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JosiahS
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Stephen Ellis - any ideas?
« on: Friday 02 January 09 18:47 UTC (UK) »
Hello there!

I am running out of ideas for tracing my ancestor Stephen Ellis.

My first sighting of him is in Chobham where he has 2 illegitimate children by 2 women within a year (1789/90) - I am descended from the second one Hannah Ellis Bartlett, the daughter of Elizabeth Bartlett.

Stephen then moved to East Clandon where he married a widow, Sarah Meaden nee Freeland, and had 3 children - his wife Sarah died in 1797.  Elizabeth Bartlett then turned up in that parish and had Ruth Ellis Bartlett to him in 1803 and seemingly a John Ellis Bartlett in 1807 though I have no baptism for him (he says he was born East Clandon)

Looking through the East Clandon account books I can see that Stephen, who was a miller, paid his tithes until about 1805/6 - for a couple of years it is not possible really to tell if he has defaulted or moved.

The last sighting was in November 1815 when the Overseers' Accounts show that on 11 November 1815 Stephen Ellis was given 1s in relief.  Just below that there was an entry reading:

Paid for the order of Stephen Ellis 6s 6d
taking him home to Headley in Hants 16s 0d

Presumably he had gone to East Clandon for the lying-in of his daughter Sarah, who was also being looked after by the parish at that time.

I have looked in the 1841 and 51 censuses but can see nobody who seems likely to be my Stephen, equally I have checked the Surrey and Hampshire Burial Indexes and he is in neither.

I know I need to check the Headley Overseers Accounts too if they still exist, but I don't understand why I can't find a burial for him - in theory after 1813 I should get his age at death which would be a help.

I am reasonably confident that he is not one of the Stephen Ellises baptised out near Frimley.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Oh, by the way, Elizabeth Bartlett is a whole other problem but the story will have to wait for another time.

Cheers

Ashley
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DU: Jones, Miller, Laverick, Orwin, Burn, Finlay, Robson, Robinson, Jobling, Fenwick, Spoor, Saunders, Billingsley, Bainbridge, Chilton
NB: Pickard, Gilchrist, Curry, Heron, Thompson, Bell, Henderson, Aynsley, Crumbie
CU: Bell, Armstrong, Parker
SY: Saunders, Bartlett, Ellis
Buckinghamshire: Saunders
N Yorks: Miller (Swaledale), Raw
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