Peter
Bowman
Kelly
Born in Beaver Dams, Thorold Twp, Welland Co, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Henry (Kelley) Kelly, John (Kelley) Kelly, William Kelley [half], Isaac Kelly [half], Jonathan Kelley [half], Maurice Thomas Kelly [half] and Philip Kelley Kelley [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Yeager) Kelly
— married
10 Oct 1815 in Niagara District, Upper Canada
Descendants 
Father of
John Wesley Bowman Kelly, Julia Ann Kelly, Alexander Kelly, Sarah Elizabeth Kelly, Peter Bowman Kelly and Israel Kelly
Died
at age 81
in Beverley Twp, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
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Peter Kelly served in the 5th Regiment of Lincoln Militia, Canada in the War of 1812
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Biography
During the War of 1812, Peter Bowman Kelly served as a private in the 5th Lincoln Militia with his father and brother. He served from May 25 to May 31, 1813 in Captain Israel Dawdy’s Company. [1]
He served from August 30 to September 2, 1813 in Lieutenant Michael Shower’s Company. [2]
From June 19 to 28, 1814, he was employed falling timber at Burlington while serving in Captain Peter Bowman’s Company. [3]
On September 13, 1815, he certified the war loss claim of Capt. Peter Bowman. [4]
On April 2, 1836, Peter Bowman Kelly, a yeoman of Chinguacousy Twp. and a former private in a flank company of the 5th Lincoln, received 100 acres on the south half of Lot 14, Con. 3, Brooke Twp. [5]
The flank companies only served in 1812 and no surviving payroll documents were found in those payrolls and musters that recorded Peter Bowman Kelly’s name.
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Sources
- ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, pages 1125-1126 & 1153-1155
- ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, pages 1073 & 1128
- ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10386, page 1051
- ↑ Collections Canada, The War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, Microfilm t-1130, pages 1305-1310
- ↑ Ontario Archives, Militia Land Grants Register, Microfilm MS693, Reel 140, Volume 132, Grant 2075
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; 1861 Census of Canada; Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947; Canada, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Find a Grave Memorial #10064087)
- Source: #S54
- Page: Ancestry Family Trees
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Peter's father "Jonathan named one of his sons in 1795 after Peter Bowman, who gratefully responded by giving this son the north 60 acres in lot 51 con. 3 Ancaster Township in 1822." http://shaversofancaster.com/?q=node/3022
Burial at Lynden Cemetery, Ancaster Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario - "Kelly, Peter B., d. 26 Aug 1876, aged 81y 5m 6ds, h/o Sarah Yeager Kelly, Sarah, d. 20 Mar 1885, aged 90y 1m 9ds, w/o Peter B. Kelly (nee Sarah Yeager)" www.interment.net/data/canada/ontario/wentworth/ancast/lynden/ "Marriage Records of Robert Nelles, J.P., 1796-1823." Vital Records of Upper Canada West, Niagara District Part 1: 1795-1865, compiled by Dan Walker and Fawne Stratford-Devai. Toronto: NorSim Research & Publishing, 1998, p. 10.
The Shavers of Ancaster http://shaversofancaster.com/?q=node/3327
- Source S54
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
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~1.56%
Tracy Thomson
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Shirley (Hiscott) Dyment :
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~0.39%
Tom Barrett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tombarrett79
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~0.39%
Gordon Callon :
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~0.39%
Walt Joslin :
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