Hi list: My entry for the roll call. We have yet to make a definitive connection, but it is believed that Elijah Ellis was the son of Jezreel & Elizabeth (Sytha) Honey. Hoping that Elijah is the son of Jezreel, we have compiled information back to an Edward Ellis b: 1605/21 Lowestoft, Eng. Most of the familes are southern families, but of couse, they spread out to various other states. Some Ellis families: Hezekiah, ca. 1680; Thomas, 1683; Caleb, 1701; Owen, 1743; James, 1755; Michael, 1758; William, 1780; Hiram, 1791.. Some other family names of note: Bailey, Barrow, Berry, Billings, Blair, Brown, Caldwell, Christensen, Colbert, Darnaby, Davis, Dorrell, Duvall, Flowers, Fryer, Fugate, Griffiths, Hatley, Hawkins, Jensen, Johnson, Jones, Larson, Light, Mattox, McSherry, Moore, Parrish, Patten, Pelca, Powell, Reid, Shoemaker, Smith, Steele, Tomkins, Ward, Williams, and Yelton. If you would like to see what we've got, don't hesitate to ask. I can send you the entire gedcom file, or I can send the text-only files, which are not as comprehensive. The text files are in Microsoft Works and Notepad formats. I have not yet been able to enter all the sources, but I do have all the source information available. Much of the information I have for families not listed below has been found online or through others who have e-mailed me their files. Best of luck to all. ~Brandie ELLIS FAMILY TREE As of July 6, 2000: 1Elijah ELLIS-b. abt. 1780, Frederick Co., VA d. (unknown) m. 9/22/1814 Sarah TATE/TATES-b. abt. 1795 VA d. (unknown) ch. 2James ELLIS-b. (unknown) d. (unknown) m. 8/24/18?? Martha J. GIFFIN-b. (unknown) Frederick Co., VA d. (unknown) dau. of: Samuel & Ann (McKEE) GIFFIN, m. 5/14/1823 in Frederick Co., VA. 2Lucinda ELLIS-b. 1819, Frederick Co., VA d. (unknown) m. 8/2/1854 David STEELE-b. 1813 Frederick Co., VA d. (unknown) son of: Adam-b. abt. 1776 & Hannah (STUMP, dau. of Joseph) STEELE, m. 4/19/1802 2Samuel Ellsworth ELLIS-b. 9/22/1821in Warren Co., VA d. 5/6/1899 of gangrene of the foot buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV m. 1/3/1860 Alice McSHERRY, in Frederick, MD-b. abt 1843 d. (unknown) dau. of: Dr. ? & Rebecca McSHERRY m2. 9/16/1869 Mary BAILEY- b. 1850 in Washington Co., VA d. (unknown) dau. of: George C. -d. 2/1853 of lung inflammation- & Ruth Ann BAILEY ch. 3Ann S. ELLIS-b. abt. 1863 d. (unknown) 3Emma L. ELLIS-b. abt. 1867 d. (unknown) -lived with Samuel "Eck" ELLIS, her brother, in 1920 m3. 9/28/1898 in Martinsburg, WV Sarah A. McSHERRY-b. 6/12/1849 Jefferson Co., WV d. 11/6/1903 buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV -is listed in the *1870 WV Census in Martinsburg, Berkeley County. -lived with her son, Samuel "Eck" ELLIS, in the 1920 census dau. of: Dr. ? & Rebecca McSHERRY ch. 3Samuel E. (Eck) ELLIS-b. 10/17/1871 d. 5/10/1945, buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV -contractor, stone mason m. 9/6/1903 Nellie Mae LIGHT-b. 9/10/1886 d. 9/30/1967 buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV -helped start Second Baptist Church -SS# 236-80-5753, issued in WV, 1966 dau. of: George & Frances (WELSHANS) LIGHT ch. 4Margaret Virginia ELLIS-b. 7/3/1910 d. 9/24/1988 m. 1930 Austin O. RUDY-b. 1/15/1910 ch. 5Helen Maxine RUDY-b.11/30/1931 m. George Warren RINGER-b. (unknown) 5Austin Robert RUDY-b. 6/5/1936 m. Dolores Jane DETTER-b. (unknown) 4Mildred E. ELLIS-b. 5/15/1914 d. 1/1981 -SS# 236-48-3474, issued in WV before 1951 m. Harold Nelson "Bub" ROCKWELL-b. 9/20/1913 d. 12/1/1994 Falling Waters, WV -SS# 234-01-8595, issued in WV before 1951 ch. 5Jo Anne ROCKWELL-b. 12/7/1935 m. Thomas William ALLEN-b. (unknown) 5Craig Nelson ROCKWELL-b. 1/26/1952 4George Ellsworth ELLIS-b. 12/17/1915 m. Marian RYAN-b. (unknown) 4Clarence Dilbert ELLIS-b. 8/15/1919 d. 10/29/1981 Falling Waters, WV -SS# 235-84-5313, issued in WV, 1967 -as a child, was given too much preventative medicine, for diphtheria, thus slowing his thinking skills. -lived at home all his life, and after his parents died, Mr. & Mrs. Rockwell moved in with him to help. 4Frances Mae ELLIS-b. 5/18/1926 m. 3/29/1953 John Robert BILLMYER-b. 11/9/1929 son of : Charles S. & Mary N. [LEMEN] BILLMYER ch. 5Samuel Robert BILLMYER-b. 1/26/1954 5John Albert BILLMYER-b. 12/11/1955 3Turner Ashby ELLIS-b. 9/22/1872 d. 9/15/1930 buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV -was a stone