At 01:05 PM 07/25/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Hi List....... >I'm searching for a William Harrison ELLIS who lived in Cavendish and >Rockingham and possible Danville, VT. He could be listed as just HARRISON >ELLIS also. > >He m. Eliza b. 1819 VT(surname unknown) and had the following children with >her. > >1870 census in WI >William H. Ellis b. 1847 d. Dakota Territory ?(m. Clara Fitch of Maine) >John J. Ellis b. 1849 - >Edwin H. Ellis b. 1853 d. 1887-1894 (m Fanny Hemenway of WI) >Franklin M. Ellis b. 1855 or 1857 d. WA 1937 >All children b. VT > >There may also be an older child with the name of Harrison Ellis b. before >1847 in NY. > >There is a William Harrison ELLIS in civil war 16th inf. co. C >and same in 7th co. G. Probably same person or father and son. >This ELLIS was from Cavendish and Rockingham, VT > >My ELLIS people came over from Scotland and were dairy farmers. >I find there was an ELLIS family with a large dairy farm in Essex, VT. >I am in contact with a person looking for a Nettie (Betty) Ellis b. 1920's >or 1930's who lived on this farm. > >Thanks in advance for any help you can offer, >Gloria Jean Ellis Hi, Gloria Jean Ellis: I find no "William Ellis" or "Harrison Ellis" in the new index to the GSV's republished records of Rockingham, Vermont. If the Ellis family was from Scotland and ended up in Caledonia County, the chances are good that they did NOT pass through Cavendish and Rockingham on the way there; it is rather more likely that the person you are seeking moved there FROM Caledonia County on the way to somewhere else. Ryegate and Barnet, especially, were settled by the Scotch (yes, that's the correct term according to the OED, Burns, Scott, and the "Scotch Education Office" <grin>). Caledonia is, after all, the ancient name for Scotland. I am descended from members of the "Scotch-American Company," also known as the Inchinnan company, who arrived in Ryegate just before the Revolution (William Neilson/Nelson and Hugh Gardner). Hope this helps. Darrell Darrell A. Martin no longer proud to have been a Vermonter but still proud of my Vermont roots currently in exile in Addison, Illinois [email protected]