Born after in Somerset, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Kelsay
and Agnes Nancy (Goudy) Kelsay
Sister of
Margaret (Kelsay) Adams, Elizabeth Kelsay, John Kelsay, Anne Kelsay and Mary (Kelsay) Patten
Wife of
John Blair Jr.
— married
30 Aug 1785 in Jonesboro, Washington, Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Martha (Blair) Gilliland, John Blair, Nancy Kelsey (Blair) Crawford, Ann Blair, William Kelsey Blair and Robert Laird Blair
Died
before age 64
in Jonesboro, Washington, Tennessee, USA
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Biography
Susannah Kelsey was born after 1765, in Pennsylvania, a daughter of William Kelsey and Agnes Gouldy. Susannah's father was an Officer in the Pennsylvania Militia, during the American Revolutionary War, and Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #A064413.
Susannah moved with her family to Washington county, Tennessee. Susannah was a married woman when her father died in 1806, as she is remembered in his Will as Susannah Blair. Her daughter, Nancy Blair, born 1791, is also in her grand-father's Will. [1]
On August 30, 1785, in Washington county, Tennessee, Susannah married Lieutenant John Blair, Jr., son of John Blair and Martha (Laird) Blair. John was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #A010855. The descendants of Susannah and John are members of this Society.
Susanna(h) died August 20, 1829, in Washington county, Tennessee and is buried in the Salem Cemetery, in Limestone, Washington county. [2]
Researcher's Notes
Susannah's grand-father presumably born in Ireland, where the spelling of his surname may have been Kelsay. Susannah's father's DAR records are under the name Kelsey. Susannah Kelsey is listed as the wife of John Blair on his DAR records. Susannah's maiden name is given as Kelsey on her Find A Grave memorial. I am merging into the profile with the surname of Kelsey, and marking Kelsay as a possible alternate name. jg, March 17, 2020
Sources
- ↑ Washington county, Tennessee Will Book 1, page 72 https://archive.org/details/brownfamilyinlin00unse_0/page/74/mode/1up/search/agnes
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176882749
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susannah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susannah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susannah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susannah:
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~1.56%
Sandy (Sands) Peachey
:
23andMe, GEDmatch T825146 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T825146 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T825146 [compare], FTDNA kit #253269
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~0.78%
Carol (Yates) Wilkerson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M133994 [compare]
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~0.78%
David Nolan Yates :
23andMe, GEDmatch M383965 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kristin (Peachey) Robinson :
23andMe, GEDmatch T778550 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T778550 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T778550 [compare], FTDNA kit #173008
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T778550 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Kathy Wingard :
23andMe
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~0.78%
rj Teague :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SE2263053 [compare], Ancestry member orateague44
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~0.78%
Steve Beals :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A352252 [compare], Ancestry member bealsey1
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