her mother, Mrs. Sarah Ellis, was 28.
Photos and Memories (1)
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Jane Ellis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jane Ellis, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- 1809/1810 Will and Probate of William Ellis
Parents and Siblings
1717–1777 Male
1721– Female
Siblings (5)
1745–1810 Male
1748– Female
1754– Male
1758–1802 Male
1763–1818 Male
World Events (6)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 53
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 60
1815
Age 67
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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