Sarah Ellington

Sarah married Francis Drinkard on 18 Dec 1788 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Francis was born about 1755 in Virginia; died after 1830 in Marengo County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per the DAR application prepared by Eva Mae Halbert Hackney on July 18, 1973, Jeremiah Ellington was a patriot of the American Revolution. The DAR National Number was 394711. The published authorities cited were Abstracts of Old 96 and Abbeville District, S.C. Wills and Bonds, pages 102 and 103 by Lucas (wills of Dewi & Jeremiah Ellington) and DAR Patriot Index, p. 218. Jeremiah's services in assisting in the establishment of American Independence during the War of Revolution were as follows: Jeremiah Ellington was allowed a claim for furnishing supplies to the Continental Army at a Court held for the County of Amelia, Virginia May 24, 1782. The reference for this were pages 35 to 49 at the Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA Claims on Record at Va. State Library. Eva also lists the children of Jeremiah and Frances Ellington. No reference to support this is given. Furthermore, some of the dates given for the children seem as Frances Jones would be to old to be their mother. In her AMERICAN PIONEERS TREE on Rootsweb World Connect, Vivian Peacock also has a very similar listing of children, with differing dates. She also has two additional children listed. A slightly different list, with yet again differing birthdates, is found on the Freeman's online tree. I have entered the names and dates from the Freeman's tree, but this should be considered simply the starting point for further research.

The Mormon Ancestral File shows Jeremiah as the son David Ellington and Martha Ann TUCKER of Amelia County, Virginia. Vivian Peacock, on her AMERICAN PIONEERS TREE on Rootsweb World Connect Project, shows Jeremiah instead as the son of David Ellington Sr and Martha Fowlkes. Mark Freeman also shows his mother as Martha FOWLKES.

The extract of Jeremiah's will, below, is copied from the Rootsweb World Connect Tree of Mark Freeman titled MOSTLY SOUTHERN:

resided Abbeville Co., SC resided Pittsylvania Co., VA second (sic) wife rec'd dowry as Sarah Terry American Revolutionary record Did he die 11 Sep 1801? [Note: that date has been commonly listed, but is after the date of administration of his estate] Thanks to Georgia Whitney for many descendants of this line. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3975/Ellington/elljerem.html June 1999

Administration of Jerem.H Ellington Est.

Administration of the estate of Jeremiah Ellington, Deceased, was granted to Fanney Ellington and Leonard Ellington the seventh day of November 1796 on their taking the oath of administration and entering into the following which they did.

State of South Carolina Abbeville County To wit: Know all men by these presents that we Fanny Ellington, Leonard Ellington, William Harris and John Norwood all of the County aforesaid Planters are held and firmly bound unto the Judges of Abbeville County Court and their successors in office in the just and full sum of Eight thousand Dollars to be paid to the said Judges or their successors in office to which payment will and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated the seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety Six and of the independence of the United States of North America the twenty first. The Condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Fanny Ellington Adm.i and Leon.d Ellington Administrator of the goods, chattels and credit of Jeremiah Ellington, deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said decease which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of the said Fanny and Leonard or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for them and the same so made do exhibit unto the said Court of Abbeville County when they shall be there unto required and make a just and true account of their dealings and doings therein when required by the said Court and all the rest of the said goods, chattels and credits which shall be bound remaining upon the account of the said administration the same being first allowed by the said Court shall deliver and pay unto such persons respectively aware entitled to the same by law and if I shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased and the same be proved in Court in Court and the executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereby render and deliver up the said letters of Administration then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force. Sealed and delivered in presence of


John Bowie, Her Examined, JP Fanny X Ellington L.S. Mark Leonard Ellington L.S. Will.m Harris L.S John Norwood L.S.

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Book of Wills - Abbeville County South Carolina Book 1 - Page 427

Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds?b?
?/b?Compiled by Willie Pauline Young
Liberty, SC
Copyright 1950 by Pauline Young & Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr. , Reprinted 2004
Southern Historical Press, Greenville SC


Box #/Pack #: Box 32, Pack 704
Page number: 103
Name: ELLINGTON, Jeremiah

Est. admnr. 7 Nov 1796 by Fanny, Leonard Ellington, Wm. Harris, Jno. Norwood bound to Judges of Abbeville Co. sum $8,000. Cit. pub. at Upper Long Cane Church. Expend: 20 Dec 1800 cash paid in Virginia for redemptin of the land it being returned insolvent $1.21. Legatees, Lucy Waldon, Francis Drinkard, Jno. Wooldridge, Royall N. Lipford, Dewi Ellington, Jon. Ellington. Paid expenses going 3 trips to Virginia, Pittsylvania Co. Paid Sarah Terry her claim of dowry $70.

Jeremiah married Frances "Fanny" Jones on 13 Sep 1757 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Frances was born about 1737 in Amelia County, Virginia; died about 1802 in Abbeville County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the son of John ELLINGTON, born ca 1680 in Virginia.

David married Martha Fowlkes. Martha was born about 1720 in Prince George County, Virginia; died about 1773 in Abbeville County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mark Freeman shows her as the sister of Gabriel FOWLKES of Denbigh, Wales and later Caroline County, Virginia.