had issue Henry, Francis, Hercules and Edward all of whom were officers in the army or navy. He had also a d. Jane mar. 1699 to Rich. Joy of Belfast.

HENRY ELLIS, S. of Henry above, on retiring from a military life mar. July 7, 1711, Sarah d. of Edward Clements, Straid, and resided many years in Belfast, of which town he was made a burgess in 1707, and in 1717, 1720, and 1722, served the office of Sovereign. In the last of those years he died in office (MS. Records of Belfast) leaving 4 s. and 2 d. FRANCIS ELLIS br. of the last mentioned Henry was an officer of Dragoons, and being severely wounded obtained leave to sell his Commission. He settled at Prospect, near Carrickfergus and mar. Anne d. of the above Edward Clements, by whom he had 2 s. Henry and Hercules.* On the death of his first wife he mar. Elizabeth who died Oct. 1732; he died Feb. 5, 1771-2 (MS. Gill's MS.) HERCULES ELLIS br. of Francis entered into the Royal Navy in which service he obtained a considerable fortune; and on withdrawing from service retired to Innirush, co. Derry. He mar. Feb. 12, 1712 Mary Dobbin of Carrickfergus, niece to Capt. Wm. Dobbin of Moneyglass, and had issue by her Henry and Hercules.† EDWARD ELLIS br. of Francis and Hercules, on quitting the army settled near Clones

him descended Lady Molesworth, [whose maiden name was Usher] unfortunately burnt to death in London, May 6th 1763 (MS.).

*He was a Captain in the army and being accidentally in Carrickfergus when that town was attacked by the French in 1760, gallantly assisted in its defence. On the reduction of the army in 1763, he returned to his native place and mar. Catharine widow of Rev. Barry and d. of Capt. Adair s. of Sir Rob. Adair of Ballymena but had no children. He was twice mayor of Carrickfergus, and paid great attention to the duties of his office. He died at Prospect Jan. 15, 1792. HENRY ELLIS the elder br. who died April 1798 was also several times mayor of Carrickfergus he mar. Eleanor d. of Waterhouse Crymble of Clements Hill by whom he had offspring Henry-Clements, Millicent, Nancy and Mary, who died unmarried. Milicent was mar. 1775 to Charles Adair, Loganmore; and Nancy was mar. to Rev. Dr. C. Benning.

HENRY-CLEMENTS ELLIS mar. Jane d. of Wm. Burleigh, Dublin and by her who died 1795 he had no surviving issue. He mar. 2dly Jane d. of James Craig, Carrickfergus, by whom he had a d. Jane.

In 1754 HENRY ELLIS was admitted an Alderman of Carrickfergus, and in May, 1758 he mar. Elizabeth only d. of Dr. John Coleman, Carrickfergus, and widow of Dr. Dobbin, Belfast. She died at Innirush July 10, 1794. Having no offspring at his decease, the family property devolved on his brother HERCULES ELLIS of Duneane, who May 20, 1768 was mar. in Crumlin church co. Derry to Ann Murray of Ling in the same county, grandchild of the gallant Adam Murray, who bravely defended the city of Derry in its ever memorable siege (MS. Belfast News Letter). By her he had issue Henry, James, Hercules, and Mary. He died at Duneane Apl. 5, 1782. She died in the city of Derry Dec. 20, 1822, æt. 70.

HENRY ELLIS, their son, was an officer of a corps of yeomen, and bravely defended the village of Randalstown when attacked by the rebels, 7 June 1798. He was afterwards a Captain in the Londonderry Militia. He died at Innirush, Apl 19, 1829, in his 58th year. He was married, and left several children. In May, 1789, Mary his sister was mar. to James Wilson, Belfast.

co. Cavan where some of his descendants still reside.* He is supposed to have married Mary d. of Tho. Whyte of Redhills, co. Cavan. [But see note || below.]

HENRY ELLIS, before mentioned, s. of Robert and — Norton, was probably husband of Susan Ellis widow, mentioned in the will of Michael Beresford 1660 as his sister. He mar. and had issue (ut ante). One of these was probably

JOHN ELLIS of Mullabane co. Armagh. In his will d. 1666, pr. 1674, he mentions his wife Mary, his sons Michael and Henry, and his daughters Margaret, Alice and Anne ux. — Swinfield. He directs payment of a debt due to Mr. Edward Ellis in Ireland. He bequeaths to his 2d. s. Henry "all that my whole debenture set out to me for my service in Ireland during the late Rebellion, to have and to hold, whether the same be in land or money to him and his heirs for ever." To his eldest s. Michael "my lands in England which I am now in suit for." He appoints his s. Henry executor who was not of age at the date of the will.

