Mary (Shelley) Keyser (1730)

Born 1730 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mary Shelly was born about 1730. She was the daughter of Christian Shelly and Magdalena Kauffman. She married Charles Cayser.

Notes

• SOURCE 9: DATE: DECEMBER 27, 1996. PAGE: 66. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2, DATED APRIL 1985, ARTICLE TITLED: THE CONSPIRACY ON SHELLY'S ISLAND, BY E. ELAYNE ALEXANDER, PAGES 64-68. ^[1] IN RE: AS BROTHER TO JACOB SHELLY, CHILDREN, DEATH, MARRIAGE. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: NOT MUCH RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON THE DECENDANTS OF CHRISTIAN SHELLY, THE IMMIGRANT TO LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. POSSIBLY THE REASON BEHIND THIS, IS THAT HE HAD ONLY ONE SON WHO MARRIED AND LEFT ISSUE ( CHRISTIAN ). CHRISTIAN SHELLY, DIED MARCH 1967, SOURCE: J-1-244, LANCASTER CO. DEED H-109-FF166, MISCELLANEOUS BOOK 1763-1777, PAGE 282 AND 1768-1772, PAGE 268, MARRIED MAGDALENA ______________ , CHRISTIAN DIED IN MANHEIN TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. THE CHILDREN WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1.) JACOB SHELLY, DIED JUNE 1761, IN LANCASTER COUNTY, UNMARRIED. 2.) CATHARINE SHELLY, DIED 1786, MARRIED JOHN GINGRICH AND JOHN REISER/REYSER. 3.) MARY SHELLY, DIED IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MARRIED CHARLES KEYSER. 4.) SUSANNA SHELLY, DIED IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNRTY, MARRIED DANIEL LEHMAN. 5.) MARGARET SHELLY, DIED JUNE 1761, MARRIED JOHN HALDEMAN. 6.) ELIZABETH SHELLY, DIED 1767, MARRIED PETER WEYLAND/WEILAND. 7.) ESTHER SHELLY, DIED 1767, MARRIED SAMUEL HUBER/HOOVER. 8.) VERONICA " FRENA " SHELLY, DIED 1767, MARRIED JOHN EPPLER. 9.) CHRISTIAN SHELLY, CA 1755-1804, DIED HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA., MARRIED EVA CATHARINA

• SOURCE 9: DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1996. PAGE: 66. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2, DATED APRIL 1985, ARTICLE TITLED: THE CONSPIRACY ON SHELLY'S ISLAND, BY E. ELAYNE ALEXANDER, PAGES 64-68. ^[1] IN RE: HUSBAND, CHILDREN, LOCATION OF DEATH. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: FATHER WAS CHRISTIAN SHELLY, DIED MARCH 1767 IN MANHEIM TWP., LANCASTER CO., PA., MARRIED MAGDALINA _____________. MARY SHELLY, CA1730-1771, MARRIED CHARLES KEYSER, SHE DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIAItalic text. THE FOLLOWING WERE THE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE: 1.) CHARLES KEYSER, BORN CA 1752, DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA. 2.) JOHN KEYSER, BORN CA 1754, MARRIED AUGUST 30, 1791 TO CATHARINE RHINEHART. 3.) ANNA KEYSER, CA 1756-1833, MARRIED AUGUST 22, 1785 TO PHILLIP KOONTZ. 4.) ANDREW KEYSER, BORN DECEMBER 16, 1758, DIED NOVEMBER 23, 1833, MARRIED TO FIRST WIFE ON NOVEMBER 24, 1784 WHOM WAS SARAH RHINEHART, MARRIED A SECOND TIME ON OCTOBER 8, 1820 TO ELIZABETH STRICKLER, HE DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA. 5.) MARY KEYSER, BORN AUGUST 5, 1760, DIED AUGUST 10, 1824, WAS MARRIED FEBRUARY 1, 1782 IN VIRGINIA TO LUKE KELLY, SHE DIED IN LAWRENCE CO., OHIO. 6.) ELIZABETH KEYSER, CA 1762, DIED AUGUST 10, 1832, MARRIED JANUARY 10, 1784 TO HENRY HURST, DIED IN BREATHITT CO., KENTUCKY. 7.) ESTHER KEYSER, DIED OCTOBER 4, 1846, MARRIED MAY 9, 1797 TO GEORGE DATIN AUSTIN, DIED IN LAWRENCE CO., OHIO. 8.) CATHARINE " KATE " KEYSER, UNMARRIED. 9.) JOSEPH KEYSER, DIED CA 1816, MARRIED SUSANNA STACY, HE DIED IN RUSSEL CO., VIRGINIA. INFORMATION FOR THIS MATERIAL WAS OBTAINED FROM THE HISTORY OF PAGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. KEYSER FAMILY BIBLE OWNED BY LOUISE SPEARMAN.

