<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-15-009695.txt : 20151221
<SEC-HEADER>0001628280-15-009695.hdr.sgml : 20151221
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20151221185105
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-15-009695
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151215
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151221

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001560672
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				460687599
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		53 FOREST AVENUE
		CITY:			OLD GREENWICH
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06870
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(203) 698-1200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		53 FOREST AVENUE
		CITY:			OLD GREENWICH
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06870

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mumford Lisa
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001380384

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35896
		FILM NUMBER:		151300455

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 BEACHWOOD COURT
		CITY:			DIX HILLS
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11746
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2015-12-15</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2015-12-17</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001560672</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EARN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001380384</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Mumford Lisa</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>53 FOREST AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OLD GREENWICH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06870</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-12-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4529</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4529</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The common shares of beneficial interest (the &quot;Common Shares&quot;) were granted to the Reporting Person as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, under the Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. 2,170 of the Common Shares will vest, subject to certain limitations, on December 15, 2016, and the remaining 2,359 of the Common Shares will vest, subject to certain limitations, on December 15, 2017.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This amended Form 4 has been filed to amend the number of securities acquired (Table 1, Column 4.- Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)) and the amount of securities beneficially owned at the end of the period (Table 1, Column 5. - Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Period) in the original filing.  In addition, footnote 1 has been amended to correct the number of shares that are subject to vesting until December 15, 2016 and December 15, 2017.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jason Frank, as attorney-in-fact for Lisa Mumford</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-12-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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