This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/413.475.480.579.1757.1753.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am also researching this line. I am trying to find as many original documents as possible, trying to figure out everything. I have heavily relied on two documents written by Thomas Harding Ellis, as these were written in the mid-1840's and 50's, and he had completed lots of research, at least for his line of the family...David/John-1661/Charles/Josiah/Charles/Thomas Harding. These two documents are a letter found in Old Churches, written in 1857 and his Memorandum, written in 1849. I also have a copy of a letter written by Thomas Harding's brother Charles to a cousin who states that TH was in the process of updating the family info when it was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. In 1849, he states that John, the eldest son (of John and Susannah) married Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of Obadiah Smith and Mary Cocke. But in 1857, he states the same John married Elizabeth Ware, a relation of Baldwin and Ware Rockett... Is it possible this is the same Elizabeth, but with different last names? I can't find my dates right now, but is it possible that John had died and his wife, Elizabeth (Smith) remarried a Ware, so when TH referred to her in 1857, it was by her new name? Especially since he didn't state that Ware was her parents - just a "relation"? If anyone has any additional insight, I'd love to hear it! I haven't been able to determine yet which branch of John 1661 are my Ellises. So far, I have it traced to my gggg-grandfather, Hezekiah Ellis who was born in 1810 and married Mary Brown in 1829. They lived in Tuckahoe, so I am assuming they are either of Joseph's or William's line. My family tree is very tangled with the names Ellis, Smoot, Brown and Alley. Thanks for your help! Shari Eichler