Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Ellis (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, Holland, Ireland, Normandy, Russia, Scotland, and Wales. Volumes 1-2 deal primarily with the ancestors of the editor, Bill Ellis. Later volumes deal with various Ellis families throughout the world. Some Ellis families settled in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the...

Daniel Ritson (1816-1864), first child of Daniel and Mary Ritson, married Eleanor Irving in 1838, and in 1841 they immigrated from England to Lockport, New York, later moving to Wilmington, Delaware. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Delaware, New Jersey, New England, Texas and elsewhere.

Joseph Cobb (ca.1588-1653/1654) emigrated from England to Elizabeth City (now Hampton), Virginia, and later settled on land near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England, Scotland and elsewhere.

This record contains original materials sent in from the county. CRX wills are those records that have come to the Archives from other than the official sources. That is to say, CRX documents are county records that have left official government custody, whose provenance cannot be proved. Secretary of State original wills: The Secretary of State was the official repository for wills and estates during the colonial times. In about 1760, it was ordered...