Ellis, Thomas
1683 - 1760 (77 years)-
Name Ellis, Thomas [1, 2, 3] Birth 27 May 1683 Merionethshire, Wales 
[1, 2, 3] Christening Merionethshire, Wales Gender Male FSID LHTZ-MR6 Occupation Farmer Religion Quaker [3] Burial Jun 1760 Exeter Friends Cemetery, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3] Death 11 Jun 1760 Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3] Person ID I25392 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Family Hughes, Jane, b. May 1683, Merionethshire, Wales d. 20 Sep 1772, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 89 years) Marriage 31 Oct 1712 Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Children 1. Ellis, Sarah, b. 1727, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Feb 1795, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years) [natural]Family ID F9273 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 27 May 1683 - Merionethshire, Wales 
Christening - - Merionethshire, Wales 
Marriage - 31 Oct 1712 - Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA 
Burial - Jun 1760 - Exeter Friends Cemetery, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 11 Jun 1760 - Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Birth: May 27, 1683, Wales
Death: Jun. 11, 1760
Gwynedd
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania, USA
In 1707 at the age of 24 Thomas Ellis., a farmer, was the first Ellis in his family line to immigrate to America. It is said that he can be traced back to the ancient nobility of Wales.
Note he is NOT the son of the Rev. Rowland Ellis (b.1650, d.1731). Find A Grave Memorial# 53892820
Thomas married Jane Hugh on 31 Oct 1712 in the Gwynedd Meeting House in Montgomery Co., PA.
Marriage Date: Until 31 Oct 1751, the Julian calendar was in use. The Quakers did not use the conventional monthly names instead they used numbers. Quaker records show that Thomas Ellis and Jane Hughes married 31 8th month 1712, at Gwynedd Meeting House. This would have been 31 Oct 1712, not August.
Thomas & Jane were Quakers and Thomas was an elder for more than 30 years. He was the most prominent Quaker in PA in his time. He was also a farmer with 175 acres in Berks Co., PA.
They had 9 children that they named John, Morris (infant death), Morris, Eleanor, Rowland, Thomas, Mordecai, Enos and Elizabeth Ellis.
Family links:
Spouse:
Jane Hughes Ellis (1683 - 1772)
Children:
Jonathan Ellis (1713 - 1795)*
Morris Ellis (1714 - 1715)*
Morris Ellis (1715 - ____)*
Eleanor Ellis Lee (1717 - 1801)*
Rowland Ellis (1718 - 1771)*
Thomas Ellis (1721 - 1799)*
Mordecai Ellis (1723 - 1785)*
Enos Ellis (1725 - 1783)*
Elizabeth Ellis (1727 - 1728)*
- Birth: May 27, 1683, Wales
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https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/ - [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave.
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https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name - [S823] WALES: Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907.
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