Lucy ELLIS^[1]

1795 - 1848  (52 years)

• Name	Lucy ELLIS
  Birth	20 Nov 1795  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Will	21 Dec 1840	Sussex Co, VA   [3]
  	Lucy's will appointed her "son John A. Cotton" as executor. She signed her will on 21 December 1840. Her signature and seal were witnessed by John W. Potts, William H. Cotton and John N. Presson.
  Death	24 Apr 1848	Sussex Co, VA   [2, 4]
  	Lucy died of consumption on 24 April 1848 at the Sussex County, Virginia home of her son, John Cotten. She was 52 years old at the time of her death.
  will probated	4 May 1848	Sussex Co, VA   [3]
  	At a Court held for Sussex County on 4 May 1848, Lucy's will was proved by the oath of John W. Potts one of the subscribing witnesses. As the other two witnesses had died, their signatures were verified and the Court ordered the will recorded.
  Person ID	I24313	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Benjamin ELLIS,   b. 8 Apr 1753, Virginia Colony d. 1807 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Ann TOMLINSON   d. c.1830
  Marriage	Before May 1782  [5]
  	Thomas Tomlinson's May 1782 will names daughter "Anne Ellis", and Mary Tomlinson's February 1797 will names daughter "Ann Ellis" and "son in law Benjamin Ellis".
  Family ID	F1084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alexander DAVIS   d. Before Nov 1818
  Marriage	16 Jan 1812	Sussex Co, VA   [6]
  	The couple was married in Sussex County, Virginia by Rev. Nathaniel Berriman on 16 January 1812.
  Children	1. Margaret Ann DAVIS
  Family ID	F1083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Frederick COTTON,   b. Before Dec 1781   d. 7 Dec 1830 (Age 49 years)
  Children	1. John Archer COTTEN,   b. 18 Sep 1819, Virginia d. 10 Oct 1893 (Age 74 years)   2. Elizabeth R. COTTON,   b. c.1826, Virginia
  Family ID	F2584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S391] Benjamin Ellis will (1807), Sussex Co, VA. [S112] John A. & Mary Holleman Cotten Family Bible record. [S3296] Lucy Cotton will (1848), Sussex Co, VA Will Book N. [S3263] Lucy Cotton obituary, The Religious Herald, (Richmond, VA) 22 Jun 1848. [S339] William Lindsay Hopkins, Hopkins, Sussex County, Virginia Will Books A - F, 1754 - 1806, ((Richmond, VA: GEN-N-DEX, 1990)). p. 124: Thomas Tomlinson will [Will Book E, p. 165] and p. 141: Mary Tomlinson will [Will Book F, p, 45]. [S3294] Alexander Davis - Lucy Ellis, Sussex Co, VA marriage bond & minister's return (1812).