Details of Ellen's birth are not known.

Ellen married John Pinder in 1842 in the Clitheroe Registration District.

She had the following children from her marriage to John Pinder:

- Thomas Pinder Hayhurst	born in 1842 in Bolton by Bowland, Yorkshire.
- Jane Pinder	born around 1845 in Bolton by Bowland, Yorkshire.

Ellen died in 1846 in Clitheroe Registration District.