I am a descendant of Jeremiah Ellis, the brother of Nancy. Please let me know if you would like to exchange information. Kellie edbert@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: Ctjesters@aol.com <Ctjesters@aol.com> To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 12:33 PM Subject: [OHADAMS-L] Grimes/Ellis/Brookover > >In a message dated 6/25/99 8:50:01 PM, jbrad805@gte.net wrote: > ><<I am interested in Samuel Grimes. I have a Samuel Grimes married Elizabeth >Bradford in 1819. Elizabeth was born in Worchester Co. MD in 1797. Sometime >after 1800-1810 she and her family moved to Adams Co. OH. Could this Samuel >Grimes be your Samuel Grimes? I have no other information on Samuel Grimes. >Any news, even if bad, would be most helpful. >Thanks >Joe Bradford>> > >Hello, Joe. I do not think they are the same because this Samuel married >Sallie Brookover. Below is what the letter says about the Grimes and Ellis >families. >Hope it might help. The rest of this e-mail is quoted verbatim from the >letter. >Stephanie > >"Samuel Ellis Grimes was the child of William Grimes, born in 1788 at Adams >County, Ohio, and his wife, Nancy Ellis, born Dec. 3, 1786 and died December >11, 1861. >"Nancy Ellis Grimes was the child of Nathan Ellis born in 1749 at Wales died >at Aberdeen, Ohio, in 1819 and his wife, Mary Walker, born Aug. 31, 1752. >"Nathan Ellis was the child of James born in 1727 at Wales, died in 1790. His >wife was Mary Veatah [sp?] born in Wales. >"Nathan Ellis was the first Justice of the Peace in Aberdeen and operated a >ferry across the Ohio River. Aberdeen was plotted July 5, 1816, by Nathan >Ellis, and bought 5 acres from James Edwards next to the hill on Gum Street >for the purpose of putting highway to ferry. In the deed, Nathan Ellis >reserved 2 lots on Main & Water St. on which were located his 'mansion & >warehouse,' a large gray stone house which stood for over 100 years until >destroyed by flood in 1918. >"Grandmother Stewart has written the following information about the children >of Nathan and Mary Ellis: >Margaret born in 1771 married Sicily Campbell >Mary 1773 >John 1777 >Jeremiah 1779 >Jesse 1782 >Samuel 1784 >Nancy Dec. 3, 1786 married William Grimes 1802 >Nathan, Jr, 1789 (bachelor) >Netty (Hetty) 1792 married Capt. John Campbell >Elender (?) 1795 James Higgins >"Nancy and William Grimes had the following children: >I. Samuel who married Sallie Brookover, Jan 27, 1825 and to this union were >born 12 children >John died in infancy >William married Ann Beasely >Lewis " " Sallie Ann Cooper >Eliza " " Abe Newkirk >Nancy " " Hamilton Parr >Margaret ' ' Fred Otto >Aseal " " 1. Jane Howard and 2. Martha Lane >Matilda married Alexander Stewart >Mary married Harden Bradley >Frank (Francis) " " 1. Maggie Daly 2. Naomi Bricker >Andrew B. Darius >Calvin " " Fannie Myers >II. Eliza married John Brookover >III. Sallie " " Robert Churm >IV. Bill married twice - both were named Eliza - but do not know the maiden >name of either >V. Jane never married. >"Strange to say, my grandfather Grimes could not remember his father's name. >He had Uncle John, Uncle Christopher, and Uncle Samuel Grimes as brothers. (I >believe his grandfather's name was William, don't you?) >"George and Mary Griffin's daughter, Margaret married Aseal Brookover. >Children born to them were: >Matilda >Sallie (or Sally) married Samuel Ellis Grimes Jan. 21, 1825 >born April 19, 1804 in Adams county >Mary >Nancy >John >James >Richard >George >Andrew Jackson >(and she has James again. I know they keep the names in the family so much, >which makes it very difficult in researching, doesn't it? For instance the >name Aseal appears in 3 generations, and I wouldn't say that is a common >name.)" > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >