My family starts with: Benjamin Ellis IV in Madison Co. Ala. b. in Va 5-2-1784, d. 9-30-1853 in Madison Co. Ala. m. 5-9-1805 Mary Polly Malone b. 2-14-1788 in Va. d. 6-4-1852. They had 14 children: William Harper Ellis b. 3-9-1806 va. d. unkn Sarah Malone Ellis b. 8-9-1807 d. 10-19-1857 m. Frances Epps Harris Madison Co. Ala parents of 10 children Mary Ann Tomlinson Ellis b. 8-18-1809 d. unkn Nancy Harper ellis b. 5-9-1811 d. March 1854 m. Stephen Norris 1-19-1831 parents of 5 children Willaim Robert Ellis b. 1813 d. unkn Mary Hill Ellis b. 1-6-1817 d. Noxube Co. Ms. m. Burwell C. Garner Thomas Booth Ellis b. 1820 Lived in Marshall Co. Ms. in the 1870's James Burns Ellis b. 11-30-1821 d. 3-6-1884 m. Nancy Sullivan 1-13-1847 William Tomlinson Ellis(my gggrandfather) b. 1-18-1824 d. 1863/64 in Alton Fed. Prison. captures at Battle of Memphis. m. 1-21-1846 Sarah Ann Wellborn b. 12-24-1825 d. fall of 1859 children: Benjamin Tomlinson Ellis b. 10-30-1847 d. 9-9-1909 m. 2-20-1868 Desoto co. Ms to Mattie Lou Walden b. 12-24-1850 d. 6-8-1935 Olive Branch Ms. there children: Willie B. Ellis b. 11 -26-1868 d. 9-5-1871 age 3 Joseph Walden Ellis b. 3-14-1870 d. unkn Julian Ellis b. 1871 d. unkn Julia ann ellis b. 1874 d. unkn Henry Wellborn Ellis b. 1876 d. unkn William Robert Ellis b. 1878 d. unkn Mary Frances Ellis b. 1880 d. unkn Alma Pearl Ellis b. 1884 d. unkn Thomas Benjamin Ellis b. 1886 d. unkn Eunice Lee Ellis b. 1888 d. unkn Susie Ellis b. 1890 d. unkn Milton Hicks Ellis b. 5-22-1891 (my grandfather) d. 4-6-1962 cohoma co. clarksdale, ms. m. Eva Compton in desoto co. ms. There are more names that I have but I will start with this. If anyone knows anything about this line of Ellis's please let me know. Eva