Rev, David T. Ellington, Jr.

DAR# A037393

• David Ellington
• b. September 7, 1941 Virginia
• d. between January 1, 1820 - c.March 6, 1821, Wilkes County, Georgia
• m1. Jerusha Fowlkes in 1762
• m. Jane Harrison

Children listed in DAR record:

• John
• William
• Nathan
• Sarah
• Josiah
• Hezekiah
• Lucy

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"David Ellington, JR."

"David Ellington, JR." was born on 9-7-1741 @ Amelia County, VA. He died on 1-2-1820 @ Wilkes County, GA.

HIS PARENTS were: "David Ellington, Sr." & "Martha Ann Tucker Ellington".

HIS FATHER, "David Sr.", was born in 1713 or 1718 @ Prince George Co., VA. This gets a little tricky as to his death; he "made his will" on 11-5-1773 @ Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co., VA. One account (of ‘many' varying accounts) said he died on 5-11-1774 which was the spring after he made the will in Nov. So, I tend to think he did die on 5-11-1774. He was the son of "John Ellington, Jr. or IV" who arrived in 1712 (according to a NASA biography called "Ellington Field, a Short History") or in 1717 (according to Ancestry.com where a passenger list to Virginia showed a "John Ellington" arriving in 1717 "with father John" stated as 'another' John Ellington. They were listed as "appraiser & surveyor".) David Ellington, Sr.'s mother was "Sarah Sabrina Worsham".

• * "John Ellington, JR." lent a horse & also provided beef & bacon to The Continental Line during The Revolutionary War said one account. Then this: "Ellington, John: Service: VA Rank: Patriotic Service: Description: 'He rendered material aid.' This was according to Abercrombie & Slatten, VA Rev. Public Claims, Volume 1." ** This goes along with the "family story" that he supplied the soldiers with goods & animals.
  • REV. WAR ** ~ John Ellington, JR. (1710-1783) -- SAR #P-334027 & DAR #A135194.

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HIS MOTHER, "Martha Ann Tucker", was born on 8-29-1719 or 9-29-1719 @ Prince George Co., VA. She died on 5-9-1782 @ Lunenburg Co., VA. According to records, she lived with her son, David JR., following her husband's death.

HIS PARENTS married in 1735. They had 10 Children who all lived to adulthood & prospered…quite a feat in the mid 1700's!

"David Ellington, JR.'s SIBLINGS":

• = service during The Rev. War. It seems these Ellington's "gave goods & supplies for the war effort as well as fought" while the 1 son-in-law was a supply agent (Martha's husband) & the other son-in-law "fought in The Rev. War" (Obedience's husband).

1. Martha (1736--1780); m: Joseph Motley, III in 1750.

• "Martha Ellington Motley" = There are So Many stories about: how she protected the whereabouts of her husband, Capt. Motley, from the Tories; how she would not divulge to the Tories where the supplies were kept for The Rev. War effort; & how she was stabbed & left weak & unconscious by the raiding Tories; & some say she "died for her country".

I don't know. She was attempting to recover from the birth of her "11th. child @ age 44" when the Tories attacked her in her bed! The Rev. War ended in 1783; Martha died in 1780. She "could be" a true heroine of The Rev. War!

• "Joseph Motley III" served as a Captain under George Washington during The French & Indian War (1754-1763). He was a "supply agent" for The Continental Army during The Rev. War (hence, the Tories wanting to know where the supplies were stored from Martha).

2. Jeremiah (1737--1796); m: Frances (Fanny) Jones.

• Jeremiah Ellington supplied beef to The Continental Army during The Rev. War.

3. Lucy (1739--1802); m: Joel Tanner; lived in Wilkes Co., GA.

4. "DAVID, JR." (9-7-1741—1-2-1820); m: Jerusha Fowlkes in 1765; Jerusha died 6-28-1789; m: Jane Harrison on 1-6-1790. David JR., Jerusha, & Jerusha's cousin John were "Separate Baptists". They petitioned Amelia Co., VA court to gather in the home of George Walton in 1768 to worship. DAVID JR. was a Baptist Minister in 1771 in Amelia Co. VA; he continued that from 1781-1791 in Lunenberg Co., VA. -David married Jane Harrison in Prince Edward Co., VA on 1-6-1790. She was the daughter of William Harrison.

• * REV WAR ** -"DAVID ELLINGTON, JR." [Patriotic Service, VA] according to "Soldiers & Patriots of GA" website. SAR #P-153870 & DAR # A037393.

According to: The Patriots @ Cowpens by Bobby G. Moss:

• David Ellington, JR., stated that he & his nephew, David James Motley (1753-1826), were together in campaigns of The Rev. War & that his nephew was wounded in the leg @ Guilford Courthouse. This nephew was in Howard's Continental line behind Pickens' Militia & ahead of Washington's Cavalry along the Green River Road @ The Battle of Cowpens.

5. Josiah (1743--1819); m: Mary Cunningham; m: Elizabeth Bruce.

6. Obedience (1745--1827); she died in Hancock, GA; m: Stephen Evans, Jr.; there were 13 children from this marriage;

• "Stephen Evans, Jr." was a corporal in "The VA Militia" during The Rev. War.

