James Ellis of Wybunbury

[K Rees]

Hi Grisel and others.

I have been off the service that starts with ancest for the past 12 months and I see that 233 people now claim Richard Ellis as an ancestor, so I think that I need to do some more research.

My facts are:

Richard Ellis died 8 Apr 1772 Carpenter's Hall; buried Bunhill Fields burial costs 13/6
His Will was written 8 May 1769 ... his daughter Mary Petch sole executrix.

Richard's daughter Mary Ellis married William Petch 7 Jan 1763 St. Anne Soho. Her husband was appointed Page to George 111 23 Apr 1760. Petch was Page of the Backstairs [Kings hairdresser].

Will of Mary Ellis 14 Jan 1823 Hoxton Square names my ancestor, her granddaughter, Martha Rees, nee Martha Tomkins of Carpenters Hall.

Richard Ellis, glazier, leaves Threadneedle St and moves into Carpenters Hall 7 Sep 1759 Minute Book of Carpenter's Hall (which also accommodates Tomkins and Luck), also my relatives.

Joseph Ellis died 13 Aug 1755 Threadneedle Street, merchant, assumed father of Richard Ellis as Richard Ellis also had a father named Joseph Ellis, formerly a chandler of Stepney.

209 Oct 1719 apprenticeship Richard Ellis, son of Joseph Ellis of Stepney chandler, became apprentice to William Carter, a glazier of London.

That is where I need to revisit and find the real father of Joseph Ellis the chandler who died in Threadneedle Street in 1755.

Keith

[K Rees]

To the number of interested persons

Musgrave's Obituaries p.261 from the Publication of The Harleian Society Vol. XLIV records
Ellis, Jos. merchant 13 Aug 1755 (G.M.381) and I would like to suggest that this is the father of Richard Ellis, formerly of Threadneedle Street, but later died in Carpenters Hall, London Wall, my ancestor.

If G.M. stands for Gentleman's Magazine, then I had previously found in Gentleman's Magazine on page 125 [not 381] an entry
1757, Ob. Mr. Joseph Ellis, merchant Threadneedle Street.

Okay, to whom may know how I can further track down this Obituary for Joseph Ellis the merchant of Threadneedle Street, who died 13 Aug 1755 or even a burial record in London.

Keith