Saturday, June 2, 2012

Surname Saturday - KELSEY (England > Connecticut > New Jersey)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I have some blank spots between #455 (last week) so I am up  to number 473, Mercy Kelsey (1698-1760). [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back to Mercy KELSEY (and three more generations) is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) 


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)


14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952)

28.  David Auble (1817-1894)
29.  Sarah Knapp (1818-ca 1900)



58.  William Knapp (1775-1856)
59.  Sarah Cutter (1785-1878)


118.  Stephen Cutter (1745-1823)
119.  Tabitha Randolph (about 1751- 1841)


236.  William Cutter (1722-1780)
237.  Mary Kent (1726-????)



472.  Richard Cutter, born 13 November 1682 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 17 December 1756 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He was the son of 944. William Cutter and 945. Rebecca Rolfe.  He married about 1722 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
473.  Mercy Kelsey, born about 1698 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States; died before 28 May 1760 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  

Children of Richard Cutter and Mercy Kelsey are:  William Cutter (1722-1780); Joseph Cutter (1725-1767); Mary Cutter (1728-????); Rebecca Cutter (1730-????); Ebenezer Cutter (1732-????); Samuel Cutter (1734-1759).


946.  Joseph Kelsey, born about 1673 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died June 1742 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States.   He married 1697 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States.
947.  Joannes DeCamp, born before 02 April 1677 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; died before 1739 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States.  She was the daughter of 1894. Laurens Jansen DeCamp and 1895. Aeltje DeMandeville.

Children of Joseph Kelsey and Joannes DeCamp are:  Mercy Kelsey (1698-1760); Hannah Kelsey (1700-????): Joseph Kelsey (1702-1753); Mary Kelsey (1704-????); Benjamin Kelsey (1706-1765); Daniel Kelsey (1708-1759); Ruth Kelsey (1710-????); Phebe Kelsey (1713-????); Lydia Kelsey (1715-1764).


1892.  Mark Kelsey, born  about 1626 in England; died before 27 February 1722 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.  He married  08 March 1658 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
1893.  Rebecca Hoskins, born about 1634 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 28 August 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.  She was the daughter of 3786. John Hoskins and 3787. Ann Filer.

Children of Mark Kelsey and Rebecca Hoskins are:  Rebecca Kelsey (1660-????); John Kelsey (1661-1685); Thomas Kelsey (1663-1715); Ruth Kelsey (1669-1767); William Kelsey (1670-1698); Joseph Kelsey (1673-1742)


3784.  William Kelsey, born 1600 in Chelmsford, Essex, England; died before 21 September 1676 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.  He was the son of 7568. George Kelsey and 7569. Elizabeth Hammond.  He married about 1625 in England.
3785.  unknown.

Children of William Kelsey and unknown are:  Mark Kelsey (1626-1722); Bethia Kelsey (1630-1722); Priscilla Kelsey (1632-1711); Mary Kelsey (1634-1676); Hester Kelsey (1636-1720); John Kelsey (1636-1709); Abigail Kelsey (1645-1717); Stephen Kelsey (1647-1710); Daniel Kelsey (1650-1727); William Kelsey (1654-1698).


Resources for these families include:


*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Volume 2 (Boston, Mass.; NEHGS, 1995), William Kelsey sketch, pages 1117-1119


*  Gale Ion Harris, "The Family of William Kelsey of Hartford, Connecticut," The American Genealogist (1993), pages 208-215.


*  Several Connecticut town history books, including those for Wethersfield, Hartford and Windsor.  

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/06/surname-saturday-kelsey-england.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

2 comments:

Martin said...

We are cousins through this family. You may wish to see one more article; “The End of William Kelsey” by Norman W. Ingham TAG 69 (1994):218.

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