1785.James Connell married Sarah Bennett, daughter of John and Lucy Bennett, in Nelson County, Kentucky, 28 Sep 1785.[5][6]
1803. Elizabeth Connell, daughter of James Connell, married John Bell in Nelson County, Kentucky, 26 Oct 1803.[7]
1839. Henry Crist of Bullitt County sells and transfers 130 acres on the East Fork of Coxes Creek on 18 Oct 1839 to the widow and heirs of James Connell in consideration of $100 received from James Connell, dec'd, "being the same on which the Widow Connell now lives..." This source lists all of James Connell's surviving children along with his married daughters' spouses.[8]
Census Appearances
"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-4NL : accessed 3 March 2022), James Connel, Bullitt, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 327, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-QGP : accessed 24 February 2022), James Connell, Bullitt, Kentucky, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
Sources
↑ Glynn, Diana and Wayne Bracken. The Case For Declaring That Colonel William Crawford And Ann Connell Are The Parents Of William, James, Nancy And Polly Connell (1992).
↑ Glynn, Diana and Wayne Bracken. The Case For Declaring That Thomas Mounts Married Nancy, Daughter Of Ann Connell Of Westmoreland County (now Fayette), Pennsylvania (1991). Revised 18 Mar 1992.
↑ Scholl, Allen W. The Brothers Crawford. Colonel William, 1722-1782 and Valentine Jr., 1724-1777, Volume II (1995), pp. 629-652, 660.
↑ Thompson, Robert N. Disaster on the Sandusky - The Life of Colonel William Crawford . Staunton, Virginia: American History Press (2017), pp. 87 and 177.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z6-GDM : 9 March 2021), James Connell and Sarah Bennet, 28 Sep 1785; citing Marriage, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,665.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V65Q-K1F : 9 March 2021), James Connell and Sarah Bennett, 28 Sep 1785; citing Marriage, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 481,488.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZD-H26 : 9 March 2021), James Connell in entry for John Bell and Elizabeth Connell, 26 Oct 1803; citing Marriage, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,665.
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