John Ellington II

from Ron Rose: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rrrose2&id=I113239

Birth: 1712 in Prince Georges County, VA

Death: 5 MAR 1783 in Amelia Co, VA

Father: John Ellington b: 13 APR 1680 in Prince Georges County, VA

Marriage 1 Sarah Sabina Worsham b: 1718 in Prince Georges County, VA

Married: 1738 in Amelia County, VA

Children

• Elizabeth Ellington
• Peter Ellington b: 1737
• Martha Ellington b: ABT 1740
• William Ellington b: ABT 1751
• Daniel Ellington b: 1754 in Amelia Co, VA
• John Ellington III b: 1755 in Amelia Co, VA
• Mary Ellington b: ABT 1736 in Amelia Co, VA
• David Motley Ellington b: 13 JAN 1759 in Amelia Co, VA
• Rebecca Ellington b: ABT 1761 in Amelia Co, VA

Note:

(Need source: Amelia County, Virginia, Book of Wills?)

JOHN ELLINGTON 5 MARCH 1783

I JOHN ELLINGTON of the County of Amelia being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain the following as my last will and testament.

First, I give unto my son DAVID ELLINGTON one negro wench named Venus and her increase and one negro fellow named Dick which he now has in possession.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son JOHN ELLINGTON one negro fellow named Jemie and a negro fellow named Ceasar.

Item, I give unto my son WILLIAM ELLINGTON one negro wench named Doll and her increase except her oldest child and all ??? except the one ??? excepted and one negro fellow named Frank.

Item, I give unto my son DANIEL ELLINGTON one negro fellow named Tom which he now has in possession one negro fellow named Prince and one negro boy named Scott.

Item, I give unto my son PETER ELLINGTON one negro fellow named Sam which he now has in possession and one negro fellow named Hampton.

Item, I give unto my daughter MARY FARLEY one negro woman Nancy and all the child she now has and may hereafter have and which she now has in possession.

Item, I give unto my daughter ANNE MARSHALL one negro woman named Sarah which she now has in possesssion and all the increase she now has and hereafter may have and one girl named Aggy.

Item, I give unto my daughter BECCA FARLEY one negro woman named Tabb which she now has in possession and all the children she now has or hereafter may have.

Item, I give unto ELIZABETH ROBERTS one negro wench named Jude and all the children she now and hereafter may have and one negro girl named Myrta.

Item, I give unto my grand daughter ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, one negro girl named Sylvia for and during the term of her natural life and to be disposed of among here children after her death and should she dir without making such disposition that then the said negro and her increase be divided among her children.

Item, I give unto my grandson ELLINGTON MORGAN one negro boy names Jemie.

Item, I give unto my grandson JOHN MORGAN one negro boy named Sterling.

Item, to my granddaughter MARY ELLINGTON daughter of PETER ELLINGTON one negro girl named Chloe now in her possession.

Item, I give unto my said son PETER four hundred acres of land whereon I now live to him and his heirs forever.

Item, I give unto my grandson JOHN ELLINGTON son of DANIEL ELLINGTON two hundred and forty four acres of land more or less in the County of Prince Edward to him and his heirs forever.

Item, I give unto my nine children above mentioned all the residue of my estate of whatsoever kind nature or quality soever to be equally divided among them share and share alike.

Item, I hereby constitute and appoint my sons WILLIAM and DANIEL executors to this my last will and testament signed this fifth day of March 1783.

Signed sealed published ) and declared to be his last ) will and testament before us.) John Ellington

Rece Newman Benjamin Lawson J. H. Briggs

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John Ellington (—1783) [EL.2]

John Ellington Prince George County admitted to record a deed conveying land from John Ellington Jr. to Robert Cryer in 1739. Ellington’s wife was then Sabina. Later that same year, John Ellington Jr. and his father of the same name deeded land to Robert Cryer.

John Ellington Jr. was in Amelia County by 10 March 1737/8 when he bought 200 acres on Deep Creek from John Talley Sr. and appeared as a tithable first in 1739. He was later security on the executor’s bond on Talley’s estate. On 7 August 1746, John Ellington Jr. bought from Peter Rowlett 200 acres on Beaverpond Branch. John Ellington Jr. held 242 acres in what is now Dinwiddie County on the south side of White Oak Swamp 12 January 1746/7. The tract was in the hands of Thomas Smith by 1756.

Although Ellington lived in Amelia County, he held land in Prince Edward County. Samuel Goode sold him 738 acres on both sides of Little Saylers Creek 23 February 1758 and Thomas Vaughan sold him 525 acres on 17 December 1764. By 1763 Ellington held 1,138 acres in Amelia County. Ellington sold part of his Goode purchase — 100 acres — to Amos Ellett on 25 February 1773.

John Ellington, James Chappell, and Robert Marshall appraised the estate of Abel Mann in Amelia County by 24 September 1761. John Ellington lent a horse and provided beef and bacon to the Continental Line during the Revolution.

John Ellington died in Amelia County (will dated 5 Mar. 1783 ) by 27 March 1783 when they delivered the appraisement of his estate. He specifically identified seven children in his will and mentioned also Elizabeth Roberts without identifying her relationship. She was evidently a granddaughter. A daughter who married John Morgan was already dead. He then spoke of “... my nine children mentioned, all the residue.” We believe he omitted the names of two children that resulted in the appraisers stating that the estate was in “dispute.” John and Jesse Ellington were Prince Edward County neighbors of his other children and we think John inadvertently omitted them. One of these two men was likely the husband of Elizabeth Farley. When Drusilla Farley wrote her Amelia County will in 1784, she mentioned her daughter Elizabeth Ellington.

