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There is some interesting information about the origin of the name Ellison (Here is a brief  outline, although I cannot validate the accuracy of this information)  
 Ellison Surname

This surname has two possible origins. Firstly, it may be a patronymic form of "Ellis", which  itself derives from the early medieval English personal name "Elis", the normal vernacular form of  "Elijah", from the Greek "Elias", "-son", son of. Secondly, the name may perhaps be of Old German  origin, from the Old Germanic female personal name from the Hebrew name "Eliyahu", meaning "Jehovah  is God", with the patronymic ending "Elisind" and Old French "Elissent, Elisant", which appears in  the recording of Adam filius Elysant in the Pipe Rolls of Hertfordshire in 1190. Early examples of  the surname from the former source, which became popular among Christians due to the biblical  prophet Elijah, include Adam Elisson, mentioned in the Poll Tax Rolls of Yorkshire in 1379, and  John Ellyson, recorded in the "Register of the Freemen of the City of York" in 1487; while from the  latter source the surname first appears in the Subsidy Rolls of Essex, when one Henry Elesant is  recorded in 1327. One Thomas Ellison was an early emigrant to the New World, having embarked from  London for Virginia in 1624. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of  Rogier Elyssone, of Berwickshire, which was dated 1296, in the "Calendar of Documents relating to  Scotland", during the reign of King John Balliol of Scotland, 1292 - 1296.

The surname of ELLISON was a baptismal name 'the son of Ellis or Elias'. The name was derived  from the Old French Elisson. Early records of the name mention Elis Kneyt, 1273 County  Buckinghamshire. Johannes Elynson of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll tax of 1379. Ellis  Pigot of Didsbury, Manchester, was listed in the Wills at Chester in 1597. Ellis Pollard married  Johanna Chapman in London in the year of 1548. The name was originally from the medieval given name  Elis meaning 'Jehovah is God' and was originally borne by a biblical prophet, but its popularity  among Christians in the Middle Ages, was a result of its adoption by various early saints, as for  example a 7th century bishop of Syracuse and a 9th century Spanish Martyr. In Wales this surname  seems to have absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, meaning one who was  kindly and benevolent.

The surname Ellison is English and Welsh from the medieval personal name Elis, a vernacular form  of Elijah; in Wales this surname absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, a  derivative of elus ‘kindly’, ‘benevolent’. Another possible origin is from the Old Germanic female  personal name from the Hebrew name "Eliyahu", meaning "Jehovah is God", with the patronymic ending  "Elisind" and Old French "Elissent, Elisant", which appears in the recording of Adam filius Elysant  in the Pipe Rolls of Hertfordshire in 1190. When multiple origins are possible it is necessary to  research you ancestor to learn their origins.