Benjamin ELLIS^[1]

- 1759

• Name	Benjamin ELLIS
  Gender	Male
  Will	3 Dec 1758	Sussex Co, Virginia Colony   [2]
  	Benjamin's will appointed his "Sons Joseph Ellis & William Ellis" as executors. He signed his will on 3 December 1758. His signature was witnessed by Robert Nicholson, Benjamin Smith and Emanuel James.
  Death	1758/1759
  	Benjamin died during December 1758 or early January 1759.
  will probated	19 Jan 1759	Sussex Co, Virginia Colony   [2]
  	His will was proved by the oaths of Robert Nicholson, Benjamin Smith and Emanuel James before the Sussex County Court on 19 January 1759 and ordered to be recorded.
  inventory	20 Apr 1759	Sussex Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	The inventory of Benjamin's estate made by Robert Nicholson, John Alsobrook and Benjamin Smith was returned to the Sussex County Court and recorded on 20 April 1759.
  Person ID	I26690	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	(unknown)   d. After 3 Dec 1758
  Children	1. William ELLIS   d. 1795   2. Jonathan ELLIS   3. Benjamin ELLIS   4. Mary ELLIS   5. Elizabeth ELLIS   6. Jeremiah ELLIS   7. Joseph ELLIS   8. Prissilla ELLIS   9. Sarah ELLIS   10. Susannah ELLIS
  Family ID	F1092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2283] Ransom A. Ellis, Jr., Ellis, Ezekiel Ellis, His Progenitors and Progeny, ((Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, n.d.)). p. 19. (suggests possibility of Jeremiah [II] as father) [S3293] Benjamin Ellis will (1759), Sussex Co, VA Will Book A, 1754 - 1764, pp. 112-113. [S339] William Lindsay Hopkins, Hopkins, Sussex County, Virginia Will Books A - F, 1754 - 1806, ((Richmond, VA: GEN-N-DEX, 1990)). p. 9 [Will Book A, p. 123].