In a message dated 8/30/2007 3:48:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I have a whole string of Ellis people but they are from the Sandwich, Middleborough and Wareham areas. Beginning with Lt. John Ellis died in Sandwich, married Elizabeth Freeman, son William Ellis of Sandwich m Lydia Briggs; son Seth Ellis of Wareham m Mary Bumpus, dau Mary Ellis of Rochester m Ephraim Griffeth. At one time I thought I was descended from John ELLIS of Sandwich. He has a descendant named Russell, and Christopher ELLIS' son named Russell, who was my gg grandfather, were born at about the same time. But then a different Russell who was definitely my ancestor was found. However, I might still be descended from John ELLIS of Sandwich--I don't know that I'm not. Russell's son Freeman, a name common to ELLISes and seemingly derived from the maiden name of John ELLIS' wife, was my g grandfather. So there are two given names for males, Russell and Freeman, used by the Lt. John ELLIS family and my family. I have the Lt. John ELLIS genealogy which I acquired from the owners of The Ellis Cousins Newsletter. That newsletter was great--it has been supplanted by an ELLIS newsletter with a different name--but it seemed to show that most ELLISes lived in the Midwest and South. Not much about ELLISes in the northeast. Thanks again. Jayne [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Thanks very much for your reply. Jayne [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour