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/ABC.2ACE/230.1736.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy, Thank you for your response and family info. I don't know where the name Ellis came from in the Dean line, but I have at least three of them at different times in one line. My guess is that we do NOT have a direct connection. My line arrived in Clark/Montgomery Co., Ky in the early 1800's. Good luck in your research. Mike