This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/4012.5078.1.1 Message Board Post: Brenda, I don't have a Francis Ellis. Francis and Frances are not names used in my Ellis line. Lucy is a name that appears in my Ellis line, but I don't find any Wheeler connections til late in the 1800s. My Ellis ancestor, Stephen Ellis received a land grant 17 Jan 1787 for 488 acres in Rowan County (now Davidson Co) NC. He moved from Brunswick Co. VA and is found in Rowan Co. NC by 1794, so he and his family arrived sometime between 1787 and 1794. Stephen appears on the 1790 Rowan Co. NC census along with a William Ellis. There was a William and Elizabeth Ellis found in Warren County, NC in 1798. Their son, William Ellis, Jr. married Ann Riddle 27 Mar 1792 in Rowan County NC. William Jr. had known siblings James, Nancy, Elizabeth, Patsey, Sarah and Michael. They came to Rowan Co. and Warren Co. via Surry Co, VA. The descendants of Edward Ellis, immigrant, include many males, so finding your Francis will not be easy whether or not he should be a descendant of this Ellis line. Good luck in your search. I wish I could have offered more help. Sharon