Mary ELLIS^[1]

- Bef 1818

• Name	Mary ELLIS
  Nickname	Polly
  Gender	Female
  marriage bond	21 Dec 1801	Sussex Co, VA   [2]
  Death	Bef 1818  [3]
  Person ID	I26742	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  [4]
  	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	Wyatt ELLIS
  Marriage	19 Dec 1793	Sussex Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Sussex County, Virginia by Rev. Drewry Lane on 19 December 1793.
  Children	1. Micajah ELLIS,   b. 21 May 1796   d. 5 Oct 1850 (Age 54 years)   2. Patsey ELLIS   3. Polly W. ELLIS   4. Wright ELLIS
  Family ID	F1104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas L. PRESSON
  Marriage	24 Dec 1801	Sussex Co, VA   [6]
  Children	1. Nicholas PRESSON   2. John PRESSON   3. Sarah PRESSON   4. Elizabeth PRESSON   5. Hannah PRESSON
  Family ID	F1105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S391] Benjamin Ellis will (1807), Sussex Co, VA. [S363] Catherine Lindsay Knorr, compiler, Knorr, Marriages of Sussex County Virginia 1754 - 1810, ((1952, Rpt. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982)), ISBN 089308-257-0. p. 67. Surety, Richard Presson. [S392] Ann Ellis will (1830), Sussex Co, VA. Named as deceased in her mother's 1818 will. [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]. [S363] Catherine Lindsay Knorr, compiler, Knorr, Marriages of Sussex County Virginia 1754 - 1810, ((1952, Rpt. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982)), p. 24., ISBN 089308-257-0. [S363] Catherine Lindsay Knorr, compiler, Knorr, Marriages of Sussex County Virginia 1754 - 1810, ((1952, Rpt. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982)), ISBN 089308-257-0. p. 67. Ceremony by Rev Drewry Lane.