Samuel Wheelwright Kelly (1810 - 1868)

Born 19 May 1810 in St. Ives, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Norton) Kelly — married 27 Aug 1854 (to 7 May 1868) in Tisbury, MA

Descendants

Died 7 May 1868 at age 57 in Tisbury, MA

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Biography

19 May 1810 - birth date to Samuel and Eleanor Kelly^[1]

19 May 1810 - Christening SION CHAPEL-LADY HUNTINGDON,SAINT IVES,CORNWALL,ENGLAND to Samuel and Ellen Kelly^[2]

26 DEC 1811 - TABERNACLE PENN STREET-CALVINISTIC METHODIST,BRISTOL,GLOUCESTER,ENGLAND - christening^[3]

Profession listed as Mariner in daughter's birth record^[4]

1855 Massachusetts Census - Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States^[5]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Samuel Helley Male 45 England

Ruth Helley Female 41 Maine, United States

Hiram F Toby Male 20 Maine, United States

Marsellas Toby Male 13 Maine, United States

1860 Census - Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts^[6]

Age 50

Value of Real Estate 1900

Value of Personal Estate 300

Place of Birth England

Ruth Kelley 47 yr, born Maine

Henrietta Kelley 4 yr, born Massachusetts

Marcellus Tobey 18 yr, born Maine

Hiram Tobey 25 yr, born Maine

Acquired land in Tisbury, MA in 1867^[7]

Died before Ruth Norton Tobey Kelly in 1909

Gravestone in Tisbury, MA "Samuel W. Kelly 1810-1868"

Samuel W. Kelly

Tisbury death record: "Samuel Kelly d. 5/7/1868 [sic.] in Tisbury Cause: Brain Fever Age: 43y [sic.] Born: Gloucester Par/Sp: unknown Married Occ: Mariner Interred: Tisbury"

Gazette: Issue(s) 4/10/1868; PN 10/27/1871 (Ruth T.), 11/3/1871. "In Holmes Hole, 4th instant, Capt. Samuel Kelly, aged about 60y."

Gravestone: Oak Grove Cemetery, Area 1, east section: "Samuel W. Kelly, 1810 - 1868." (Neighboring graves: Ruth N. Tobey, 1813 - 1909.; W. Milton Tobey, 1868 - 1906.)

Other references: Unpublished Vital Records: Marriage: Saml. W. Kelly (of Tisbury, a. 40, mariner, b. Fomisner[?], son of Samuel W. Kelly) married Mrs. Ruth Tobey (of Tisbury, a. 30, born in Maine, dau. of Ichabod Norton) on 8/31/1854. Banks vol. III: married to daughter of Norton 716? Census family #: ? / 494^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3ZB-1LY : 11 February 2018, Samuel Wheelwright Kelly, 19 May 1810); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0825381 (RG4 2688).
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3CX-79Q : 11 February 2018, Samuel Wheelwright Kelly, 19 May 1810); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0590674 (RG4 206).
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN7X-ZF8 : 10 February 2018, Samuel Wheelwright, 1810); citing - 2:27RHT1H, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,597,221.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23BW-WVS : accessed 11 June 2016), Samuel W Kelly in entry for Henrietta M Kelly, 27 Jan 1856; citing Birth, Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 487, page 137, State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ45-B6B : 11 March 2018), Samuel Helley, Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,977.
6. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/52469445?rec=52469533
7. ↑ Warranty Deed in possession of descendants
8. ↑ #658 in http://history.vineyard.net/death767.htm

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23BW-WVS : accessed 11 June 2016), Samuel W Kelly in entry for Henrietta M Kelly, 27 Jan 1856; citing Birth, Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 487, page 137, State Archives, Boston.
• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-YRW : accessed 11 June 2016), Samuel Wheelwright Kelly, 19 May 1810, Baptism; citing p. 30, St Ives, Cornwall, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
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