The leasehold land adjoining Clayton St and the Smithy are left to William Ellis, nephew and William Ellis the illegitimate son of Thomas Foulds
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This is the line of my paternal great-grandmother Nanny Ellis who married Smith Hartley in 1888. Nanny lived with her aunt Mary Hartley (nee Ellis) from at least 1881 until Mary died in 1892, she left Nanny money in her Will. This Will was very informative as it named Mary's siblings and was the starting point of my research.
Marys Will was made in 1882 and contained the following:
Executors were her brother James and nephew William son of Thomas. By Marys death in 1892 William is the sole surviving executor.
Details are:
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The leasehold land adjoining Clayton St and the Smithy are left to William Ellis, nephew and William Ellis the illegitimate son of Thomas Foulds |
The residue to be divided into seven parts and left accordingly:-
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brother Thomas |
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children of deceased brother John |
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brother Robert |
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sister Elizabeth |
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children of deceased brother Moses |
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brother James |
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niece Nanny Ellis daughter of John son of William Ellis |
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Name
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William ELLIS
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Born |
c 1791 |
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Died |
1863 buried Trawden cemetery |
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Occupation |
coal miner |
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Brother |
John c1800 appears unmarried in 1851 |
Wife
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Nancy
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Born |
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betw 1841 - 51 |
Children
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William 1816 - 1839 m Elizabeth PICKLES
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John c1814 - 1882 m Mary HARTLEY d 1900
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Robert c1819 - 1908 m Susan BRACEWELL d1878 lived in Trawden
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Elizabeth c1820 m John SHAW
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Moses c1823 - 1879 m Grace RYCROFT
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Mary 1824 - 1892 m John HARTLEY
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James 1826 - 1887 m Sarah CAPSTICK d1853 2nd Elizabeth MORVELL d1884
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Thomas 1828 - 1882 m Mary VEEVERS d1903
MI shows as adopted daughter Ada TROTTER who died 1896 aged 23y. see below |
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In her Will Mary Hartley leaves property to William Ellis , illegitimate son of Thomas Foulds There is a baptism for a William son of Elizabeth in 1842, this Elizabeth is possibly the Elizabeth above who married John Shaw William 1842 m Martha HARTLEY (maiden name RUSHTON) This is a Registrar attended/non-conformist wedding which I haven't checked as the records are not available at LRO The couple have no known children together although Mary has 2 sons, Thomas Rushton and Bilsbury Hartley from her first marriage In 1891 & 1901 they are living at 24 Back Clayton St in Colne, former home of John & Mary Hartley
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Mary Ann Nutter born about 1848 In 1851 she is living with Robert Ellis and in 1861 & 71 she is with Mary (Ellis) & John Hartley in both cases she is described as niece. She died in 1879 and her MI describes her as grand daughter to William Ellis d1863. I have yet to discover her parents
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Ada Louise Trotter b1873 West Derby reg. dist, d1896 Burnley reg. dist.
Ada was the daughter of Frederick and Hannah TROTTER. Grandma Mary dies in 1881, Frederick in 1882 and Hannah in 1883
1881 28 Premier St, Everton Mary Ann Trotter widow 70y b Colne Frederick Trotter son 39y Hannah Trotter dau-in-law 43y Frederick William grandson 9y Ada Louise grand dau 7y Alfred E grandson 4y
Earlier census shows Mary Ann was married to Lionel TROTTER and the family were in Liverpool from at least 1838 but as she was born in Colne I feel sure they must be connected to the Ellis family somehow, unfortunately haven't found a marriage yet.
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Here are details of 2 Wills I have recently seen at Lancashire Record Office, I don't know if they fit into my research but may be of use to some one.
William Ellis of Colne, Tailor 1823 Burial records at St Bartholomew's, Colne show William was 67y when he died making his date of birth about 1756 Mentioned in the Will are
The Will was made on 2 April 1821 and William died on 27 Feb 1823 The executors were Christopher Ellis (& James Walker who died before 1823)
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Betty Ellis of Colne, spinster 1809 A simple Will leaving all household goods and monies to sister Jane Ellis, who was also executor. The Will was made on 27 March 1809 and Betty died 9 April 1809 I was unable to find her burial at St Bartholomews in Colne
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last updated
September 2007