William Ellis (1799 - 1846) William Ellis married Mary Newman in 1828 in Graffham. She was 10 years his junior and also born in Huntingdonshire. Graffham or Grafham is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Grafham lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Grafham is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.