THOMAS ELLIS of Monaghan, whose will was pr. 1714, had a br. John of Greenwich (whose will is given p. 75). By Elizabeth widow of Whyte he had issue William, Thomas, Harry, Usher, Samuel, Rebecca (who mar. John Speer) all living 1714; a posthumous child born 1715; Robert, 1748, John Ellis of Cork, 1748; EDWARD ELLIS of Dublin who died 1773;|| Richard Ellis ;* and

* Edward Ellis acquired a valuble property about 4 miles from Clones, where he built a very handsome house called Farm Hill, and where his family resided for some generations. The family became extinct in the male line with the death of Capt. Thomas Ellis 18- (Ex inf. Hercules Ellis Esq.).

✦ This very full and reliable pedigree was compiled and communicated by Wm. Annesley Mayne esq. whose grandfather Wm. Mayne mar. a member of this family and his br. John Mayne of Dublin her cousin.

The "49 Officers" [i.e. the Royal officers who served till 1649 and whose arrears of pay withheld by Cromwell were satisfied out of forfeited lands] of the name of Ellis, were Francis Ellis, John Ellis, Major Edmund Ellis, and Major Foulke Ellis. Francis Ellis's Debenture was satisfied out of houses in the city of Cork. John Ellis had his debenture satisfied out of lands in Longford. [Four descents of Ellis of Longford are given in a Note to p. 138]. Edmund Ellis had his Debentures satisfied out of lands in Wicklow and Wexford. This was in 1666. At the same time Rev. Arthur Ellis Rector of St. Helen's, co. Wexford had the impropriate. tithes of that parish granted to him and his successors.

§ Possibly this was Henry Ellis sheriff of Galway 1731-6. Vide pp. 75 and 137.

By Mary d. of Tho. Whyte of Redhills co. Cavan he had issue THOMAS ELLIS who had a d. Maria; and

EDWARD ELLIS of Rocklands, Dublin, who had issue Charlotte, ux. John Mayne of Dublin; Mary Jane, ux. Wm. Boulger; Theophilus Ellis, Lieut. 14th Light Dragoons, ob. cœl. and

FRANCIS-EDWARD ELLIS of Rocklands, who died 1812. He had issue

EDWARD T. ELLIS Lieut. 23d Fusileers. He mar. Aug. 31, 1818, Eliz. only d. of Lieut. Col. Wright, R.A. by whom he had issue

EDWARD ELLIS who died young, and a d. who died young.

FRANCIS ELLIS of Monaghan, bo. c. 1683, ob. 1773. He mar. Joan Maxwell 1715, and by her had issue Lucas, bo. and died 1716; Robert, bo. and died 1717; James, bo. 1718, died unm.; John bo. 1718, died 1733; Robert bo. and died 1722; Francis, bo. 1729, died 1734; Joanna bo. 1723-4; Maria and Sarah bo. and died 1727; HENRY ELLIS, bo. 1718, appointed Governor of Georgia, 1759, and of Nova Scotia 1761, died cœl. 1806 [vide p. 138] and

ROBERT ELLIS of Draper Hill, Fermanagh, bo. 1726, ob. 1782. By Penelope d. of Rev. Alexander Leslie, of Fermanagh he had issue Robert and Alexander, who died unmar.; Jane

* RICHARD ELLIS of Monaghan bo. circa 1684, ob. 1774 had issue THOMAS ELLIS, M.D. Clerk to the Irish House of Commons, ob. s. p. 1790 (This gentleman was an intimate friend of Oliver Goldsmith, and studied medicine with him at Leyden); Dawson Ellis of Dublin ob. 1807; Dorcas E. ob. unmar. and

RICHARD ELLIS of Abbeyfeale co. Limerick, Major in the Army, bo. 1738, ob. 1814. By Mary d. of Robert Hilliard co. Kerry, he had issue William E. died unmar.; Conyngham E. Major, 40th Regiment, born 1783, died at Waterloo unmar. 1815; Barbara Elizabeth, bo. 1772, ob. 1854, mar. W. H. Turton; Mary, bo. 1775, ob. 1839, mar. John Busteed; Catharine, bo. 1777, ob. 1852, mar. Geo. Baggs of Mallow; Anne, bo. 1786, died unmar. 1851; Harriet, bo. 1788, mar. Col. Sir Robert Wallace, K.H. who died 1863; Louisa, bo. 1790, ob. 1847, mar. Lieut. Col. Wm. James; HENRY ELLIS, Capt. R.N. born 1784, d. 1857, who by Mary Simpson had issue Thomas and Edward; and

THOMAS ELLIS, Master in Chancery, Ireland, M.P. for Dublin, bo. 1774, ob. 1832. He mar. Dymphna d. of Col. Wm. Tho. Monsell of Tervoe, Limerick, by whom he had issue FREDERICK ELLIS, Capt. 9th Lancers, bo. 1826, mar. Jan. 17, 1860 at Otham co. Kent, Eliz. d. of John Bonfoy Rooper of Ripton Hall, co. Huntingdon, esq.; FRANCIS ELLIS, Barrister at law, Major in the Tyrone Fusileers, bo. 1819; mar. 1841, Louisa d. of Rt. Hon. Sir Wm. Mac Mahon, Bart. Master of the Rolls, Ireland, by whom he has issue, Thomas, bo. 1844, Francis-Robert, bo. 1849, Charles-Conyngham, bo. 1852, Henry-Augustus, bo. 1861, Wm.-Montague, bo. 1862, Charlotte-Anne, Francis, Louisa-Dymphna, and Diana; Rev. CONYNGHAM ELLIS, bo. 1817, Incumbent of Cranbourne, co. Berks, who mar. 1st Diana d. of the Ven. Tho. B. Monsell, Archdeacon of Derry, who died May 2, 1851, æt. 37; by whom he had issue Jane-Anne-Hannah, and 2dly, Sophia-Isabella d. of Mathew Babington of Rothley-Temple, by whom he has issue, Conyngham-RichardCecil Ellis, bo. 1863, Frances-Dymphna-Harriet E., Sophia-Mary-Louisa E., Bertha-Susan E., and Catharine-Diana E.: and

RICHARD ELLIS of Abbeyfeale co. Limerick, esq. bo. 1805. By his 2d wife Mary d. of Henry Chandler esq., mar. at Bicester, Aug. 1852, he has issue HenryWhately Ellis, bo. 1853, and Elizabeth Ellis. By his first wife, Frances-Anne d. of Rev. Robert Dobbs, who died 1851, he has issue Robert Conway-Dobbs Ellis, bo. 1831, late Capt. 22d Reg.: Dymphna Ellis, and

Rev. THOMAS ELLIS, bo. 1830, who by Louisa-Jane d. of J. E. Mathews Esq.

has issue

RICHARD ELLIS, bo. 1858; Sarah Maria Ellis; Frances-Anne Ellis; and Eleanor Ellis.

who died 1847, and mar. Rev. Wm. Maxwell D.D.* of Falkland, Monaghan; Sarah, died unm.; Isabella, ob. 1795 who mar. Wm. Mayne of Freamemount, Monaghan, who died 1817 [grandfather of Wm. Annesley Mayne Esq.]; Penelope, ob. 1848, mar. Rev. Francis Gore, D.D.; FRANCIS ELLIS ;t and

HENRY ELLIS of Dublin, born 1774. ob. 1848. By Elizabeth d. of Thomas Cupples he had issue Henry bo. 1812, died unm. 1834; Alexander-Leslie, bo. 1825, ob. 1837; Theopilus, died young; Jane, mar. Rev. Isaac Ashe; Penelope, mar. Rev. R. Christie; Elizabeth, mar. Admiral John Adams; Sarah-Maria, died 1837; THOMAS-CUPPLES ELLIS, born 1829, of Dunran co. Wicklow, who mar. June 21, 1860 at Clifton, Augusta-Catharine d. of Rev. Tho. B. Lancaster, Rector of Grittleton, co. Wilts, (by whom he has issue Henry-Herbert Ellis bo. 1861, and Rich. Hume Lancaster E. bo. 1862); and

ROBERT-FRANCIS ELLIS of Seapark co. Wicklow, bo. 1822, who by Elizabeth d. of James Hawkins has issue

HENRY-LESLIE ELLIS, bo. 1852; Robert Leslie E. bo. 1853; Francis Leslie E. bo. 1855; Alexander Leslie E. bo. 1856; Wm. Whewell E. bo. 1859; Isabella-Frances Leslie E. died young; and a d. bo. 1864.

Additions and Corrections to Nos. II, II and IV.

P. 64. Thomas Ellis, and Mary his wife had a d. Mary ux. David Davy of Shelly co. Suff.

P. 66. In the church of Cotton, co. Suff. are Memorials to the family of ELLIS of that parish. Mr. Tho. Ellis, late of Harlestone, physician, ob. Oct. 7, 1715, æt. suæ 33: Arms, on a hatchment, arg. three eels naiant in pale barways azure (ELLIS) impaling or on a bend wavy between 2 sea-horses az. 3 buck's heads caboshed of the field, a crescent gules (Harland) Crest, out of a ducal coronet gules, a unicorn's head or. Mary wife of Tho. Ellis, M.D. of Cotton, ob. 17 Aug. 1739, æt. 94. Arms, Ellis impaling . . . . a fesse betw. 3 lions rampant. Ann d. of John

* He was an intimate friend of Dr. Johnson, of whom he wrote a biographical sketch, which Boswell inserted in his Life.

+ FRANCIS ELLIS of Bath bo. 1772, ob. 1842 by Mary d. of Kilbee of Cavan had issue

Henry Wm. Ellis bo. 1809, ob. unm. 1841; Francis Ellis, bo. 1812, ob. s. p. Aug. 27, 1843 having mar. Maria d. of J. Ford; ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS Fellow of Trinity Coll. Camb. bo. 1817, ob. unmar. May 12, 1859. [A portrait of this gifted scholar is prefixed to a posthumous volume of his Scientific and Mathematical Treatises]; Everina-Frances Ellis, mar. 1st Dec. 1834, Sir Gilbert Affleck, Bart. 2dly Rev. Wm. Whewell, D.D. Master of Trinity Coll. Camb.; PenelopeSarah ob. 1856, mar. Rev. Edward-Wilberforce Unwin; and Mary Jane Ellis, who died young.

Pell of Darsingham, co. Norfolk. esq. and wife of Wm. Ellis of Westhorpe esq.; she remar. John Heigham esq. and ob. July 28, 1738 æt. suæ 53. Arms, Ellis impaling ermine on a canton a pelican vulning herself. (Add. MSS. 19,089, p. 109). P. 67. The Fine levied 7 Hen. IV. was to JOHN ELYS in feetail, remainder to Alice d. of him of and his wife Margaret (Rudder's Glouc. p. 551).

P. 68. Anne relict of John Ellis esq. of Claines died 1818 at Worcester. Thomas Wall esq. by Elizabeth ELLIS his wife (a heiress) had issue Charles Wall, who had issue Charles Baring Wall esq. of Norman Court, Hants. (Burke's Armoury.) P. 71. An escallop or in a crescent gules is the crest of ELLIS of Swineshead and Wyham (Harl. MSS. 1550, p. 35.)

P. 99. Henry Ellis who mar. Mary died 1737, or soon after. P. 112. In the Ch. 80 H. 17 "Eyles" is supposed to be a misreading for Gyles.

P. 116. ELLISES OF WALES. John Ellis born 1638, was vicar of St. Catharine's Dublin, where he died: he mar. 2dly Eliz. d. of Geo. Allen and widow of Powell. She died 1789. Wm. Ellis, Governor of Patna was br. not son of this John Ellis, and had 1 d. who ob. cæl.

JAMES ELLIS S. of Elis ap Moryce Doctor of Laws, Prebendary of Peterboro; Rector of Llanvurog and Llandurog, and Treasurer of Bangor Cathedral, is supposed to have died 1596 (Meyrick's Visitations of Wales ii. 156).

The Subsidy Roll* for the county of Denbigh 34 and 35 Hen. VIII has the following entries in which the name of Ellis

occurs:

66

Hundreds of Isalet, Istulas and Ruthyn-Par. of Llanrayadre; Angharad vitz Elis, goods 40s. =4d. Par. of Llandryllo; Elizeus ap John, goods 20s. = 2d. Par. of Llandarnok, Elizeus ap Gruff. ap Yollyn, valet in terris 20s. =4d. John ap Elis, valet in terris 26s. = 5d. Par. of Llangwyven, David ap Elis, 100s. = 20d. Par. of Llankynhavall, Robert ap Elis, in goods £8=2s. 8d. Ap Elisa" occurs 3 or 4 times.-Hundreds of Bromfield, Yale, and Chirke-Par. of Wrexham, John ap Eles, in goods 20s.=2d. This is the only Elis for Wrexham in a list of about 300 names. Par. of Bangor; David ap Eles valet in terris et tenementis 20s. = 4d. in bonis & catallis, 40s. Eles ap David. Elizeus ap William. Par. of Erlystock, Elizeus ap Edward, valet in ten. and terr. 40s. in bonis & catallis 100s.= 20d. Par. of Llandegla, Margaret vitz Elis in bonis £8=9s. 4d.

The Subsidy of 1 Edw. VI for the county which contains only the Hundreds of Bromfield Yale and Chirke, enumerates several hundreds of persons, but the name of Elis does not occur once as a patronymic or otherwise.

P. 122. Welbore Ellis, Bp. of Kildare mentions in his will his "nephew John Jones," his niece Susan Garstin, and his nephew John James Clark. "Gawton," might be a misnomer

*This is a fine Roll, in perfect preservation and neatly-written. It contains 40 membranes of an average length of 2 feet, written on both sides; and as about 140 names are on each membrane the whole roll contains between 5 and 6000 names. Fifteen Commissioners were appointed to collect the Subsidy, including the Bp. of St. Asaph and Eliseus Price clericus.