> Not sure about the Nichol ELEIS you mentioned previously - there was one born > to Alexander in 1630, but this was in Edinburgh, and not Melrose Not sure about the Nichol ELEIS you mentioned previously - there was one born to Alexander in 1630, but this was in Edinburgh, and not Melrose Hello Nancy This was the reference to Nichol EILLES from LDS Website: JAMES OR JOHN EILLES Male ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Event(s): Birth: Christening: 11 SEP 1659 Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland Death: Burial: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parents: Father: NICOLL EILLES Family ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C117992 1642 - 1723 1067948 Film 6901050 Film Sheet: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi, A quick check of the index to the printed Merose Regality Records, (published by the Scottish History Society, 1917), shows that there are many entries for the surname up to 1676. The editor, Charles S. Romanes, has included the various spellings, simply as variations of the more usual ELLIS. It is difficult to know whether the surname survived in Melrose parish, Roxburghshire, under the EILLES spelling, but from the more recent Parish register entries, it would seem not. Maybe some did move south to Durham? But I notice a Thomas EILLES marrying in Durham as early as 1573. If one searches on IGI for EILLES in Britain, using EXACT spelling, there is a surprising geographical range - London, Berwickshire, Durham, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Roxburghshire....to name but a few. Quite a task ahead of you! And if you include all the variations.............!! Nancy McLaughlin Christchurch, NZ