Donna. Suggest you look for your ancestors in two places. 1. Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Chester and Lancaster counties) late 1600's into the mid 1700's, then on to Virginia. Try Loudoun and Franklin Counties in VA. and, say Sumner County, TN. Lots of Thomas and John Ellises. This was a migratory route. 2. Same time frame but in Sussex and Essex counties, VA. Good Hunting. Lloyd D. Ellis