Pattee, I wish I had information further back. Still working on positive proof of Benjamin's father. We are almost sure his name was Isaac; but there is still some confusion there. I don't have any records of my line being in PA. Let me double check a couple of "no connection" files I have and see if there is anything there and I'll get back to you if I find anything. Cindy >Looked at your tree. Nice job. But I wondered if you have any information of >your line further back? I have lots of James' and Benjamin, Georges, Johns in >my line. They came from PA and RI and NY and maybe MA. My line left PA in >1855 and went to Iowa and then ended up in CO. It appears several brothers >went with them living next door with their families during the Census'. My >line John W. Ellis had sons and brothers named Thomas, George, John. His >father >was James B. of James Ellis. There are so many Ellis'. I found a great book >at the LDS Family Research Center of Mayflower Geneaologies. They had a >large >section on John Ellis m Elizabeth Freeman and then 5 generations forward!!! It >was amazing. I didn't have the time to carefully go through it and it was too >large to copy all the pages. All of these families had lots of kids! >They was >a lot of first cousin marriges too. If you find anything further back let me >know. I'll send you what I have, none of it is proved by me but given to me >from another relative and I am trying to prove it through records. pfenn > >Cindy Ellis wrote: > >> I've finally got a good part of my Ellis line on the Web - still incomplete >> - but it's there with privacy issues taken care of, a disclaimer, and >> general acknowledgements of where my info came from. >> >> You can find it at: >> http://members.tripod.com/~CJEllis/Gen/Ellis.html >> >> I've tried to present the info in a way that doesn't violate privacy or >> copyright laws, and not to offend anyone that I've been sharing info with. >> Please note that this is just the Ellis line. I haven't gotten to the >> affiliated surnames yes, although they are clearly listed when I have the >> info. >> >> Check it out. >> >> Cindy ><> >> >> mailto:[email protected] >> http://members.tripod.com/~CJEllis/index.html >> >> "Life is short, you're gonna be dead a long time... >> make time to PLAY!!" >> - Mark Lowry