7. Sarah (1750--1782); m: John Page. Sarah married John Page. She was dead before 11-28-1782 when he married Elizabeth Wilkerson. John Page died in Lunenburg Co., VA in 1786 & identified "David Ellington Page" as a minor son in his will. Sarah's brother, David Ellington JR., witnessed Page's will.

8. Hezekiah, Sr. (2-23-1753—1793); m: Ridley Ann Bruce.

• "Hezekiah Ellington" provided beef & a gun to The Continental Army during The Rev. War.

9. Enoch Ward (1754--1826) m: Sarah Woodson in 1779; m: Judith Woodson (her sister) in 1780; m: Nancy Blankenship in 1816.

10. Stephen (1757--?); m: Frances Williams.

• "Stephen Ellington" provided beef to The Continental Army during The Rev. War.

DAVID ELLINGTON, JR. married "JERUSHA FOWLKES" in 1765.

JERUSHA was born on 6-26-1747 @ Amelia Co., VA into a large, wealthy family. She died on 6-28-1789 @ Lunenburg Co., VA.

Her father was "John A. Fowlkes" (b: 1722 @ Amelia Co., VA); her mother was "Sarah Jennings" (1730-1782). John A. Fowlkes was born about 1722 in Hanover, VA; died in 1799 at the age of 77 in Nottoway, VA. * Data from "Just Plain Fowlkes-Our Lineage from Gabriel I, 2nd Edition, 2006, by Stephen Fowlkes. "John's plantation was called ‘Hyde Park'; it had sheltered five generations of Fowlkes, one of the few to survive The Civil War." * (His Parents were Gabriel Fowlkes, I, & Elizabeth Fowlkes.) "John Fowlkes married Sarah Jennings" in 1743 in Hanover, VA. Their 10 Children were: John; Jennings E.; JERUSHA; William "Quality Bill"; Sarah; Mary "Molly"; James; Henry Bass; Nancy; & Elizabeth "Betsy".

DAVID JR. & JERUSHA ELLINGTON had 8 CHILDREN.

~ John Buchanan Ellington = b: 2-26-1766 @ Prince Edward Co., VA; d: 8-8-1848 buried @ Magazine, Logan Co., Ark.; m: Martha Lemar in 1798; had 4 children.

~ Nathan Ellington = b: 4-26-1768; d: 2-18-1811 @ Washington Co., VA; m: Elizabeth Dickenson on 3-17-1794; had 7 children.

~ Lucy Ellington = b: 5-21-1770; d: April 1808 @ Wilkes Co., GA; m: Benjamin W. Hunt; m: John Hendrick in 1792; had 10 children with Hendrick.

~ Sarah (Sally) Ellington = b: 8-13-1772; d: 7-7-1848 @ Ogelthorpe, GA; m: Daniel Deupree; had 7 children.

~ David Ellington III = b: 9-12-1777; d: 1-28-1802 @ Wilkes Co., GA; m: Letitia Cox on 12-2-1793.

~ William Ellington= b: 8-28-1782 @ Lunenburg Co., VA; d: 10-11-1835 @ Ellijay, GA; m: Priscilla Duvall on 8-28-1807; William broke with his father's religion (Separate Baptist) & became a "Methodist circuit-riding Preacher"!

~ Josiah Ellington = b: 1-31-1785 @ Lunenburg Co., VA; d: 2-6-1845 @ Candler Co., GA; m: Mary Edwards on 11-17-1816; had 13 children.

~ Nancy Ellington = b: 9-7-1787 @ Lunenburg Co., VA; d: 7-1-1861 @ Taliaferro Co., GA; m: Zachariah Darden in 1803; had 8 children.

JERUSHA died on 6-28-1789 @ Lunenburg Co., VA.

DAVID, JR. then married "JANE HARRISON" on 1-6-1790 @ Prince Edward Co., VA. She was the daughter of William Harrison. She died in 1828 @ Wilkes Co., GA.

They had 6 CHILDREN.

~ Charles Harrison Ellington = b: 9-10-1790.

~ Hezekiah Ellington = b: 2-7-1792; death unknown; m: Nancy Gibson on 7-2-1815 @ Wilkes Co., GA; had 3 children.

~ Mary Elizabeth Ellington = b: 9-4-1795 @ Wilkes Co., GA; d: 10-8-1848 @ Wilkes Co., GA; m: Jordan Mabry on 7-18-1811 @ Wilkes Co., GA.

~ Henry F. Ellington = b: 5-22-1797 @ Wilkes Co., GA; d: 10-8-1848 @ Wilkes Co., GA; m: Hulda Harris; had 2 children.

~ Mildred H. Ellington = b: 12-11-1798 @ Wilkes Co., GA.

~ Frances Hamilton Ellington = b: 8-31-1803.

So, DAVID ELLINGTON, JR. had 8 + 6 Children = 14 Total!

"David Ellington, JR." died on 1-2-1820 @ Wilkes County, GA. He left many, many descendants behind. His 2nd. wife died 8 years later in 1828.

~ Lynda, David Ellington, JR.'s 4-great's-granddaughter through his son, John Buchanan Ellington.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 29 2021, 18:52:47 UTC

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Sons of the American Revolution Membership SAR Patriot #: P-153870
- Provided supplies for the Army

Name: David Ellington
Birth Date: 7 Sep 1741
Birth Place: Amelia, Virginia
SAR Membership: 91405
Role: Ancestor
Application Date: 13 Mar 1964
Spouse: Jerusha Fowlkes