mason, owned his own business, which his children took over after his death -donated land for a hospital built in Martinsburg, WV m. 4/30/1896 in Martinsburg, WV Losicitti (Losreta) STEPHENS (N)-b. 1867 dau. of: Joshua & Phoebe STEPHENS ch. 4Albert Ellsworth ELLIS~-b. 5/29/1896 d. 12/26/1964 -was a stone mason m. in Martinsburg, WV Katie WAMAX-b. 6/30/1897 in Hedgesville, WV d. 11/8/1921 in Martinsburg, WV and is buried in an unmarked grave in Green Hill Cemetary, Martinsburg, WV -died in City Hospital of peritonitis dau. of Jesse & Mary WAMAX ch. 5Carl [Charles] Ellsworth ELLIS-b. 8/14/1917 in Martinsburg, WV d. 2/11/1999 in Clinton, MD -was placed on a work farm from age 6 to 16 in Martinsburg, WV -owned first restaurant at Martinsburg Airport, WV -was drafted into the Army for WW2, then was released before serving -was a skilled carpenter until he retired, and owned an antique business after he retired m. Florence G. MOSS-b. 12/8/1911 d. 9/22/1990 in Baltimore, MD -was said to be very pretty when young dau. of: William & Amelia (FICKUS) MOSS m2. 1987(?) Mildred J. BLAIR (N)-b. 1926 in Danville, VA dau. of: Willard Franklin & Mary Love (KENDRICK) BLAIR 4Unknown ELLIS-b. 5/19/1897 4Nora E. ELLIS-b. 4/2/1899 m. Robert Stroops-b. abt. 1895 4Charles W. ELLIS-b. 4/2/1899 4Female ELLIS-b. 4/8/1902 m2. 2/26/1908 Lucy Katherine POWELL-b. 4/18/1887 d. 4/25/1953, -buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV. dau. of: James & Mary POWELL ch. 4Turner Bruce ELLIS~-b. 3/16/1908 d. 3/26/1972 in Falling Waters, Berkeley Co., WV -SS# , issued in WV before 1951 -commonly referred to as "Bruce". m. Alma Louise-b.3/17/1917 d. 10/18/1974 -taught at James Rumsey School in Hedgesville, WV ch. 5Donald A. ELLIS-b. 12/4/1942 d. 2/22/1943 5Turner Bruce ELLIS, Jr.-b. (unknown) d. (of turbercliosis) -commonly referred to as "Bruce". m. Unknown 5Ann ELLIS-b. (unknown) d. in an automobile accident m. Marshall HARPINE-b. (unknown) d. in an automobile accident 4Lucy May ELLIS-b. 1/16/1911 d. 9/1985 Falling Waters, WV -SS# 234-22-6853, issued in WV before 1951 m. Gene Colbert 5Linda Colbert-b. (unknown) m. Ray KITCHEN**-b. (unknown) m2. Leo PAINTER-b. (unknown) ch. 5Bud PAINTER-b. (unknown) 5Jill PAINTER-b. (unknown) m. Unknown ROACH 4Daisy M. ELLIS-b. 1915 d. 1983 m. Wes FAIRCLOTH--b. (unknown) d. 1974 ch. 5Charles FAIRCLOTH-b. (unknown) 4Mary Lillian ELLIS-b. 2/2/1916 m. Joseph MARTIN-b. (unknown) ch. 5Katherine MARTIN-b. (unknown) d. (gunshot wound) m. Unknown 4Pearl Pauline ELLIS-b. 1/19/1917 d. 12/15/1996 Falling Waters, WV -SS# 234-01-7474, issued in WV before 1951 spouse. George HOUSER-b. (unknown) ch. 5Jack Arnold ELLIS-b. 7/11/19?? m. Ella Rose LeMASTER-b. 10/27/19?? 4Claude Ashley ELLIS-b. 6/24/1923 d. 9/8/1924 of cholera, buried in Green Hill Cemetery 4Christine ELLIS-b. aft. 1923 sp. Unknown ch. 5Charles "Chip" ELLIS-b. (unknown) -retired police officer -currently works as a courthouse bailiff m. Juanita-b. (unknown) m. Robert STANLEY 3Charles-b. 2/1875 -lived with Samuel "Eck" ELLIS, his brother, in 1920 3William-b. 6/1879 -worked as a stone mason, as listed on the 1900 census m1. B. (?)-b. 9/1879 ch. 4William L.-b. 1/1898 4Elmer R.-b. 7/1899 m2. Winnie E.-b. 1879 ch. 4George R.-b. 1904 4Norman-b. 1907 4Eugene L.-b. 1910 4Pearl V.-b. 1912 4Ruth M.-b. 12/1916 4Donald D.-b. 8/1918 3Clarence-b. 8/1884 -lived with Samuel "Eck" ELLIS, his brother, in 1920 3D. (female)-b.9/1888 -lived with Samuel "Eck" ELLIS, her brother, in 1920 ~: Turner B., and Albert built the Church of the Brethren beginning in 1939 (for $3500) located on Moler Ave., Martinsburg, WV *: Marshall and Ann HARPINE died together, in an automobile accident, along with 3 others. Their children were then raised by an aunt & their grandparents, and Jack and Ella ELLIS. (N): NOTE Previous or Second Marriages/other relatives --Lorsie R. Stephens m. William L. Stunkle-b. 2/17/1888 d. (unknown) -son of: Charles-(son of: Henry & Hannah Stunkle) b. 4/19/1869 & Susan (Smeltzer) Stunkle ch. Nellie M. Stunkle-b. 12/1888 -lived with Lorsie and Turner for the 1920 census. --Mary Wamax-b. (unknown) -other child with Wamax- Mollie b. 1894, m. 2/16/1910 in Martinsburg, WV Oscar Worthington -Katie was living with Albert S. & Martha Hill in 1920, along with her son Carl and the Hill's adopted son Albert D. --Mildred Blair m. Hoyett Sparrow-b. (unknown) d. (unknown)