Mary (Bidwell) Kelsey (1721 - 1798)

Born 15 Dec 1721 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Enoch Kelsey — married 30 Aug 1744 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1798 at age 76 in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Kelsey Name Study.

Mary was the eldest child and first daughter of Nathaniel & Mary (Keeney) Bidwell. She married Enoch Kelsey, son of John & Mary (Buck) Kelsey, on 30 Aug, 1744, in Wethersfield Twp, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary and Enoch had a total of twelve children during the years of their marriage.

Children

• John

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-43DK : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for John, 1746.

• David

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-3DXL : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for David, 1760.

• William

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-436H : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for William, 1748.

• Enoch

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-HP9C : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Enoch, 1753.

• Elizabeth, m. Daniel Andrus

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-HPSF : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Elizabeth, 1756.

• Eunice, m. Nathaniel Penfield

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-3D6D : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Eunice, 1757.

• Lucy, m, Seth Gilbert

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-HP9Y : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Lucy, 1755.

• Hannah, m. Charles Edy

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-HPMK : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Hannah, 1751.

• Ann, m. David Webster, Jr.

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-3DXM : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Anne, 1759.

• Mary, m. Joseph Richards

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-43D9 : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Mary, 1745.

• Hepzibah

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-3DFZ : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Hepzibah, 1762.

• Stephen

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-3DNQ : 9 December 2019), Bidwell in entry for Stephen, 1764.

Sources

• "Find A Grave, database and images," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVR-QGCW), memorial page for Mary (Bidwell) Kelsey (15 Dec 1721-27 Jan 1798), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24865575, citing Beckley Cemetery, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.
• "Find A Grave," database with images, "(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24865575).
  • "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-3YV : 7 January 2020), Mary Bidwell, 1721
• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928(https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/rd/12395/27/138474509)
• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928(https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/rd/13126/9/234332608)
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7B-1DX5 : 21 September 2019), Mary Bidwell in entry for Enoch Kellsey, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272237.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VY-LM4)
• Ullmann, Helen Schatvet. Hartford District Probate Records, from 1750, as Abstracted by Lucius Barnes Barbour, from Volume 25 (1793-1800), Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 2012) Vol. 45, Page 259
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-2VB : accessed 23 March 2020), Mary Bidwell, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 475, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.