				FOLLIS Families
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				by descendant Stanley J. Follis

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FALLIS - FOLLIS Families

Scots-Irish to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana

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I have listed some FOLLIS family origin information on my FOLLIS Information Page. Here is an outline of my FOLLIS family. I have more detailed information on many more relatives than what is shown here.

My grandparents Milo FOLLIS 1890-1944 Delphos, Van Wert County, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana and Elizabeth SCHNEIDER 1890-1932 Massillon, Stark County, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.

Milo's parents were Thomas Jefferson FOLLIS 1856-1923 Somerset, Wabash County to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana and Matilda TIMMONS 1866-1949 Delphos, Van Wert County, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.

Thomas' parents were Thomas Jefferson FOLLIS 1823-1882 Greene County, Ohio to Union County, Indiana to Somerset, Wabash County, Indiana and Catherine EIKENBERRY 1822-1864 Preble County, Ohio to Union County, Indiana then Somerset, Wabash County, Indiana.

Thomas' parents were Jacob FALLIS born between 1798-1800 Virginia and probably died in 1824 Greene County, Ohio. The tombstone for Jacob FALLIS in the FALLIS Pioneer Cemetery has an age of only 17 years making Jacob 13 when his first son was born. Most likely the age is wrong actually 27 years old, his wife Hannah KINGERY 1801-1858 of Virginia to Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio remarried to Ginnethon KELLEY moved to Miami County and Wabash County, Indiana.

Jacob's parents were Isaac FALLIS 1779-1858 Shenandoah County, Virginia to Lincoln County, Kentucky to Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio and Mercy VAUGHAN 1774-1834 probably Virginia to Lincoln County, Kentucky to Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio. Both are buried with Jacob in the FALLIS Pioneer Cemetery on their 160 acre pioneer farm shown in the banner image above.

Isaac's parents were Jacob FALLIS born after 1742-1797 New Jersey to Frederick and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia and Sarah SPRINGER about 1746-1809 daughter of Isaac SPRINGER of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Several sources claim a December 7, 1775 marriage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which makes no sense since Sarah SPRINGER is listed in the WOOD Family Bible as mother of Susannah FALLIS born in 1766.

My fifth great-grandfather is claimed by one source as a veteran of the 17th Mounted Militia. I have been unable to confirm this service information so far. Jacob should have been in Virginia. A fourth of Virginia's militia saw active duty and most records have not been found so we may never know.

If you have sources that confirm or refute
Jacob FALLIS in the Revolutionary War or
married in Philadelphia email me please!

Jacob's parents were Thomas FALLIS born before 1710 to 1755-1756 possibly Ireland or Wales to New Jersey to Frederick County, Virginia and Elizabeth of Frederick County, Virginia now Hampshire County, West Virginia was his wife in his 1755 will. It is quite possible Elizabeth was a second wife and a first wife may have been Jane CHELDON. No confirming information has been found. Montana Samuel FALLIS supplied Jane CHELDON's name. Johanna FALLIS believes Montana, an architect in Denver, Colorado in the late 1800's, was very detailed and would not make mistakes as described in my FOLLIS Information page.

The conflicting information on Thomas and his wife/wives forces me to use what I have documented and only use the undocumented sources as a guide for where to look. The SHELDON Family Association had no information on anyone named CHELDON several years ago when I met their secretary who lives here in Fort Wayne. Their web site lists over 70,000 names and they still have no information. Most Ancestry.com searches find Elizabeth Jane CHELDON as the wive of Thomas Richard FALLIS. William Stuart FALLIS in his Partial Record of the FALLIS Family Record in America pointed out 'Richard' was a mistake, but it continues to be repeated decades later, which shows why you should document your sources and not repeat information without sources.

Thomas' parents and arrival to North America so far is undocumented although some give a date of 1698 for the immigrant FALLIS.