Maj. Josiah Ellis

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Maj. Josiah Ellis

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: June 29, 1810 (65)
Amherst County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain Charles Ellis and Susannah Beckley
Husband of Ann Ellis and Jane Ellis
Father of John Ellis; Richard Shelton Ellis; Sen. Powhatan Ellis, (D-MS) and Charles Powhatan Ellis
Brother of Hannah Haynes; Bethena Leftwich; Susanna Wright; Mary Ann "Marion" Carter; Charles Ellis and 3 others

Managed by: Deborah Kay Dannheim
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About Maj. Josiah Ellis

Husband of Jane Shelton Ellis. Married April 3, 1766. Profession was planter. Josiah was the father of 11 children: John, Nancy, Charles, Richard Shelton, Josiah, Mary Wright, Thomas Harding, Jane Shelton, Lewis, Joshua Shelton and Powhatan.

Note: The grave of this Ellis family member is located at the home of his Father-in-Law Richard Shelton, on Harris' Creek in Amherst Co, VA.

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Maj. Josiah Ellis's Timeline

1745
February 27, 1745
Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
1772
June 6, 1772
1775
March 13, 1775
1790
January 17, 1790
Amherst County, Virginia, United States
1810
June 29, 1810
Age 65
Amherst County, Virginia, United States
June 29, 1810
Age 65
Shelton-Ellis-Watts Cemetery, Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia, United States
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