Children of John and Sabina (—) Ellington:

• David Ellington [EL.2.1] married Amy Morgan. See their family
• William Ellington [EL.2.2] married Mary Neal. See their family
• Daniel Ellington [EL.2.3] married Sarah Williams in Prince Edward County 13 August 1779. He was appointed a picker of tobacco in 1797. In 1783 Prince Edward County listed Daniel Ellington head of a family of six with three blacks. By 1785 seven were in his family. Daniel sold out in 1813 and moved his family to Rockingham County, North Carolina, where he had previously acquired 314 acres. Daniel died in Rockingham [/1813 naming wife, Sally, and nine children.
• Peter Ellington [EL.2.4] married Milarett Newman, daughter of Richard Newman who identified them in his 1782-will in Amelia County. With George Cabiness, he witnessed and Amelia County deed for land on Deep Creek in 1775. Peter Ellington sold 63 acres in Raleigh Parish to William Osborne Sr. on 23 April 1784. Milly Ellington relinquished her dower right. This was evidently land he inherited, for when Osborne had bought neighboring land from Peter Irby in 1751, it was next to John Ellington. Archer Farley sold Ellington an adjacent 200 acres on Beaverpond Branch 27 January 1786. Amelia County listed Peter Ellington head of a family of seven in 1785. Peter died in Nottoway County 27 March 1799.
• Mary Ellington [EL.2.4.1] was a legatee of the 1783-will of her paternal grandfather.

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ELLINGTON, JOHN SR Ancestor #: A135194 Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: (CIRCA) 1710 Death: (POST) 3-5-1783 AMELIA CO VIRGINIA Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, PP 29, 33, 37, 40Service Description: 1) RENDERED MATERIEL AID

Residence

1) County: AMELIA CO - State: VIRGINIA

SpouseNumber Name

1)SABINA X

Associated Applications and Supplementals Nat’l Num Add

Vol. Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse

• 779005 832 JOHN JR [1] ELIZABETH FARLEY Purchase
• 810587 MARY [1] JOSEPH FARLEY Purchase
• 694740 865 MARY [1] JOSEPH FARLEY Purchase
• 778214 938 DANIEL [1] SARAH SALLY X Purchase
• 855175 963 DANIEL [1] SARAH SALLY X

-------------------- (In Amelia County newspaper, so most likely the same John Ellington)

Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon),

Williamsburg, April 18, 1771.

RUN away from the Subscriber, on Tuesday the 26th of March, a likely Virginia born Negro Man named CANDLEMAS, of a yellow Complexion, about nineteen Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, and has a Scar on the right Side of his Face. He had on, and took with him, white plain Jacket and Breeches, a short black spotted Cotton double breasted Jacket, a Virginia Cloth Jacket without Sleeves checked with blue and red. He formerly belonged to Mr. Holt Richeson of King William, and I imagine is gone there again. Whoever will bring the said Slave to me, near Beavil's Bridge, in Amelia, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. JOHN ELLINGTON.

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AMELIA COUNTY VA WILL BOOK #3 - 187

JOHN ELLINGTON

5 MARCH 1783

I JOHN ELLINGTON of the County of Amelia being of sound and disposing mind

and memory do make and ordain the following as my last will and testament.

First, I give unto my son DAVID ELLINGTON one negro wench named Venus and

her increase and one negro fellow named Dick which he now has in

possession.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son JOHN ELLINGTON one negro fellow named

Jemie and a negro fellow named Ceasar.

Item, I give unto my son WILLIAM ELLINGTON one negro wench named Doll and

her increase except her oldest child and all ??? except the one ???

excepted and one negro fellow named Frank.

Item, I give unto my son DANIEL ELLINGTON one negro fellow named Tom which

he now has in possession one negro fellow named Prince and one negro

boy named Scott.

Item, I give unto my son PETER ELLINGTON one negro fellow named Sam which

he now has in possession and one negro fellow named Hampton.

Item, I give unto my daughter MARY FARLEY one negro woman Nancy and all the

child she now has and may hereafter have and which she now has in possession.

Item, I give unto my daughter ANNE MARSHALL one negro woman named Sarah

which she now has in possesssion and all the increase she now has and

hereafter may have and one girl named Aggy.

Item, I give unto my daughter BECCA FARLEY one negro woman named Tabb which

she now has in possession and all the children she now has or

hereafter may have.

Item, I give unto ELIZABETH ROBERTS one negro wench named Jude and all the

children she now and hereafter may have and one negro girl named

Myrta.

Item, I give unto my grand daughter ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, one negro girl

named Sylvia for and during the term of her natural life and to be

disposed of among here children after her death and should she dir

without making such disposition that then the said negro and her

increase be divided among her children.

Item, I give unto my grandson ELLINGTON MORGAN one negro boy names Jemie.

Item, I give unto my grandson JOHN MORGAN one negro boy named Sterling.

Item, to my granddaughter MARY ELLINGTON daughter of PETER ELLINGTON one

negro girl named Chloe now in her possession.

Item, I give unto my said son PETER four hundred acres of land whereon I

now live to him and his heirs forever.

Item, I give unto my grandson JOHN ELLINGTON son of DANIEL ELLINGTON two

hundred and forty four acres of land more or less in the County of

Prince Edward to him and his heirs forever.

Item, I give unto my nine children above mentioned all the residue of my

estate of whatsoever kind nature or quality soever to be equally

divided among them share and share alike.

Item, I hereby constitute and appoint my sons WILLIAM and DANIEL executors

to this my last will and testament signed this fifth day of

March 1783.

Signed sealed published )

and declared to be his last )

will and testament before us.) John Ellington

Rece Newman

Benjamin Lawson

J. H. Briggs