Working on the Andover Parish Registers I found an Ellis family there which was rather interesting given the later marriage of Sarah Ellis and William Knight and then their son William Knight and Eleanor Knight followed by Samuel Knight and Louisa Butt and their daughter Maria Jane Knight and Edward Blake. Coincidence or did this Ellis family which appears at Winterborne Stickland in the early 1770s spend time in the Andover area?
Baptisms
Ellice Richard son Ellice Robert Simmons Sarah 1695 May 13
Ellice John son Ellice Robert Sarah 1700 November 17
Ellis John son Ellis Robert Ann 1732 April 25
Ellis alias Simons Robert son Ellis alias Simons Robert Ann 1720 May 6
Ellis alias Simons Elisha son Ellis alias Simons Elias Mary 1720 December 18
Marriages
Thorneton John Ellis Margaret 1604 October 29 widow
White Samuel Ellis Mary 1740 January 14
Thurman Thomas East Wood Ellise Dina East Wood 1655 July 14
Burials
Eles James 1731 May 23
Ellice Robert 1710 October 8 senior, woollen
Ellis Elizabeth daughter Ellis Joan 1715 November 26 woollen
Ellis Joan 1723 February 20 woollen, widow
Ellis John 1732 May 5
Ellis Dorothy 1742 April 1
The family I am looking for is Ellis Ellis who married Sarah Wellspring 7 Mar 1738 at Winterborne Stickland; I have no information on Ellis and Sarah was buried 25 Jan 1780 at Winterborne Stickland (no age given). They baptized four daughters and probably one son at Winterborne Stickland:
Jane baptized 28 Sep 1742 married Atman Melchizedek 2 Jul 1762 at Winterborne Stickland.
Elizabeth baptized 3 Feb 1744 married John Upshall 16 Apr 1770 at Winterborne Stickland.
John baptized 14 Jun 1747 (although the parents are listed as John Ellis and Sarah this is perhaps a transcription error and I am eagerly awaiting Ancestry having the earlier Dorset records online)
Susanna (no baptism found yet) married Thomas Cocks 16 Jul 1772 at Winterborne Stickland.
Sarah baptized 5 Aug 1756 married William Knight 7 Aug 1775 at Winterborne Stickland and they had 8 children according to a number of researchers. I will look at these children in another Knight research blog.
After I found the Ellis records at Andover I did wonder if Elisha Ellis was called Ellis Ellis as the date of birth/baptism would fit very nicely into this family grouping. I have not found the Ellis family at Winterborne Stickland before 1738. Proving/disproving that will be interesting I suspect.
Investigating to see if the Ellis family lived nearby Winterborne Stickland it is possible to search the OPC Dorset website and I do find Ellis families in this area. I will continue to investigate the Ellis family in Dorset on my next research day
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