Ruth (Hurd) Kelsey (1697 - 1781)

Born 17 Jan 1697 in Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Wellman III — married 12 Jun 1722 (to 12 Nov 1753) in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Samuel Kelsey — married 1752 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 10 May 1781 at age 84 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Kelsey Name Study.

Ruth was baptized 16 Jan 1697. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hurd of Woodbury and Killingworth and his wife Sarah Pickett Lane ^[1]

She married William Wellman III in 1722. William died after 1744.^[1]

William and Ruth had eight children.^[1]

After William's death and after Margaret Kelsey, Samuel's 1st wife's death, Ruth married Samuel Kelsey ^[1]

Ruth died May 10 1781 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} A Genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey, who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1632 Book 1, pg 115-117 # 64 Samuel 'Kelseyl

• Cothren, William. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Bethlehem, Connecticut, 1879) Vol. 3, Page 9. Birth record.
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Connecticut Church Record Abstracts
• North American Family Histories 1500-2000