Hi Liz, Thanks for all that information, it's great when another piece of the puzzle is found, unfortunately it only fuels the need to pursue the line further. So here goes - was Thomas's father and mother Thomas Ellison born in Ballaugh in 1821 and Margaret Cannell born in Ballaugh in 1827 and married in 1851 in Maugold. And was this Thomas's father Phillip Ellison and his mother Mary Fayle. Something we have always wanted to know is this line of Ellisons anything to do with a shipping company. Thanks once again.