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Elless<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-4985\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4985\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysterybnext\/\">Roger's Children<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-4980\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4980\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryrobert\/\">Robert Ellis<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-menu-item-has-children mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-4988\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4988\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">By Location<span class=\"mega-indicator\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"mega-sub-menu\">\n<li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-4996\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4996\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryindiana\/\">Indiana<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-5004\" id=\"mega-menu-item-5004\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysterybanalysis\/\">Kentucky<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-4993\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4993\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/elllismysterymass\/\">Massachusetts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-4994\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4994\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysterypenn\/\">Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-4995\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4995\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryvirginia\/\">Virginia<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-4979\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4979\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysterydna\/\" tabindex=\"0\">DNA<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellis\/\">\u2190Return to Main<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryspelling\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Next\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 17px; padding-bottom: 2px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<h1 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Roger Ellis Mystery<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #776277;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Overview<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding: 0% 1.5% 0% 3%;\">\n<div>\n<h5 id=\"u3835-2\">Who were Roger Ellis&#8217; Parents and where did they come from?<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3835-5\" class=\"\">is relatively straight-forward to trace my Ellis ancestry to a man named Roger Ellis.&nbsp; From there, however, the ancestral road becomes much more difficult to follow. This page examines what is known about Roger Ellis and key Ellis families in America at the time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3835-6\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3835-8\" class=\"\">Roger \u201cToddy\u201d Ellis was born in Pennsylvania in 1782.&nbsp; The first record found that can be confirmed to be our Roger Ellis was in 1804, when he married Susannah Lewis in Shelby County, KY.&nbsp; Prior to that a tax record shows a Roger Ellis living in Franklin County, KY in 1801.&nbsp; Given the proximity of Franklin County to Shelby County and the fact that the name Roger was not common in the Ellis family, it is likely&nbsp; that Roger Ellis of Franklin County, KY is the same man who lived in Shelby County, KY. However, it remains possible that these were two different men.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3835-9\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3835-11\" class=\"\">Once Roger is married, enough records exist to trace him and Susannah as they&nbsp; moved to Ripley County, IN and lived out their lives.&nbsp; The 1850 Census, which was the first to name all family members living in a household, is essential in tying Roger to our family.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3835-12\" class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3835-14\" class=\"\">The Census form from Ripley Co. Indiana shows a 67 year old Roger &#8220;Elless&#8221; who was born in Pennsylvania. with a 65 year old Susan (his wife) from Virginia, a 32 year old Rebecca, a 25 year old Susan (his daughters) and a 45 year old Jeremiah.&nbsp; Roger&#8217;s property was valued at $2000.&nbsp; Just prior to Roger&#8217;s family in the census record is a 47 year old David &#8220;Elless&#8221; (b Ky) and his family.&nbsp; It is from David that our family descends.&nbsp; From this and other census and property records, most of Roger&#8217;s&nbsp; immediate descendants can be identified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<div class=\"clearfix grpelem\" id=\"u22610-23\" data-muse-uid=\"U22610\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\">\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"u71033-3\" class=\"\"><span id=\"u71033-2\"><span id=\"u37645-2\"><span id=\"u5931-3\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u71033-4\" class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"u71033-12\" class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellis\/\">\u2190Return to Main<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryspelling\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Next\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190Return to Main Read Next\u2192 Roger Ellis Mystery Overview &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Who were Roger Ellis&#8217; Parents and where did they come from? &nbsp; is relatively straight-forward to trace my Ellis ancestry to a man named Roger Ellis.&nbsp; From there, however, the ancestral road becomes much more difficult to follow. 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