Joseph Kelsey (1673-1742) is #946 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #947 Joannes DeCamp (1677-1739) in about 1697 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
I am descended through:
* their daughter #473 Mercy Kelsey (1698-1760) who married #472 Richard Cutter (1682-1756) in 1722.
* their son #236 William Cutter (1722-1780) who married #237 Mary Kent (1726-????) in 1744.
* their son #118 Stephen Cutter (1745-1823) who married #119 Tabitha Randolph (1752-1841) in 1769.
* their daughter #59 Sarah Cutter (1785-1878) who married #58 William Knapp (1775-1856) in 1804.
* their daughter #29 Sarah G. Knapp (1818-1904) who married David Auble (1817-1894) in 1844
* their son #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) who married #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) in 1898.
* their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) who married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Joseph Kelsey[1]
* Alternate Name: Joseph Kellsey Sr.[2]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Mark Kelsey (1634-1722)
* Mother: Rebecca Hoskins (1634-1683)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: about 1673, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States[1]
* Death: before 1 July 1742 (before about age 69), Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States[2]
* Probate: 1 July 1742 (about age 69), will proved; Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States[1–2]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1. Joannes DeCamp (1677-1739)
* Marriage 1: about 1697 (about age 24), Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States[1]
* Child 1: Mercy Kelsey 1698-1760
* Child 2: Hannah Kelsey 1700-1777
* Child 3: Joseph Kelsey 1702-1753
* Child 4: Mary Kelsey 1704-1748
* Child 5: Benjamin Kelsey 1706-1765
* Child 6: Daniel Kelsey 1708-1759
* Child 7: Ruth Kelsey 1710-1750
* Child 8: Phebe Kelsey 1713-
* Child 9: Lydia Kelsey 1715-
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
According to the book A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, who Settled in Cambridge, Mass. in 1632; at Hartford, Conn. in 1636; and Settled at Killingworth, Conn. in 1663 by Edward Claypool and Azalea Clizbee, Joseph Kelsey was the 5th son and 6th child of Mark and Rebecca (Hoskins) Kelsey, and was born about 1673 in Windsor, Connecticut[1].
Joseph married in 1697 to Joannes "Jane" DeCamp (1677-1739) in Elizabeth, New Jersey[1]. She was the daughter of Laurens Jansen and Aeltje "de Mandeville) DeCamp. They had nine children, all probably born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, but there are no birth records for them[1]:
* Mercy Kelsey (1698-1760), married 1722 Richard Cutter (1682-1756).
* Hannah Kelsey (1700-1777), married 1726 James Badgley (1699-1777).
* Joseph Kelsey (1702-1753)
* Mary Kelsey (1704-1748), married 1725 John Olliver (1700-1766).
* Benjamin Kelsey (1706-1765), married 1741 Hannah Atkinson (1708-????).
* Daniel Kelsey (1708-1759), married 1730 Jemima Clark (1701-1759).
* Ruth Kelsey (1710-1750), married 1730 Benjamin Ellstone (1712-1760).
* Phebe Kelsey (1713-????), married 1734 John Wood (1709-????).
* Lydia Kelsey (1715-????), married 1740 Lewis Winans (1718-????).
Joseph Kelsey removed from Windsor, Connecticut to Elizabeth, New Jersey around the time of his marriage in about 1697[1].
The first record of "Joseph Kelsey, planter" in New Jersey is the purchase of 100 acres of land in Elizabeth from Robert Morse on 13 December 1700[1].
Joseph Kelsey, planter, died testate before 1 July 1742 in Elizabeth, New Jersey when his will, written 13 February 1739/40, was proved in Essex County Probate Court[1-2]. The will abstract for Joseph Kellsey Sr. was published in the New Jersey Archives Calendar of Wills in Volume XXX, page 279[2]:
1739-40, Feb. 13. KELLSEY, Joseph Sen'r, of Elizabeth Town, Essex County, planter, will of: Two youngest sons, Benjamin and Daniel, land joining lands of Jonathan Miller and John Radley's mill. Eldest son, Joseph. Daughters Lidia Winans, Marey Cutter, Hannah Badgley, Mary Olliver, Ruth Ellstone, and Phebe Wood.Executors -- John Terrill, James Badgeley, Joseph Wood.Witnesses -- William Crage, Nathaniel Messenger, Mary Hand.Proved July 1, 1742. Lib. C. page 491.1 July 1742. John Terrill, of Elizabeth Town, declines to act as executor.
5. SOURCES
1. Edward A. Claypool and Azalea Clizbee, A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, who Settled in Cambridge, Mass. in 1632; at Hartford, Conn. in 1636; and Settled at Killingworth, Conn. in 1663 (Sanford, N.C. : n.p., 1928), pages 65-67, #16 Joseph Kelsey sketch.
2. A. Van Doren Honeyman, editor, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey: First Series -- Volume XXX: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc., Volume III -- 1730-1750 (Somerville, N.J.: The Unionist Gazette Association, Printers, 1918), page 279, Joseph Kellsey Sr. entry; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com).
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