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Benjamin Ellis 1688 – 1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1688

Birth Location: Buckingham, Virginia

Death Date: 19 January 1759

Death Location: Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA

Father: Jeremiah Ellis

Mother: Mary Skinner

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Rogers

Children(s): Elizabeth Ellis

It was in 1688 that Benjamin Ellis was born in Buckingham, Virginia, a child of Jeremiah I. Ellis and Mary Skinner. Benjamin Ellis went on to marry Elizabeth Kate Rogers and had children such as Elizabeth Ellis. Benjamin Ellis was deceased by 1759 in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA.

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Parents

Jeremiah Ellis
1643 – 1722
Birth Location: James City County, Virginia, USA
JE
Mary Skinner
1648 – 1722
Birth Location: Surry County, Virginia, USA
MS

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Rogers
1693 – 1750
Birth Location: Eastover, Surry County, Virginia, United States of America
ER

Children(s)

Elizabeth Ellis
1710 – 1745
Birth Location: Massachusetts
EE

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1688
    Event Place: Albemarle, Surry, Virginia Colony
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1688
    Event Place: Surry County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1688
    Event Place: Surry County, Virginia Colony

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1688
    Event Place: Buckingham, Virginia
    Record Source: U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 21 Jun 1869
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Jan 1759
    Event Place: Sussex County, Virginia Colony
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 January 1759
    Event Place: Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Surry County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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