ELLIS & FREEMAN LINES (CONTINUED)

INDEX

SEVENTEENTH GENERATION

75776. poss. John Ellis

b. ABT 1485
m. (75777) unknown 4 May 1512 London, London, England (IGI #13816)

75777. unknown

[b. ABT 1487]
Family: (75776) John Ellis
i. (37888) Johas Ellis

75784. Richard Masterson

b. ABT 1488 England
d. 1519
m. (75785) Mildred unknown

75785. Mildred unknown

b. ABT 1490 Ashford, Kent, England
d. 1519
Family: (75784) Richard Masterson
i. (37892) Richard Masterson

REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lorenfamily&id=I51461 c/o J. K. Loren jkl@lorenfamily.com

75810. Richard Wintershall

b. ABT 1469
m. (75811)unknown

75811. unknown

EIGHTEENTH GENERATION

151552. prob. John Elys Jr. of London

b. [ABT 1458] (named in father's will 1493)
m. (151553) unknown

151553. unknown

[b. ABT 1460]
Family: (151552) John Elys Jr. of London
poss. i. (75776) John Ellis

(151552) John was the sole male heir named in his father's will.

NINETEENTH GENERATION

303104. prob. John Elys Sr. of London

b. ABT 1430 prob. Lincolnshire
will 13 Jan. 1493
Owned lands in Kent, Essex, Lincoln (Spalding, Holland), Derby & Warwick ("Coventryshire")
Occupation: Merchant of the Staple of Calais; Mercer - both 1493
m. (303105) Margaret unknown

303105. Margaret unknown

[b. ABT 1432]
liv. 20 Apr. 1499 widow
Family: (303104) John Elys Sr. of London
i. Mary Elys, Eldest Daughter
- b. [ABT 1455] (named in father's will 1493)
ii. (151552) John Elys Jr. of London
iii. Margaret Elys
- b. [ABT 1461] (named in father's will 1493)
iv. Mary Elys, Youngest Daughter
- b. [ABT 1464] (named in father's will 1493)

(303104) John made bequests to his wife and children, and to: Richard Pemrithe, Mercer of London, and John Bampton of Hull. This Hull connection, plus his holdings in Spalding, -- as well as the DNA and Staple of Calais connections noted below -- connect John with the Swineshead Ellises.

TWENTIETH GENERATION

606208. [prob. William] Ellis of Swineshead

b. ABT 1394
m. (606209) unknown

606209. unknown

[b. ABT 1396]
liv. 20 Apr. 1499 widow
Family: (606208) [prob. William] Ellis of Swineshead
i. [prob. Anthony] Ellis of Swineshead
- b. ABT 1418
- line bore the arms of Ellis of Swineshead
- Occupation: prob. Merchant of the Staple of Calais (see notes)
- m. unknown (F)
- a. prob. Richard Elys
  - b. ABT 1443 d. ABT 1515
  - Occupation: Merchant of Swineshead, Holland, Lincoln
  - m. unknown
  - 1. John Elys of Swineshead b. ABT 1473 (heir)
- b. Thomas Ellys of Swineshead, Merchant
  - b. ABT 1449
  - m. unknown
  - 1. poss. Robert Ellys of ?Magumhale b. ABT 1477?
  - 2. poss. Thomas Elys of Londinijs (=London)
    - b. ABT 1480?
- c. John Ellys elder of Swineshead
  - b. ABT 1452 d. 1504
  - m. Agnes unknown
  - 1. Nicholas Ellys b. ABT 1479
  - 2. Thomas Ellis
    - b. ABT 1482 of Ponton, Kesteven, Lincoln
    - d. 1545/46 i. church chancel, Great Ponton, Kesteven, Lincoln
    - owned lands in Kesteven, Lindsey & Holland
    - of Bassingthorpe, Kesteven, Lincoln 1515/18
    - Occupation: Merchant of the Stapel of Calais 1518/45
    - m. Agnes Marshall (ABT 1500-) ABT 1500 S. Carlton, S. Lindsey, Lincoln
  - 3. William Ellys b. ABT 1484
REF: http://www.stirnet.com/html/genie/british/ee/ellis01.htm SRC: Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, Ellis of Swineshead)
ii. prob. (303104) John Elys Sr. of London

A DNA study has recently been conducted of male Ellises. Two of those tested -- a descendant of Levi Ellis (and therefore of (9472) John Ellis) and a descendant of a Henry Ellis of Lincolnshire -- show a 25-marker near-match, differing only at DYS 447:

[LAST REVISED 15 Mar. 2007]

