Hannah (Ring) Kelley (1755 - abt. 1834)

Born 1755 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremiah Allen — married 14 Jan 1773 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Wife of James Kelley — married 1804 in Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 25 Jun 1834 at about age 79 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Biography

Hannah Ring was baptized on June 17, 1759, the daughter of George Ring and Lucretia Chipman of Kingston, Massachusetts^[1] She is noted in her father's will as Hannah Allen.

In 1763, she emigrated to Yarmouth Nova Scotia along with her parents^{[2] [3]}

On January 14, 1773, she married Capt Jeremiah Allen, Jr^[2], and their children included:

1. Hannah, born September 10, 1776, who died November 5, 1777^[2]
2. Lucy, born January 3, 1778, who married Ephraim Cook 2nd^[2]
3. Sarah, born November 29, 1778, who died unmarried^[2]
4. James, born October 30, 1779, who married Margaret Shurtliffe, daughter of Henry, and who died January 23, 1865^[2]
5. Hannah, born September 4, 1781, who married Jeremiah Larkin^{[2] [4]}
6. Eunice, born October 14, 1783, who married James Millar and died July 11, 1856^[2]
7. Bethiah, born June 28, 1785, who married Jacob Vickery, son of Moses, and who died January 4, 1861^[2]
8. Jeremiah III, born August 27, 1792, who married Ruth Scott, daughter of John and who died November 26, 1857^[2]
9. Jerusha, born December 24, 1794, who married James McDorman on May 14, 1841, and then married Asa Killam Jr^[2]

Jeremiah died between 1794 and 1804. After 1804, she married Capt. James Kelley, who was also a widower. There were no more children.

Hannah died 25 Jun 1834, and is buried in Chebogue Cemetery in Rockville^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, Stephen Hopkins (Vol 6), page 470 Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 5
3. ↑ A history of the county of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia by Campbell, J. R. (John Roy), 1841-1928; Publication date 1876; Publisher Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan, see page 49 for list of settlers in 1763
4. ↑ Barrington and Argyle, Nova Scotia: Vital records, 1734-1908, page 188 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32521800