• SOURCE 7: DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1996. PAGE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE FAMILY TREE MAKER'S TM, FAMILY ARCHIVES TM, WORLD FAMILY TREE TM, VOLUME 3, TITLE: PRE 1600 TO PRESENT, CD NUMBER: V703_01, PEDIGREE NUMBER: 3751, c 1996 BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FAMILY TREE MAKER IS A TRADEMARK OF BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC. c INFOLINK, INC. VERSION 2.O. IN RE: HUSBAND AND CHILD. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: MARRIED TO CHARLES KEYSER, AND CHILD JOSEPH KISER WHOM MARRIED SUSANNAH STACEY.

• Unknown FATHER #3166 (3166). Married Unknown MOTHER #3167 (3167). Children of Unknown FATHER #3166 and Unknown MOTHER #3167: 1 SHELLEY (1228), baptized P.327. SOURCE NOTES: FATHER WAS DR. SHELLEY FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA Married Charles KEYSER (1223), born 1702, Germany, died 1778.

• Dr ? SHELLEY (352). Children of Dr ? SHELLEY and _____: 1  ? SHELLEY (252). Married Charles KEYSER (251).

• Christian SHELLY (202), died about 1767, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Children of Christian SHELLY and _____: 1 Mary (prob.) SHELLY (122), born about 1730, prob. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died prob. in what is now Page County, Virginia. Married about 1750, prob. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Charles "Karl" KEYSER (121), born 1702, Würrtemburg, Germany, died 1788, what is now Page County, Virginia.

• Name: SHELLEY, - Sex: Female* Birth: at Christening: at P.327 Death: at Burial: at Baptism: at Endowment: at Sealed to Parents: at Spouses: 1.X KEYSER, Charles - born: 1702 Individual Sources S7 FATHER WAS DR. SHELLEY FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA

• Family Report HUSBAND: Dr Christian SHELLEY (349) Born: 1721 Place: Marr: Place: Died: Mar 1767 Place: Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, PA HUSBAND'S FATHER: Christian SHELLEY (975) HUSBAND'S MOTHER: () WIFE: Magdalena UNKNOWN (974) Born: Place: WIFE'S FATHER: () WIFE'S MOTHER: ()

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/241622-mennonite-family-history-v-4-no-2-apr-1985?offset=70

See also:

• E. Elayne Alexander, in The Mennonite Family History, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1985, "The Conspiracy on Shelly's Island", pp. 64-68.

• North America Family Histories, 1500 - 2000

• Index for Lancaster Deed listing: Book FF, p. 166. FHL Film# 21394 (Book FF, p. 166) 6 July 1761 Deed in Lancaster, Pa: Charles Kyser to Elizabeth Shelly and states: Charles Cayser and MARY, HIS WIFE, LATE Mary Schelly, Margaret Haldiman, widow, late wife of John Haldiman deceased and formerly Margaret Shelley, Samuel Huber and Esther his wife, late Esther Shelly, John Reisar and Catharine his wife, late Catharine Schelly and Susanna Shelly all of the County of Lancaster inherited the 78 acres of Jacob Shelly.....Jacob Shelly was their brother and inherited from father Christian. Because he had died intestate and unmarried, the remaining siblings sold their parts to Elizabeth Shelly their other sibling. Charles signed the deed Carl Kayser.[1]