James Ellis

Male1763–1818

Brief Life History of James

When James Ellis was born in 1763, his father, Lewis Ellis, was 46 and his mother, Mrs. Sarah Ellis, was 43. He married Sarah Simpson on 2 March 1789, in Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Shelton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1809 and Boothen, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1818. He died in 1818, at the age of 55, and was buried in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

James Ellis
1763–1818
Sarah Simpson
1760–
Marriage: 2 March 1789
John Ellis
1790–
George Ellis
1791–1835
Hannah Elliss
1792–
Ralph Ellis
1801–

Sources (13)

  • Jas. Ellis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • James Ellis, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
  • James Ellis, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 March 1789Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

    • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (7)

    1770 · Boston Tea Party

    Age 7

    Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

    1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World

    Age 12

    "On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."

    1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia

    Age 24

    The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.

    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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