The Ellis family descends from Christopher Ellis (1673-1732) of Prince George's County, Maryland. Descendants moved west to Ohio where James Ellis, Jr. settled in Brown County, Ohio. Descendants settled in Ohio, Indiana and other parts of midwestern United States.
This E-book centers around one of the founders of Columbus, Ohio; namely, Isaiah Vorys (1750-1834), who was was descended from his 1660 CE Long Island, New York "Van Voorhees" Dutch ancestors. The descendants of these Van Voorhees (Vorys/Voris) progenitors purportedly represent the largest Dutch family in the USA today. The author has traced Isaiah Vorys' ancestry to 1400 CE, The Netherlands, and he offers a comprehensive genealogy of his numerous descendants. Isaiah himself was a New Jersey Revolutionary War soldier who served under General George Washington. He migrated to the Columbus, Ohio area around 1808 C.E., and his descendants (including the author) and collateral relatives eventually resided in 82 out of 88 Ohio Counties throughout the past 200 years!
John Archerd was born in Somerset, England in 1770. He married Mary McMichael (d. 1816) in 1799 in Ohio. He married Elizabeth Hays in 1818. Descendant Rufus Hays Archerd (1822-1898) married Nancy Rebecca Simmons (1823-1867).
Robert Pyle (1660-1730) was born in Wiltshire, England and died in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Ann Stovey in 1681 and after her death he married Susan Turner. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware; and later migrated west to Colorado, Kansas, Washington and elsewhere.