Illegitimate Henry Ellis?

[Taylor94]

I'm trying to piece together but not sure if my 5th grt grandfather was illegitimate or not?
Henry Ellis
Born abt 1815.
On a census records from 1841 to 1901 he lists birthdate as around 1815 and birthplace as Ratby/Groby.
Occupations: Ag Lab, Game Keeper, Stone Quarrier
Henry Marries Sarah Sutton Oct 1837 Ratby, Leic. Henry is listed as minor.
Henry leaves his fathers name blank and I can see no baptism for Henry at all.
A William and Thomas Ellis is baptising in Ratby around the same time but I cant see a Henry being baptised.

[Bunnygirl]

Hi
I see Henry & Sarah's children are baptized at a Wesleyan Chapel the registers of which are held at Bishop Street Leicester, so probably Henry had  a non conformist baptism?
Ellis Ann, Henry & Sarah Groby 12yeras old 27/3/1849
Ellis Edwin Henry & Sarah Groby 5 and a half 27/3/1849
Ellis Harriet Henry & Sarah Groby 4years old 27/3/1849
All baptized on the same day.

Bunnygirl
 
 

[Taylor94]

Thank you for that.
I did notice a William Ellis baptising around the same time as Wesleyan. I’ll have to take a look.
I wonder what the reason was for not listing who his father was.

[Annie65115]

I' ve  looked on the FHS nonconformist CD but there are no Ellis baptisms in either Groby or Ratby around then, and no Henry Ellis anywhere else.

If he was a minor in Oct 1837, he must have been born slightly later than the estimates as a minor signifies under 21 at age of marriage.