Born about in New Jersey, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas T. Thackara
— married
5 May 1825 in Gloucester, New Jersey
Descendants 
Mother of
John Thackara, Thomas Thackara, Mary Stafford (Thackera) West and Elizabeth (Thackara) Biddle
Died
at about age 77
in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States
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Biography
Keziah Thackara's death certificate lists her parents as Samuel Dill and Mary Dill.[1] Samuel Dill and Mary Kimble were m. 1 Jan 1805, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Keziah/Kesiah Dill married Thomas Thackera on 5 May 1825 in Gloucester, New Jersey.[2]
Children
- John Thackara 1828–
- Thomas Thackara 1830–
- Mary Stafford Thackera 1832–1898
- Isaac F Thackray 1835–1864
- Elizabeth Lizzie Thackara (abt.1843-)
Keziah was widowed in 1843 and never remarried.
1850 Census: Haddonfield, Camden, New Jersey
- Kesiah Thackaral 46
- Mary S Thackaral 19
- Elizabeth Thackaral 8[3]
In 1850, daughter Mary Thackara (18) was enumerated twice, with her mother and also in the home of Nathan B. Willits, as was her younger brother Isaac Thackara (17)
In 1852, Kesiah Thackera was listed in the membership of the United Methodist Church of Haddonfield, New Jersey under leader Clayton Brown.[4]
In 1880, "Keziah Thackra" was enumerated in her daughter Lizzle T. Bettel's home; She was aged 77 and employed as Nurse, both her parents reportedly born in New Jersey.[5]
Death and Legacy
- THACKRAY--in Camden, on the 7th instant, Keziah Thackray, in the 80th year of her age."[6] According to her age on the 1850 census, she was born in 1804.
Research Notes
There is a second death notice in the West Jersey Democrat, 4/13/1881, available at CCHS.
No record for a findagrave memorial Husted-87 17:37, 2 April 2017 (EDT)
Also in the Haddonfield UMC register of 1852 are Rebecca H. Dill and Sarah Dill of Haddonfield under leader Charles Peterson, who were admitted by probation on September 4, 1853 and later received "removal by certificate". Were they related to Kesiah?[4]
There are a number of burial records for Dills in Haddonfield Baptist Cemetery at the time of Kesiah's residence there. There is a record of a Mrs. Dill as a member of the Haddonfield Baptist Church, baptized November 24, 1839, dying December 3, 1861.
There is a Mrs. Anna Dill buried there on 24 Nov 1839.[7]
Pvt. Joseph Dill was a Union soldier who died in 1863 and is buried in Haddonfield UMC cemtery.[8]
Some online trees have her as daughter of Josiah Dill, b.a. 1770, appeared on 1793 census, no other records yet. Josiah Dill was administrator of will of David Beakley of Gloucester Township, Gloucester Co., blacksmith, who died intestate before 16 Sep 1818.[9]
Sources
- ↑ copy of original death certificate retrieved from New Jersey State Archives, image available on Ancestry
- ↑ New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895, via Ancestry.com
- ↑ Kesiah Thackaral Household. Haddonfield, Camden, New Jersey. 1850 United States Federal Census.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Records of United Methodist Church of Haddonfield, New Jersey, 1852-1901. Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 793, via Ancestry.com
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/36090114:6742
- ↑ "Died." Camden Democrat, 9 Apr 1881. Retrieved from microfilm at Camden County Historical Society.
- ↑ Records of Baptist Church of Haddonfield, New Jersey. Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 793, via Ancestry.com
- ↑ Pvt Joseph Dill on Findagrave.com
- ↑ “Abstracts, New Jersey Wills,” 1818, Volume 1. [Photocopied cards of typed and handwritten abstracts, compiler unknown, at NJSL A 974.9 A164]. Citing File 3164 H.
- New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971
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