Haplogroup	DYS 393	DYS 390	DYS 19/ 394	DYS 391	DYS 385 a	DYS 385 b	DYS 426	DYS 388	DYS 439	DYS 389 -1	DYS 392	DYS 389 -2	DYS 458	DYS 459 a	DYS 459 b	DYS 455	DYS 454	DYS 447	DYS 437	DYS 448	DYS 449	DYS 464 a	DYS 464 b	DYS 464 c	DYS 464 d
Swineshead, Lincolnshire Ellis Modal Haplotype = Ia1 Haplotype #4
I1a	13	23	14	10	14	14	11	14	10	12	11	28	16	8	9	8	11	22/ 23	16	20	28	12	14	15	16
I1a Norse-Bothnia (I1a-N-Finn) Has its peak gradient in Finland (for comparison)
I1a	13	23	na	10	14	14	11	14	10	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	28/ 29	12	14	15	15

"[Haplogroup] I1a is common among Icelandic populations, and is generally considered to indicate Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon ancestry when it is found in a person of British descent... Haplotype #4 (our Ellis haplotype) is overwhelmingly of Scandanavian (vs. German or Frisian) origin."

-- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/haplo_i1a_part_1.htm

The Norse made important inroads in NW Scotland, SE Ireland, Yorkshire & Lancashire; and The Danes lived mainly in N & E England, from Essex to Lancashire. The Scandanavian Normans, of course, settled all over England as a ruling class, but I haven't read anywhere that Ellis is a Norman name. As it stands, then, a heavily Danish- or Viking-influenced area like Lincolnshire is more likely to be our medieval Ellis homeland than, say, Gloucester or Kent.

Henry Ellis's line is as follows:

Henry Ellis (1913-2001) of Bourne, Kesteven, Lincoln
m. Lillian Reynolds
Joseph Wilson Ellis (1874-1971) of Thurlby, Bourne
m. Selena Maud Knipe
John Edward Ellis (1834-) of Thurlby
m. Elizabeth Ann Plowright
John Ellis (1790-1873) of Bourne
m. Mary Ann Opop
John Ellis (1769-1829/30) of Bourne
m. Sarah
John Ellis (1728-) of Foston, Kesteven, Lincoln
m. Elizabeth prob. Wilson
Anthony Ellis (1668-1767) of Foston
m. Mary Tow
John Ellis (~1640-) of Westborough, Kesteven, Lincoln
m. Isabell Mitton
Anthony Ellis (1605/06-) of Westborough, Lincoln
m. Ann
prob. John Ellis (~1570- >1639) of Westborough or Ponton, Kesteven, Lincoln
m. unknown
Anthony Ellis (~1546-) of Westborough or Ponton, Lincoln
m. unknown
Anthony Ellis (~1509-) of North Stoke, Swineshead & Ponton, Lincoln
Merchant of the Staple [of Calais]
m. Anne Sherard
Thomas Ellis (~1482-1545/46) of Ponton & Swineshead
m. Agnes Marshall
John Ellys (~1452-1504) Elder, of Swineshead, Holland, Lincoln
m. Agnes unknown
prob. Anthony Ellis (~1418-) of Ponton & Swineshead
Wealthy Wool Merchant; Merchant of the Staple of Calais
prob. donated the tower of Holy Cross, Ponton
(606208) prob. William Ellis (~1394-) of Swineshead
prob. MRCA

Based on the DNA match, there is the following probability that someone born around the time of (606208) [prob. William] Ellis (i.e. approx. 660 years before sampling subject) is our Most recent common ancestor:

using FTDNA mutation rate, 94%
using constant rate of .0024, 74%
using McDonald mutation rate, 70%

SRC: http://www.mymcgee.com/tools/yutility.html

The connection between Lincolnshire and Kent is explained by the fact that the patriarchs of this line were "Merchants of the Staple". It is reasonable to believe that (303104) John Elys Sr. oversaw shipments in London while his brother Anthony minded the manor in Lincolnshire. This Anthony is probably the one who donated the churchtower in Ponton. It contains a plaque with the arms of Henry VII (fl. 1485-1519), flanked by two lions: the one bearing the arms of the Staple of Calais, and the other those of Anthony Ellis

REF: http://www.stirnet.com/html/genie/british/ee/ellis01.htm
SRC: (1) For upper section : Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, Ellis of Swineshead)

Madison's shows the patriarch as "Anthony or William Ellis" of Swineshead. Since Anthony bore the Swineshead arms in the time of Henry VII, his age would make him the most likely father of John Ellys, Elder. (303104) John of London was born around the right time to have been Anthony's younger brother. William was probably the patriarch, because the name "William" appears in both the Kent and Lincolnshire branches of the family.