HUSBAND:
CAPT. WILLIAM ELLIS
Born: 1760, in Spotsylvania Co., VA
Died: 01 Oct 1802, in Fayette Co., KY
Buried in Lexington-Winchester Pike
Ref: Bible, Will, Tax Rolls
FATHER: Hezekiah Ellis
MOTHER: Mildred Burbridge
Dudley Shipp's Family Bible states William Ellis died 1 Oct 1801 but I have found him on the pp tax rolls for 1802 and his will is also dated 1802. In 1803 his widow is on the pp tax rolls. His will was burned when the courthouse in Fayette Co. burned but one of his descendents in Missouri had copy of his will. William was the Military Leader of The Traveling Church when it moved to Kentucky from Virginia.

WIFE:
ELIZABETH SHIPP
MARRIED: 18 Jun 1786, in Fayette Co., KY
BORN: 1764, in VA
DIED: 29 Dec 1833, in Fayette Co., KY
BURIED: in Ellis-Shipp Graveyard on Ellis Farm on Lexington-Winchester Pike
REF: Bible, Tax Rolls
FATHER: John Shipp
MOTHER: Sally Johnson
After the death of William Ellis, Elizabeth married Jesse Bryan(t) who was the guardian of her children.

CHILDREN:

Sally Ellis (Child 1 F)
BORN: 16 Mar 1787, in Fayette Co., KY
DIED: 11 Mar 1813, in Fayette Co., KY
BURIED: Old Ferguson Graveyard near David's Fork Baptist's Church Fayette Co., KY
REF: Shipp Genealogy by Ralph Shipp
SPOUSE: William Smith
MARRIED: 15 Dec 1802, in Fayette Co., KY

Johnston Ellis (Child 2 M)
BORN: 03 Dec 1788, in Fayette Co., KY
DIED: 10 May 1814, in Fayette Co., KY
SPOUSE: Obedience Cusenberry
MARRIED: 29 Nov 1807, in Fayette Co., KY

Mildred Ellis (Child 3 F)
BORN: 08 Feb 1791, in Fayette Co., KY
DIED: 21 Aug 1810
BURIED: in Ellis-Shipp Graveyard on Ellis Farm on Lexington-Winchester Pike
SPOUSE: Vaul Allen Prewitt
MARRIED: 8 Dec 1806, in Fayette Co., KY

William Ellis (Child 4 M)
BORN: 26 Apr 1793, in Fayette Co., KY
DIED: 08 May 1796, in Fayette Co., KY
BURIED: in Ellis-Shipp Graveyard on Ellis Farm on Lexington-Winchester Pike

Polly Ellis (Child 5 F)
BORN: 03 Aug 1795, in Fayette Co., KY
DIED: 31 Mar 1831, in Fayette Co., KY
BURIED: in Ellis-Shipp Graveyard on Ellis Farm on Lexington-Winchester Pike
Ref: Bible, MBond, Letters
SPOUSE: Dudley Shipp
MARRIED: 14 Feb 1815, in Fayette Co., KY

Lewis Craig Ellis (Child 6 M)
BORN: 23 Aug 1797, in Fayette Co., KY
DIED: 26 Aug 1824
BURIED: in Ellis-Shipp Graveyard on Ellis Farm on Lexington-Winchester Pike
SPOUSE: Mary Dickerson Parrish

Ann "Nancy" Ellis (Child 7 F)
BORN: 14 Oct 1799, in Fayette Co., KY
DIED: 13 Aug 1883
BURIED: Lexington, KY
SPOUSE 1: John Thomson
MARRIED: 14 Feb 1817, in Fayette Co., KY
SPOUSE 2: Horace Coleman
MARRIED: 13 Jan 1825