On 10th January 1797 Thomas Ellerby was born at Low Pasture Farm, Welburn to Ralph, a farmer and tanner, and Ann, the daughter of the antiquarian rector, William Kay of All Saints', Nunnington, North Yorkshire.
Around 1826 Thomas Ellerby [aged 28] and Harriet Clarkson were married.
In 1831 [his wife] Harriet Clarkson died.
In 1835 Thomas Ellerby [aged 37] and Emily Waring Jenkyns [aged 22] were married. They had three sons and three daughters.
1839. Thomas Ellerby [aged 41]. Portrait of Francis Leggatt Chantrey [aged 57].
1839. Thomas Ellerby [aged 41]. Portrait of James aka John Wilson Carmichael [aged 38].
In 1848 [his wife] Emily Waring Jenkyns [aged 35] died.
On 4th April 1861 Thomas Ellerby [aged 64] died whilst visiting Retford in Nottinghamshire,.