Mary "Molly" Sorrells

MARY " Molly" COLEMAN

• m. (1) Unknown Ellis (may have been William Ellis),
• m. (2) 3 Nov 1770 John Sorrells, Amherst Co.

Orange Co. VA estate account of Thomas Marye on 1 Jul 1756 included payments made to, among others, James Madison, John Estes, William Ellis, Edward Coleman and John Pendleton. Receipts were collected from, among others, John Pendleton, Henry Pendleton, James Massey and Richard Coleman. 23 Nov 1758, returned. (Orange Co. VA WB 2, 1744-1778, abstracted and compiled by John Frederick Dorman\)

After her first husband died, Mary married John Sorrells at the Ellis home in Amherst County. Mary Coleman Ellis and John Sorrells signed a marriage contract \(Amherst Co. VA DB C-146) witnessed by Caleb Coleman (her nephew), John Dawson and Samuel Gay. \(From The Sorrells Family of the Shenandoah Valley of VA by Dorothy L. Weaver, 1990).

ix. Mary COLEMAN died AFT 1783 in Nelson County (now Amherst), Virginia. She married William ELLIS. He was born ABT 1716, and died ? . She married John SORRELLS 3 NOV 1770 in Amherst County, Virginia. He was born ABT 1716, and died ?

References

• Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobjackbaycoleman...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3599...