Mary (Barbee) Kelly (abt. 1752)

Born about 1752 in Orange County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

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Biography

Mary Barbee married Henry Kelly on 21 Dec 1771 in Wake County, North Carolina. ^[1]

Research Notes

• Estimated birth in 1772 based on being 19 years old at marriage in 1771

WILLIAM CHARLES KELLY, B. c. 1815 D. ? M. EDITH (Eady) HARWARD(Harrad, other spellings), dtr. of Bry Harward and Betsy BarbeeHarward, 2-17-1840, Wake Co. NC., later in Chatham Co. NC as“Charles”, not found after Civil War. Many Kellys, Kelleys andO’Kellys in Wake and Chatham, but unknown how he fits in. Perhapsdesc. (Grandson?) from Henry Kelly who m. Mary Barbee in Chatham Co,12-21-1717, as the families later intermarried. Henry d. 1794, Rev.war vet. He left a will, but, unfortunately, simply leaves everythingto his wife and children without naming them. Other possible relativesin the area were Sims Kelly, Abner Kelly, and Joseph Kelly. A GilesKelly was born in Ireland, moved to Brunswick Co. VA; he had sonsWilliam and James, and the William could possibly be the older WilliamC. found in Chatham. This older William C. Kelley in the 1830 ChathamCo. census, who could possibly be the father of our William C.? ThisWilliam C. Kelley, b. Ireland 1775, d. 1843 in Union Parish, LA, wasmarried to Temperance Parish in Johnston Co, NC in 1811 and had knownsons John and Joel. He lived in Chatham and then moved on to Alabamaand then Louisiana. 1860 Chatham census, Williams Mills Post Office, #151: Charles Kelley, 45, Farmer. Eady, Wife, 40. Children: Addie, 18,James, 17, Jane, 12, John, 9, Eddy, 8. Living with him in the previouscensus was Bry Harward, and, next door, living alone, ElizabethHarward (possibly “Betsy?”) In 1860, Census #’s 142 through 150 areALL Harwards or Barbee’s, except # 145 (James Parish, probably arelative of the older William C. Kelley’s wife ). Also nearby isJoseph Kelley, 80, living with Cindy Kelley, 48.

Source:http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Pitts::nc/chatham::963.html

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Marriages of Wake County, N.C. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:Holcomb, Brent H. Marriages of Wake County, North Carolina, 1770-1868. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Page 167.

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.